Here Comes the Sun
Hey Jude live at Puffer Of Pismo
Thinking Out Loud rehearsal
Purple Rain
Performing a wedding ceremony at Allegretto Vineyard Resort
Performing a wedding ceremony at Spooners Cove 8/25
Performing at SLO Brew Rock w/ drummer Ryan House
Performing a wedding ceremony at SLO County Club '25
Performing a wedding ceremony at La Cuesta Ranch 10/25
Featured in The Secret Garden's Big Big SLO ad
Featured in Concerts In The Plaza's SLO Life Magazine ad
Performing w/ Moonshiner Collective at Mission Plaza SLO
Feature article in New Times SLO
Creating a fun, original, interactive, live music experience for everything from live music venues, to wineries, weddings, restaurants, parties, and all in-between, Eight-String Guitarist Gary Wooten is the perfect enhancement to your next event. Book a traditional show with the set tailored to your preferences, or an interactive "All Request Show" featuring a 200+ song request list accessible by QR code and text-able from your phone; all songs performed “LIVE, WITHOUT A NET!” from memory, with no sheet music, charts, iPad... Gary is available for solo guitar performances, or for those looking to kick it up a notch, duo shows featuring Moonshiner Collective bandmate Ryan House on drums.
2 reviews
Ryan V.
September 14, 2025Gary’s professionalism and flexibility helped make our wedding day a lot easier. We asked for song requests, and all of these rules to follow that our beach permit required. He listened and was so supportive. He was able to play perfectly under pressure after a medical emergency happened before our wedding. He’s is so nice and respectful. I highly recommend his services!
Hired as: Guitarist
Laura G.
June 7, 2019Gary was a great addition to our party. He played beautifully during the cocktail hour which created a wonderful atmosphere. He was professional and easy to work with. I would highly recommend him for any event.
Hired as: Guitarist
Price range: $300 and up
Languages: English
Gig length: 10 - 180 minutes
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Can be added to event per request
Cover songs may be an almost predictable offering from most artists performing on the popular club, winery, and event circuit, but audiences have never heard anything quite like this before. As a student of guitar for over 40 years, Gary has mastered a specialized sound and performance on an 8-string guitar, a hybrid instrument which combines both elements of a guitar and bass in one. Splitting half the strings to the bass, and the other to guitar, each sound is wired to its own amp, essentially playing the part of two instruments. New fans are awed and old fans have been treated to this phenomenon for the last 5 years as Gary represents both the bassist and guitarist for local award-winning band, Moonshiner Collective.
Gary is a professional eight-string hybrid guitarist/bassist currently residing in San Luis Obispo, CA, who has studied guitar for over 40 years and performed over 4,000 shows in all genres and venues from NFL stadiums to the Grand Ole Opry and almost every fair, festival, and bar in-between.
Gary can provide his own high-end, low-profile PA system (RCF EVOX JMIX8 Pair), including a wireless mic (Shure BLX24) if needed for announcements, speeches, or officiant. Also, an optional EcoFlow silent battery generator or small battery powered PA (Yamaha STAGEPAS 200) are available if needed for events without convenient access to power.
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Tulare, CA
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
9:30am - 10:30am
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Los Osos, CA
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:00pm - 6:30pm
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San Luis Obispo, CA
Tuesday
Corporate Event
4:30pm - 7:00pm
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Fresno, CA
Saturday
Restaurant/Bar Event
1:00pm - 5:00pm
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Los Olivos, CA
Friday
Restaurant/Bar Event
6:00pm - 8:30pm
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Paso Robles, CA
Friday
Restaurant/Bar Event
6:00pm - 8:30pm
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Paso Robles, CA
Saturday
Cocktail Party
5:30pm - 7:00pm
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San Luis Obispo, CA
Friday
Restaurant/Bar Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Paso Robles, CA
Please reach out to craft the perfect set list for your event, or choose "The All Request Show" featuring a 200+ song request list accessible by QR code and textable from your phone.
