Dakota Ray Parker & the Lonely Bones

Wabash, IN

$200 and up

Travels up to 90 miles

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"Rebel on the Run" Trio Performance

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"Crazy" Cover Duo Performance

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"Ol'13" Live from 3rd & Lindsley

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Willie Nelson Cover

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"Im on Fire" Cover

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Overview

Providing a range of unique covers and original songs that your audience will love!


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Booking information

Price range: $200 and up

Languages: English

What to expect

We offer a wide variety of covers ranging from Johnny Cash, Prince to Tyler Childers and the Beatles. A very lively performance full of energy and life!

About

Dakota Ray Parker made some waves in 2023. The Kentucky native found a hit in “Rebel on the Run,” a tale of desert trips and soul-searching, which amassed over a million streams and was played internationally by independent radio stations. He quit his day job, started booking shows and began to play across the Midwest.

Now located in north central Indiana, Parker has been consistently releasing new music ever since. Extended plays “Kentucky Gap” and “Higher Ground,” along with single “Fate of Mary Kate” and video single “Dyin’ to Get High” capture the range of his songwriting styles and vocal capabilities. There’s a murder ballad, love song, bluesy tale of infidelity and, in many cases, stories of his often chaotic (but crucial) upbringing in the hollers of eastern Kentucky.

“When I write, I gravitate more towards mortality, my world view and loss,” Parker says. “I also love writing in a metaphorical sense. I'm naturally a rebel. I don't fit into any category or division, so my writing reflects that.”

With an Appalachian drawl and influences like Avett Brothers, Tracey Chapman and Hank Williams Sr., Dakota Ray Parker brings a blend of folk, alt-country and Americana that honors the local bluegrass heroes and southern Gospel on which his parents raised him.

Additional booking notes

We provide all equipment.

Set list

You don’t know feels - Tom Petty (Open E)
Are You Sure Hank Done It - Hank Williams (Capo 4, G Position)
You Should Probably Leave - CS (Open G)
Honky Tonk Nighttime Man - Merle Haggard (Open E)
For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield (Capo 3, E Position)
Something in the Orange - Zach Bryan (Capo 4, C position)
That's Alright Mama - Elvis Presley (Open E position)
Ooh La La - Faces (Open G)
Any way you want it - Journey (Open G)
Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard (Open E
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles move to end (Capo 5, E Position)
Long Haired Country Boy - Charlie Daniels Band (Capo 2, D Position)
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - CCR (Open G)
Purple Rain - Prince (Open G)
When it Rains it Pours - Luke Combs (Open E)
Feathered Indians - Tyler Childres (Open G)
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (Capo 3, E position)
Cover Me Up - Jason Isbell
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (Open E)
The Fireman - George Strait (Capo 3, E Position)
Cry Cry Cry - Johnny Cash (Capo 2, E Position)
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show (Open G)
Heading South - Zach Bryan (Capo 4, C position)
Harvest Moon - Neil Young (Capo 2, G Position)
Heart of Gold - Neil Young (Open G)
I’m On Fire - Bruce Springsteen (Open G)
Should’ve Been a Cowboy - Toby Keith (Open G)
Take it Easy - Eagles (Tune Down Half Step, G)
Come Together - Beatles (Open C)
Hurricane - The Band of Heathens (ohpen C)
Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty (Open C)
You Don’t Know How it Feels - Tom Petty (Open E)
1QNRBurning Down the House - Talking Heads (Capo 2, G position)
Hound Dog - Elvis (Capo 3, E Postion)
Faithfully - Journey (Capo 2, C Position)
Creep - Radiohead (Capo 2, G Position)
Working Mans Blues - Merle Haggard (Capo 5, E Position)
Shook Me All Night Long - ACDC (Open G)
Im Gonna Be 500 Miles - The Proclaimers (Open E)
Stay Here and Drink - Merle Haggard
Cocaine - Eric Clapton (Open E)
Hard Times - Tyler Childers (Open D)
Whitehouse Road - Tyler Childers (Capo 2, D Position)
Wonderwall - Oasis (Open G)
Champagne Supernova - Oasis (Open G)
Knockin on Heavens Door - Guns N’ Roses (Open G) into Dont Try??
Times they Are A’Changin - Bob Dylan (Open G
Simply the Best - Tina Turner (Open G)
Jolene - Dolly Parton (Open G)
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard (Open E)
A Horse with No Name - America (Open G
Act Naturally - Buck Owens (Open E)
Back Home Again - John Denver (Open E)
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes (Open G)
Dixieland Delight - Alabama (Open G)
Free Fallin - Tom Petty (Capo 2, G position)
Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks (Capo 2, G Postion)
HIt the Road Jack - Ray Charles (Capo 2, C Postion)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett (Capo 3, C Postiion)
Piano Man - Billy Joel (Capo 4, C Position)
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (Capo 2, G Position)
Mama Babies Cowboy- Willie
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (Open G)
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