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. Ae Fond Kiss - Robert Burns

  2. As I Roved Out - Traditional Instrumental Available

  3. Be Thou My Vision - Traditional

  4. Blackest Crow - Traditional

  5. Blarney Pilgrim - Traditional Instrumental

  6. Bonny Light Horseman - Traditional

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

  8. Byrn's March - Traditional Instrumental

  9. Cunla - Trad arr. Pierre Bensusan Instrumental

  10. Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly/Trad.

  11. The Eagle’s Whistle - Traditional Instrumental

  12. Eleanor Plunkett - O’Carolan Instrumental

  13. Far Over the Forth - Traditional Scottish

  14. Farewell, Farewell - Richard Thompson/Trad

  15. Flower of Magherally - Traditional Instrumental available

  16. Follow the Heron - Karine Polwart

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

  18. Geordie - Traditional

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

  20. The Harp & Shamrock - Traditional Irish Instrumental

  21. High On A Hill - Kate Rusby

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

  23. I Saw Three Ships - Traditional Instrumental

  24. The Island of Woods - Liz Carroll Instrumental

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

  26. Lakes of Pontchartrain - Traditional

  27. Laureen’s Tune - Shooglenifty Instrumental

  28. Lindsay - Archie Fisher Instrumental

  29. Lovely Molly - Traditional

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

  31. The Old Waltz Instrumental

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

  33. Planxty Davis - Thomas O'Connellan Instrumental

  34. The Parting Glass - Traditional Instrumental Available

  35. The Poorest Company - Kris Drever Instrumental Available

  36. Red Is the Rose - Traditional Instrumental available

  37. She Moved Through the Fair - Traditional

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

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

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

  41. The South Wind - Traditional Instrumental

  42. Spancil Hill - Mike Considine

  43. Star of the County Down - Traditional

  44. Tramps & Hawkers - Traditional Instrumental

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

  46. The Water is Wide Instrumental available

  47. What a Voice - Traditional Instrumental

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

  49. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Olcott/Ball

  50. Whiskey, You’re the Devil - Traditional

  51. 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 Things Must Pass - George Harrison

  4. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles

  5. And So It Goes - Billy Joel

  6. Angel From Montgomery - John Prine

  7. Annie’s Song - John Denver

  8. At Last - Etta James

  9. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

  10. Better Together - Jack Johnson

  11. Black Muddy River - The Grateful Dead

  12. Blackbird - The Beatles Instrumental available

  13. The Bones - Maren Morris

  14. Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

  15. Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan Instrumental available

  16. Cannot Change It All - Pharis & Jason Romero

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

  18. Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor

  19. Cowboy Take Me Away - The Chicks

  20. Crowded Table - The Highwomen

  21. Crazy Love - Van Morrison

  22. Danny’s Song- Loggins & Messina

  23. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Dolly Parton

  24. Don’t Think Twice - Bob Dylan

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

  26. Fields of Gold - Sting

  27. First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes

  28. Galway Girl - Steve Earle

  29. Give Yourself to Love - Kate Wolf

  30. Go Places - The New Pornographers

  31. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

  32. Good Enough - Sarah McLachlan

  33. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

  34. Harvest Moon - Neil Young

  35. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles Instrumental available

  36. Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles

  37. Ho Hey - The Lumineers

  38. Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes

  39. House at Pooh Corner - Kenny Loggins

  40. I Choose You - Sara Bareilles

  41. I Hope You Dance - LeAnn Womack

  42. I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan

  43. If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt

  44. If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell Instrumental available

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

  46. In My Life - The Beatles

  47. Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel

  48. La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf

  49. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

  50. Leather & Lace - Stevie Nicks Instrumental available

  51. Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers

  52. Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch

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

  54. The Man in Me - Bob Dylan

  55. My Church - Maren Morris

  56. No One Needs to Know - Shania Twain

  57. Ophelia - The Band

  58. Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg Instrumental available

  59. Paper Wings - Gillian Welch Instrumental Available

  60. Perfect - Ed Sheeran

  61. The Promise - Tracy Chapman

  62. Rainbow Connection - Jim Henson

  63. Ripple - Grateful Dead

  64. The Scientist - Colplay

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

  66. Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder

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

  68. Songbird - Fleetwood Mac

  69. The Stable Song - Gregory Alan Isakov

  70. Stand by Me - Ben E. King

  71. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

  72. Sweet Sir Galahad - Joan Baez

  73. Tennessee Waltz - Stewart/King

  74. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

  75. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri Instrumental available

  76. Top of the World - The Carpenters

  77. Turn, Turn, Turn - Pete Seeger

  78. Two of Us - The Beatles

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

  80. Wasteland, Baby - Hozier Instrumental only

  81. The Wedding Song - Peter, Paul & Mary

  82. The Weight - The Band

  83. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

  84. When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss

  85. White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt

  86. Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

  87. Wildflowers - Tom Petty

  88. The Wind - Cat Stevens

  89. Winter’s Come & Gone - Gillian Welch

  90. Yellow - Coldplay

  91. You Can Close Your Eyes - James Taylor

  92. You Were Meant For Me - Jewel

  93. 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