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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

  • Hold me now
    Thompson twins
  • Keep it all in
    Beautiful South
  • The One I Love
    R.E.M
  • Breakfast at Tiffanys
    Deep blue something
  • Wonderwall
    Oasis
  • Blister In The Sun
    Violent Femmes
  • With or without you
    U2
  • Going Underground
    The Jam
  • Dancing on the ceiling
    Lionel Richie
  • Video Killed The Radio Star
    The Buggles
  • Land Down Under
    Land Down Under
  • Happy Hour
    The Housemartins
  • Centrefold
    J Geils Band
  • Ask
    The Smiths
  • Baggy Trousers
    Madness
  • Just can’t get enough
    Depeche Mode
  • TRUE
    Spandau Ballet
  • Sit Down
    James
  • Come On Eileen
    Dexy's Midnight Runners
  • Rat Trap
    Boomtown Rats
  • Can’t Hurry Love
    Phil Collins
  • Missing you
    John Waites
  • Walking On Sunshine
    Catriona and the Waves
  • I Fought The Law
    The Clash
  • Lip Up Fatty
    Bad Manners
  • Oliver’s Army
    Elvis Costello
  • Faith
    George Michael
  • The King Of Rock And Roll
    Prefab Sprout
  • A Message To You Rudy
    The Specials
  • Watching The Detectives
    Elvis Costello

Sample 90s & 2000s Songs

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

Sample Country Songs

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

Sample Good Time Songs

  • Last Dance For Me
    The Drifters
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    Queen
  • Me & Bobby McGee
    Kris Kristofferson
  • Make Me An Island
    Joe Dolan
  • Proud Mary
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • King Of The Road
    Roger Miller
  • Little Old Wine Drinker Me
    Dean Martin
  • Brown Eyed Girl
    Van Morrison
  • 3 Steps To Heaven
    Dean Martin
  • Help Yourself
    Tom Jones
  • Walk Of Life
    Dire Straits
  • Me & Julio
    Paul Simon
  • Call Me Al
    Paul Simon
  • Knock 3 Times
    Tony Orlando and Dawn
  • Is this the way to Amarillo
    Tony Christie
  • Good Looking Woman
    Joe Dolan
  • Rocking All Over The World
    Status Quo
  • Got My Mind Set On You
    George Harrison
  • Stuck In The Middle
    Steelers Wheel
  • Maggie May
    Rod Stewart
  • Take It Easy
    Eagles
  • Build me up Buttercup
    The Foundatations
  • Things
    Bobby Darin
  • Rhinestone Cowboy
    Glen Campbell
  • My Way
    Frank Sinatra
  • Make Me Smile
    Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebel
  • Suspicious Minds
    Elvis Presley
  • Pearly Shells
    John Frawley
  • American Pie
    Don McLean
  • Sweet Caroline
    Neil Diamond

Sample Irish Songs

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

Sample Modern Songs

  • Jerk It Out
    Caesars
  • Just The Way You Are
    Bruno Mars
  • Get Lucky
    Daft Punk
  • Last Night
    The Strokes
  • Drops Of Jupiter
    Train
  • Don't Stop Believing
    Journey
  • Valerie
    Amy Winehouse
  • Riptide
    Vance Joy
  • Molly's Chamber
    Kings of Leon
  • Lego House
    Ed Sheeran
  • Naïve
    The Kooks
  • Read My Mind
    The Killers
  • Seven Nation Army
    White Stripes
  • Mr Brightside
    The Killers
  • Bones
    The Killers
  • She's So Lovely
    Scouting for girls
  • Wagon Wheel
    Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Can't Stop
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • We Are Young
    Fun
  • When You Were Young
    The Killers
  • Locked Out Of Heaven
    Bruno Mars
  • Day We Caught The Train
    Ocean Colour Scene
  • Happy
    Pharrell Williams
  • She Moves In Her Own Way
    The Kooks
  • Times Like These
    Foo Fighters
  • When We Collide
    Matt Cardle
  • I'm Yours
    Jason Mras
  • Learn to Fly
    Foo Fighters
  • Wheels
    Foo Fighters
  • Hey Soul Sister
    Train

Sample Old Time Songs

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

Sample Rock Songs

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

Sample Rock & Roll Songs

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

Sample Slow Songs

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