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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

  • Watching The Detectives
    Elvis Costello
  • Is She Really Going Out With Him
    Joe Jackson
  • Hold me now
    Thompson twins
  • Baggy Trousers
    Madness
  • Rock The Kasbah
    The Clash
  • Can’t Hurry Love
    Phil Collins
  • The look of love
    ABC
  • Here Comes Your Man
    The Pixies
  • Keep it all in
    Beautiful South
  • Missing you
    John Waites
  • Lip Up Fatty
    Bad Manners
  • Wonderwall
    Oasis
  • Blister In The Sun
    Violent Femmes
  • Friday I’m In Love
    The Cure
  • The King Of Rock And Roll
    Prefab Sprout
  • Sit Down
    James
  • Dignity
    Deacon Blue
  • Centrefold
    J Geils Band
  • With or without you
    U2
  • The Love Cats
    The Cure
  • Happy Hour
    The Housemartins
  • She’s Electric
    Oasis
  • Just can’t get enough
    Depeche Mode
  • TRUE
    Spandau Ballet
  • Special Brew
    Bad Manners
  • Oliver’s Army
    Elvis Costello
  • All right
    Supergrass
  • Video Killed The Radio Star
    The Buggles
  • China Girl
    David Bowie
  • Land Down Under
    Land Down Under

Sample 90s & 2000s Songs

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

Sample Country Songs

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

Sample Good Time Songs

  • Let Your Love Flow
    Bellamy Brothers
  • Build me up Buttercup
    The Foundatations
  • Me & Bobby McGee
    Kris Kristofferson
  • Pretty Woman
    Roy Orbison
  • Make Me An Island
    Joe Dolan
  • Teresa
    Joe Dolan
  • Dancing In The Dark
    Bruce Springsteen
  • Suspicious Minds
    Elvis Presley
  • Knock 3 Times
    Tony Orlando and Dawn
  • Not Unusual
    Tom Jones
  • Proud Mary
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Take It Easy
    Eagles
  • Is this the way to Amarillo
    Tony Christie
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    Queen
  • 3 Steps To Heaven
    Dean Martin
  • Rhinestone Cowboy
    Glen Campbell
  • Got My Mind Set On You
    George Harrison
  • Things
    Bobby Darin
  • Make Me An Island
    Joe Dolan
  • American Pie
    Don McLean
  • Help Yourself
    Tom Jones
  • Last Dance For Me
    The Drifters
  • Hurt So Good
    John Mellencamp
  • Sugar Sugar
    The Archies
  • Crackling Rose
    Neil Diamond
  • Bright Side Of The Road
    Van Morrison
  • Sweet Caroline
    Neil Diamond
  • Brown Eyed Girl
    Van Morrison
  • Good Looking Woman
    Joe Dolan
  • Ever Seen The Rain
    Creedence Clearwater Revival

Sample Irish Songs

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

Sample Modern Songs

  • I Will Wait
    Mumford and Sons
  • Jenny don't be hasty
    Paolo Nutini
  • Use Somebody
    Kings of Leon
  • Can't Stop
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • Little Talks
    Of Monsters and Men
  • Little Lion Man
    Mumford and Sons
  • Are You Gonna Be My Girl
    Jet
  • You Are All That I Have
    Snow Patrol
  • Vertigo
    U2
  • Look Good On The Dancefloor
    Artic Monkeys
  • Heartbeat
    Scouting for Girls
  • Seven Nation Army
    White Stripes
  • Get Lucky
    Daft Punk
  • When You Were Young
    The Killers
  • Spitting Games
    Snow Patrol
  • Home
    Philip Philips
  • Bones
    The Killers
  • Times Like These
    Foo Fighters
  • Hey Soul Sister
    Train
  • Time Is Running Out
    Muse
  • Fill My Little World
    The Feeling
  • I Predict A Riot
    Kaisercheifs
  • I'm Yours
    Jason Mras
  • Learn to Fly
    Foo Fighters
  • Little Lion Man
    Mumford and Sons
  • Dance With Me Tonight
    Olly Murs
  • I Gotta Feeling
    Black eyed peas
  • All The Small Things
    Blink 182
  • Rolling In The Deep
    Adele
  • Steady As She Goes
    The Racontours

Sample Old Time Songs

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

Sample Rock Songs

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

Sample Rock & Roll Songs

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

Sample Slow Songs

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