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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

  • Blister In The Sun
    Violent Femmes
  • Land Down Under
    Land Down Under
  • Rat Trap
    Boomtown Rats
  • Ask
    The Smiths
  • The Love Cats
    The Cure
  • Breakfast at Tiffanys
    Deep blue something
  • Watching The Detectives
    Elvis Costello
  • Rock The Kasbah
    The Clash
  • Hold me now
    Thompson twins
  • Come On Eileen
    Dexy's Midnight Runners
  • Here Comes Your Man
    The Pixies
  • Going Underground
    The Jam
  • Dancing on the ceiling
    Lionel Richie
  • Sit Down
    James
  • Walking On Sunshine
    Catriona and the Waves
  • I Fought The Law
    The Clash
  • Is She Really Going Out With Him
    Joe Jackson
  • Keep it all in
    Beautiful South
  • Lost Weekend
    Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
  • Baggy Trousers
    Madness
  • Centrefold
    J Geils Band
  • With or without you
    U2
  • TRUE
    Spandau Ballet
  • All night long
    Lionel Richie
  • Missing you
    John Waites
  • My Girl
    Madness
  • She’s Electric
    Oasis
  • All right
    Supergrass
  • Wonderwall
    Oasis
  • Just can’t get enough
    Depeche Mode

Sample 90s & 2000s Songs

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

Sample Country Songs

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

Sample Good Time Songs

  • Sugar Sugar
    The Archies
  • Saturday Night At The Movies
    The Drifters
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    Queen
  • Hurt So Good
    John Mellencamp
  • Proud Mary
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Pearly Shells
    John Frawley
  • I'm A Believer
    The Monkees
  • Teresa
    Joe Dolan
  • Last Dance For Me
    The Drifters
  • Me & Julio
    Paul Simon
  • Needles And Pins
    The Searchers
  • Suspicious Minds
    Elvis Presley
  • 500 Miles
    The Proclaimers
  • Make Me An Island
    Joe Dolan
  • Got My Mind Set On You
    George Harrison
  • My Way
    Frank Sinatra
  • Help Yourself
    Tom Jones
  • Walk Of Life
    Dire Straits
  • Crackling Rose
    Neil Diamond
  • Little Old Wine Drinker Me
    Dean Martin
  • American Pie
    Don McLean
  • Delilah
    Tom Jones
  • Brown Eyed Girl
    Van Morrison
  • Not Unusual
    Tom Jones
  • Sweet Caroline
    Neil Diamond
  • Me & Bobby McGee
    Kris Kristofferson
  • Things
    Bobby Darin
  • King Of The Road
    Roger Miller
  • Let Your Love Flow
    Bellamy Brothers
  • Dancing In The Dark
    Bruce Springsteen

Sample Irish Songs

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

Sample Modern Songs

  • She's So Lovely
    Scouting for girls
  • Last Night
    The Strokes
  • Fill My Little World
    The Feeling
  • Time Is Running Out
    Muse
  • Use Somebody
    Kings of Leon
  • Impossible
    James Arthur
  • All These Things That I've Done
    The Killers
  • Pick A Part That's New
    The Stereophonics
  • Viva La Vida
    Coldplay
  • Molly's Chamber
    Kings of Leon
  • Mr Brightside
    The Killers
  • Happy
    Pharrell Williams
  • Get Lucky
    Daft Punk
  • Let Me Entertain You
    Robbie Williams
  • Wheels
    Foo Fighters
  • Steady As She Goes
    The Racontours
  • Look Good On The Dancefloor
    Artic Monkeys
  • Human
    The Killers
  • I Predict A Riot
    Kaisercheifs
  • This Love
    Maroon 5
  • She Moves In Her Own Way
    The Kooks
  • Don't Stop Believing
    Journey
  • I Gotta Feeling
    Black eyed peas
  • Starlight
    Muse
  • Sex On Fire
    Kings of Leon
  • I Will Wait
    Mumford and Sons
  • Somebody Told Me
    The Killers
  • Spitting Games
    Snow Patrol
  • Little Lion Man
    Mumford and Sons
  • Locked Out Of Heaven
    Bruno Mars

Sample Old Time Songs

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

Sample Rock Songs

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

Sample Rock & Roll Songs

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

Sample Slow Songs

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