I know this is an old thread, but last Friday, I went to check out a local Open Mic night, just to see how exactly it works, and while I didn't get myself up there the first time, I learned a couple of valuable things. First off, the venue used to be full on Open Mic nights, but no longer is because the audience and performers don't match up. Second, good Classic Rock is in huge demand where I live, but the only band playing on Open Mic nights for the last two years is a sloppy Thrash Metal Cover-band.

This leads to the point of this post... I love to listen to Classic Rock, I love to play Classic Rock, but I don't think my repertoire is big enough to actually justify stepping up there next time and playing some of my favorite tunes yet. I suspect that next time will be in a month or so, so I've got some time to learn the riffs to some more songs, but I obviously want to learn as many classic tunes as possible before then... So my question is: How many songs do you recommend that I work on at a time? I've read a lot of different opinions on the Internet. Some say two, others say as many as possible. What number would you recommend that I work on at the same time for the best possible results?