I’ve had many questions about solo gig performances. This list is for the times the working musician is not out there performing original material–the make your rent gigs. It is also for times when you want to throw a cool tune in your original set…

This post is an ongoing discussion on the ideal set list for solo acoustic musicians…Please leave comments and suggestions regarding venues and regional variations that work…

THE MASTER LIST:

Lovestoned: Justin Timberlake
Bubbletoes: Jack Johnson
Melissa: The Allman Brothers

Stir It Up: Bob Marley

Rehab: Amy Winehouse

Cupid: Sam Cooke

Just the Two of Us: Bill Withers

These Arms of Mine: Ottis Redding
What Goes Around Comes Around: Justin Timberlake

Flake: Jack Johnson

Ring of Fire: Johnny Cash

Gypsy Woman: Martin Sexton

Waiting on the World to Change: John Mayer

Me and Julio: Paul Simon

Cecelia: Paul Simon

Apologize: One Republic

Into the Mystic: Van Morrison

Pride and Joy: Stevie Ray Vaughan

The Master List:

AC/DC
You shook me

Bryan Adams
Cuts like a knife
Summer of ‘69

Allman Brothers Band
Blue Sky
Elizabeth Reed
Melissa
Midnight Rider

Barenaked Ladies
Brian Wilson
If I had a million dollars
Old Apartment
One Week

Gnarls Barkley
Crazy

The Beatles
Blackbird
Day tripper
In my life

Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode
Mr. Big
To be with you

Garth Brooks
Friends in low places
The River

Brooks and Dunn
My Maria
Neon Moon

Jeff Buckley
Hallelluah
Forget Her
Last Goodbye

Jimmy Buffet
Cheeseburger in paradise
Come Monday
Margaritaville
Son of a sailor
Volcano

Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
Jackson
Ring of Fire

Eric Clapton
Before you accuse me
Lay down Sally
Layla
Willy and the hand -jive
Wonderful tonight

Coldplay
Clocks
In my place
Yellow

Sam Cooke
Cupid

The Cure
Love Song

Counting Crows
Round here
Big Yellow Taxi

Cream
Crossroads

CSN and Young
Southern Cross

Howie Day
Collide

Guns N’ Roses
Crazy
Mr. Brownstone
Patience

Grateful Dead
Bertha
Casey Jones
Friend of the devil

Neil Diamond
Sweet Caroline

The Doors
LA woman
Light my fire
People are strange
Roadhouse blues

3 Doors Down
Here without you

Bob Dylan
All along the watchtower
Knockin’ on heaven’s door

The Eagles
Already Gone
Desperado
Take it easy

Eminem
Lose yourself

Modern English
Melt with you

Violent Femmes
Blister in the sun

Pink Floyd
Wish you were here

Marvin Gaye
Sexual Healing
What’s going on

Al Green
Here I am baby
Let’s stay together

Green Day
I walk alone
Time of your life
When I come around

Merle Haggard
Momma tried

Jimi Hendrix
Fire
Foxy Lady
Manic Depression
Voodoo Chile
Wind Cries Mary

Buddy Holly
Everyday
Not fade away

Isley Brothers
Summer Breeze

Jackson Five
ABC
I want you back
I’ll be there

Etta James
At last

Jack Johnson
Bubbletoes
Flake
Sitting, waiting, wishing

Jamiroquai
Virtual Insanity

Joan Jett
I love rock n’ roll

Janis Joplin
Bobby Mcgee

Bon Jovi
I’ll be there for you
Livin’ on a prayer
Wanted dead or alive

Lenny Kravitz
Fly Away

The Kinks
You really got me

Lit
Miserable

Bob Marley
I shot the sheriff
No woman, no cry
Redemption song
Stir it up
Three little birds

Maroon 5
Harder to breath
She will beloved
Sunday Morning
This Love

Dean Martin
Memories are made of this

Dave Matthews
Ants Marching
Crash
Lie in our graves
One world
So much to say

John Mayer
Daughters
Your body is a wonderland
Waiting on the world o change
Why Georgia

John Mellencamp
Cherry bomb
Pink houses
Wild nights

Jason Mraz
You and I both

George Michael
Faith

Steve Miller
Take the money and run
The Joker

Van Morrison
Brown-eyed girl
Into the mystic
Love Caravan

Tom Petty
American girl
Last dance with Mary Jane
You’re so bad
Wildflowers

Phish
Sample in a jar

STP
Plush

Poison
Every rose has its thorn

The Police
Everything she does is magic

Prince
1999
Kiss
Purple Rain
Raspberry Beret

Red Hot Chile Peppers
Apache rose peacock
My friends
Snow

Rhianna
Umbrella

Kenny Rogers
The Gambler

Santana
Black magic woman
Oye como va

Bob Seager
Old time rock n’ roll
Turn the page
You’ll accompany me

Martin Sexton
Black Sheep
Can’t stop thinkin’ about u
Glory Bound
Gypsy Woman
Women and Wine
The way I am

Paul Simon
Feeling groovy
50 ways to leave your lover

Simon and Garfunkel
Cecelia
Me and Julio

Frank Sinatra
Fly me to the moon
The way you look tonight
Percy Sledge
When a man loves a woman

The Rolling Stones
Can’t always get what u want
Honky-tonk woman

Tesla
Signs

Timbaland
The way I are

Justin Timberlake
Cry me a river
Rock your body
Sexy Back

Rob Thomas
Lonely no more
Smooth

The Verve
Bittersweet symphony

Stevie Ray Vaughn
Life by the drop
Pride and Joy
Tightrope

Bill Withers
Lean on me
Just the two of us

Stevie Wonder
Living for the city
Superstition

Led Zeppelin
Babe, I’m gonna leave you
Dyer Maker
Hey, hey, what can I do

Warren Zevon
Werewolves of London