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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

  • Oliver’s Army
    Elvis Costello
  • Come On Eileen
    Dexy's Midnight Runners
  • The One I Love
    R.E.M
  • My Girl
    Madness
  • Blister In The Sun
    Violent Femmes
  • Ask
    The Smiths
  • Video Killed The Radio Star
    The Buggles
  • All right
    Supergrass
  • Friday I’m In Love
    The Cure
  • I Fought The Law
    The Clash
  • I dont Like Mondays
    Boomtown Rats
  • Gold
    Spandau Ballet
  • Sit Down
    James
  • She’s Electric
    Oasis
  • Lost Weekend
    Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
  • Wonderwall
    Oasis
  • Going Underground
    The Jam
  • In between Days
    The Cure
  • Dancing on the ceiling
    Lionel Richie
  • Land Down Under
    Land Down Under
  • Turning Japanese
    The Vapors
  • Rock The Kasbah
    The Clash
  • Rat Trap
    Boomtown Rats
  • Just can’t get enough
    Depeche Mode
  • Missing you
    John Waites
  • With or without you
    U2
  • Keep it all in
    Beautiful South
  • Town Called Malice
    The Jam
  • All night long
    Lionel Richie
  • Special Brew
    Bad Manners

Sample 90s & 2000s Songs

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

Sample Country Songs

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

Sample Good Time Songs

  • Brown Eyed Girl
    Van Morrison
  • Dancing In The Dark
    Bruce Springsteen
  • Concrete And Clay
    Unit Four plus Two
  • Last Dance For Me
    The Drifters
  • Not Unusual
    Tom Jones
  • Hurt So Good
    John Mellencamp
  • Take It Easy
    Eagles
  • Make Me Smile
    Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebel
  • Help Yourself
    Tom Jones
  • Ever Seen The Rain
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Pearly Shells
    John Frawley
  • Me & Bobby McGee
    Kris Kristofferson
  • Call Me Al
    Paul Simon
  • Mrs Robinson
    Simon and Garfunkel
  • River Deep Mountain High
    Ike and Tina Turner
  • Needles And Pins
    The Searchers
  • My Way
    Frank Sinatra
  • 500 Miles
    The Proclaimers
  • Delilah
    Tom Jones
  • Sugar Sugar
    The Archies
  • Good Looking Woman
    Joe Dolan
  • Rocking All Over The World
    Status Quo
  • Walk Of Life
    Dire Straits
  • Crackling Rose
    Neil Diamond
  • Let Your Love Flow
    Bellamy Brothers
  • Lay Down Sally
    Eric Clapton
  • Forever In Blue Jeans
    Neil Diamond
  • Little Old Wine Drinker Me
    Dean Martin
  • American Pie
    Don McLean
  • Saturday Night At The Movies
    The Drifters

Sample Irish Songs

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

Sample Modern Songs

  • Chelsea Dagger
    The Fratellis
  • Are You Ready For Love
    Elton John
  • Lonely Boy
    Black Keys
  • Little Talks
    Of Monsters and Men
  • Hey Soul Sister
    Train
  • I Gotta Feeling
    Black eyed peas
  • Somebody Told Me
    The Killers
  • This Love
    Maroon 5
  • Mr Brightside
    The Killers
  • Starlight
    Muse
  • Moves Like Jagger
    Maroon 5
  • Viva La Vida
    Coldplay
  • Monster
    The Automatic
  • Use Somebody
    Kings of Leon
  • Little Lion Man
    Mumford and Sons
  • Day We Caught The Train
    Ocean Colour Scene
  • Learn to Fly
    Foo Fighters
  • Don't Stop Believing
    Journey
  • Jerk It Out
    Caesars
  • Fans
    The Kings of Leon
  • Dani California
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • Love Me Like You
    The Magic Numbers
  • I Will Wait
    Mumford and Sons
  • Ho Hey
    The Lumineers
  • Vertigo
    U2
  • Uprising
    Muse
  • Jenny Don't Be Hasty
    Paolo Nutini
  • She's So Lovely
    Scouting for girls
  • When We Collide
    Matt Cardle
  • Fill My Little World
    The Feeling

Sample Old Time Songs

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

Sample Rock Songs

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

Sample Rock & Roll Songs

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

Sample Slow Songs

  • Stuck On You
    Lionel Richie
  • Lego House
    Ed Sheeran
  • Beneath You're Beautiful
    Labrinth
  • If Tomorrow Never Comes
    Garth Brooks
  • Cannonball
    Damien Rice
  • Romeo And Juliet
    Dire Straits
  • Wicked Game
    Chris Isaccs
  • Stuck In A Moment
    U2
  • One
    U2
  • With Or Without You
    U2
  • Angels
    Robbie Williams
  • Alison
    Elvis Costello
  • Wonderful Tonight
    Eric Clapton
  • Heaven
    Bryan Adams
  • Run
    Snow Patrol
  • Your Song
    Elton John
  • Make You Feel My Love
    Bob Dylan/Adele
  • Fields Of Gold
    Sting
  • The Dance
    Garth Brooks
  • You Got A Friend
    James Taylor
  • Better
    Tom Baxter
  • Chasing Cars
    Snow Patrol
  • The Voyage
    Christy Moore
  • In My Place
    Coldplay
  • Have I Told You Lately
    Van Morrison
  • First Cut Is The Deepest
    Cat Stevens/Rod Stewart
  • Yellow
    Coldplay
  • Man Who Can't Be Moved
    The Script
  • Crazy Love
    Van Morrison
  • Handbags And Gladrags
    Rod Stewart/The Stereophonics