So Many Good Songs..........

The Blue Island Beer Club likes to mix our originals with good cover songs from the rock 'n roll era. We have about 30 originals between us that we can perform live and another 45 or so covers. We like to learn new covers to stay fresh and keep it interesting but there are so many great songs we could do that selecting them becomes a challenge.

Usually one of us (Bruce in most cases) starts playing a great song that he thinks would work. We try to stay away from songs that are overdone to the point of nausea (e.g. Margaritaville) and pick ones that we can do with acoustic guitars that may be familiar but unexpected. We think our Cream repertoire might fit that description.

We haven't learned it yet but Bruce has identified a song that he feels is the greatest song in the universe. I will not reveal its name but it was written by Tom Waits and only has about seven lines of lyrics. Come and hear us and maybe we will be playing it in the next couple of weeks!