Current Festivals

[64Guitars]

The July/August 2014 festivals are:

Write a song about a location outside your home and record the song live in that same location. The location can be a natural, outdoor place such as a park, forest, beach, river, natural attraction (The Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, etc.), or even your own backyard/garden. Or it can be a man-made place (indoor or outdoor) such as a train/subway/bus station, sports arena, baseball diamond/tennis court/footy pitch, bar/pub/club (live gig about the venue?), an elevator, shopping centre/mall/department store, etc.

You can do a cover instead of an original if it's appropriate for the location. For example, you could go to a local river and record a cover of Neil Young's "Down By The River" or "Take Me to the River" by Al Green/Talking Heads. Or how about Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator" recorded in an actual elevator? I'm sure you'll think of lots of other possibilities.

Your post must include pictures of the location taken on the day the recording was made. If you're concerned about privacy, you don't have to include yourself in the pictures. Just take a picture of your recorder and/or instruments with the location in the background. Or you could include yourself with your head cropped out, as people often do on YouTube. Of course, if you want to include your smiling face in the picture, you're welcome to do so.

In 1989, a jukebox owned by John Lennon was auctioned at Christie's for £2,500. It contained 40 singles that Lennon listened to while on tour in the sixties. This festival will consist of covers of those songs, including the B sides.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon%27s_jukebox

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/lennon/songlist.html

http://chimeradave.blogspot.ca/2012/11/john-lennons-jukebox.html

http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/john-lennons-1965-portable-kb-discomatic-jukebox

http://www.lawrencestrauss.com/jljukebox.html


Here's an image of the jukebox song index in John Lennon's own writing:

(Click to view full size)

Because many entries are blank and others are crossed-out or otherwise ambiguous, there is some confusion about which records were actually in John Lennon's jukebox. For the purposes of this festival, we'll accept covers of any song from the following lists:

This first list is based on the song list image above in Lennon's own writing. Some songs are blank because he didn't fill-in those places on the song list. A few songs are speculation because of crossed-out entries on Lennon's song list or titles that could have more than one possibility.

1A	My Girl - Otis Redding
1B	Down In The Valley - Otis Redding
2A	Turquoise - Donovan
2B	Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) - Donovan
3A
3B
4A	Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
4B	From a Buick 6 - Bob Dylan
5A
5B
6A	1-2-3 - Len Barry
6B	Bullseye - Len Barry
7A
7B
8A
8B
9A
9B
10A
10B
11A
11B
12A
12B
13A	First I Look at the Purse - The Contours
13B	Searching For A Girl - The Contours
14A	In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
14B	I'm Not Tired - Wilson Pickett
15A	Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
15B	Soul of the Man - Fontella Bass
16A	Boot-Leg - Booker T. & the MGs
16B	Outrage - Booker T. & the MGs
17A	Agent Double-O-Soul - Edwin Starr
17B	Agent Double-O Soul (instrumental) - Edwin Starr
18A	The Tracks of My Tears - The Miracles
18B	A Fork in the Road - The Miracles
19A	Gonna Send You Back To Georgia (A City Slick) - Timmy Shaw
19B	I'm A Lonely Guy - Timmy Shaw
20A	Hi-Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker
20B	I Don't Want 'Cha - Tommy Tucker

21A	Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams
21B	High School Dance - Larry Williams
22A	It's Too Late - Chuck Willis
22B	Kansas City Woman - Chuck Willis
23A
23B
24A	Some Other Guy - Richie Barrett
24B	Tricky Dicky - Richie Barrett
25A	A Shot of Rhythm and Blues - Arthur Alexander
25B	You Better Move On - Arthur Alexander
26A	Daddy Rollin' Stone - Derek Martin
26B	Don't Put Me Down Like This - Derek Martin
27A	Bring It On Home to Me - The Animals
27B	For Miss Caulker - The Animals
28A
28B
29A	She Said, "Yeah" - Larry Williams
29B	Bad Boy - Larry Williams
30A	The Only One I Love - The Miracles
30B	Ain't It Baby - The Miracles
31A
31B
32A	Slippin' and Slidin' - Little Richard
32B	Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
33A	Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
33B	Dream Girl - Bruce Channel
34A	Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
34B	Woman Love - Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
35A	I've Been Good to You - The Miracles
35B	What's So Good About Goodbye - The Miracles
36A	New Orleans - U.S. Bonds
36B	Please Forgive Me - U.S. Bonds
37A	Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers
37B	Spanish Twist (instrumental) - The Isley Brothers
38A	If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody - James Ray with the Hutch Davie Orchestra
38B	It's Been a Drag - James Ray with the Hutch Davie Orchestra
39A	Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker
39B	Steal Your Heart Away - Bobby Parker
40A	Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong
40B	Oh I Apologize - Barrett Strong

This list contains alternate possibilities and songs listed on the CDs or mentioned in the PBS video.

