Jim Snyder is a Chicago-area singer guitarist delivering a high-energy solo show with the sound of a full band. Combining live guitar, strong vocals, and professional backing production, Jim creates an engaging experience for private parties, restaurants, country clubs, corporate events, and outdoor summer concerts.
With hundreds of performances across the Chicago area, Jim is known for crowd-friendly sets featuring classic rock, country, pop, and singalong favorites—creating the right atmosphere from cocktail hour to a full dance floor. Guests often end up singing along.
In addition to his live work, Jim has released original music available on streaming platforms.
4 reviews
Tina C.
January 16, 2026Thank you, Jim, for an amazing night! Having the entertainment for our Christmas party was a dream come true. Can't thank you enough. Music selection was perfect and you fabulously interacted with the guests. Especially our littler ones! :) Thank you again for a perfect night.
Hired as: One Man Band
Jim Snyder
Tina, it means a lot to me to hear that you and your guests had such an amazing night at the Christmas party.
I had an absolute blast performing for everyone, and it's always a joy to see guests, especially the littlest ones, having such a great time on the dance floor. I'm delighted to know that the music selection hit all the right notes and contributed to a perfect atmosphere.
Thank you again for the wonderful opportunity to be a part of your celebration.
Joshua C.
April 4, 2025Jim did a great job for us
Hired as: One Man Band, Singing Guitarist
Jim Snyder
Thanks Joshua. Enjoyed playing at the Hotel. Great space and people!
Mike P.
April 24, 2024Jim showed up on time and did his thing.
His music set , added a nice entertaining experience for our Lakehouse party.
Our guests enjoyed their time.
Appreciate it
Hired as: Guitarist, One Man Band, Party Band, Singing Guitarist
Jim Snyder
Thank you for the great review!
I also had a great time.
Jim
Mike P.
March 24, 2024Saw Jim at Rosie's during a Bachelor party.
He did a great job interacting with the bachelor party participants and patrons of the Club.
He played for several hours with a variety of covers and songs he wrote himself .
While capturing the essence of many genres. I especially enjoyed the covers of 80's & 90 's bands.
He's seems to be a Classic Rock trained guitar player with a strong attention to detail .
Every time I'm in the Chicago area I tried to catch his gig.
I would highly recommend that you check out his website and try to catch a live show .
Great Time !
Hired as: One Man Band, Singing Guitarist
Jim Snyder
Thanks Mike. Really enjoyed playing at the bachelor party and look forward to seeing you soon.
Price range: $200 - 750
Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes
Energetic, passionate performance with Full band sound. Each performance is tailor made to audience. I adjust based on audience.
Jim Snyder is a Chicago-area live singer guitarist delivering a full-band sound as a solo performer. Blending strong vocals, live guitar, and professional backing production, he creates an engaging experience tailored to any event.
From cocktail hours and dinner sets to high-energy parties, Jim adapts the music to match the room and keep guests engaged. His setlist includes crowd favorites from classic rock, pop, and country designed for singalongs and atmosphere.
With hundreds of performances across the Chicago area, Jim is a reliable choice for private parties, country clubs, restaurants, weddings, and corporate events.
In addition to his live work, Jim has released original music available on streaming platforms.
I have a high quality Bose L8 PA system and all related equipment. All I need is electricity to create a great musical environment.
Friday
Christmas Party
6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Chillicothe, IL
Saturday
Lincoln Park Farmers Market
8:00am - 11:00am
Saturday
Lincoln Park Farmers Market
8:00am - 11:00am
Friday
Dinner Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Frankfort, IL
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday
Lincoln Park Farmers Market
8:00am - 11:00am
Wednesday
Pizza at Barn
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday
T Bone Classic Country and Western
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday
Lincoln Park Farmers Market
8:00am - 11:00am
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday
Pizza at Barn
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday
Western Yahct Club Event
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL.
