I have played in quite a few cover bands and would do it again. My take on covers is to learn it the way it is on the original first. That gives everyone a reference point to fall back on should things lets say,  run ammuck while playing it. After learning the song then maybe the band put thier spin on it. I have noticed that more often than not when a band does covers their way 1st they tend to use thier 1 riff all of the time. That makes for a monotonous night of listening and playing and I wont have any part of that. Unless your paying me of course.

I  like to mix in all kinds of styles whenever the gig allows it. I have found over the years that mixing it up is a real crowd pleaser.

I also try to stay in basic 440 tuning. I am slowly building up my bass collection and keeping some of the other tunings on standbye. I dont care to change basses too much but, I do hear a major difference in the sound of a song if its not played in its original tuning so I deal with it.

If there is a song that is taking too long to pull off or someone in the band is struggling with a part then I just like to scrap it and move on. There is no point in beating something to death when it comes to covers. There are just too many good songs out there to do.

Here is a list of  some songs I have played with live bands. There are more I havent named but, as I remember and have time I will add them.

Sweet emotion, ten inch record. Aerosmith

Fly by night-in the mood, tom sawyer.  Rush

Are you gonna go my way, fly away.  Lenny Kravitz

Syncronicty 2  . The Police

Crazy Train . Ozzy

Ring my bell. Anita Ward

The thrill is gone. B.B. king

Satch Boogie. Joe Satriani

soul city. Southern Culture on the skids

Immigrant song, what is and should never be, the crunge,  Led Zeppelin

I got you (Ifeel good).Jame Brown

Suspicous Minds. The King

Sick of you. Gwar

American Band closer to home. Grand Funk

Allstar. Smashmouth

Thank you (for letme be mice elf)  Sly and the family stone

one way out, whippin post, trouble no more. Allman brothers.

cant get enough. Bad company

Detroit rock city, rock and roll all night, Kiss

use me, Aint no sunshine. Bill Withers

Thunder Kiss 65. White Zombie

Godzilla. Blue oyster cult

Jungle boogie. Kool and the gang

Ride on, dirty deeds. AC\DC

Son of a bitch. Accept

My own worst ememy. Lit

Let it ride,  BTO

Shambala, Three Dog Night

Needle and the spoon, Sweet Home Alabama, The Breeze. Lynyrd Skynyrd

Semi-charmed life. Third eye blind

True lies, slow ride, Blue on black. Kenny Wayne Sheppard

I saw her standing there, birthday and some others I dont remember. The Beatles

Fire, Hey Joe, Red House, Voodoo Chile, Spanish castle magic. James Marshall Hendrix

Would, No exuses. Alice in Chains

Long view, Baskett case, American idiot. Green Day

Smooth Criminal. Alien Ant Farm version of course.

Tightrope, Couldnt stand the weather, and some otherss from Stevie Ray Vaughn

Texas Blues. Gary Moore

Bad Motor scooter. Montrose

Wonderful tonite. Eric Clapton

Syphony of destruction. Megadeth

Brown eyed girl. Van Morrison

Paranoid. Black Sabbath