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I am a solo vocal-and-acoustic guitar act.
Covering popular artists like Johnny Cash, Neil Young, and The Eagles, I draw from my iPad of songs a wide variety of other artists such as Oasis, Goo Goo Dolls, Tom Petty and U2. Requests are welcome!
I've played hundreds of shows over the years in restaurants, bars, neighbourhood festivals, corporate events, country clubs, block parties, wedding receptions, birthday/graduation parties, as well as the summertime 'patio circuit' in Niagara Falls Canada, like Coco's at the Holiday Inn, Maid of the Mist Marketplace and the Hard Rock Cafe.
Reach out for a free on line demonstration with a song(s) of your choice so you can see and hear me!
Some popular artists I cover include: Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, The Weekend, The Eagles, Goo Goo Dolls, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, U2, Oasis and many more!
• Adel - Rolling In The Deep
• Pearl Jam - Better Man
• Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer
•Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
• Collective Soul - Run
• Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
• Collective Soul - December
• Don Henley - Boys Of Summer
• Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
• Incubus-Drive
• Foo Fighters - Everlong
• Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
• Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
• Led Zeppelin - Going To California
• Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
• Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My
• Radiohead - High And Dry
• The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
• The Eagles - Hotel California
• Audioslave - I Am The Highway
• Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
• U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
• Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
• Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
• Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
• Tommy Tutone - Jenny Jenny 867-5309
• Jimmy Buffet - Margaritaville
• Steve Miller - The Joker
• Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
• 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
• Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
• Tom Petty - Learning To Fly
• Ozzy Osbourne - Mama I'm Coming Home
• Tom Petty - Mary Jane's Last Dance
• Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
• The Killers - Mr Brightside
• Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
• Foo Fighters - My Hero
• Goo Goo Dolls - Name
• Neil Young - Old Man
• U2 - One
• Guns and Roses - Patience
• John Mellencamp - Pink Houses
• Prince - Purple Rain
• Matchbox 20 - Push
• Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
• Neil Young - Rockin In The Free World
• Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
• Black Crowes - She Talks To Angels
• Lynyrd Skynryd - Simple Man
• Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
• Neil diamond - Solitary Man
• Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69
• Lynyrd Skynryd - Home Alabama
• Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
• The Eagles - Take It Easy
• Steve Miller - Take The Money And Run
• The Eagles - Tequila Sunrise
• Cindy Lauper - Time After Time
• Green Day - Time Of Your Life
• Foo Fighters - Times Like These
• U2 - All I Want is You
• Matchbox 20 - Unwell
• Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
• The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings
• Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
• U2 - With Or Without You
• Oasis - Wonderwall
• Lifehouse - You and Me
• The Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
I only require one grounded electrical outlet and a small performance area.
I need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and find the right place to load in my equipment.
I bring a high end Bose L1 Pro16 Portable Line Array Sound System PA that provides1 80-degree horizontal coverage.
Yes, I'm happy to play music from Spotify, Apple Music or other streaming services before, after and between my sets.
We’re happy to choose the music ourselves or let the client choose the music.
In the past my band opened for Canadian rock icons Honeymoon Suite for a crowd of 12,000 people and one of the best gigs I've played was a recent one where I played a club called Pinstripes in downtown Chicago on New Years Eve.
I love playing at all sorts of corporate events, private parties and festivals but weddings are my favourite! The guests are always happy and it’s easy to get them dancing.
I've been playing as a solo and in bands for several years.
I took an audio engineering and music production course. It was there I put together my first band. We wrote and recorded original songs and set out touring Canada.
Over the years I've played in other bands and now I play as a solo singing guitarist playing popular cover songs for hundreds of corporate events and weddings all over the US and Canada.
So many different artists have influenced me like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters and even Taylor Swift, all of which I play in my set!
I normally arrive 1 hour before the performance to set up. I normally perform 3 x 45 minutes or 2 x 60 minute sets. We’re happy to play a bit longer or shorter but we’ve found that these set times suit us and our audiences best.
I'm happy to play outside but I ask for shade, a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area.
I can learn specific songs before the event but we usually limit this to 5 songs. The clients are welcome to pick a set list from our repertoire or let us choose the music for them.
Previous clients often comment on my song list as a really 'good mix' of songs and genres as well as my shill at 'reading the room' so to speak as far as song selection and being able to play as background to more upbeat and even danceable!
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