These songs are hand-picked from years of gigs for working well for weddings, private events, and bar and restaurant gigs. Included are beautiful ceremony-appropriate instrumentals; popular rock, folk and country covers from the 1950s-present; beloved Irish-American classics and pub songs; traditional Celtic songs; and my personal favorite lesser known Americana country songs. Mix and match as you desire!
For bar and restaurant gigs, I mix popular covers with my more upbeat Americana and Celtic repertoire. For farmers markets and similar settings, I often lean more into my instrumental repertoire and feature more obscure folk.
I am happy to consider 1-2 new special requests per wedding/private event with enough notice. Additional fees may be added depending on difficulty. Instrumental pieces generally take more time and effort than vocal requests.
This is my solo repertoire. Band bookings can include some but not all of what’s listed below, and will vary by genre. Each band also features unlisted instrumental and vocal repertoire not led by me.
YouTube Playlists:
Instrumentals
This is my repertoire of mostly fingerstyle instrumentals, offering many options for wedding ceremonies and preludes. Check out my Solo Instrumental Guitar playlist here for an overview. Individual songs are linked where available.
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Most are on the slower side and great for processionals and bridal marches. Tunes marked with *** are upbeat and recessional appropriate.
Blarney Pilgrim - Traditional***
Bunyan’s Hymn - Trad arr. John Renbourn
Byrn's March - Traditional
The Eagle’s Whistle - Traditional***
Eleanor Plunkett - O’Carolan
Flower of Magherally - Traditional
Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair Dom do Lámh) - Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin***
The Harp & Shamrock - Traditional Irish
I Saw Three Ships - Traditional***
The Island of Woods - Liz Carroll
Jigs: Humours of Glynn / Jackie Small’s / The Rolling Wave - Traditional***
Laureen’s Tune - Shooglenifty
Lindsay - Archie Fisher
The Old Waltz - Traditional
On Raglan Road - Patrick Kavanagh/Trad
The Parting Glass - Traditional
Planxty Davis - Thomas O'Connellan
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór [Sheebeg and Sheemore] - O’Carolan
Slip Jigs: Dirty Linen / Na Ceannabhain Bhana / Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight - Traditional***
The South Wind - Traditional
Tramps & Hawkers - Traditional
Twisting of the Rope [Casadh An tSúgáin] - Traditional
What a Voice - Traditional
Wild Mountain Thyme - Traditional
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Not all vocal pop songs adapt easily as instrumentals, but here are some that I have arranged. Feel free to ask about other options from my vocal list.
Blackbird - The Beatles
Book of Love - Peter Gabriel
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard/Swell Season
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell
I’ll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt
Leather & Lace - Stevie Nicks
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg
Paper Wings - Gillian Welch
Sea of Love - Phil Philips/Cat Power
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
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These are all fingerstyle instrumentals in various tunings that I have composed. All have a “pretty and relaxing” vibe. I’d be most honored if you wanted to use one for your ceremony! Listen to the playlist here.
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Angie - Davy Graham
Eight of Wands - Bryan Rahija (C tuning)
Nothing’s Fifty-Fifty - Bryan Rahija (C tuning)
Zoopraxiscope - Bryan Rahija (C tuning)
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Canon in D - Pachelbel
Here Comes the Bride - Wagner
Vocal Songs
The “Well-Known Covers” list includes popular songs from many genres, including pop, classic rock, indie-folk, and country. The Celtic list includes beloved pub songs and Irish-American classics as well as event appropriate trad songs. The Americana list features my favorite lesser known songs in that style that would go well with popular country songs.
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A diverse mix of popular songs from the 1950s onward. Check out my Covers playlist for an overview.