A	Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cooke
B	Having a Party - Sam Cooke
A	No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry
B	Liverpool Drive - Chuck Berry
A	Some Other Guy - The Big Three
B	Let True Love Begin - The Big Three
A	New Orleans - U.S. Bonds
B	Quarter to Three - U.S. Bonds
A	Daydream - The Lovin' Spoonful
B	Night Owl Blues - The Lovin' Spoonful
A	Do You Believe in Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful
B	On The Road Again - The Lovin' Spoonful

A	Slippin' and Slidin' - Buddy Holly
B	Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Buddy Holly
A	The Walk - Jimmy McCracklin
B	I'm To Blame - Jimmy McCracklin
A	Shop Around - The Miracles
B	Who's Lovin' You - The Miracles
A	Steppin' Out - Paul Revere & The Raiders
B	Blue Fox - Paul Revere & The Raiders
A	Ooh! My Soul - Little Richard
B	True, Fine Mama - Little Richard

[Greeny]

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to 64 guitars for putting the Lennon jukebox listing together with links to all the songs. That's a lot of work and dedication right there. You're the man!

[Hilary]

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to 64 guitars for putting the Lennon jukebox listing together with links to all the songs. That's a lot of work and dedication right there. You're the man!

Yes thanks very much

[Tangled Wires]

Only just noticed this, incredible dedication and attention to detail as ever 64.

Thank you for always making this site so user friendly

[ODH]

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to 64 guitars for putting the Lennon jukebox listing together with links to all the songs. That's a lot of work and dedication right there. You're the man!

Hear, hear. Well beyond the call of duty. I for one have heard a lot if excellent music I wouldn't have otherwise heard. Wether or not anyone covers it.

Tx dude

[64Guitars]

The September/October 2014 festivals are:

John Peel Sessions

- Cover any song that was featured in the Peel Sessions.


and


WarSongFest

- War songs, anti-war songs.

[64Guitars]

The November/December 2014 festivals are:


Beatles Challenge Fest

It's been two years since our last BeatlesFest. This one will be a bit different. The challenge is to complete some more Beatles albums. So this time we'll only allow Beatles songs which have not yet been covered in the past two BeatlesFests. And solo works won't be allowed this time -- only Beatles songs from their studio albums.

Here's a list from 2012 of the songs that haven't been done yet:

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=15659.msg202836#msg202836

When I get time, I'll check that list to see if any of them have been done since 2012 (maybe one or two?).


MonkeyFest

Songs featuring monkeys in the lyrics.

Note:
1) Original instrumentals are not allowed for MonkeyFest. If you want to do an original song, it must have lyrics that are about monkeys. Instrumental covers would be allowed if they are covers of a song that originally had lyrics about monkeys (or at least mention monkeys). For example, you could do an instrumental cover of The Rolling Stones' "Monkey Man" or "Mickey's Monkey" by The Miracles.
2) Covers of songs by the group The Monkees are not allowed unless the lyrics mention monkeys (the animal, not the band). The only song that comes to mind is The Monkees' Theme Song which has the lyric "People say we monkey around". Even that's a bit iffy but I think we'll allow it.

[64Guitars]

I've checked the list of remaining Beatles songs that were not covered in the first two BeatlesFests and found fenderbender's cover of "Words of Love" which The Beatles recorded on side 2 of "Beatles for Sale", so I've added it to the Beatles Challenge Fest jukebox.

