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Mine was "Could you play that song? You know which one I mean. They play it on the radio."

we once were asked to do the Freeza song, we asked how does it go, he replied - For he's a jolly good fellow..

This drunk wanted to hear "the four eyes of texas" We told him we would play "the eyes of texas" but he insisted on the four eyes. He became quite beligerent so the bouncer did the 4 eyes to him.

I was once ask if the pedal rods were a place to hold my sheet music. I told the guy yeh, but didn't need any music, that I play by ear.

On a piece of paper handed to the band, please play Lion Eyes.

A long time ago... a young drunk requested something by Ted Zeppelin.

We used to have a guy who kept after us to play something by Ricky Snaggs.

Mine was a recording session. The guy called me to add some pedal steel for a jingle. He went on and on about how he loved that pedal steel sound. After I got there and set up I noticed he kept checking out my guitar,like it was the first one he ever saw.Well I laid down the the first track and thought it went well. He then asked me to do it again,this time lose the volume thing, actually remove it! Take two. This time dont use any of those pedal things. Take three. Can you do it with just use one string,there is too much going on.
The last straw was when he wanted the initial string attack to be more subtle and stronger as I slid the bar! I told him I couldn't do it and I packed up and left!

Not exactly song requests, but two things come to mind.

Once, while doing a session the producer asked me to play the part again, only this time make it real bluesy, but leave out all the 7ths.

And once, while playing in the house band at the Palomino, somebody came up to the bandstand and said, "Can y'all turn it down about an octave?"

Was onced ask if the band could play the RIVER song,I asked,[do you mean Old Man River]He said no,you know,rolling on the river,No man it's not about a GIRL,it's a river song,We played Proud Mary,he said yeah man THAT;S it.go figure,DYKBC.

Once had a woman ask if we could play "Cat Woman".
Told her I'd never heard that song, how does it go.
After her best attempt at singing a little of "Cat Woman", I figured out she wanted us to play the great Poco song, "Kind Woman"!!! LOL
JE:-)>

I had a request once, but I went ahead and played anyhow.

How about that BEatles tune... "Pay for My Chrysler"

That old Jim Reeves song, "Put Your Sweet Lips A Little Closer To The Bone".

I was playing bass with a band this past weekend and a guy asked me to play "Arkansas Traveller" so I said oh crap, I forgot my bow.

Jim Eaton wrote:After her best attempt at singing a little of "Cat Woman", I figured out she wanted us to play the great Poco song, "Kind Woman"!!! LOL
JE:-)>

Not to be too picky, Jim, but 'Kind Woman' was a great Buffalo Springfield song, pre-Poco... (Of course, either way it was Richie Furay and Rusty Young)

'Play something we know!'

Whenever I'm visiting a club that has live music, I act drunk and ask the band, (any band, country, rock, blues, polka, jazz, whatever) to play that "Wo-o-o Feelings" song. I just like to look at the expressions on their faces!

I was playing with a 5 piece country band years ago in London when we had a request for "anything by the Sex Pistols".

Something we can LIME DANCE to !!

Especially if we're in the fens..

My favourite is the request credited to promoter Mervyn Conn at a recording session. Pressing the talk-back button, he told the double-bassist that his 'strings were rattling a bit' - could he tighten them up, please?

RR

It was in my singing days. I was singing at this seedy tavern. At the start of the 2nd set this huge drunk came up to the bandstand and said: You sing Crystal Chandeliers!
Me: Well, we did that one at the end of the previous set. He gets within 6 inches of my face...
Drunk: You do Crystal Chandeliers!
Me: Ladies and gents, here we go with another request: Crystal Chandeliers...

Two come to mind. Before the last notes of " Your Cheatin' Heart" had faded...someone yelled out a request for " Your Cheatin' Heart." They were serious. It wasn't as if the version we just played was unrecognizable either...it was a great band. And I always get a kick out of..."Play something I might like! "

"Can you play Stardust... or anything else Willie Nelson wrote ?"

-John

We had to learn Zippidee do dah for the brides dance for a wedding. Someone at my regular gig requested Been Caught Stealing by Janes Addiction, we ar a R&B group. JP