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Frequently-Asked Questions

Does John Travel?

Yes John is more than happy to travel Nationwide. All gigs are priced at a local rate and reasonable travel costs are applied when appropriate.

What does John play?

Sample lists of songs that John performs are available below - John has a broad repertoire of songs and is happy to work with you to completely tailor make your day/event.

Are you available on our event date?

Please feel free to contact John to discuss your date; note that Saturdays - particularly those in the Summer - and Holidays are often booked out a year or more in advance.

Do you take requests?

Yes. John has a broad repertoire of songs and is happy to work with you to completely tailor make your day/event.

Do you use backing tracks?

John is a vocalist and guitar player. In order to recreate that big band sound he uses high quality professionally recorded backing tracks to compliment his talents.

Are you able to play outside?

Yes, but this is Ireland and the weather will always be a factor as electrical equipment is used.

Can you play during the day?

John is a full time professional entertainer and can play events at any time of the day or night. John is always happy to accommodate the individual needs of every customer and work with them to achieve their perfect day.

How can we pay and do you need a deposit?

You can pay by cash, cheque, PAYPAL or online transfer. A €100 deposit is required to secure bookings. An email is then sent to confirm the booking and how and when the outstanding fee should be paid.

Can you provide other band options?

Yes. John can provide 3,4 and 5 piece band options for any event.

Packages including larger bands and additional entertainers can be arranged. Package costs can be spread out and paid by instalments. Special deals for off season and mid-week available. Contact us for details, and be sure to check out our specific Singing Chef website for further information.

Set Lists

John provides a wide selection of music to cater for all tastes; check out some of his sample set lists below.


Sample 80s & 90s Songs

  • Keep it all in
    Beautiful South
  • Faith
    George Michael
  • Baggy Trousers
    Madness
  • Rat Trap
    Boomtown Rats
  • Special Brew
    Bad Manners
  • Blister In The Sun
    Violent Femmes
  • Centrefold
    J Geils Band
  • She’s Electric
    Oasis
  • Dignity
    Deacon Blue
  • My Girl
    Madness
  • Sit Down
    James
  • Breakfast at Tiffanys
    Deep blue something
  • Walking On Sunshine
    Catriona and the Waves
  • House Of Fun
    Madness
  • Happy Hour
    The Housemartins
  • Just can’t get enough
    Depeche Mode
  • Town Called Malice
    The Jam
  • All right
    Supergrass
  • The King Of Rock And Roll
    Prefab Sprout
  • Is She Really Going Out With Him
    Joe Jackson
  • Watching The Detectives
    Elvis Costello
  • Lip Up Fatty
    Bad Manners
  • Turning Japanese
    The Vapors
  • With or without you
    U2
  • Can’t Hurry Love
    Phil Collins
  • I Fought The Law
    The Clash
  • Oliver’s Army
    Elvis Costello
  • All night long
    Lionel Richie
  • Friday I’m In Love
    The Cure
  • The One I Love
    R.E.M

Sample 90s & 2000s Songs

  • Free Falling
    Tom Petty
  • Breaking The Girl
    Red Hot Chilli Pappers
  • Man On The Moon
    R.E.M
  • Maybe Tomorrow
    The Stereophonics
  • The Bends
    Radiohead
  • Dosed
    Red Hot Chilli Pappers
  • Everybody's Changing
    Keane
  • Fall At Your Feet
    Crowded House
  • Karma Police
    Radiohead
  • Talking About A Revolution
    Tracy Chapman
  • Save Tonight
    Eagle eye Cherry
  • Don't Go
    Hothouse Flowers
  • Weather With You
    Crowded House
  • Babylon
    David Gray
  • Big Sur
    The Thrills
  • Float On
    Modest Mouse
  • Losing My Religion
    R.E.M.
  • Have A Nice Day
    The Stereophonics
  • Whistle For The Choir
    The Fratellis
  • Don't Look Back In Anger
    Oasis
  • Keep It All In
    Beautiful South
  • I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio
    The Stereophonics
  • High And Dry
    Radiohead
  • Knocking On Heavens Door
    Guns and Roses

