Song List
More Cowbell has received great feedback on our song list! This may be the most diverse and interesting collection of songs we’ve seen. Some of these songs list the original composer, but we play a recent version covered by somebody else. For example, on Poor Poor Pitiful Me, which was originally written by Linda Rondstadt, we play in the style of Warren Zevon.
We’re constantly adding new material as one of us is inspired between practices, and it’s common for Bob, Eric, or Jeff to arrive at practice with some chords and a recommendation. Enjoy browsing this list of songs. We pull randomly from the list based on the energy in the the crowd, and line ’em up in a suitable fashion to support the mood. We’ve been known to build a set based on themes. For example, we once started with Jenny Jenny, then played Alison, Amie, and wrapped the set with Bertha. Eleanor Rigby would have fit in well with that set!
Cheers!
| Song | Artist |
| A Day in the Life | The Beatles |
| A Whiter Shade of Pale | Procol Harum |
| After the Gold Rush | Neil Young |
| Aiko Aiko | Grateful Dead |
| Alison | Elvis Costello |
| All Shook Up | Elvis Presley |
| All You Need is Love | The Beatles |
| Already Gone | Eagles |
| Althea | Grateful Dead |
| Always Look on the Bright Side of Life | Monty Python |
| America | Simon and Garfunkel |
| American Pie | Don McLean |
| Amie | Pure Prairie League |
| And it Stoned Me | Van Morrison |
| Angel from Montgomery | John Prine |
| As Tears go By | The Rolling Stones |
| Baby I Love your Way | Peter Frampton |
| Be Bop a Lula | Gene Vincent |
| Beg Steal or Borrow | Ray LaMontagne |
| Behind Blue Eyes | The Who |
| Bertha | Grateful Dead |
| Best Friend’s Girl | The Cars |
| Big Boss Man | Jimmy Reed |
| Big River | Johnny Cash |
| Big Yellow Taxi | Joni Mitchell |
| Black Water | Doobie Brothers |
| Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes |
| Brain Damage | Pink Floyd |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison |
| Burning Love | Elvis Presley |
| Calamity Song | The Decemberists |
| California Dreamin | The Mommas and the Poppas |
| Cat’s in the Cradle | Harry Chapin |
| China Grove | Doobie Brothers |
| City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie |
| Clocks | Coldplay |
| Closer to Fine | Indigo Girls |
| Cracklin’ Rosie | Neil Diamond |
| Dead Flowers | Grateful Dead |
| Dear Mr Fantasy | Traffic |
| Desperado | Eagles |
| Diamond Dogs | David Bowie |
| Dick in a Box | The Lonely Island |
| Dirty Work | Steely Dan |
| Dixie Chicken | Little Feat |
| Don’t Do Me Like That | Tom Petty |
| Don’t Fear the Reaper | Blue Oyster Cult |
| Don’t go back to Rockdale | REM |
| Down by the Water | The Decemberists |
| Early Morning Rain | Gordon Lightfoot |
| Eggplant | Michael Franks |
| El Paso | Marty Robbins |
| Eleanor Rigby | The Beatles |
| Every Grain of Sand | Bob Dylan |
| Everybody is a Star | Sly and the Family Stone |
| Everybody’s Talking at Me | Harry Nilsson |
| Evil Ways | Santana |
| Feelin’ Alright | Joe Cocker and Traffic |
| Feeling Groovy | Simon and Garfunkel |
| Fins | Jimmy Buffet |
| Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash |
| For the Turnstiles | Neil Young |
| Forever Young | Bob Dylan |
| Free Fallin | Tom Petty |
| Freebird | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead |
| From the Beginning | Emerson Lake and Palmer |
| Garden Party | Ricky Nelson |
| Get Lucky | Daft Punk |
| Good Lovin | The Rascals |
| Good People | Jack Johnson |
| Graceland | Paul Simon |
| Green Eyes | Coldplay |
| Green Grass and High Tides | The Outlaws |
| Hanakkuh Song | Adam Sandler |
| Happy Together | The Turtles |
| Hey Jude | The Beatles |
| High in the Morning | Tom Petty |
| Highway 61 Revisited | Bob Dylan |
| Honky Tonk Woman | The Rolling Stones |
| Hotel California | Eagles |
| I am the Walrus | The Beatles |
| I Second that Emotion | Smokey Robinson |
| I Shot the Sheriff | Eric Clapton |
| I Will Survive | Cake |
| I Won’t Back Down | Tom Petty |
| I’m No Angel | Greg Allman |
| I’m Not Like Everybody Else | The Kinks |
| I’m Only Sleeping | The Beatles |
| In the Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett |
| Into the Mystic | Van Morrison |
| Island in the Sun | Weezer |
| It Don’t Come Easy | Ringo Starr |
| It’s All Over Now Baby Blue | Bob Dylan |
| It’s Only Rock n Roll | The Rolling Stones |
| It’s the End of the World as we Know It | REM |
| Jammin | Bob Marley |
| Jenny Jenny | Tommy Tutone |
| Johnny B Goode | Chuck Berry |
| Just What I needed | The Cars |
| Karma Police | Radiohead |
| Lady Madonna | The Beatles |
| Lady with a Fan | Grateful Dead |
| Let it Bleed | The Rolling Stones |
| Let’s Get Together | The Youngbloods |
| Life During Wartime | Talking Heads |