1969 - The Smashing Pumpkins
A Go Go - John Scofield
Against All Odds - Phil Collins
And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison
Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
All Blues - Miles Davis
All Of Me - John Legend
All Of Me - Billie Holiday
All The World Is Green - Tom Waits
All Your’n - Tyler Childers
Angel Flying Too Close - Willie Nelson
Anything Goes - Cole Porter
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
Black- Pearl Jam
Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson
Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk
Blue Skies - Irving Berlin
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Bubblehouse - Medeski, Martin & Wood
Bye, Bye, Bye - NSYNC
Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Cancion Del Mariachi - Los Lobos
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
Cissy’s Strut - The Meters
Come on, Let's Go - Ritchie Valens
Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Crazy - Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline
Creep - Radiohead
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Daughter - Pearl Jam
Desperado - The Eagles
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Don’t You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Drops Of Jupiter - Train
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Easy Like Sunday Morning - The Commodores
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears for Fears
Exile - Enya
Faithfully - Journey
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, “Once”
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Feathered Indians - Tyler Childers
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Forever And Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
Free Falling - Tom Petty
Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks
Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera
Green Tea - John Scofield
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day
Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morissette
Happy Birthday - Mildred and Patty Hill
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Hello - Lionel Richie
Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
Help - The Beatles
Hey Jude - Paul McCartney
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones
Hotel California - The Eagles
How Sweet It Is - James Taylor
Hurt - NIN, Johnny Cash
I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
I Still Haven’t Found What I'm Looking For - U2
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton
Idle Moments - Grant Green
Imagine - John Lennon
In Bloom - Nirvana
In The Arms Of An Angel - Sarah McLachlan
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Is There Anybody Out There - Pink Floyd
It's The End Of The World As We Know It - R.E.M.
I’ve Got Dreams To Remember - Otis Redding
Jeep On 35° - John Scofield
Jersey Girl - Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
La Vie en Rose - Edith Piaf
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
Let It Be - The Beatles
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix/SRV
Living On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
L.O.V.E. - Nat King Cole
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Macarena - Los Del Rio
Mad World - Tears for Fears, Gary Jules
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan/Adele
Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
Married Life - Up
Mary Jane’s Last Dance - Tom Petty
Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson, Janis Joplin
Melissa - The Allman Brothers
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Cannonball Adderley
Misty - Errol Garner
My Girl - The Temptations
My Hero - Foo Fighters
My Way - Frank Sinatra
No Rain - Blind Melon
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
Nobody’s Home - Pink Floyd
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - J. Cox
Nothing's Going To Stop Us Now - Starship
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
On Your Shore - Enya
One - U2
Open Arms - Journey
Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp
Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
Pure Imagination - Willy Wonka, Gene Wilder
Purple Rain - Prince
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
Ring Of Fire -Johnny Cash
Ripple - Grateful Dead
Rocketman - Elton John
Rumble - Link Wray
Sally's Song - Danny Elfman
Sea Of Love - Phil Phillips
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny
Smile - Charlie Chaplin
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
Soulshine - The Allman Brothers Band
Space Oddity (Major Tom) - David Bowie
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead
Straight Time - Bruce Springsteen
Starting Over - Chris Stapleton
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Tennessee Whiskey - Dean Dillon, Chris Stapleton
That’s Life - Frank Sinatra
The Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh
The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
To Know Him Is To Love Him - Amy Winehouse
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Two Princes - Spin Doctors
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Upside Down - Jack Johnson
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Walls - Tom Petty
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show, Darius Rucker
Waterfalls - TLC
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
When I’m Sixty-Four - The Beatles
Where Is My Mind - Pixies
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
With or Without You - U2
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
Wouldn’t It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
Yesterday - The Beatles
Yellow - Coldplay
You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford
You’ve Got A Friend In Me - Randy Newman
You've Lost That Loving Feeling - The Righteous Brothers
Your Mother Should Know - The Beatles
Modern pop songs, singer/songwriter, rock, blues, classic rock, classic country, oldies, jazz standards, familiar classical compositions...
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