Sample Country Songs

  • Thunder Road
    Garth Brooks
  • Wagon Wheel
    Darius Rucker
  • Ruby
    Kenny Rogers
  • Walking In Memphis
    Marc Cohen
  • Dance The Night Away
    The Mavericks
  • Forever And Ever Amen
    Randy Travis
  • Act Naturally
    Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
  • Past The Point Of Rescue
    Mick Hanly
  • Ring Of Fire
    Johnny Cash
  • Friends In Low Places
    Garth Brooks
  • Folsom Prison Blues
    Johnny Cash
  • Ain't going down till the sun comes up
    Garth Brooks
  • The Gambler
    Kenny Rogers
  • Peaceful Easy Feeling
    Eagles
  • Bad Moon Rising
    Credence Clearwater Revival
  • Country Roads
    John Denver
  • Standing outside the fire
    Garth Brooks
  • The Galway girl
    Mundy
  • Lying Eyes
    Eagles
  • Jackson
    Johnny Cash

Sample Good Time Songs

  • Saturday Night At The Movies
    The Drifters
  • Call Me Al
    Paul Simon
  • Good Looking Woman
    Joe Dolan
  • Build me up Buttercup
    The Foundatations
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    Queen
  • Take It Easy
    Eagles
  • Brown Eyed Girl
    Van Morrison
  • Me & Bobby McGee
    Kris Kristofferson
  • Let Your Love Flow
    Bellamy Brothers
  • Not Unusual
    Tom Jones
  • Teresa
    Joe Dolan
  • Stuck In The Middle
    Steelers Wheel
  • Is this the way to Amarillo
    Tony Christie
  • Got My Mind Set On You
    George Harrison
  • Sugar Sugar
    The Archies
  • Rhinestone Cowboy
    Glen Campbell
  • Crackling Rose
    Neil Diamond
  • Knock 3 Times
    Tony Orlando and Dawn
  • Maggie May
    Rod Stewart
  • River Deep Mountain High
    Ike and Tina Turner
  • Help Yourself
    Tom Jones
  • Dancing In The Dark
    Bruce Springsteen
  • Make Me An Island
    Joe Dolan
  • Little Old Wine Drinker Me
    Dean Martin
  • Me & Julio
    Paul Simon
  • Concrete And Clay
    Unit Four plus Two
  • Make Me An Island
    Joe Dolan
  • Delilah
    Tom Jones
  • Pretty Woman
    Roy Orbison
  • Last Dance For Me
    The Drifters

Sample Irish Songs

  • Dirty Old Town
    The Pogues
  • Whole Of The Moon
    The Waterboys
  • Fisherman's Blues
    The Waterboys
  • Whiskey In The Jar
    Thin Lizzy
  • Hills Of Donegal
    Goats Don't Shave
  • Don't Go
    Hothouse Flowers
  • N17
    The Sawdoctors
  • Used to Love Her
    The Sawdoctors
  • Fiesta
    The Pogues
  • Sally Maclennane
    The Pogues
  • July
    Mundy
  • The Fields Of Athenry
    Paddy Reilly
  • Galway Girl
    Sharon Shannon and Mundy
  • Saints And Sinners
    Paddy Casey
  • Wild Rover
    Traditional
  • Irish Rover
    The Pogues and The Dubliners
  • Brewing Up A Storm
    The Stunning

Sample Modern Songs

  • Heartbeat
    Scouting for Girls
  • Monster
    The Automatic
  • Dani California
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • Bones
    The Killers
  • Fill My Little World
    The Feeling
  • Spitting Games
    Snow Patrol
  • Rolling In The Deep
    Adele
  • When We Collide
    Matt Cardle
  • Crazy
    Gnarls Barkley
  • Just The Way You Are
    Bruno Mars
  • Times Like These
    Foo Fighters
  • Love Me Like You
    The Magic Numbers
  • Molly's Chamber
    Kings of Leon
  • Drops Of Jupiter
    Train
  • Read My Mind
    The Killers
  • I Gotta Feeling
    Black eyed peas
  • Look Good On The Dancefloor
    Artic Monkeys
  • Get Lucky
    Daft Punk
  • Naïve
    The Kooks
  • Dakota
    The Stereophonics
  • Valerie
    Amy Winehouse
  • Fans
    The Kings of Leon
  • Seven Nation Army
    White Stripes
  • Hey Soul Sister
    Train
  • Are You Gonna Be My Girl
    Jet
  • Home
    Philip Philips
  • Little Talks
    Of Monsters and Men
  • Chocolate
    Snow Patrol
  • Last Night
    The Strokes
  • All These Things That I've Done
    The Killers

