Any day where you have to go buy a cowbell, is a weird day.
But that’s part of what I’m doing today, as I head to Lakeland, Florida (where I was born and raised) to play drums at rehearsal with the band Phoenix, which was my first “real” band back when I was 16-years-old in high school.
We reunited the original members around 10 years ago for a fun gig up in Georgia, and then we played five years ago for our High School reunion (well, technically it was the guitar player, bass player and keyboard player’s reunion. They were Seniors and I was a junior so they graduated a year ahead of me and the lead singer, which is why to this day my wife refers to this gig as “Not my Reunion.”).
It’s great seeing the guys again and playing a song that absolutely requires cowbell but yet is not BOC’s “The Reaper.” (The first person to guess which 70s/80s song it is, wins a free copy of my Photoshop CS6 Book for Digital Photographers). Our set list includes songs from Frampton, Bad Company, Doobie Brothers, Skynyrd, The Eagles, and even a Hendrix tune.
The actual gig is Saturday night and I’m trying to coax pro-concert photographer Brad Moore into coming and shooting the gig, but he’s used to big concerts and this surely is not, but if not, Kalebra will have some shots from her “Trusty iPhone” and I’ll share those next week.
I’ll be in Nashville on Monday with my Photoshop for photographers tour, and if you make the trip out to meet “the drummer of the band Phoenix” I hope you’ll come up and say hi. Hope you all have a rocking’ weekend!
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Grand Funk Railroad, American Band.
We’re in an American Band.
Nighttrain
Fleetwood Mac’s Hold Me
Beastie Boys – Hey Ladies
Look for Love
Hair of the dog by Nazareth
Killing In The Name
Play That Funky Music
Technically this is my comment, thanks :)
is it freebird?
War – Low rider
BTO:Â Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
That’s a good one.
Unless we’re confined to ”
set list includes songs from Frampton, Bad Company, Doobie Brothers, Skynyrd, The Eagles, and even a Hendrix tune ” then Hendrix: Stone Free
Working for the Weekend – Loverboy
That was my first thought!
Oh man! After all that research and I wind up not being the first! GFR “We’re an American Band”. With all the songs of that era that had a cowbell, it’s the only song I see you playing. Have fun!
Down on the Corner.
Mississippi Queen
Just in case: Long Train Running Doobies
Down on the Corner.
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How About Mississippi Queen by Mountain?
Can’t Get Enough-Bad Company (I want that book) :)
Play that Funky Music
Rock of Ages Def Lepard. Lol.
Frampton-Do You Feel
Life’s Been Good: Joe Walsh
Frampton’s “Do You Feel”?
Dance the night away by Van Halen
I’d go for Mississippi Queen by Mountain OR Low Rider by War (and I was born in ’89 ! lol).
…the only cure is more cowbell.Â
Kiss: Rock and Roll All Night
I read the post on Twitter, and my first reaction was that it is weird to be looking for a cowbell at 12:30 at night. As soon as I come over to the post and saw the drum kit, it made sense. I was worried about you for a minute there. :-)
Rolling Stones’ Honky Tonk Woman?
Nighttrain
Fleetwood Mac’s Hold Me
Look for Love
Hair of the dog by Nazareth
Killing In The Name
Play That Funky Music
Ok , cowbelled out!
Have a great time ringing cowbells with old friends!
Annie
Hi Scott -Here are my guesses
War “Low Rider”
Rolling Stones – “Honky Tonk Woman”
Wild Cherry – “Play that Funky Music”
Bad Brains – “Pay to Cum”
Sweet – “Little Willy”
Grand
Funk – “ We’re an American Bandâ€
Beastie Boys -“Hey Ladies”
Tone Loc – “Funky Cold Medina”Hopefully I win your book. Keep up the good work and play your ass off this weekend and have fun….
How about jimi Hendrix – Fire
Evil ways
Play that funky music!!!
Heart – Crazy On You
Deep Purple – Child In Time
War – Low Rider
Sweet – Little Willy
B52’s – June Bug
April wine – Oowattanite
Luis Morales
DLWS 2005 – Acadia NP
Old MacDonald had a farm ?
Have a top weekend sir ;)
Dave, you have to be right. If Old MacDonald doesn’t have a cowbell, what else could? :) I got the CS6 book in the mail yesterday, and will look at every page this morning. I’m very excited about this book because this new Photoshop release ROCKS!
Alright now surely Scott !
G’n’R Nightrain?? Â If not…why not?! :P
When you said you were buying a cowbell, all I could thin of was “Oh no, we are in serious trouble this Monday in Nashville”. Â Scott, I’ve been to see Ben Wilmore and Dave Cross the last 2 years here in Nashville, finally I get to meet the other Scott! Â See ya on Monday, I’ll be the bald guy that says Howdy!
Climax Blues Band, “Couldn’t Get it Right”, perhaps?
“Free Fall’in” is ur first song u played
So looking forward to the Photoshop seminar on Monday in Nashville!!!!
How about Peter Framptons DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO / LIKE WE DO
If the one Hendrix song is the clue it only could be EZ RYDER
…. or Dolly Dagger or Purple Haze / Hendrix
Photograph by Def Leppard? Hey, we were practically neighbors…I grew up in Winter Haven!
If time allows when you are in Nashville you have to check out Jack’s BBQ. The best in TN!
Or Rock of Ages…I seem to recall cowbell in that one.
Mississippi Queen.  Welcome to Nashville too!
