Help me start a cover band

[nutfloppa]

I just put together a cover band with the sole purpose of making a few extra dollars. Standard four piece band. (bass, drums, guitar and black female singer) The area I am in seems to have two different scenes as far as cover bands go. You have your typical rock bars where a large percentage of the crowd has had a hard time letting go of the 80's, and then you have the more upscale, yuppie-ish type places where you pay $4.75 for a Bud Light. The amount of money all these places pay seems to vary and has nothing to do with the type of bar so we are looking to play both types of places.

My problem is that I am more into prog/fusion music than pop/rock and so are the rest of the guys in the band. I have had XM radio for about four years now so as far as what is popular now I have no idea. I think the last cd I bought that was somewhat popular was by Incubus and that was in 2001.

So what I am looking for is some song ideas. Our singer is female but we are not looking to only do songs by female artists. She is a hell of a singer and can pull off just about anything. Any ideas what bands are playing on the cover scene now a days?