All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Annie’s Song - John Denver
Angel From Montgomery - John Prine
At Last - Etta James (Eva Cassidy version)
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Black Muddy River - The Grateful Dead
Blackbird - The Beatles
The Bones - Maren Morris
Book of Love - Peter Gabriel
Boston - Stella Lefty
Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan
Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
Choosin’ Texas - Ella Langley
Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
Country Roads - John Denver
Cowboy Take Me Away - The Chicks
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Crowded Table - The Highwomen
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Danny’s Song- Loggins & Messina
Dead Flowers - The Rolling Stones
Everywhere, Everything - Noah Kahan
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard/Swell Season
Fields of Gold - Sting
First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Give Yourself to Love - Kate Wolf
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Good Enough - Sarah McLachlan
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
House at Pooh Corner - Kenny Loggins
I Choose You - Sara Bareilles
I Hope You Dance - LeAnn Womack
I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan
If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt
If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell
I’ll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt
Imagine - John Lennon
In My Life - The Beatles
Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel
La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Leather & Lace - Stevie Nicks
Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
The Man in Me - Bob Dylan
My Church - Maren Morris
No One Needs to Know - Shania Twain
Ophelia - The Band
Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
The Promise - Tracy Chapman
Rainbow Connection - Jim Henson
Ripple - Grateful Dead
Sea of Love - Phil Philips/Cat Power
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
The Stable Song - Gregory Alan Isakov
Stand by Me - Ben E. King
Stick Season - Noah Kahan
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
Sweet Sir Galahad - Joan Baez
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Tennessee Waltz - Stewart/King
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (Eva Cassidy version)
Top of the World - The Carpenters
Turn, Turn, Turn - Pete Seeger
Two of Us - The Beatles
Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker/Old Crow Medicine Show
The Wedding Song - Peter, Paul & Mary
The Weight - The Band
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt
When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss
Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under - Shania Twain
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wildflowers - Tom Petty
The Wind - Cat Stevens
Yellow - Coldplay
You Are My Sunshine - Davis/Mitchell
You Can Close Your Eyes - James Taylor
You Were Meant For Me - Jewel
Your Song - Elton John
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
You’ve Got a Friend In Me - Randy Newman
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I have a lot more traditional Celtic and Irish pub songs in my back catalog that are not listed - please ask if you want more!
Ae Fond Kiss - Robert Burns
As I Roved Out - Traditional
Be Thou My Vision - Traditional
Black Velvet Band - Traditional
Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond - Traditional
Bonny Light Horseman - Traditional
Craigie Hill - Traditional
Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly/Trad.
Far Over the Forth - Traditional Scottish
Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John
Follow the Heron - Karine Polwart
(My Own Dear) Galway Bay - Francis Fahy
Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Geordie - Traditional
High On A Hill - Kate Rusby
Homes of Donegal - Sean McBride
Jock Stewart (A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day) - Traditional
Lakes of Pontchartrain - Traditional
Lovely Molly - Traditional
Mingulay Boat Song - Sir Hugh S. Roberton/Trad
On Raglan Road - Trad/Patrick Kavanagh
The Parting Glass - Traditional
Red Is the Rose - Traditional
She Moved Through the Fair - Traditional
Skye Boat Song - William Ross (from Outlander)
Spancil Hill - Mike Considine
Star of the County Down - Traditional
The Water is Wide - Traditional
What Will We Do (When We Have No Money) - Traditional Irish
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Olcott/Ball
Whiskey in the Jar - Traditional
Whiskey, You’re the Devil - Traditional
Wild Mountain Thyme - Traditional Scottish
Willy O’Winsbury - Traditional
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Blackest Crow - Traditional
Blue Mountain - Fred Keller
By Way of Sorrow - Wailin’ Jennys
Cannot Change It All - Pharis & Jason Romero
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Dolly Parton
Faraway Skies - Dean Johnson
Far Away Down on a Georgia Farm - Norman Blake
Foreign Lander - Traditional
Hills of Isle Au Haut - Gordon Bok
I’d Jump the Mississippi - George Jones
If I Lose - Stanley Brothers
Last of My Kind - Paul Burch
Montana Cowboy - Jack Sutton
Natural Thing to Do - Larry Sparks
Nellie Kane - Tim O’Brien
Paper Wings - Gillian Welch
Queen of the Silver Dollar - Emmylou Harris
Rock, Salt & Nails - Utah Philips
Same Little Heart - Reeb Willms & Caleb Klauder
Shady Grove - Traditional
Still Looking For You - Townes Van Zandt
Train on the Island - Traditional
Wayfaring Stranger - Traditional
Wealth of Sorrow - Cahalen Morrison
Your Lone Journey - Doc Watson