Sample Old Time Songs

  • The Galway Shawl
    Traditional
  • Black Velvet Band
    Traditional
  • Wild Colonial Boy
    Traditional
  • One Day At A Time
    Margo
  • Grace
    Jim McCann
  • Red Rose Café
    The Fureys
  • Spancil Hill
    Traditional
  • Streets of London
    Ralph McTell
  • Streets Of New York
    Wolfe Tones
  • Where Do You Go To My Lovely
    Peter Sarstedt
  • Old Flames
    Foster and Allen
  • Molly Malone
    Traditional

Sample Rock Songs

  • Dancing In The Moonlight
    Thin Lizzy
  • Born To Run
    Bruce Springsteen
  • Living on a Prayer
    Bon Jovi
  • Don't Stop Believing
    Journey
  • My Sharona
    The Knack
  • Satisfaction
    The Rolling Stones
  • Superstition
    Stevie Wonder
  • Brewing Up A Storm
    The Stunning
  • Hotel California
    The Eagles
  • The Boys Are Back In Town
    Thin Lizzy
  • Life In The Fast Lane
    Eagles
  • Jumping Jack Flash
    The Rolling Stones
  • Rocking All Over The World
    Status Quo
  • Jessie's Girl
    Rick Springfield
  • My Generation
    The Who
  • Summer Of 69
    Bryan Adams

Sample Rock & Roll Songs

  • Do You Love Me
    The Tremelos
  • All shook up
    Elvis Presley
  • Houndog
    Elvis Presley
  • Day Tripper
    The Beatles
  • Rock Around The Clock
    Bill Haley
  • Shake Your Tail feather
    Ray Charles
  • La Bamba
    Richie Valens
  • Never Can Tell
    Chuck Berry
  • Twist And Shout
    The Beatles
  • Hucklebuck
    Brendan Bowyer
  • Saw Her Standing There
    The Beatles
  • Burning Love
    Elvis Presley
  • Rave On
    Buddy Holly
  • Me And Julio
    Simon and Garfunkel
  • Hard Day’s Night
    The Beatles
  • Crocodile Rock
    Elton John
  • The Young Ones
    Cliff Richard
  • Return To Sender
    Elvis Presley
  • Please Please Me
    The Beatles
  • Back In The U.S.S.R
    The Beatles
  • Reet Petite
    Jackie Wilson
  • Run Around Sue
    Del Shannon
  • Jailhouse Rock
    Elvis Presley
  • Hold Your Hand
    The Beatles
  • Rocking Robyn
    Jackson 5
  • Twist Again
    Chubby Checker
  • Great Balls Of Fire
    Gerry Lee Lewis
  • Shake Rattle And Roll
    Bill Haley
  • Oh Boy
    Buddy Holly
  • Mrs Robinson
    Simon and Garfunkel

Sample Slow Songs

  • Angels
    Robbie Williams
  • First Cut Is The Deepest
    Cat Stevens/Rod Stewart
  • Wicked Game
    Chris Isaccs
  • One
    U2
  • Beneath You're Beautiful
    Labrinth
  • Lucky Man
    The Verve
  • Handbags And Gladrags
    Rod Stewart/The Stereophonics
  • Your Song
    Elton John
  • If Tomorrow Never Comes
    Garth Brooks
  • Baby Can I Hold Your Tonight
    Tracy Chapman/Boyzone
  • Fields Of Gold
    Sting
  • No Woman No Cry
    Bob Marley
  • Crazy Love
    Van Morrison
  • Man Who Can't Be Moved
    The Script
  • The Dance
    Garth Brooks
  • Lego House
    Ed Sheeran
  • Yellow
    Coldplay
  • Better
    Tom Baxter
  • Stuck In A Moment
    U2
  • The A Team
    Ed Sheeran
  • Have I Told You Lately
    Van Morrison
  • With Or Without You
    U2
  • Cannonball
    Damien Rice
  • You Got A Friend
    James Taylor
  • Wonderful Tonight
    Eric Clapton
  • Stuck On You
    Lionel Richie
  • In My Place
    Coldplay
  • The Voyage
    Christy Moore
  • Alison
    Elvis Costello
  • Chasing Cars
    Snow Patrol