10:00am - 12:30pm
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday
West Loop Farmers Market
8:00am - 11:00am
Sunday
Wild Mile 905 W Eastman Street, Chicago, IL
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday
West Loop Farmers Market
8:00am - 11:00am
Wednesday
Arden Courts
10:30am - 11:30am
Thursday
Cocktail Party
5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Lafayette, IN
Tuesday
Christmas Party
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Saturday
Shanty Bar
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday
Zogo’s Restaurant
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday
House Party
7:00pm - 10:00pm
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Chilton, WI
1. 2000 Miles (Chistmas Time) | Pretenders
2. A Little Less Talk and Lot More Action | Hank Williams
3. About a Girl | Nirvana
4. Achy Breaky Heart | Billy Ray Cyrus
5. All My Loving | Beatles
6. All Right Now | Free
7. All The Young Dudes | Mott the Hoople
8. Already Won | Jim Snyder (Original)
(link hidden)arillo By Morning | George Strait
(link hidden)erican Girl | Tom Petty
11. And I Love Her | Beatles
(link hidden)gie | Rolling Stones
(link hidden)ba's House | Jim Snyder (Original)
(link hidden)be I'm Gonna Leave You | Led Zeppelin
15. Baby Blue | Badfinger
(link hidden)by It’s Cold Outside | Michael Buble
17. Ball and Chain | Social Distortion
(link hidden) With Me | Jim Snyder (Original)
(link hidden) Yourself | Audioslave
20. Beatles | Help
21. Beautiful Day | U2
22. Behind Blue Eyes | Who
23. Billy Jean | Michael Jackson
24. Black | Pearl Jam
25. Blue Christmas | Elvis Presley
26. Boot Scoot Boogie | Brooks and Dunn
27. Boys are Back in Town | Thin Lizzy
28. Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison
29. Centerfield | John Fogerty
(link hidden)attahoochie | Alan Jackson
31. Come As You Are | Nirvana
32. Come Together | Beatles
33. Coming Through | Jim Snyder (Original)
34. Country Girl (Shake it) | Luke Bryan
(link hidden)eep | Radiohead
36. Dancing in the Moonlight | Thin Lizzy
37. Darlin Companion | Johnny Cash
38. Don't Stop Believin | Journey
39. Dont Let Me Down | Beatles
40. Dont Look Back in Anger | Oasis
41. Down By the River | Neil Young
42. Drain You | Nirvana
43. Dukes of Hazard | Waylon Jennings
44. El Paso | Marty Robbins
45. Enter Sandman | Metallica
46. Everlong | Foo Fighters
47. Everything You Want | Vertical Horizon
48. Fade Into You | Mazzy Star
49. Falling Slowly | Glen Hansard
50.Family AffaIr | Sly and the Family Stone
51. Fast Car | Luke Combs (Tracy Chapman)
52. Favorite Mistake | Sheryl Crow
53. Fly Me to the Moon | Frank Sinatra
(link hidden)ee Bird | Lynyrd Skynyrd
55. Gimme Three Steps | Lynyrd Skynyrd
56. Glycerine | Bush
57. Goo Goo Muck | Cramps
58. Good Times Bad Times | Led Zeppelin
59. Hang on Sloopy | Rick Derringer
60. Have You Ever Seen the Rain | Credence Clearwater Revival
61. Heartbreaker | Rolling Stones
62. Here Comes the Sun | Beatles
63. Heroes | David Bowie
64. Hey Ho | Lumineers
65.Hey Jude | Beatles
66. Honky Tonk Woman | Rolling Stones
67. Hotel California | Eagles
68. How's it Gonna Be | Third Eye Blind
69. I Want to Hold Your Hand | Beatles
70. I'll Be You | Replacements
71. I'm a Believer | Monkees
72. I'm Eighteen | Alice Cooper
73. If I Needed Someone | Beatles
74. If I Were a Carpenter | Johnny Cash
75. If You Could Read My Mind | Gordon Lighhtfoot
76.If You Want Me To Stay | Sly and the Family Stone
(link hidden)erstate Love Song | Stone Temple Pilots
78. It Ain’t Me Babe | Johnny Cash
79. I’ll be Home for Christmas | Bob Dylan
80. Jackson | Johnny Cash
81. Johnny Cash | One Piece at a Time
82. Jolene | Dolly Parton
83. Judas Priest | Living After Midnight
84. Just What I Needed | The Cars
(link hidden)ockin on Heavens Door | Bob Dylan
(link hidden)ndslide | Fleetwood Mac
