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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

  • Lost Weekend
    Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
  • Gold
    Spandau Ballet
  • Just can’t get enough
    Depeche Mode
  • A Message To You Rudy
    The Specials
  • I dont Like Mondays
    Boomtown Rats
  • Rat Trap
    Boomtown Rats
  • Is She Really Going Out With Him
    Joe Jackson
  • With or without you
    U2
  • Baggy Trousers
    Madness
  • House Of Fun
    Madness
  • The One I Love
    R.E.M
  • Dancing on the ceiling
    Lionel Richie
  • Blister In The Sun
    Violent Femmes
  • Keep it all in
    Beautiful South
  • Video Killed The Radio Star
    The Buggles
  • Oliver’s Army
    Elvis Costello
  • Walking On Sunshine
    Catriona and the Waves
  • All night long
    Lionel Richie
  • Come On Eileen
    Dexy's Midnight Runners
  • Centrefold
    J Geils Band
  • Friday I’m In Love
    The Cure
  • All right
    Supergrass
  • Here Comes Your Man
    The Pixies
  • Special Brew
    Bad Manners
  • Land Down Under
    Land Down Under
  • Missing you
    John Waites
  • Turning Japanese
    The Vapors
  • Going Underground
    The Jam
  • She’s Electric
    Oasis
  • In between Days
    The Cure

Sample 90s & 2000s Songs

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

Sample Country Songs

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

Sample Good Time Songs

  • Maggie May
    Rod Stewart
  • Pretty Woman
    Roy Orbison
  • Hurt So Good
    John Mellencamp
  • Things
    Bobby Darin
  • Me & Bobby McGee
    Kris Kristofferson
  • Concrete And Clay
    Unit Four plus Two
  • Delilah
    Tom Jones
  • Walk Of Life
    Dire Straits
  • Saturday Night At The Movies
    The Drifters
  • Brown Eyed Girl
    Van Morrison
  • Suspicious Minds
    Elvis Presley
  • 3 Steps To Heaven
    Dean Martin
  • My Way
    Frank Sinatra
  • Make Me Smile
    Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebel
  • Crackling Rose
    Neil Diamond
  • Is this the way to Amarillo
    Tony Christie
  • Bright Side Of The Road
    Van Morrison
  • Build me up Buttercup
    The Foundatations
  • Make Me An Island
    Joe Dolan
  • Got My Mind Set On You
    George Harrison
  • Knock 3 Times
    Tony Orlando and Dawn
  • Forever In Blue Jeans
    Neil Diamond
  • Call Me Al
    Paul Simon
  • Rhinestone Cowboy
    Glen Campbell
  • Sugar Sugar
    The Archies
  • Proud Mary
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • American Pie
    Don McLean
  • 500 Miles
    The Proclaimers
  • Last Dance For Me
    The Drifters
  • Needles And Pins
    The Searchers

Sample Irish Songs

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

Sample Modern Songs

  • Last Night
    The Strokes
  • We Are Young
    Fun
  • Wheels
    Foo Fighters
  • In The Morning
    Razorlght
  • Read My Mind
    The Killers
  • Viva La Vida
    Coldplay
  • When You Were Young
    The Killers
  • Chocolate
    Snow Patrol
  • I'm Yours
    Jason Mras
  • Bones
    The Killers
  • Jenny Don't Be Hasty
    Paolo Nutini
  • I Will Wait
    Mumford and Sons
  • Can't Stop
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • Starlight
    Muse
  • Valerie
    Amy Winehouse
  • Spitting Games
    Snow Patrol
  • This Love
    Maroon 5
  • I Predict A Riot
    Kaisercheifs
  • Learn to Fly
    Foo Fighters
  • Steady As She Goes
    The Racontours
  • Dani California
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • Jerk It Out
    Caesars
  • Times Like These
    Foo Fighters
  • Look Good On The Dancefloor
    Artic Monkeys
  • Ho Hey
    The Lumineers
  • Naïve
    The Kooks
  • Express Yourself
    Labrinth
  • Uprising
    Muse
  • Fill My Little World
    The Feeling
  • Don't Stop Believing
    Journey

Sample Old Time Songs

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

Sample Rock Songs

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

Sample Rock & Roll Songs

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

Sample Slow Songs

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