Here's the complete list of songs that are eligible for inclusion in the Beatles Challenge Fest:

Updated 2014-12-30

                                                     Done         Needed
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)    11/13   84.6 %      2
Past Masters - Volume Two                       12/15   80.0 %      3
A Hard Day's Night (1964)                       10/13   76.9 %      3
Magical Mystery Tour                             8/11   72.7 %      3
Let It Be (1970)                                 7/12   58.3 %      5
Help! (1965)                                     8/14   57.1 %      6
Please Please Me (1963)                          7/14   50.0 %      7
Beatles for Sale (1964)                          6/14   42.9 %      8
Yellow Submarine (1969)                          5/13   38.5 %      8
Past Masters - Volume One                        9/18   50.0 %      9
With The Beatles (1963)                          4/14   28.6 %     10

Completed:
Rubber Soul (1965)                              14/14  100.0 %      0
Revolver (1966)                                 14/14  100.0 %      0
The Beatles (aka the White Album) (1968)        30/30  100.0 %      0
Abbey Road (1969)                               17/17  100.0 %      0

The following songs are needed to complete the albums:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Side 1:
4. "Getting Better"
6. "She's Leaving Home"

Side 2
4. "Good Morning Good Morning"
5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
Past Masters - Volume Two

Side 1:
6. "The Inner Light"

Side 2
2. "Don't Let Me Down"
4. "Old Brown Shoe"
7. "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"
A Hard Day's Night

Side 2
1. "Any Time at All"
2. "I'll Cry Instead"
6. "I'll Be Back"
Magical Mystery Tour

Side 1:
1. "Magical Mystery Tour"
3. "Flying"
4. "Blue Jay Way"
5. "Your Mother Should Know"

Side 2
3. "Penny Lane"
5. "All You Need Is Love"
Let It Be

Side 1:
2. "Dig a Pony"
4. "I Me Mine"
5. "Dig It"
7. "Maggie Mae"

Side 2
4. "For You Blue"
Help!

Side 1:
2. "The Night Before"
4. "I Need You"
5. "Another Girl"
6. "You're Going to Lose That Girl"

Side 2
3. "You Like Me Too Much"
7. "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"

Please Please Me

Side 1:
4. "Chains"
5. "Boys"
6. "Ask Me Why"

Side 2
2. "P.S. I Love You"
3. "Baby It's You"
5. "A Taste of Honey"
6. "There's a Place"
Beatles for Sale

Side 1:
2. "I'm a Loser"
3. "Baby's in Black"
4. "Rock and Roll Music"
5. "I'll Follow the Sun"
6. "Mr. Moonlight"
7. "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey"

Side 2
2. "Words of Love"
4. "Every Little Thing"
5. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
6. "What You're Doing"
7. "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"
Yellow Submarine

Side 1:
2. "Only a Northern Song"
3. "All Together Now"
6. "All You Need Is Love"

Side 2
1. "Pepperland"
2. "Sea of Time"
3. "Sea of Holes"
4. "Sea of Monsters"
5. "March of the Meanies"
6. "Pepperland Laid Waste"
7. "Yellow Submarine in Pepperland"
Past Masters - Volume One

Side 1:
3. "Thank You Girl"
5. "I'll Get You"
8. "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand"
9. "Sie Liebt Dich"

Side 2
2. "I Call Your Name"
3. "Slow Down"
6. "She's a Woman"
7. "Bad Boy"
8. "Yes It Is"
With The Beatles

Side 1:
1. "It Won't Be Long"
2. "All I've Got to Do"
4. "Don't Bother Me"
5. "Little Child"
7. "Please Mister Postman"

Side 2
2. "Hold Me Tight"
3. "You Really Got a Hold on Me"
4. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
5. "Devil in Her Heart"
6. "Not a Second Time"

Completed:

Revolver

Side 1:
4. "Love You To"

Side 2
1. "Good Day Sunshine"
4. "Doctor Robert"
5. "I Want to Tell You"

The Beatles (aka the White Album)

Side 1:
2. "Dear Prudence"
3. "Glass Onion"
4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
6. "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"

Side 2
1. "Martha My Dear"

Side 3
5. "Sexy Sadie"

Side 4
5. "Revolution 9"

I've decided to strike-through the songs as they're done. But you can still cover those songs if you want to. There's no harm in having multiple covers of the same song, as long as they weren't covered in the first two BeatlesFests. The strike-through is just a way to keep track of which ones have been done so that we can concentrate on those that are not yet done and thereby complete the albums eventually.

[64Guitars]

I've added a bunch of monkey avatars in case anyone wants a new avatar for MonkeyFest.

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=profile;sa=forumProfile

[Gnasty]

People just can`t say no to me now. Nice one 64! We need some monkey emoticons too!!