Nazareth – Hair of the Dog
Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
Van Halen – beats workin
Creedence Clearwater – down on the corner
Police – Roxanne
Queen – Bo Rhapsody
Rolling Stones – Satisfaction
Inxs – Wild Life
ACDC – Thunderstruck
Blood Sweat and Tears- Spinning Wheel
BTO- Aint Seen nuthin Yet
Free- Alright Now
Iggy-Raw Power
Jimi H – Stone Free
Kiss- Rock and Roll
Led Zep – Moby Dick
Motley- Dr Fellgood
Mountain – Missisipi Queen
Ramones – Suzi
Pretenders – Brass in Pocket
Santana – Evil Ways
Steely Dan – Do it Again
Yardbirsd – For your love
Steelers Wheel – stuck in the middle
Bruce S – Born to run
Jimi- Purple Haze
Fleetwood – Gold Dust woman
Hey Im really showing my age here!
How many guesses do I get – I really want that book!!!!!!
Dammmm. Â Now I’m going to spend too much time on YouTube listening to things I haven’t heard in too long.Â
War “Low Rider” Â Prince – “U Got the Look”
Rolling Stones – “Honky Tonk Woman”
Wild Cherry – “Play that Funky Music”
Sweet – “Little Willy”
Tone Loc – “Funky Cold Medina”
Grand Funk – “We re an American Band”
Don’t forget Scott, you’d be doing yourself a disservice, and every member of this band, if you didn’t perform the h**l out of this cowbell ;)
And Are you sure it’s not BOC’s (don’t fear) the reaper?? Hahahah!
My guesses are
two songs by Bad Company: Walk Through Fire and HolyWater.   My son is a drummer and loves his cowbells. Â
If you’re in Nashville, you should head down to Starkville, Mississippi, home of the awesome Mississippi State University, where you can find any cowbell you need! They’re a staple for our football games, we’ve been ringing them since the 1940’s, long before The Eagles, Skynyrd, and the rest!
Hmm… Mississippi Queen?
Scott, I’m sure someone has guessed the song by now (I didn’t realize how prevalent the cow bell was in classic rock songs!), so I won’t venture a guess.
Will you be bringing this brand spankin’ new cow bell to Vegas with Big Electric Cat? :-)
Have an awesome time this weekend. Pull an “Office Space” on Brad….tell him, “Yeah, I’m going to need you to work this Saturday….”
–John
Hotel California
Whiskey Train by Procul Harum
You can never have enough cowbell…..
Honkey Tonk Woman – The Stones
I’m way too late to the party for my lame two guesses.
Scott, what is the song you had in mind?
Nazareth – Hair of the Dog
Its kind of disappointing to see all the spray and pray guesses.
don’t fear the reaper Blue oyster cult
Gotta be by Three Dog Night: Black and White.
“All Right Now” by Free (which is technically an offshoot of Bad Company)
Hope you have an awesome gig !!
Other way around first free then Badco
We’re an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad
My guess is Gimme Three Steps / Lynyrd Skynyrd
Oh, and have fun playing at the “Not my reunion” gig! :)
And a rockin’ weekend to you too, Scott!
Scott, the song is “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult.
Here’s a not-so-clear version of the Saturday Night Live skit that refers to exactly what you are getting at.
(Skip the first 1:00 minute, if you wish to get right to the skit.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNAifAf33KQ
Loverboy – Working for the Weekend
Oops, I see where you say it it NOT Blue Oyster Cult.
How about “Without You” by the Doobie Brothers?
Since only a few people are guessing The Doobie Brothers, I’ll shotgun their Greatest Hits songs:
China Grove
Long Train Runnin’
Takin’ It to the Streets
Listen to the Music
Black Water
Rockin’ Down the Highway
Jesus is Just Alright
It Keep You Runnin’
Take Me in Your Arms
Without You
My guess would have to be B52’s Love Shack!! Cosmic thing album.
Looking forward to seeing you guys here in Nashvegas on Monday!
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 Lakeland? Me too! though it was probubly a little while (read as a long while) after you…
For the people who are correcting Scott on the Blue Öyster Cult song title:  The correct title of the song is “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”.
I really hope you were not reffering to me. Â Looking back, it can be interpreted that way, but what I meant to say was : Are you sure it (the song you’re gonna play)’s not …
If it wasn’t intended to me, disregard this comment ;)
Hey Scott!
I’m gonna go way out and guess Rush – “A Passage To Bangkok” ;-)
Also gonna’ take this opportunity to thank you for all you do – You are an inspiration!
Thanks!
Doug
Do we get the answer? someone has got to be right.
How about Honkey tonk woman by the Rolling Stones?
If this has already been mentioned, sorry I haven’t read all of the comments.
D’uh obviously meant Honky Tonk Woman
The Chambers Brothers – “Time Has Come Today”
Missippi Queen?
AMerican Band would be my guess
Stone Free by Jimi Hendrix.
Working for the Weekend by Loverboy
Wow! I’d really like to comment but when I push the button on my MP3 player, that is the extent of my music knowledge! This group is nothing if not talented!
Strawberry Alarm Clock, “Incense and Peppermints”
Hm of course this could be a clever ruse by Scott to get a list o tracks that he could use the cowbell he’s had laying around for years ;-)
Just got back from Huey Lewis / Joe Cocker concert. Cowbells!
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Gonna Take It.
Hahaha, why not? It could be that one, it was the 80’s
What a fool believes?
“Cow Belle Amie” by The Tee Set?
Nazareth hair of the dog?