| Light My Fire | The Doors |
| Lightning Crashes | Live |
| Like a Rolling Stone | Bob Dylan |
| Lime and the Coconut | Harry Nilsson |
| Little Wing | Jimi Hendrix |
| Long Black Veil | Johnny Cash |
| Losing my Religion | REM |
| Love in the Afternoon | Grateful Dead |
| Love is all Around | The Troggs |
| Lovely Rita | The Beatles |
| Low Spark of High Heeled Boys | Traffic |
| Lucky Man | Emerson Lake and Palmer |
| Maggie May | Rod Stewart |
| Man on the Moon | REM |
| Margeritaville | Jimmy Buffet |
| Mary Jane’s Last Dance | Tom Petty |
| Melissa | The Allman Brothers Band |
| Might as Well | Grateful Dead |
| Mississippi Half Step | Grateful Dead |
| Monkey See Monkey Do | Michael Franks |
| Moonage Daydream | David Bowie |
| Moondance | Van Morrison |
| Mother’s Little Helper | The Rolling Stones |
| Mr. Bojangles | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett |
| My Girl | The Temptations |
| New Speedway Boogie | Grateful Dead |
| No Woman No Cry | Bob Marley |
| Not Fade Away | Buddy Holly |
| Nowhere Man | The Beatles |
| OHIO | Crosby Stills Nash and Young |
| On the Border | Al Stewart |
| One | U2 |
| One Love | Bob Marley |
| One More Cup of Coffee | Bob Dylan |
| Paint it Black | The Rolling Stones |
| Peaceful Easy Feeling | Eagles |
| Penny Lane | The Beatles |
| Perfect Day | Lou Reed |
| Phantom Limb | The Shins |
| Pinball Wizard | The Who |
| Poor Poor Pitiful Me | Linda Ronstadt |
| Popsicle Toes | Michael Franks |
| Positively Fourth Street | Bob Dylan |
| Powderfinger | Neil Young |
| Psycho Killer | Talking Heads |
| Radar Love | Golden Earring |
| Ramble On Rose | Neil Diamond |
| Ramblin Man | The Allman Brothers Band |
| Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash |
| Rocket Man | Elton John |
| Route 66 | Bobby Troup |
| Royals | Lorde |
| Ruby Tuesday | The Beatles |
| Runnin Down a Dream | Tom Petty |
| Running on Empty | Jackson Brown |
| Scarlet Begonias | Grateful Dead |
| Science Fiction Double Feature | Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| Should I Stay or Should I Go | The Clash |
| Show Me the Way | Peter Frampton |
| Sitting on the Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding |
| Sitting Waiting Wishing | Jack Johnson |
| Somebody to Love | Jefferson Airplane |
| Space Oddity | David Bowie |
| Squeeze Box | The Who |
| St. Stephen | Grateful Dead |
| Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin |
| Stir it Up | Bob Marley |
| Stormy Monday | Allman Brothers |
| Strawberry Fields Forever | The Beatles |
| Suffragette City | The Rolling Stones |
| Sugar Magnolia | Grateful Dead |
| Sultans of Swing | Dire Straits |
| Sunday Bloody Sunday | U2 |
| Sunshine Superman | Donovan |
| Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley |
| Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Sympathy for the Devil | The Rolling Stones |
| Take it Easy | Eagles |
| Take me Home Country Roads | John Denver |
| Take Me to the River | Talking Heads |
| Terrapin Station | Grateful Dead |
| That’s the Way the World Goes Round | John Prine |
| The Boxer | Simon and Garfunkle |
| The House of the Rising Sun | The Animals |
| The Letter | The Box Tops |
| The Man Song | Sean Morey |
| The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down | The Band |
| The One I Love | REM |
| The Promised Land | Chuck Berry |
| The Race is On | George Jones |
| The Scientist | Coldplay |
| The Weight | The Band |
| These Boots are Made for Walkin | Nancy Sinatra |
| They Call the Wind Mariah | Lerner and Loewe |
| Time after Time | Cindy Lauper |
| Time of your Life | Green Day |
| Time Warp | Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| Tiny Dancer | Elton John |
| Trenchtown Rock | Bob Marley |
| Truckin | Grateful Dead |
| True Colors | Cindy Lauper |
| Tulsa Time | Eric Clapton |
| Unbroken Chain | Grateful Dead |
| Uncle Johns Band | Grateful Dead |
| Under My Thumb | The Rolling Stones |
| Up on Cripple Creek | The Band |
| US Blues | Grateful Dead |
| Vampire Blues | Neil Young |
| Walk of Life | Dire Straits |
| Walk on the Wild Side | Lou Reed |
| Warning Sign | Coldplay |
| Watching the Detectives | Elvis Costello |
| Waterfalls | TLC |
| Werewolves of London | Warron Zevon |
| What I Like about You | The Romantics |
| What’s so Funny about Peace Love and Understanding | Elvis Costello |
| When I’m 64 | The Beatles |
| While My Guitar Gently Weeps | The Beatles |
| Why Don’t we get Drunk | Jimmy Buffet |
| Wicked Game | Chris Isaak |
| Wild Horses | The Rolling Stones |
| With a Little Help from my Friends | The Beatles |
| Year of the Cat | Al Stewart |
| You are the World to Me | David Gray |
| You can Call me Al | Paul Simon |
| You Can’t Always Get what you Want | The Rolling Stones |