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Brian Peterson
- Minneapolis, MN
- Singing Guitarist
- Travels up to 120 miles
- $200 - $500
Overview
Brian loves to entertain audiences of all ages and tastes! He believes the best entertainment is getting people to SING ALONG! He has extensive experience in providing background music for weddings, art fairs, corporate or private events. Although his specialty is playing tunes from the Beatles songbook, he'll do Fifties and Sixties music to satisfy fans of Jazz, country, folk and children's songs.
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Booking Info
Price Range: $200 - $500
Gig Length: 60 - 180 minutes
Languages: English
Unions: AFM
What to Expect
Singer / Guitarist - I'll play from a song list of over 100 titles of popular tunes. I don't normally use lyric sheets. I've played extensively at parties, corporate events, farmer's markets and as a busker. I'll use my own amplifier that's good for most venues. I can also bring a larger sound system for outdoor venues and performance spaces.
About
Creating an original point of view with his music and lyrics, Brian Peterson brings together a unique mixture of influences. Over the years, Brian has been at home with many styles of music. During the singer-songwriter era in pop music, Brian organized rock bands while still in high school. Tunes from the Beatles, the Eagles, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were a big influence on him. When learning the music of these groups, he was able to study the form and structure that make up a good song.
Playing electric guitar and singing, he performed for years with dance bands throughout the Midwest. These bands usually played for parties and receptions and they could play rock n’ roll, country western, old time polka and everything in between for dancing. “Dancers have a way of giving energy back to the musicians,” explains Brian. “I have always enjoyed playing for dancing.”
In college, Brian’s studies included courses in journalism and literature. He has had a life-long interest in good writing in fiction, poetry, drama and works of non-fiction. “I get a similar inspiration from seeing a good movie,” adds Brian. “A screenwriter must have a passion for a concise, clear way of expressing feelings in words, and a good actors’ reading of the lines often demonstrates a jazz-like instinct for timing, dynamics and emphasis.”
Dixieland jazz is another favorite of Brian’s. He has played banjo with an assortment of dixieland musicians through the years. Jazz players have been some of his closest friends and deepest influences. Brian says, “banjo music is typically so upbeat, so happy. As Steve Martin observes, it’s hard to imagine a sad, depressing song played on a banjo.”
Finally, performing as a singer-songwriter in coffeehouses and at colleges has been very satisfying for Brian. The kind of listener who really cares about the lyrics will always enjoy his kind of music. He has also shared his music at local churches. People familiar with Brian’s songs know they express the essential meaning of music – that of our deepest longings and hopes. Some of his music is light and carefree, some of it serious, but he always works to create songs with inspirational themes.
Brian will be playing a lot more music and will be offering a lot more to hear. We hope you’ll enjoy the music Brian Peterson has to share with you.
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Set List
Beatles
All I’ve Gotta Do
Can’t Buy Me Love
Eight Days A Week
Get Back
Hard Day’s Night
Here There and Everywhere
I Should Have Known Better
I Will If I Fell
In My Life It Won’t Be Long
Love Me Do Michelle
Norwegian Wood P.S. I Love You
Penny Lane Please Please Me
Revolution The Night Before
Yesterday
You Can’t Do That
You Won’t See Me
50’s - 60’s Classic Rock
Dream Lover
All I Have to Do is Dream
Crying in the Rain
Cathy’s Clown
Bye, Bye Love
Walk Right Back
Walk Right In
I’m Walkin’
Hello Mary Lou
Hello Dolly
Midnight Mary
Midnight Hour
Save the Last Dance for Me
Up on The Roof
Ruby Baby
Brown Eyed Girl
Mountain of Love
Memphis Johnny B. Goode
Runaway
Heard it through the Grapevine
Happy Together
Everyday
Don’t Let the Sun catch you Crying
Another Saturday Night
Wonderful World
Slippin and a Slidin’
Slip Slidin’ Away
Mother and Child Reunion
You Were On My Mind
It Don't Matter Anymore
In My Room
California Girls
Down in the Boondocks
Margaritaville
Sweet Caroline
I’m a Believer
Hungry Heart
Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
Build Me Up Buttercup
The Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)
Elvis
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Return to Sender
Good Luck Charm
Fool Such As I
Suspicious Minds
Dylan
Mr. Tambourine Man
Takes a Train To Cry
She Belongs To Me
Make You Feel My Love
Folk / Folk Rock
The Water is Wide
Today / If I Had A Hammer
Greenfields
Fields of Gold
Last Thing on My Mind
You Won’t Go and Say Goodbye
Hot Dusty Roads
Helplessly Hoping
Don’t Make Promises
Reason To Believe
Greenback Dollar
California Dreaming
San Francisco Bay Blues
Country / Country Rock
Ring of Fire
Crazy / I Fall To Pieces
Honky Tonk Man
Hey, Good Looking
Your Cheating Heart
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Rhythm & Blues
House of the Rising Sun
Midnight Special
Since I Fell For You
Georgia on My Mind
How Sweet It Is
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Hallelujah, I Love Her So
Unchain My Heart
Nobody knows you’re down & out
Bring it on Home to Me
Any Day Now
Love Letters
Jazz / Ballads
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Sunny Side of the Street
Night and Day
What a Wonderful World
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Sea of Love
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Always You Don’t Know Me
That’s All All Of Me
Closer Walk With Thee
Close To You
Raindrops Fallin’ On My Head
Kids Songs
Here We Go Loop De Loop
You Are My Sunshine
Doe, a Deer
Happy Happy Birthday
The More We Get Together
This Little Light of Mine
Ants Go Marching
This Old Man
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
It’s Raining / Itsy Bitsy Spider
If You're Happy and You Know It
Influences & Inspiration
Beatles, John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, Bruce Springsteen: <a href="https://www.gigsalad.com/external/redirect/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vdXNlci9icmlhbmFydHBldGVyc29u" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/user/brianartpeterson</a>
Setup Requirements
I usually have all my own equipment.
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