I play acoustic guitar and sing all styles of music for any type of function, wedding, party or event, specializing in songs from the 60s and 70s. Depending on what is preferred, I can provide soft background music or else can kick it up for audiences and entertain. My voice has been compared to Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Anne Murray. I've performed extensively throughout the Los Angeles area, including the Montage Hotel in Laguna Niguel, Disneyland, the Hollywood Bowl and more. I am also a pro songwriter (written songs for television movies) and can compose a song for your occasion! I am very reliable, am on time, and I always give the best I have to offer.
JoAnne sings so nicely, and delivered exactly what we requested (background music for a dinner). The crowd loved her and applauded after many a song. Perfect for an older crowd.
Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 10 - 240 minutes
Languages: English
Unions: SAG-AFTRA
I've performed soft background music for exclusive settings such as the Montage Hotel in Laguna Niguel, CA, where I sang and played my guitar for 4 years. The audiences ask for song requests, enjoy the music and at the same time easily hear each other talk. My song list includes over 500 songs, all styles of music: pop, light jazz standards, r & b, country, rock and some tunes from favorite musicals such as Wicked and Cats. Responses from audiences and customers have been extremely positive, creating long runs at restaurants and major hotels, performing intimate and large venues, coffeehouses, house concerts, houses of worship, clubs, many private parties and corporate theme events in LA and around the USA. On the larger scale, I've been the opening act for name acts such as Lee Greenwood, Billy Preston and Sawyer Brown at the Hollywood Bowl, Anaheim Convention Center and Disneyland, performing a solo act with my original compositions and cover songs with special arrangements. My voice has been compared to Diana Krall, k.d. lang and Anne Murray and can be heard on my three CDs. I am very comfortable with audiences and work well with a client's budget. I am affordable, reliable, always on time, dress appropriately for the occasion, and most willing and happy to put in the extra mile.
I play acoustic guitar and sing all styles of music for any function, wedding, party or event, specializing in songs from the 60s and 70s. Depending on what is preferred, I can provide soft background music or else can kick it up for audiences and entertain. My voice has been compared to Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Anne Murray. I've performed extensively throughout the Los Angeles area, including the Montage Hotel in Laguna Niguel, Disneyland, the Hollywood Bowl and many events/private parties. I am also a pro songwriter (written songs for television movies) and can compose a song for your occasion! I am very reliable, dress appropriately formal/informal, am on time, and I always give the best I have to offer.
I can provide a PA system (for small or large venues) for an additional fee.
| June 14, 2019 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm | Nonprofit Event |
A Little Good News
Abilene
Act Naturally
After the Gold Rush
All I Have to Do Is Dream
America
American Pie
Angel of the Morning
Anticipation
At Last
Annie's Song
Baby You Can Sleep While I Drive
Beautiful
Best of My Love
Better Together
Big Yellow Taxi
Bird Dog
Bird On A Wire
Blowin' in the Wind
Both Sides Now
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Broken Road
Brown Eyed Girl
California Dreamin’
Calypso
Can't Cry Hard Enough
Case of You
Castles in the Air
Cary
Catch the Wind
Cat’s In the Cradle
City of New Orleans
Close to You
Come Monday
Could I Have This Dance?
Crazy
Crazy Love
Crazy Love
Crying
Danny Boy
Danny's Song
Daydream Believer
Desperado
Diamonds and Rust
Dimming of the Day
Dock of the Bay
Down At the Twist & Shout
Do Ya?
