Song List

YouTube Solo Guitar Playlist

This list is not exhaustive! These songs are hand-picked from years of gigs for working well in wedding and other happy event settings. Included are beautiful ceremony-appropriate Celtic and classical instrumentals, pop and folk hits from the 1950s-present, beloved Irish-American classics, and Americana/country songs.

Solo bookings can include any of the songs listed below.

Band bookings with The New Grown-Ups (Americana/country/bluegrass) can include many additional unlisted fiddle tunes and songs lead by my bandmates. Playlist here.

Band bookings with The Ivy Leaf (Irish/Celtic) will include many unlisted instrumental dance tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.) and songs lead by my bandmates.


Originals

  1. The Cardinal’s Path Instrumental

  2. Flowers of Roslindale Instrumental

  3. Our Girl Sasha Instrumental

  4. Pearl & Fog Instrumental

  5. Trail End Instrumental

  6. The What Was & the What If Instrumental

  7. Wind in the Evergreens Instrumental

  8. Winter Island Instrumental

  9. Wrenley’s Waltz Instrumental


Celtic

Most of my Celtic repertoire is instrumental or instrumental adaptable. Songs with lyrics are wedding-friendly (i.e. no murder ballads featured!)

  1. As I Roved Out - Traditional Instrumental Available

  2. Be Thou My Vision - Traditional

  3. Blackest Crow - Traditional

  4. Blarney Pilgrim - Traditional Instrumental

  5. Bonny Light Horseman - Traditional

  6. Bunyan’s Hymn - Trad arr. John Renbourn Instrumental

  7. Byrn's March - Traditional Instrumental

  8. Cunla - Trad arr. Pierre Bensusan Instrumental

  9. Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly/Trad.

  10. The Eagle’s Whistle - Traditional Instrumental

  11. Eleanor Plunkett - O’Carolan Instrumental

  12. Far Over the Forth - Traditional Scottish

  13. Farewell, Farewell - Richard Thompson/Trad

  14. Flower of Magherally - Traditional Instrumental available

  15. Follow the Heron - Karine Polwart

  16. (My Own Dear) Galway Bay - Francis Fahy

  17. Geordie - Traditional

  18. Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair Dom do Lámh) - Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin

  19. The Harp & Shamrock - Traditional Irish Instrumental

  20. High On A Hill - Kate Rusby

  21. Humours of Glynn (waltz) - Traditional Irish Instrumental

  22. I Saw Three Ships - Traditional Instrumental

  23. The Island of Woods - Liz Carroll Instrumental

  24. Jigs: Humours of Glynn / Jackie Small’s / The Rolling Wave - Traditional Instrumental

  25. Lakes of Pontchartrain - Traditional

  26. Laureen’s Tune - Shooglenifty Instrumental

  27. Lindsay - Archie Fisher Instrumental

  28. Lovely Molly - Traditional

  29. Mingulay Boat Song - Sir Hugh S. Roberton/Trad

  30. The Old Waltz Instrumental

  31. On Raglan Road - Trad/Patrick Kavanagh Instrumental Available

  32. Planxty Davis - Thomas O'Connellan Instrumental

  33. The Parting Glass - Traditional Instrumental Available

  34. The Poorest Company - Kris Drever Instrumental Available

  35. Red Is the Rose - Traditional Instrumental available

  36. She Moved Through the Fair - Traditional

  37. Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór [Sheebeg and Sheemore] - O’Carolan Instrumental

  38. Skye Boat Song - William Ross (from Outlander)

  39. Slip Jigs: Dirty Linen / Na Ceannabhain Bhana / Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight Instrumental

