Songs suitable for an acoustic trio

bermudianbrit

Hi all,

So I'm fairly new to gigging, and I've managed to get hold of a 90-minute set at a charity event this summer with a keyboard player and a bass (or a second acoustic, depending on what is needed).
Both of us string players are solid intermediates, the keyboard player is quite advanced. The crowd will be quite diverse, as its a charity for families with disabled children, so we'll have everything from 10-year-olds on up to parents.
I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for suitable material, excluding the suggestions made in the stickied thread, which are served by this sort of an acoustic trio.
If possible, we'd also love a good encore jam song where we can fly our musical flags for a bit lol.

All suggestions welcome.

Thanks

p90fool

There is practically nothing you can't play with that lineup to be honest. 

I would choose the songs you want to play then figure out an arrangement, rather than try to fit songs around the instruments you happen to be using. 

I do use a stompbox though, which helps give the listener a bit of rhythmic information without having to hammer my guitar. 

pintspiller

Avoid guitar solos. They usually suck on acoustic. Virtually anything will work to be honest. If you don't know what kind of crowd to expect, stick to standards like Brown Eyed Girl.

bermudianbrit

Stompbox? Can you expand on this? hammering the guitar was something I was concerned about.

p90fool

bermudianbrit said:

Stompbox? Can you expand on this? hammering the guitar was something I was concerned about.

This is a proper commerecial one, I made one out of an old IKEA shelf with a piezo pickup gaffa taped to it. 

You can practice hard and do all sorts with it, but quite often I just stamp on it on the beat to accent choruses. 

The main use for me is to allow me to play more sympathetically to the song, without having to get too busy or percussive on the guitar. Get a rhythm going with your foot, and all of a sudden the guitar can be sparse and dynamic instead of having to fill every gap. 

midiman1962

If the keyboard player can busk then its gonna be great, if advanced means "reads the music" then it's a different kettle of fish as he will have to lead you i would have thought in sng choice ?