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Here’s a list of what we’ve been playing lately. But every show seems to have a couple of surprises. And we take requests... Something you want to hear? Ask us (click here)

Addicted To Love     Robert Palmer

American Girl  Tom Petty

Ain't Too Proud To Beg   Temptations/Stones

Beer in Mexico - Kenny Chesney

Before He Cheats - C. Underwood

Birthday     Beatles

Breathe    Michelle Branch

Brown Eyed Girl    Van Morrison

Brown Sugar   Rolling Stones

Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin

Dancin’ With Myself - The Donnas

Every Time I Roll The Dice     Delbert McClinton

Everywhere     Michelle Branch

Feeling Alright      Joe Cocker/Dave Mason

Figured You Out        Nickelback

Free     Train

Gimme Three Steps    Lynyrd Skynyrd

Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman

Hard to Handle     Black Crowes

Heaven -  Los Lonely Boys

Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms

Hold On Loosly - 38 Special

How Far We’ve Come -- Matchbox 20

Honky Tonk Woman Stones

I’m Just A Girl  No Doubt

I Wan’t You To Want Me   Cheap Trick/L. Lohan

Jealous Again  Black Crowes

Knock On Wood  Eddie Floyd

Mustang Sally *   Wilson Pickett **

Old Apartment     Bare Naked Ladies

Pink Houses     John Mellencamp

Poor, Poor Pitiful Me  L. Ronstadt/Warren Zevon

Rehab  - Amy Winehouse

Rock Star - Nickelback

Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy     Big & Rich

Standing on Shaky Ground     Delbert McClintonn

Some Kind of Wonderful     Grand Funk

Soul Man       Sam & Dave / Blues Bros.

Something To Talk About Bonnie Raitt

Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield

Superstition - Stevie Wonder/Stevie Ray Vaughn

Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd

Take It Off - The Donnas

Take Your Mama Out   Scissor Sisters

The Boys Of Summer Eagles/Ataris

This Is How A Heart Breaks Rob Thomas

Ticks  Brad Paisley

This Love - Maroon 5

Tumblin’ Dice  Rolling Stones

Unwell - Matchbox 20

Use Me     Bill Withers

Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson

Walk This Way    Aerosmith

Wild Nights    J. Mellencamp

Wonderful Tonight  Eric Clapton

You Oughta Know  Alanis Morrissette

You’re My Favorite Mistake   Sheryl Crowe

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If You’re Keeping Score At Home....
Our current set list features about 25 songs from the 60s and 70s and 25 from the 90s and 00s  -- Kind of a Inverted Bell-Shaped Curve of Rock and Roll. Obviously, if you need a fix of Whitesnake or Duran Duran, we’re not your band. Why only 5 songs from the 80s? There are plenty of good 80s bands out there and some of them are big fun. We’re not one of those bands, but we’re bigger fun - different than your 80s band and way different than the “classic rock” outfits that don’t keep in touch with what today’s club and party crowds want to hear. Also missing from the AKA repertoire is any Disco or Hip-Hop. Every band ought to have a personality. With AKA, that personality comes through with well-played, proven crowd-pleasers; but no Spandex or Big Hair.

* A word about Mustang Sally: It was a great song when Wilson Pickett did it, and we do a helluva version. But for every person who requests it, there’s a corresponding individual who has heard so many bad renditions that they just don’t want to hear it ever again. We respect those wishes, except when a club owner or hiring manager asks for it. Or, if someone requests it in writing using the Official AKA Request Form. 50

Requests on this form can also get us inspired to play “Freebird” and other over-exposed anthems. But we would rather play the stuff we know the majority of your crowd will really like.

What you’ll hear: AKA is a big group with a big sound, utilizing two guitars, keyboards, sax, bass, drums and percussion with four singers. Big doesn’t necessarily have to be loud. We have state-of-the-art equipment and keep the stage volume down. Then, we mic everything, including the drums and guitar amps, to get a balanced mix at any volume level. Including loud if you want it.

 

Click on tunes underlined in blue to hear our version

Notice A Trend? Just about every song AKA plays is a certified platinum hit. They were picked because, as an experienced cover band, we know our job is to entertain the crowd, not each other. On the other hand, since we found all these great songs we all like, it makes playing them for you an awful lot of fun