Classic Hits Set
The Classic Hits set is my standard set for pubs, clubs, community groups, parties etc and features classic artists from across the decades and across a wide range of genres, including country and 80's synth-pop.
This show is performing with acoustic guitar and also the synthesizer, supported by professional backing tracks .
Songs currently available to include in sets (new ones being added regularly)
All I Have to Do is Dream
Everly Brothers
Angels
Robbie Williams
Another Cup of Coffee
Mike & The Mechanics
As it Was
Harry Styles
A Windmill in Old Amsterdam
Ronnie Hilton
Baby I Love Your Way
Big Mountain
Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran
Bad Moon Rising
Creedance Clearwater Rev.
Beyond the Sea
Bobby Darin
Blackbird
The Wurzels
Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell
Brown-eyed Girl
Van Morrison
Budapest
George Ezra
Burning Bridges
Status Quo
Burning Love
Elvis Presley
Bye Bye Love
Everly Brothers
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Franki Valli
Cast No Shadow
Oasis
Champagne Supernova
Oasis
Cold Heart
Elton John & Dua Lipa
Combine Harvester
The Wurzels
Copacabana
Barry Manilow
Could You Be Loved
Bob Marley
Closing Time
Semiphonics
Dakota
Stereophonics
Dancing in the Street
David Bowie & Mick Jagger
Dancing Queen
Abba
Danny Boy
Irish Traditional
Daydream Believer
The Monkees
Does Your Mother Know
Abba
Don't Know What Came Over Me
Mike & The Mechanics
Don't Look Back in Anger
Oasis
Don't Speak
No Doubt
Do You Wanna Dance
Cliff Richard
Dreams
Fleetwood Mac
Everybody Hurts
REM
Everybody's Changing
Keane
Fairytale of New York
Kirsty McC. & The Pogues
Fill My Little World
The Feeling
Fire With Fire
Scissor Sisters
Forever in Blue Jeans
Neil Diamond
Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
Friday in Love
The Cure
Gangsters
The Specials
Gimme Some Lovin'
Blues Bros / Spencer Davis Band
Go Gentle
Robbie Williams
Graffiti on a Train
Stereophonics
Handbags and Gladrags
Stereophonics
Handle With Care
Travelling Wilburys
Have a Nice Day
Stereophonics
Hound Dog
Elvis
Human
The Killers
I Am a Cider Drinker
The Wurzels
I Can See Clearly Now
Johnny Nash
I Can't Help Myself
Four Tops
I Don't Want to Talk About It
Rod Stewart
I Get The Sweetest Feeling
Jackie Wilson
I'm a Believer
The Monkees
I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles
The Proclaimers
In Dreams
Roy Orbison
In My Life
The Beatles
In The Midnight Hour
Wilson Pickett
Is This Love
Bob Marley
Is This the Way to Amarillo
Tony Christie
It's My Life
Bon Jovi
I Said I Loved You But I Lied
Michael Bolton
I Saw Her Standing There
The Beatles
It's a Heartache
Bonny Tyler
It's Not Unusual
Tom Jones
I Want it That Way
Backstreet Boys
I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
I Will Wait
Mumford & Sons
Just The Way You Are
Billy Joel
Land of 1000 Dances
Wilson Pickett
Little by Little
Oasis
Little Jeanie
Elton John
Live Forever
Oasis
L-O-V-E
Nat King Cole
Livin' La Vida Loca
Ricky Martin
Living Next Door to Alice
Smokey
Loco in Acapulco
Four Tops
Lola
The Kinks
Long Train Running
The Doobie Brothers
Love Grows Where my Rosemary Goes
Edison Lighthouse
Love on the Rocks
Neil Diamond
Love Really Hurts Without You
Billy Ocean
Lovely Day
Bill Withers
Lucky Man
The Verve
Maggie May
Rod Stewart
Maybe Tomorrow
Stereophonics
Move it
Cliff Richard
Mr Bojangles
Sammy Davis Jnr
Mr Brightside
The Killers
Mrs Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel
Mustang Sally
Wilson Pickett
My Girl
The Temptations
My Way
Frank Sinatra
Never Be Anyone Else But You
Ricky Nelson
New York New York
Frank Sinatra
Oh Pretty Woman
Roy Orbison
One
U2 & Mary J. Blige
Only The Lonely
Roy Orbison
Ooh La La
Rod Stewart & The Corrs
Ordinary World
Duran Duran
Penny Arcade
Roy Orbison