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Don’t Know Why
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Dream A Little Dream of Me
Drift Away
Early Morning Rain
Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses
El Condor Pasa
El Paso
End of the World
Everybody's Talkin'
Faithless Love
Fast Car
Father and Son
Feels Like Home
Fever
Fields of Gold
Fire and Rain
First Cut Is the Deepest
Five Hundred Miles
Folsom Prison Blues
Foolish Games
For the Good Times
Forever Young
Four Strong Winds
Free Man In Paris
Friends In Low Places
From Clare to Here
Games People Play
Gentle on My Mind
Georgia
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Give Me One Reason
God Bless the USA
Good Hearted Woman
Good Things
Grampa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days)
Guantanamera
Hallelujah
Heart of Gold
Help Me Rhonda
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Here Comes the Sun
Here, There and Everywhere
Hey, Good Lookin'
Homeward Bound
Hotel California
House of the Rising Sun
House On Pooh Corner
I Believe In You
I’m A Believer
I Can See Clearly Now
I Can’t Help It If I’m Still in Love W/ You
I Can’t Make You Love Me
I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party
I Fall In Love With You
I Fall to Pieces
I Feel Lucky
I Hope You Dance
I Know a Heartache When I See One
I Need You Now
I Say A Little Prayer for You
I Will Always Love You
If
If I Fell
If I Were A Carpenter
If You Could Read My Mind
I Hope You Dance
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Imagine
I’m Not Lisa
In My Life
In the Shape of a Heart
Islands In the Stream
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
It’s Too Late
I’ve Got A Name
I've Just Seen a Face
I Will
Jamaica Farewell
Jambalaya
Jesse
Jolene
Jubilee
Just Like A Woman
Kansas City
Killing Me Softly With His Song
King of the Road
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Landslide
Leader Of the Band
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Let It Be Me
Let the Horses Run
Let’s Give them Something to Talk About
Little Black Cloud
Long Black Veil
Long, Long Time
Longer Than
Love Has No Pride
Love Is A Four-Letter Word
Love Is A Rose
Love Song
Love Will Keep Us Alive
Luckenback, Texas
Lyin’ Eyes
Mandy
Margaritaville
Me and Bobby McGee
Mean
Memory
Mercedes Benz
Mockingbird
Monday, Monday
Moondance
Moon River
Moonshadows
Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Tambourine Man
My Way
Natural Woman
Never Been to Spain
Never Ending Song of Love
Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown
Nobody Does It Better
No One Needs to Know
Ode to Billie Joe
On and On
On the Road Again
Operator
Outbound Plane
Over My Head
Over the Rainbow
Paradise
Passionate Kisses
Peace Train
Peaceful Easy Feeling
People Get Ready
Pirate Looks at Forty
Please Come to Boston
Poncho and Lefty
Poor Side of Town
Que Sera
Queen of the Silver Dollar
Reason to Believe
Red Red Wine
Rings
River
Rocket Man
Rocky Mountain High
Rocky Top
Runaway
Run For The Roses
San Antonio Rose
Save the Last Dance for Me
Say You Love Me
Sense of Purpose
Shadows in the Moonlight
She Belongs to Me
She’ll Have to Go
She’s In Love with the Boy
Shower the People
Shut Up and Kiss Me
Silver Wings
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
Snowbird
So Far Away
Solitary Man
Somebody’s Cryin’
Someday
Someday Soon
Son of a Preacher Man
Sounds of Silence
Speaking With the Angel
Stand By Me
Stand By Your Man
Stewball
Superstar
Surfin’ USA
Suzanne
Sweet Baby James
Sweet Caroline
Take It Easy
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Tears In Heaven
Tennessee Waltz
Tequila Sunrise
That’s Amore
The Boxer
The Dance
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Rose
The Sad Caf
The Unicorn
These Days
The Weight
Thinkin' 'Bout You
This Shirt
Those Were the Days
Timber
Time In a Bottle
Tiny Dancer
To Daddy
Today
Top of the World
True Companion
Unchained Melody
Under the Boardwalk
Unforgettable
Until It’s Time for You to Go
Vincent
Walkin' After Midnight
Water Is Wide
Wayward Wind
What A Wonderful World
What It Takes
What About Me?
When a Man Loves a Woman
When I Fall In Love
When Will I Be Loved
Where Do The Children Play?
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Wichita Lineman
Wild Horses
Wild World
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Willin'
Wind Beneath My Wings
Words
Yesterday
You Can Sleep While I Drive
You Look Wonderful Tonight
You Raise Me Up
You Needed Me
Your Song
You’re Cheatin’ Heart
You’re So Vain
You've Got a Friend
You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
My musical influences include: Nat King Cole, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Peter Paul and Mary, James Taylor,
Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, The Eagles, Linda Rondstadt, Jennifer Warnes, Sam Cooke.
PA System
Guitar
Mic and guitar cords
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