I knew the voting would go guitar, BUT, he has done many solo acoustic songs in various concerts and tours and they are finely recorded for our pleasure.
A piano section in concert offers scintillating possibilities! Piano would allow him to play many songs that he never has, due to their piano base - and also songs that are recorded with complexity and production - an acoustic piano treatment of these songs would make live renditions possible. Many of these songs have not been performed and cover Beatle, Wings and Solo selections.
Check this list and see if I can change your mind?
Martha My Dear ("I once had a dog....")
Monkberry Moon Delight ("Folks, I quit this stuff in the 70's don't start now, PLEASE!...to your health!")
Your Mother Should Know ("I'll never tell!")
The Back Seat of My Car ("OK, this song tells you a lot, but please not your mother!")
Dear Boy ("Sometimes we have to talk to a friend.")
Eight Days A Week ("Back in the day, our weeks DID seem this long, we loved it and John and I had great fun writing songs like this one!")
Tomorrow ("One day at a time folks, but.....")
Some People Never Know ("(Read all about it when you get home, pick up that literature in the lobby, support our causes!:)
The Night Before ("OK, John and I let you in to our experiences with certain , uh, women, uh...no, no, but that was in the 60's! Not now! shush!...lol...")
Single Pigeon ("Pull out your Red Rose Speedway album when you get home...")
Venus and Mars ("I was watching you all as you came into the concert hall and was thinking ....")
Call Me Back Again ("I did a Sinatra "saloon song" a wile back and "rocked" it up, here it is, a hybred of Frank and Paul style")
Warm and Beautiful ("I heard this on the radio and loved it! Rusty, said you wrote and sang it, let's do it next tour, so here goes!"
You Won't See Me ("A little Rubber Soul for you all....")
With A Little Luck ("I still love this song!")
Baby's Request ("Let's go back to the egg!")
The Word ("I loved helping out John and singing on this song from ... the album is... of course Rubber Soul! It really defines all the philosophies of George.....Ringo.....myself......and John! (prolonged standing ovation) Paul pauses, bows head on piano, then proceeds)
Only Love Remains ("This fits quite well, right now")
Golden Earth Girl ("Yes, this is for dear Linda..." (chokes up)
Yellow Submarine ("OK, sing along with me here!")
Heaven On A Sunday ("My favorite song you may not have heard...")
Try Not To Cry ("I tried...lol...")
When I'm 64 ("I had a birthday a while back")
Heather ("This was named after Linda's first child, who became my daughter....NO!....REALLY!")
A Day In The Life (Paul Piano interlude) ("OK, I had this bit for a song, John sewed it into a great song he had, here's my bit")
This never Happened Before (" From Chaos and Creation....")
Mr. Bellamy ("From the latest album, uh I forget the name, my memory must be filled or whatever!")
Baby Your A Rich Man ("Another collaberation with John")
All Together Now ("Now THIS is a sing-a-long!")
Obla Di Obla Da ("Playtex contacted me about a commercial...lol... no it's meant to be brO...lol")
Honey Pie ("Without the Beatles, I'b be singing this in the English pubs, nightly!")
Rocky Racoon (brief interlude, wordless, finishing with the up-tempo flourish)
Good Night ("John wrote this for Ringo, tonight's my chance to sing this gorgeous song!")
Maxwell's Silver Hammer (OK, time to cross the road, Abbey Road")
Oh Darling ("You know who you are!")
Why Don't We Do It In the Road ("One last piano number until we rock, this will get our engines revved!")
A lot of these songs are short, or sampler interludes, so he could start with 6 rockers and finish with 9 rockers
Anybody change their mind!
