Grateful Geezers

The Grateful Geezers bring a lifetime of experience and fun to the stage as they make your party a success with great soul, classic rock, and soul music. The members of the band have all performed professionally since the 1950s and continue to put on energetic shows that delight audiences of all ages!

The Grateful Geezers perform for galas, corporate events and conventions, weddings, debutante balls, holiday open houses, and any party that needs a great band in Houston, and any other city across the great state of Texas!

 

BLUES
Bright Lights, Big City, Big Boss Man, You Got Me Runnin’, Baby What You Want to Do, Honest I Do (Jimmy Reed)
Barefootin’ (Robert Parker)
Before You Accuse Me (Bo Diddley)
Been Mistreated (Freddie King)
Down Home Blues, Steppin Out – Steppin In (ZZ Hill)
High Heel Sneakers (Buddy Guy)
Last Two Dollars (Johnny Taylor)
Next Time You See Me (Junior Parker)
Straighten It Out (Latimoor)
Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson)
Been Mistreated (Freddie King)
Mail Box Blues (Taj Mahal)
Further On Up the Road, St. James Infirmary, Stormy Monday (Bobby Blue Bland)
Next Time You See Me, Drivin’ Wheel (Junior Parker)
Rainbow 65 (Gene Pitney)
Tin Pan Alley Blues (Little Milton)
The Thrill is Gone, Sell My Monkey (BB King)
Mary Had a Little Lamb, Pride & Joy, Cold Shot, Empty Arms (Stevie Ray Vaughan)

CAJUN/ZYDECO/LOUISIANA

My Toot Toot
Hello Josephine
Jambalaya
Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans
Walkin to New Orleans
New Orleans Lady
Ain’t That A Shame
Blue Monday
Blueberry Hill
Lucille
Going Down to Lafayette

CLASSIC ROCK & OLDIES
Right Now (Free)
Brown Sugar, Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
I’m Walking, Ready, Willing, and Able (Fats Domino)
Johnny B. Goode, Nadine, Rock and Roll Music (Chuck Berry)
Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix)
Harlem Nocturne (Earl Bostic)
La Bamba (Ritchie Valens)
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)
Rainbow 65 (Gene Chandler)
Sharp Dressed Man, Pearl Necklace, Waitin’ for the Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Shakin’ Your Tree (ZZ Top)
Proud Mary, Bad Moon Risin’ (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

INSTRUMENTALS
Sleepwalk (Santo & Johnny)
Walk Don’t Run, Yellow Bird (The Ventures)
Pick Up the Pieces, Keep the Ball Rollin (Avenue Blue)
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Cannonball Adderly)
Sugar (Stanley Turrentine)
Honky Tonk, Hold It (Bill Doggett)
Breezin’ (George Benson)
Night Train (Link Wray)
Frosty (Albert Collins)
Just My Imagination (George Jenda)
Mr. Magic (Grover Washington, Jr.)
Hideaway (Freddie King)

COUNTRY
All My Exes Live in Texas, Amarillo By Morning, The Chair (George Strait)
Blue Eyes Cryin in the Rain (Willie Nelson)
Cotton Eyed Joe (Isaac Payton Sweat)
He Stopped Lovin’ Her Today, Today I Started Loving You Again (George Jones)
You Never Call Me By My Name (David Alan Coe)
Tennessee Waltz (Redd Stewart)
Kiss An Angel Good Morning (Charlie Pride)
That’s The Way Love Goes (Merle Haggard)
Waltz Across Texas (Ernest Tubb)
Friends in Low Places (Garth Brooks)

SOUL CLASSICS
Shout (Isley Brothers)
Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay, Can’t Turn You Loose, Mr. Pitiful, I’ve Been Loving You Too Long, These Arms of Mine, Try A Little Tenderness (Otis Redding)
My Girl, Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, Get Ready, Just My Imagination (Temptations)
Mustang Sally, Midnight Hour, Funky Broadway, 634-5798,
Land of 1,000 Dances (Wilson Pickett)
Isn’t She Lovely, Living for the City, Superstition, You Are The Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)
Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley)
Let’s Stay Together, Love and Happiness (Al Greene)
Shotgun, What Does it Take (Junior Parker)
Heard it Through the Grapevine, What’s Going On, Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
I Feel Good, Funky Good Time, Sex Machine (James Brown)
I’ll Take You There (Staples Singers)
Soul Man (Sam & Dave)
Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Walking the Dog (Rufus Thomas)
Who’s Makin’ Love (Johnny Taylor)
I’ll Be Around (The Spinners)
Linda Lou (Ray Sharpe)
Ain’t No Sunshine, Use Me, Lean on Me (Bill Withers)
Turn Back the Hands of Time (Tyrone Davis)
Knock on Wood (Eddie Floyd)

PARTY FUNK
Brick House (Commodores)
Boogie Shoes, That’s The Way I Like It (KC & The Sunshine Band)
Superfreak (Rick James)
How Long (Ace)
Cissy Strut (Meters)
Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band)

SWING STANDARDS
Fly Me to the Moon, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, New York, New York, Night and Day, The Way You Look Tonight, World on a String, Summer Breeze (Frank Sinatra)
Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes , Kick in the Head, You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (Dean Martin)
At Last (Etta James)
San Francisco (I Left My Heart) (Tony Bennett)
All of Me, Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Mack the Knife (Bobby Darrin)
Unforgettable, When I Fall In Love (Nat King Cole)
Misty (Johnny Mathis)
Ain’t Misbehaving (Fats Waller)

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