  40. The South Wind - Traditional Instrumental

  41. Spancil Hill - Mike Considine

  42. Star of the County Down - Traditional

  43. Tramps & Hawkers - Traditional Instrumental

  44. Twisting of the Rope [Casadh An tSúgáin] Instrumental

  45. The Water is Wide Instrumental available

  46. What a Voice - Traditional Instrumental

  47. What Will We Do (When We Have No Money) - Traditional Irish

  48. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Olcott/Ball

  49. Whiskey, You’re the Devil - Traditional

  50. Wild Mountain Thyme - Traditional Scottish


Americana

  1. Angel From Montgomery - John Prine

  2. Blue Mountain - Fred Keller

  3. Foreign Lander - Traditional

  4. Hills of Isle Au Haut - Gordon Bok

  5. I’d Jump the Mississippi - George Jones

  6. If I Lose - Stanley Brothers

  7. I’ll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt

  8. Last of My Kind - Paul Burch

  9. Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch

  10. Natural Thing to Do - Larry Sparks

  11. No One Needs to Know Right Now - Shania Twain

  12. Nothing’s Fifty-Fifty - Bryan Rahija Instrumental

  13. Paper Wings - Gillian Welch

  14. Queen of the Silver Dollar - Emmylou Harris

  15. Same Little Heart - Reeb Willms & Caleb Klauder

  16. Tennessee Waltz - Stewart/King

  17. White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt

  18. Winter’s Come & Gone - Gillian Welch

  19. You Are My Sunshine - Davis/Mitchell

Acoustic Covers

Most of my covers repertoire features vocals. Instrumental versions noted as available.

  1. Across the Universe - The Beatles

  2. All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers

  3. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles

  4. Angel From Montgomery - John Prine

  5. Annie’s Song - John Denver

  6. At Last - Etta James

  7. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

  8. Better Together - Jack Johnson

  9. Blackbird - The Beatles Instrumental available

  10. The Bones - Maren Morris

  11. Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

  12. Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan Instrumental available

  13. Cannot Change It All - Pharis & Jason Romero

  14. Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley Instrumental available

  15. Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor

  16. Cowboy Take Me Away - The Chicks

  17. Crowded Table - The Highwomen

  18. Crazy Love - Van Morrison

  19. Danny’s Song- Loggins & Messina

  20. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Dolly Parton

  21. Don’t Think Twice - Bob Dylan

  22. Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard/Swell Season Instrumental available

  23. Fields of Gold - Sting

  24. First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes

  25. Galway Girl - Steve Earle

  26. Give Yourself to Love - Kate Wolf

  27. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

  28. Good Enough - Sarah McLachlan

  29. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

  30. Harvest Moon - Neil Young

  31. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles Instrumental available

  32. Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles

  33. Ho Hey - The Lumineers

  34. Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes

  35. I Choose You - Sara Bareilles

  36. I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan

  37. If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell Instrumental available

  38. I’ll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt

  39. In My Life - The Beatles

  40. Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel

  41. La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf

  42. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

  43. Leather & Lace - Stevie Nicks Instrumental available

  44. Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers

  45. Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch

  46. Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan Instrumental available

  47. My Church - Maren Morris

  48. No One Needs to Know - Shania Twain

  49. Ophelia - The Band

  50. Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg Instrumental available

  51. Paper Wings - Gillian Welch Instrumental Available

  52. Perfect - Ed Sheeran

  53. Rainbow Connection - Jim Henson

  54. Ripple - Grateful Dead

  55. The Scientist - Colplay Instrumental available

  56. Sea of Love - Phil Philips/Cat Power Instrumental available

  57. (I’m Gonna Get Over This) Someday - Logan Ledger

  58. Songbird - Fleetwood Mac

  59. The Stable Song - Gregory Alan Isakov

  60. Stand by Me - Ben E. King

  61. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

  62. Sweet Sir Galahad - Joan Baez

  63. Tennessee Waltz - Stewart/King

  64. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

  65. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri Instrumental available

  66. Top of the World - The Carpenters

  67. Turn, Turn, Turn - Pete Seeger

  68. Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker/Old Crow Medicine Show

  69. Wasteland, Baby - Hozier Instrumental only

  70. The Wedding Song - Peter, Paul & Mary

  71. The Weight - The Band

  72. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

  73. When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss

  74. White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt

  75. Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

  76. Wildflowers - Tom Petty

  77. The Wind - Cat Stevens

  78. Winter’s Come & Gone - Gillian Welch

  79. Yellow - Coldplay

  80. You Can Close Your Eyes - James Taylor

  81. You Were Meant For Me - Jewel

  82. Your Song - Elton John Instrumental available


Classical

  1. Canon in D - Pachelbel Instrumental

  2. Here Comes the Bridge - Wagner

  3. Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach Instrumental

  4. Prelude in C Major - Bach Instrumental