87. Last Nite | Strokes
88. Lawyers, Guns and Money Warren Zevon
89.Learning to Fly | Tom Petty
90. Let it Be | Beatles
91. Life on Mars | David Bowie
92. Like a Hurricane | Neil Young
93. Like a Rolling Stone | Bob Dylan
94. Linger | Cranberries
95. Lithium | Nirvana
96. Lovely Day | Bill Withers
97. Low Places | Garth
98. Maggie May | Rod Stewart
99. Man Who Sold World | David Bowie
100. Mary Jane's Last Dance | Tom Petty
101. Me and Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin
102. Melissa | Allman Brothers
103. Midnight Rider | Allman Brothers
104. Modern Love | Peter Gabriel
105. Monkeys Gone to Heaven | Pixies
106. Mothers Little Helper | Rolling Stones
107. Movin on Over | Hank Williams/ George Thorogood
108. My Girl | Temptations
109. My, My Hey, Hey | Neil Young
110. Mystery Achievement | Pretenders
111. Nirvana | Jesus Sunbeam
112. North Country Fair | Johnny Cash and Dylan
113. Oh Come all Ye Faithful | Christmas
114. Oh Holy Night | Christmas
115. Oh Me | Meat Puppets
116. Oh Should I Stay or Should I Go | Clash
117. Show Me the Meaning | Pretenders
118. Simple Man | Lynyrd Skynyrd
119. Sitting By Dock of the Bay | Otis Redbone
120. Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana
121. Soak Up The Sun | Sheryl Crow
122. Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Judy Garland
123. Sour Girl | Stone Temple Pilots
124. Space Oddity | David Bowie
125. Star Spangled Banner | Chris Stapleton
126. Starman | David Bowie
127. Starting Over | Chris Stapleton
128. Stick Season | Noah Khan
129. Summer of 69 | Bryan Adams
130. Supersonic | Oasis
131. Superstar | Carpenters
132. Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley
133. Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond
134. Sweet Jane | Lou Reed
135. Sweet Surrender | Sarah McLachlan
136. Take Me Home Country Road | John Denver
137. The Dance | Garth Brooks
138.Times Like These | Foo Fighters
139. Trying to Pull Myself Away | Glen Hansard
140. Tulsa Time | Eric Clapton/ Don Williams
141. Tumblin Dice | Rolling Stones
142. Wagon Wheel | Darius Rucker
143. Waiting for my Man | Lou Reed
144. Walk in By | Dionne Warwick
145 Walk on the Wild Side | Lou Reed
146 Wanted Dead or Alive | Bon Jovi
147. Weezer | Buddy Holly
148. What I Got | Sublime
When it Rains it Pours | Luke Combs
When You Were Young | The Killers
When Your Mind’s Me Up | Glen Hansard
While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Beatles
Whiskey in the Jar | Metallica
White Christmas | Bing Crosby
White Horse | Chris Stapleton
White Rabbit | Jefferson Airplane
Wicked Game | Chris Isaac
Wild Horses | Rolling Stones
Wild World | Cat Stevens
Winds of Change | Scorpions
Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton
With or Without You / U2
You Are My Sunshine | Johnny Cash
You Should Probably Leave | Chris Stapleton
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away | Beatles
Your Love | The Outfield
Ziggy Stardust | David Bowie. The Dance
2. Low Places
3. North County Fair
4. Amarillo by Morning
5. Chattahoochie Alan Jackson
6. Boot Scooting Boogie
7. Achy Breaky Heart
8. Jolene
9. When it Rains it Pours
(link hidden)lsum Prison Blues
11. Island in the Sun Weezer
2. Soak up the Sun Sheryl Crow
3. Under the Boardwalk Drifters
4. About a Girl Nirvana
5. All Right Now Free
6. All The Young Dudes Mott the Hoople
7. Already Won Jim Snyder (Original)
5. American Girl Tom Petty
6. And I Love Her Beatles
7. Angie Rolling Stones
8. Baba's House Jim Snyder (Original)
9. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Led Zeppelin
10. Baby Blue Badfinger
11. Be With Me Jim Snyder (Original)
12. Be Yourself Audioslave
13. Black Pearl Jam
14. Boys are Back in Town Thin Lizzy
15. Celebration Kool and the Gang
16. Come As You Are Nirvana
16. Come Together Beatles
17. Coming Through Jim Snyder (Original)