Pocket Full of Rainbows
Elvis
Proud Mary
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Rocket Man
Elton John
Sailing
Rod Stewart
Saturdays Alright For Fighting
Elton John
She Moves in Her Own Way
The Kooks
Shiny Happy People
REM
Shivers
Ed Sheeran
Sing
Travis
Singing in the Rain
Gene Kelly
Sit Down
James
Sittin' In The Dock of the Bay
Otis Reading
Sonnet
The Verve
Sorry Sorry Seems to be The Hardest Word
Blue & Elton John
Spanish Eyes
Engelbert Humperdinck
Stand By Me
Oasis
Stand by Me
Ben E. King
Stuck in the Middle With You
Stealers Wheel
Sugar Sugar
The Archies
Sunshine on Leith
The Proclaimers
Sweet Caroline
Neil Diamond
That'll Be The Day
Buddy Holly
Thats What Friends are For
Dionne Warwick & Friends
The A Team
Ed Sheeran
The Air That I Breathe
The Hollies
The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel
The Drugs Don't Work
The Verve
The Girl of My Best Friend
Elvis
The House is Rockin'
Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Man Who Can't Be Moved
The Script
The One and Only
Chesney Hawkes
The One I Love
REM
The Shoop Shoop Song
Cher
The Things We Do For Love
10CC
Tubthumping
Chumbawamba
Twisting the Night Away
Sam Cooke
Under The Moon of Love
Showaddywaddy
Uprising
Muse
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Green Day
Wake Up Little Susie
Everly Brothers
Walking in Memphis
Mark Cohen
Weather With You
Crowded House
When You Say Nothing at All
Ronan Keating
When You're Gone
Bryan Adams & Mel C
Whiskey in the Jar
Santiano
Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
Won't Be Broken
Keane
Wonderful World
Sam Cooke
You Got It
Roy Orbison
You Needed Me
Anne Murray
You Never Can Tell
Chuck Berry / Bruce Springsteen
You To Me Are Everything
The Real Thing
You Wear it Well
Rod Stewart
You're Beautiful
James Blunt
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher
Jackie Wilson / Michael MacDonald
Your Song
Elton John
My Music
With over 300 giggable songs in my setlist I offer a huge mix of music to suit all tastes and requirements. From upbeat chart hits and timeless classics, to 80's synth anthems and country music gems.
Working with venues, I can formulate specific set lists picked from my library, or perform one of my formulated set list combinations
My Performance
I sing whilst playing acoustic guitar and synthesiser (not at the same time!) and utilise professional backing tracks to supply drums, bass and a variety of other instruments, including orchestral arrangements, which results in a very full sound.
If background music is required it is possible for me to perform a very 'light' lounge set with minimum backing.
For Country Music bookings I perform with just an acoustic guitar, no synth, due to the style of music.
I can spread across a standard stage or can squeeze into the tightest of spaces in small bars.
Sets
My usual performance comprises of 2 sets of approximately 1 hour with a short break in-between sets. I often will perform longer in the second set, as I enjoy my music, but of course will communicate this with the venue to ensure watershed times are adhered to.
Any specific requests for longer performances can be accommodated but need to be agreed before any bookings.
My Equipment
I use a Yamaha 680W PA System which is suitable for pubs and community halls. It is also powerful enough for pub beer gardens but not suitable for outdoor events with large crowds. In these cases, the venue would have to provide a more powerful PA which I can then plug my mixer into.
I have a variety of stage lights suitable for small venues and community halls.
Please note that if a venue requires me to perform outside, a suitable overhead weather protection may be required in the event of rain, to protect my equipment and avoid safety issues.