We cover the best Classic Rock era songs from the 1970's as well as Alternative Rock era songs from the 1990's We add in some great modern & not so modern country hits and even throw in some recent hits into the mix to keep our set unpredictable and we always like to put our own spin on some tunes "GISTIFIED” just to shake things up a bit. We have something for everyone who loves music, dancing an
d an all around GREAT TIME delivered from this High Energy Party Band! Hopefully you have noticed our new logo design…and official name change to General Gist? We updated because everyone always just calls us “General Gist” or “The Gist” so this refresh captures that and also gives us a reason to print new T-Shirts (Available Now!!)
For the original name, over the years many people have asked:
“Hey!, The Band Name…
What’s it mean??”
That question has come up plenty over the past 10 years that we have been rockin… so to sum it up… here goes! General Gist:
Translation (we are going to play a song to the best of our ability and hopefully you get the “General Gist” of what we played!!)
that’s pretty simple…
Mexican Cadillac:(little trickier)
Translation: When cars from the USA end up in Mexico and break down needing parts, many times they can not get the exact part they need so they pull pieces from other vehicles to make a complete or whole running car! That’s us!…six guys with very different musical backgrounds, tastes and styles that may or may not run as well on our own but when we piece us all together we make some pretty damn good FUN music with our little Gist Twist. It’s about our whole being greater then the sum of our parts “synergy” our open mindedness and inclusion of all things different about each of us brings us together as a unique running machine. We love to entertain and love sharing our musical parts!! “Get the Gist?”
We play a wide variety of tunes from:
Stray Cats, Queen, ZZ Top, Zac Brown, The J. Geils Band, The Clash, Chris Stapleton, Romantics, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Crowes, Dropkick Murphy's, Big & Rich, Grand Funk Railroad, Violent Femmes, Huey Lewis, James, AC/DC, Blackfoot, Neil Young, War, Stealers Wheel, Pearl Jam, Georgia Satellites, Kid Rock, Blues Brothers, John Denver, Wild Cherry, The Who, Johnny Cash, Cracker, Rolling Stones, Muddy Water, The Standells, Alice In Chains, The Allman Brothers, CCR, 4 Non Blondes, Black Sabbath, Ram Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Pink Floyd, Chuck Berry, The Doobie Brothers, Tom Petty, James Cotton, KT Tunstall, Stevie Wonder, Gerry Rafferty, The Band, Fuel, 3 Doors Down, Steve Miller, Paul Butterfield, Rusted Root, Santana, George Thorogood, Billy Joel, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, The Beatles, Marshall Tucker, Spencer Davis, The Doors, Jack Johnson, Collective Soul, Sublime, Everclear, Pure Prairie League, Commodores and much much more! Our band's musical influences are drawn from our 6 members' own personal and distinct interests, making our material a unique and eclectic set that is sure to keep the party singing and dancing all show long!
