Singer and acoustic guitarist, with a repertoire spanning 60 years of folk, rock, and pop favorites.
Everybody at our party liked the playlist ,sound , it was great !
I would definitely book John again .
John did a fantastic job at my birthday party! He was professional and kind. He interacted with the guests. The crowd loved him!
Price Range: $150 and up
Gig Length: 60 - 240 minutes
If there is a collective cultural memory within our society, its language is the pop music of the last 60 years.
John is fluent in that language.
With songs spanning The Beatles to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, John’s repertoire speaks directly to his audiences’ experiences, connecting their emotions with familiar melodies. And, yet, John doesn’t simply cover songs - he puts his own subtle touch to them, making them both new and nostalgic – a powerful combination that brings audiences back for more.
For John, his musical career started about three decades ago with a t-shirt that said “Future Rock Star” and a dad who jammed with his band in their home’s basement. In those moments, his lifelong love of music blossomed into a passion and a career that would put him on stages both small and large, playing and singing the language of his childhood.
Guitar, bass guitar, piano, mandolin, trumpet, voice – John plays them all. His passion for music has been a constant throughout his life – he played several instruments in high school and studied composition and voice at Bowling Green State University. In college, he played bass guitar with several bands and today plays bass guitar with two bands (The Infinity Ball and Signs of Life: A Pink Floyd Tribute) – all while pursuing his own solo work and composing music for films and projects.
It is his experiences, his love of music, that have made John fluent in our pop culture language. And, with more than 20 years of experience performing in venues from intimate cafes to theatres that seat upwards of 700 people, John has a true feel for what audiences want to hear - and what keeps them singing along. Whether it’s a small house party with John strumming out the soft chords of Bert Jansch or a lively pub where his band is jamming to My Sharona, John knows how to both engage and entertain an audience to create indelible memories.
| July 20, 2024 • 5:00pm - 5:30pm | Children’s Birthday Party |
| January 08, 2023 • 11:00am - 11:45am | Children’s Birthday Party |
| December 15, 2022 • 5:00pm - 5:45pm | Christmas Party |
| August 20, 2016 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm | House Party |
| November 14, 2015 • 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| May 16, 2015 • 7:30pm - 11:00pm | Birthday Party |
| August 31, 2014 • 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
Title - Artist
500 Miles - Peter Paul and Mary
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
A Worried Man - Kingston Trio
Across the Universe - The Beatles
Aftermath - Adam Lambert
Ain't Even Done With the Night - John Mellencamp
Air on the G String - J.S. Bach
Alison - Elvis Costello
All My Loving - The Beatles
All Right Now - Free
All Together Now - The Beatles
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes
American Dreaming - Dead Can Dance
American Pie - Don McLean
And She Was - Talking Heads
Anyone for Tennis - Cream
April Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkel
Arnold Layne - Pink Floyd
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
Bad Company - Bad Company
Bad Moon Rising - CCR
Badge - Cream
Ballad of a Crystal Man - Donovan
Ballad of Easy Rider - The Byrds
Because I Love You - Buddy Holly
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Bike - Pink Floyd
Bitter Green - Gordon Lightfoot
Bitterblue - Cat Stevens
Blackbird - The Beatles
Blue Skies - Tom Waits
Blues Run the Game - Jackson C. Frank
Bo Diddley - Buddy Holly
Boots of Spanish Leather - Bob Dylan
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Brain Damage - Pink Floyd
Breaking the Girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bridal Chorus - Richard Wagner
Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung
Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
Bring It On Home - Little Big Town
Burning Bridges - Pink Floyd
Bus Stop - The Hollies
Busy Bodies - Elvis Costello
California Sun - The Rivieras
Call Me the Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Cam Ye O'er Frae France - Steeleye Span
Camarillo Brillo - Frank Zappa
Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli
Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
Catch the Wind - Donovan
Changes - David Bowie
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Cherry Cherry - Neil Diamond
Cirrus Minor - Pink Floyd
Clocks - Coldplay
Coconut - Harry Nilsson
Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton
Colours - Donovan
Come Together - The Beatles
Corn Rigs are Bonnie - Paul Giovanni
Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
Crash Into Me - DMB
Crying Song - Pink Floyd
Cymbaline - Pink Floyd
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
Dance the Night Away - Cream
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Danny's Song - Loggins & Messina
Dark-Eyed Sailor - Steeleye Span
Dear Prudence - The Beatles
Desperado - The Eagles
Dinosaur Train - TV Theme song
Dixieland Delight - Alabama
Do Wah Diddy - Manfred Mann
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project
Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
Down Under - Men at Work
Epistle to Dippy - Donovan
Everyday - Buddy Holly
Eyes Without a Face - Billy Idol
Faithful Johnny - Robin Dransfield
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd
Fearless - Pink Floyd
Fields of Gold - Sting
Fool on the Hill - The Beatles
Fools Rush In - Johnny Mercer
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Get Back - The Beatles
Girl of Dances - Barry Dransfield
God Bless the Child - Blood Sweat and Tears
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Gone Gone Gone - Phillip Phillips
Good Year for the Roses - Elvis Costello
Green Leaves of Summer - Brothers Four
Greenback Dollar - Kingston Trio
Greenfields - Brothers Four
