Jody Hughes

Marietta, GA

$350-3500

Travels up to 200 miles

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Can't Help Falling in love

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The Way You look Tonight-Wedding Guitar

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Canon in D (Duo with Violin)

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Old Spinning Wheel

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Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

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Overview

Need an acoustic guitarist for your business dinner or wedding?
My repertoire expands from Sinatra, Beatles, Journey, to many more popular favorites.
Need a strolling banjo player? I also do bluegrass and folk music. Think Earl Scruggs or Bela Fleck
Need a music duo that won't break the bank? Hire our Violin + guitar duo. Our repertoire is vast.
What you will get:
Fast communication/Worry-free music/Early arrival


Reviews

2 reviews

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Donna A.

December 20, 2025
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Talented and professional

Great job! Thank you!

Hired as: Banjo Player


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Charles B.

September 11, 2025
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Extremely Talented

Jody is a fantastic Banjo Player. Would highly recommend to anybody.

Hired as: Banjo Player

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Booking information

Price range: $350-3500

Languages: English

Gig length: 30 - 200 minutes

What to expect

For guitar, I have setlists for the following applications:
Jazz (Think Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, and The Great American Songbook)
Popular (Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Journey, Elvis, 80's music and more)
Hymns as well as Traditional Wedding Songs (Canon in D, Prelude from Cello Suite #1 by Bach).
I do play Acoustic guitar and not electric, so it's a quieter pure sound. I usually play Business Dinners and Weddings for solo guitar.

If you are looking for banjo-you get either bluegrass, more sophisticated mountainous sounds or lastly, popular music played on the banjo.

I do have my own sound system for crowds above 75 people..

About

The highlights of my career include performing acoustic guitar and banjo on the stages of Carnegie Hall, The Grand Ole Opry and The Ryman Auditorium. I've performed at weddings and private events all over the Southeastern United states for the last 12 years, everything from mountain weddings to country clubs. In addition to performing full-time, I maintain a schedule of about twenty students a week in my studio.

Past booked events

December 2025

13

Saturday

Corporate Event

11:00am - 12:00pm

Woodstock, GA

September 2025

05

Friday

Retirement Community Event

3:00pm - 5:00pm

Atlanta, GA

April 2018

14

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Bessemer, AL

Team

Jody Hughes Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Vocals
Scott Glazer Upright Bass, Vocals
Danny Bermel Violin

Set list

This is not a complete set, nor would I play all of these. I discuss music selection and cater it to each person's needs.

The Way you Look tonight-Frank Sinatra
I can't Help Falling in Love- Elvis
Pachabel's Canon in D
What a Wonderful World
Annie’s Song-John Denver
Love-Nat King Cole
All you Need is Love-Beatles
Prelude From Cello Suite #1: Bach
Air on The G string-Bach
Here, There, Everywhere-Beatles
Take me Home Country Roads
Yesterdays- Beatles
We’ve Only Just begun-Carpenters
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Stand By me
Someone to Love-Queen
Isn’t She Lovely-Stevie Wonder
You are the Sunshine of my Life- Stevie Wonder
Crazy Little Thing Called Love-Queen

Heaven is a place on Earth
Shout-Tears for Fears
Never Surrender-Corey Hart
Arthur's Theme-Christopher Cross
Uptown Girl-Billy Joel
Same Old Lang Syne-Dan Fogelbert
Maneater-Hall & Oates
St Elmo's Fire Theme song
Hungry like the Wolf-Duran Duran

Jazz:
Autumn Leaves
All of Me
Body and Soul
Wave-Jobim
Girl From Ipanema
Just friends
Lady Be Good
Sweet GA Brown
Take the A Train
Satin Doll

Banjo/Bluegrass:
Carolina in the Pines
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Ballad of Jed Clampett
Deuling Banjos
Temperance Reel
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Cripple Creek
Rocky Top
Grandfathers Clock
Ashokan Farewell
Nine Pound Hammer
Wildwood Flower

Influences and inspiration

Flatt and Scruggs, Bela Fleck, Don Williams, John Denver, Merle Haggard, Frank Sinatra, Jobim,

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