This is the master list of all the songs The Illbillys have learned as of March 2008. 'Tis the list from whence all setlists are born. If there are any of these songs that you simply must hear at your event, give the band a heads-up so they can brush it off and make it sparkle. Additionally, The Illbillys will play requests, as long as they're made as LONG before the event as possible, so they can, like, y'know, LEARN the song.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


  • Act Naturally – Buck Owens
  • Alabama Whisky Bar – The Doors
  • A Lonely Place – The Smithereens
  • American Girl – Tom Petty

  • Be Bop a Lula – Gene Vincent
  • Blue Skies – Irving Berlin
  • The Break-Up Song – Greg Kihn
  • Bungle in the Jungle – Jethro Tull
  • Bus Stop/Things We Said Today – The Hollies/The Beatles

  • Cigarette – The Clarks
  • Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young
  • Come and Bring Roses – Nirvana/Smithereens (medley of “Come As You Are” and “Blood and Roses”)
  • Copperhead Road – Steve Earle
  • Country Roads – John Denver

  • Daddy Was a Preacher But Mama Was a Go-Go Girl – SCOTS
  • Dead Flowers – The Rolling Stones
  • Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time – Mickey Gilley
  • Driving My Life Away – Eddie Rabbitt

  • Emily – JB Jeter

  • Feel a Whole Lot Better – The Byrds
  • Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger
  • Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
  • For Your Love – The Yardbirds

  • Here Comes Your Man – The Pixies
  • Hey Bulldog – The Beatles
  • House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
  • Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran

  • I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight – Bob Dylan
  • I’ll Cry Instead – The Beatles
  • I’m a Boy – The Who
  • I Never Picked Cotton – Johnny Cash
  • I Wish/Peace Frog – Stevie Wonder/The Doors
  • It’s a Shame About Ray – The Lemonheads
  • I Wanna Be Like You – Louis Prima (from Disney’s “The Jungle Book”)

  • Jambalaya – Hank Williams Sr.
  • Jane is Magic – Jane’s Addiction/The Police (Medley of “Jane Says” and “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic”)

  • Kaw-Liga – Hank Williams Sr.
  • King of the Road – Roger Miller

  • Land Down Under – Men at Work
  • Last Time – The Rolling Stones
  • Let's Knock Together – Canned Heat/ Dave Edmunds (Medley of "Let's Work Together" and "I Hear You Knockin'")
  • Listen to Her Heart – Tom Petty
  • Living in the Past – Jethro Tull
  • Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull

  • Mack the Knife – Louis Armstrong (among others)
  • Maggie’s Farm – Bob Dylan
  • Mary’s Lamb – Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard – Paul Simon
  • Me & My Uncle – Grateful Dead
  • Mr. Spaceman – The Byrds
  • Molly’s Chambers – Kings of Leon
  • Monkey Man – Rolling Stones
  • Moondance – Van Morrison
  • Mule Train – Frankie Laine

  • Ninteenth Nervous Breakdown – Rolling Stones

  • Oh Lonesome Me – Some Country Dude
  • Overkill – Men at Work

  • Paint it Black – The Rolling Stones
  • Paranoid Eleanor – Black Sabbath/The Beatles (Medley of “Paranoid” and “Eleanor Rigby”)

  • Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
  • Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones

  • Scarlet Begonias – Grateful Dead
  • Scooby Doo – George Gershwin
  • Serenade – Steve Miller
  • Sesame Street – Bert, Ernie, Oscar, Grover, etc.
  • Shapes of Things – The Yardbirds
  • Show Me the Way – Peter Frampton
  • Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • Slow Down – The Beatles
  • Sorry – The Easybeats
  • Space Oddity – David Bowie
  • Spiderman – The Ramones
  • Steppin’ Stone – The Monkees
  • Street Fightin’ Man – The Rolling Stones
  • Subterranean Mama – Bob Dylan/Elvis Presley (Medley of “Subterranean Homesick Blues” and “That’s All Right Mama”)
  • Suffragette City – David Bowie
  • Superman – The Clique (covered by REM)

  • Time & Time Again – The Smithereens
  • Two Tickets to Paradise – Eddie Money
  • Tuesday Afternoon – The Moody Blues
  • Tulsa Time – JJ Cale (Covered by Eric Clapton)

  • Voodoo Cadillac – SCOTS

  • Watching the Detectives – Elvis Costello
  • White Lightnin’ – George Jones
  • White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
  • Would I Lie to You – Eurythmics

  • You May Be Right – Billy Joel
  • Your Cheatin' Heart – Hank Williams Sr.
  • You've Got to Hide Your Love Away – The Beatles

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