...AN ECLECTIC MIX OF FAVORITES
Jim Anderson & Denise Geisler
Performing together as a duo since 2010, Jim Anderson plays acoustic guitar, harmonica and vocals. Denise Geisler sings harmony and lead vocals. A talented guitarist and songwriter, Jim played lead guitar for “The Rebel Kind” and “The Choir” (It’s Cold Outside) in the 60's and 70's. In 2012 he finished a three year run with "Forever Young", and is now in the four piece band, "NO MOSS". With renewed interest in the acoustic side of music, Jim joins vocalist Denise Geisler in playing everything from fingerstyle to the softer side of rock, pop and the blues. As former lead vocalist for Forever Young and now NO MOSS, Denise lends her smooth vocal style to a wide variety of music in the Duo.
What Do We Play?
That question always stumps us. Truth is, we play songs we like, whether from the "old days" or something on the radio today; pop, classic rock, and oh yeah, let's throw in some country too! Old standards? Yes. Fingerstyle instrumentals? Uh-huh. And a few originals to boot.
We infuse our style into everything we play - and mix it up! It might mean being jazzy on a Beatles tune, doing a female vocal lead on a Doobie Bros. hit, an acoustic take on classic rock, or creating duet arrangements and harmonies that fit like a glove.
Some of the Artists We Like
Nora Jones Beatles Everly Bros. Carole King James Taylor Eagles Simon & Garfunkel Stevie Nicks Bob Dylan CCR Bruce Springsteen Eric Clapton Curtis Mayfield Leonard Cohen Doobies Bros. Jason Mraz Elvis Loggins & Messina Ray Charles Linda Ronstadt Smokey Robinson Lady Antebellum Grand Funk RR Fats Domino Frank Sinatra Natalie Cole Adele Darius Rucker John Mellencamp Van Morrison Edgar Winter Jackson 5 Dobie Gray Stevie Wonder Maroon 5 Phillip Phillips Zac Brown Band Seals & Crofts Lionel Ritchie Crystal Gayle John Waite Ed Sheeran ...and many more!!
A cozy night at the Blind Squirrel
SAMPLE PLAYLIST
Beatles:
Blackbird, Here Comes the Sun, I Feel Fine, Imagine, In My Life, Norwegian Wood, Ticket to Ride,
We Can Work it Out, You Can’t Do That, You Really Got a Hold on Me
Carole King/James Taylor:
Carolina In My Mind, Fire and Rain, How Sweet It Is, It’s Too Late
Natural Woman, Steamroller Blues, Will You Still Love Me, You’ve Got a Friend
Dylan
Forever Young, Knockin on Heaven’s Door, Like a Rolling Stone, Make You Feel My Love
Everly Brothers
Bird Dog, Bye Bye Love, Let it Be Me, Wake Up Little Susie, Walk Right Back
Various Artists: 50’s, 60’s & 70’s
Horse With No Name (America), All Shook Up (Elvis), Baby It’s Cold Outside, Bennie & The Jetts (Elton John), Country Roads (John Denver), Crazy Love (Van Morrison), Danny’s Song (Loggins & Messina), Desperado (Eagles), Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (C. Gayle), Drift Away (Dobie Gray), Everybody’s Talkin (Harry Nillson), Fly Me to the Moon (Sinatra), Free Ride (Edgar Winter), Girl from Ipanema , Goodtime Charlie’s Got the Blues, Have You Ever Seen the Rain (CCR), Hit the Road Jack (Ray Charles), I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash) , I Want You Back (Jackson 5), I’m Walkin’ (Fats Domino), It’s Cold Outside (The Choir), King of the Road (Roger Miller), Landslide (Fleetwood Mac), Lean on Me (Withers), Listen to the Music (Doobie Bros.), Love Song (Elton John), Memphis (Johnny Rivers), Moondance (Van Morrison), On Broadway (George Benson), People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) , Proud Mary (Tina Turner), Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac), Rockin’ Robin (Jackson 5), Route 66, Since I Fell for You, Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding), Some Kind of Wonderful (Grand Funk RR), Superstition (Stevie Wonder)/Purple Haze, Teach Your Children (Graham Nash), To Love Somebody (Bee Gees), Tracks of My Tears (Smokey Robinson), Ventura Highway (America), What a Wonderful World, Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell), Your Mama Don’t Dance (Loggins/Messina)
Various Artists: to the Present
American Kids (Kenny Chesney), Are You Gonna Kiss Me (Thompson Square), Budapest (George Ezra), Chicken Fried (Zac Brown), Colder Weather (Zac Brown), Come Away with Me (Nora Jones), Come Back Song (Darius Rucker), Dancing Away with My Heart (Lady Antebellum), Die A Happy Man (Thomas Rhett), Don’t Know Why (Nora Jones), Fire (Springsteen), Follow Me (Uncle Kracker), Free Fallin (Tom Petty), Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen), Ho Hey (Lumineers), Home (Phillip Phillips), I Can’t Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt),
I Won’t Give Up (Jason Mraz), I’m On Fire (Springsteen), Missing You (John Waite), Rolling in the Deep (Adele), Summer Breeze (Seals & Crofts), Sunday Morning (Maroon 5), Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran), Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker), What a Fool Believes (Loggins/McDonald), Wild Night (Morrison/Mellencamp), You Got a Friend in Me (Randy Newman), Your Man (Josh Turner)