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Happy Together - The Turtles
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother) - The Hollies
Heartbeat - Buddy Holly
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
Helplessly Hoping - Crosby Stills and Nash
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
Hills of Greenmore - Steeleye Span
Horizons - Steve Hackett
House of Jansch - Donovan
How Can I - Steve Hackett
How Can I Tell You - Cat Stevens
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Hurt So Good - John Mellencamp
I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) - Stevie Wonder
I Can't Wait (Be My Wife) - Ben Rue
I Melt With You - Modern English
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
I Will - The Beatles
I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
I'd Have You Anytime - George Harrison
I'm a Believer - The Monkees
I'm Easy - Keith Carradine
I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
If I Had a Hammer - Peter Paul and Mary
If You Want to Sing Out - Cat Stevens
In My Life - The Beatles
Into White - Cat Stevens
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel
Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
Jack Hall - Steeleye Span
January Man - Bert Jansch
Jennifer Juniper - Donovan
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - J.S. Bach
Joey - Nick Drake
Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
King Midas in Reverse - The Hollies
Lawdy Mama - Cream
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Let It Be - The Beatles
Let It Down - George Harrison
Light My Fire - The Doors
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Listen to Me - Buddy Holly
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies
Long Road to Ruin - Foo Fighters
Look at Me - Buddy Holly
M.T.A. - Kingston Trio
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Marry Me - Jason Derulo
Marry Me - Train
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly
Me and Julio - Paul Simon
Mellow Yellow - Donovan
Merry Minuet - Kingston Trio
Michael Row the Boat Ashore - Highwaymen
Michelle - The Beatles
Modern Love - David Bowie
Moon River - Henry Mancini
Moondance - Van Morrison
Moonshadow - Cat Stevens
Mother - Pink Floyd
Mother Goose - Jethro Tull
Naked as We Came - Iron and Wine
Narcisissma - Don McLean
Never Wanted Nothing More - Kenny Chesney
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
No Matter What - Badfinger
Nobody Told Me - John Lennon
Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - The Beatles
Oh Boy - Buddy Holly
Ojo - Leo Kottke
Old Man - Neil Young
On a Night Like This - Dave Barnes
On and On - Stephen Bishop
One Week - Barenaked Ladies
Peace Train - Cat Stevens
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
Penny Lane - The Beatles
People Are Strange - The Doors
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
Please Do Not Go - Violent Femmes
Politician - Cream
Prove it All Night - Bruce Springsteen
Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter Paul and Mary
Rain - The Beatles
Retrograde - Leo Kottke
Riders on the Storm - The Doors
Road Movie To Berlin - They Might Be Giants
Rubylove - Cat Stevens
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Satisfy Susie - Lonnie Mack
Say Goodbye - DMB
Scarlet Ribbons - Kingston Trio
Scotch and Soda - Kingston Trio
Sea of Love - Phil Phillips
Season of the Witch - Donovan
Send Me Some Lovin' - Buddy Holly
She's Always a Woman - Billy Joel
Sister Golden Hair - America
Sitting on Top of the World - Cream
So Fine - ELO
Something - The Beatles
Something in the Way She Moves - James Taylor
Southern Cross - Crosby Stills and Nash
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Spanish Johnny - David Bromberg
Spinning Wheel - Blood Sweat and Tears
Stay - Pink Floyd
Still the Same - Bob Seger
Stop Stop Stop - The Hollies
Strange Brew - Cream
Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats
Sugar Mountain - Neil Young
Summer Day Reflection Song - Donovan
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Thing - Van Morrison
SWLABR - Cream
Tam Lin - Steeleye Span
Teach Your Children - Crosby Stills and Nash
Telephone Line - ELO
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - Bruce Springsteen
That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly
That's the Way It Goes - George Harrison
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
The Impossible Dream - Frank Sinatra
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie
The Underdog - Spoon
The Wind - Cat Stevens
The Wonder of You - Elvis Presley
Things Behind the Sun - Nick Drake
Things We Said Today - The Beatles
Tightrope - ELO
Till Tomorrow - Don McLean
Time - Pink Floyd
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
Time of the Season - The Zombies
To Try For the Sun - Donovan
Tom Dooley - Kingston Trio
True Companion - Marc Cohn
True Fine Love - Steve Miller Band
True Love Ways - Buddy Holly
Tuesday's Dead - Cat Stevens
Turn the Page - Bob Seger
Twilight Time - The Platters
Two of Us - The Beatles
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
Us And Them - Pink Floyd
Vincent - Don McLean
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
Wedding March - Felix Mendelssohn
Wedding Song - Bob Dylan
Well Alright - Buddy Holly
What a Bringdown - Cream
What Is Life? - George Harrison
When I'm Sixty-Four - The Beatles
When We Dance - Sting
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - Peter Paul and Mary
Where Is She - Donovan
Where We Gonna Go From Here - Mat Kearney
White Room - Cream
Who Can it Be Now? - Men at Work
Widow With Shawl - Donovan
Wild Mountain Honey - Steve Miller Band
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wonderous Stories - Yes
Woodstock - John & Beverley Martyn
Words of Love - Buddy Holly
Wots... uh the Deal - Pink Floyd
Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
Yesterday - The Beatles
You Don't Make It Easy Babe - Josh Ritter
You'll Never Walk Alone - Rodgers and Hammerstein
You've Got a Way - Shania Twain
You've Got Love - Buddy Holly
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles
Your Move - Yes
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