| Description | Price |
| Solo Piano for an hour | $100 (USD) |
Combining years of experience from different bands and different styles, Francis McGrath creates a unique mood for formal or casual events. He seamlessly switches from jazz to pop to new age. Guests enjoy the background music until their ears are tickled by a familiar melody or pleasant memory.
If you do not have a piano, Francis can bring a Kurzweil PC4 keyboard and an amp that sounds great in big or small rooms, without drowning out conversations.
= free travel (up to 30 miles)
Abbey Road Medley: Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End/Her Majesty (The Beatles)
Africa (Toto)
All of Me
Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson)
A Remark You Made (Weather Report)
As Time Goes By
Autumn Leaves
Begin The Beguine
Bella’s Lullaby (Twilight)
Birdland (Weather Report)
Blade Runner Love Theme (Vangelis)
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Willie Nelson)
Blue Rondo a la Turk (Dave Brubeck)
Blue Skies (Irving Berlin)
Bury a Friend (Billie Eilish)
Can’t Help Falling In Love (Elvis)
Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock)
Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls)
Danny Boy
Devil’s Dance Floor (Flogging Molly)
City of Stars (La La Land)
Edelweiss (The Sound of Music)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Falling Slowly (Once)
Fly Me to the Moon
Forrest Gump Theme
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)
Harvest Moon (Neil Young
Here’s Where the Story Ends (The Sundays)
I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
I’m Going To Go Back There Someday (Muppets)
I’m Shipping Up To Boston (Dropkick Murphys)
In Another Time (Steve Haun)
The In Crowd (Ramsey Lewis)
The Inner Light (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
In The Mood (Benny Goodman)f
I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face (My Fair Lady)
I Wish (Stevie Wonder)
Joey (Concrete Blonde)
Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer)
Let It Be (The Beatles)
The Level Plain (Cherish the Ladies/Traditional Irish)
Linger (The Cranberries)
L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole)
Mad World
Memories of Green (Vangelis/Blade Runner)
Mercy Mercy Mercy (Cannonball Adderley)
Mia and Sebastion’s Theme (La La Land)
Milestones (Miles Davis)
Moonlight Serenade (Benny Goodman)
Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Night and Day
Nights in White Satin (The Moody Blues)
Now and Then (The Beatles)
Over The Rainbow
Paradise Theater Medley:State Street Sadie, AD 1928, Rockin’ the Paradise, Too Much Time On My Hands, The Best of Times, Snowblind, AD 1958, State Street Sadie reprise (Styx)
The Parting Glass
Princess Leia’s Theme (John Williams)
Promenade (Neil Larsen)
Red Baron (Billy Cobham)
Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
Sign Your Name (Terrence Trent D’Arby)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Somewhere (West Side Story)
Spain (Chick Corea)
Steppin’ Out (Joe Jackson)
Summer Highland Falls (Billy Joel)
Summertime (George Gershwin)
Take Five (Dave Brubeck)
Take Me Home Country Roads (John Denver)
Teen Town (Weather Report)
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Watermark (Enya)
Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock)
We’ll Meet Again (Vera Lynn/Johnny Cash)
What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)
Willow (Taylor Swift)
Your Love is Driving Me Crazy (Sammy Hagar)
Classical Sounding Classic Rock Medley:
Eruption/Thunderstruck/Cliffs of Dover
(Van Halen/AC-DC/Eric Johnson )
Christmas
All I Want For Christmas is You
Angels We Have Heard On High
Away In A Manger
Carol of the Bells
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
The Christmas Song
Christmas Time Is Here/Linus and Lucy
Fairytale of New York
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Happy Christmas
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
A Holly Jolly Christmas
Holly Leaves
In The Bleak Midwinter
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Joy to the World
Last Christmas
Little Drummer Boy/I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing
Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming
Merry Christmas Darling (Christmas Story Intro)
My Favorite Things
O Christmas Tree
O Holy Night
River
Silent Night
Silver Bells
Still, Still, Still
We Three Kings
What Child is This
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Wonderful Christmastime
You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch/Welcome Christmas
I'm happy to use on site pianos or can bring a great sounding keyboard and amp.
I need to know if there is a piano on site or if I need to bring a keyboard and amplifier.
I can provide sound. Lights don't usually go with piano music.
If I need to bring a keyboard, I can play Spotify music.
While performing for bands, I have played shows for big events with thousands of people. As a soloist, I regularly play rooms with hundreds of people. My favorite venue is the Driskill ballroom in Austin TX, which is where I shot my demo reel.
I love playing parties.
I've been playing music form decades. I started playing solo piano when a band I was in was playing an event. There was supposed to be a pianist before us, but they were sick. So they asked me and I've been doing it ever since.
As a pianist, my hero is Dave Brubeck. In general, I grew up on classic and prog rock, bands like The Who, Rush, and The Alan Parsons Project. I listen to a little of everything. The greatest song ever written is "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who.
I'm happy to work with the client needs.
Yes. I've played in freezing cold and blazing heat. Rain is a bit of a problem, though.
I have a list of around 100 songs that I actively play and I'm happy to have the client pick. If the client has a request I don't know, we can discuss it.
Looking through my reviews, the word that means the most to me is "fun."
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