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From: petersen@netcom.UUCP (Barbara Petersen)
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Subject: Re: waltz ideas needed by rock band
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Date: 19 Jan 90 18:00:50 GMT
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In article <4507@rtech.rtech.com>, rca@dark.rtech.COM (Bob Arnold) writes:

> Are there any rock or r&b (or maybe country or jazz) songs in
> 3/4 time that would be known by an older audience and still be
> fun for a rock band to play?
>
> My band is playing a wedding in a month, and the couple who are
> getting married would like us to play one waltz for the older folks
> in the audience.
>
> [current list deleted....]

Hmmmm.... that's a tough one!  Other possibly (sort of, maybe, vaguely)
appropriate songs:

     "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"   Elvis Presley
     "Sweet Cherry Wine"           Tommy James and the Shondells
     "Play Me"                     Neil Diamond
     "When I Need You"             Leo Sayer
     "Scarborough Fair"            Simon and Garfunkel (or trad.)
     "America"                     Simon and Garfunkel
     "Bookends"                    Simon and Garfunkel
     "Colour My World"             Chicago (in 6/8 time, but could waltz to it)
     "Always and Forever"          ???? (I forget) (also in 6/8 time)

(These are songs my mom would be familiar with; whether they all qualify 
as "rock" I'm not too sure (myself, I've never been good at "classifying" 
songs); whether they would be fun for you to play, or for others to waltz
to, I have no idea (*my* favorite song to "waltz" to is "1000 Umbrellas" by
XTC, which is definitely NOT appropriate for your purposes).  For whatever 
they're worth, though....)

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Barbara Petersen
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