18. Creep Radiohead
19. Don't Stop Believin Journey
20. Don't Let Me Down Beatles
21. Dont Look Back in Anger Oasis
22. Down By the River Neil Young
23. Drain You Nirvana
24. Enter Sandman Metallica
25. Everlong Foo Fighters
26. Fast Car Luke Combs (Tracy Chapman)
27. Family Affair
27. Fly Me to the Moon Frank Sinatra
28. Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd
29. Glycerine Bush
30. Good Times Bad Times Led Zeppelin
30. Here Comes the Sun Beatles
31. Heroes David Bowie
32. Hey Ho Lumineers
33. Hey Jude Beatles
34. Honky Tonk Woman Rolling Stones
35. Hotel California Eagles
36. How's it Gonna Be Third Eye Blind
37. I'll Be You Replacements
38. I'm a Believer Monkees
39. I'm Eighteen Alice Cooper
40. If I Needed Someone Beatles
41. If You Could Read My MindGordon Lightfoot
42. Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots
43. It Ain’t Me Babe Johnny Cash
44. Jackson Johnny Cash
45. Just What I Needed The Cars
46. Knockin on Heavens Door Bob Dylan
47. Landslide Fleetwood Mac
48. Last Nite Strokes
49. Let’s Stay Together Al Green
50. Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
51. Linger Cranberries
51. Lithium Nirvana
52. Lovely Day Bill Withers
53. Man Who Sold World David Bowie
54. Mary Jane's Last Dance Tom Petty
55. Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
56. Melissa Allman Brothers
57. My Hero Foo Fighters
58. Midnight Rider Allman Brothers
59. Modern Love Peter Gabriel
60. Monkeys Gone to Heaven Pixies
61. Mothers Little Helper Rolling Stones
62. Movin on Over George Thorogood
63. Mystery Achievement Pretenders
My Girl
64. Nirvana Jesus Sunbeam
65. One U2
66. Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers
67. Paint it Black Rolling Stones
68. Perfect Day Lou Reed
69. Piece of My Heart Janis Joplin
70. Purple Rain (Prince)
70. Chill Out Jim Snyder (Original)
71. Play With FireRolling Stones
72. Plush Stone Temple Pilots
73. Positively 4th Bob Dylan
74. Radio Free Europe REM
75. Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated
76. Refugee Tom Petty
77. Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
78. Rockin in the Free World Neil Young
79. Roll Me Away Bob Seger
80. Ruby Tuesday Rolling Stones
81. Sex on Fire Kings of Leon
82. Shook Me AC DC
83. Should I Stay or Should I Go Clash
84. Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd
85. Sitting By Dock of the Bay Otis Redbone
86. Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
87. Sour Girl Stone Temple Pilots
88. Space Oddity David Bowie
89. Starman David Bowie
90. Stick Season Noah Khan
91. Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley
92. Summer of ‘69 Bryan Adams
92. Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
93. Sweet Jane Lou Reed
94. Times Like These Foo Fighters
95. Tumblin Dice Rolling Stones
96. Under the BoardWalk Drifters
96. Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker
97. Waiting for my Man Lou Reed
98. Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed
99. Weezer Buddy Holly
100. Viva La Vida Coldplay
100. Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell
100. What I Got Sublime
101. When You Were Young The Killers
102. Whiskey in the Jar Metallica
103. White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
104. Wild Horses Rolling Stones
105. Wild World Cat Stevens
106. Winds of Change Scorpions
107. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Beatles
108. You Should Probably Leave Chris Stapleton
108. Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
Bob Dylan
Nirvana
Stone Temple Pilots
Lou Reed
Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
Janis Joplin
Chris Stapleton
Darius Rucker
Luke Combs
Tom Petty
I have a high quality Bose L8 PA system and all related equipment. All I need is electricity to create a great musical environment.
Singing Guitarist
