John Prather Music
Overview
With vocals that blend the best of Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and the guitar skills to compliment, John Prather spends his nights playing at local hot spots on Austin's historic 6th street and beyond.
John has been performing in bars, restaurants and at private parties for over 10 years. His song catalog includes a wide range of great rock hits from the 90s, and he throws in some current country hits and a few oldies to keep everyone entertained. His set list includes:
Alice in Chains
Johnny Cash
Stone Temple Pilots
Blind Melon
Matchbox Twenty
Sublime
Counting Crows
Nirvana
Tom Petty
Foo Fighters
Pearl Jam
Zac Brown Band
Goo Goo Dolls
Randy Rogers
And much more!
Reviews
44 reviews
Cristy W.
October 16, 2026Good energy boost!
John was the perfect pick-me-up during the networking breaks at our annual corporate conference! His music brought such a good energy to the room, and you can tell he genuinely loves what he does. He was a great addition to our event, and we'd happily work with him again!
Hired as: Singing Guitarist
Lexi J.
October 13, 2026John is amazing!
We had such a great experience working with John! He was friendly, professional, timely, and really helped make our event special and memorable. He created a great atmosphere and was a pleasure to work with from start to finish. We would absolutely recommend him to anyone looking to hire him for an event!
Hired as: Singing Guitarist
Courtney M.
July 6, 2026John Always Brings a Good Time
This is our second year hiring John on the 4th of July and it was a great time both years! John knows how to connect with the crowd, takes requests with a smile on his face and overall knows how please the crowd so they have the best time! He is prompt, very friendly and brings great energy to the event! He's a crowd-pleaser for sure and it was another event for the books!
Hired as: Singing Guitarist
Mary S.
June 28, 2026John Prather was Fantastic!
John did an excellent job at our event!! The crowd loved him, and we had multiple attendees who wanted to learn more about him, as they were so impressed with his voice and performance. We definitely recommend booking John!
Hired as: Singing Guitarist
Jeni D.
March 2, 2026John was all around amazing!
John sang at our cocktail reception and awards dinner at our conference and was amazing! He sounded great, was a professional, and easy to work with!
Hired as: Singing Guitarist
Booking information
Price range: $300 – $2,000 per event
Languages: English
Gig length: 1 - 240 minutes
What to expect
With vocals that blend the best of Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and the guitar skills to compliment, John Prather spends his nights playing at local hot spots on Austin's historic 6th street and beyond.
John has been performing in bars, restaurants and at private parties for over 15 years. His song catalog includes a wide range of great rock hits from the 90s, and he throws in current country hits and a few oldies to keep everyone entertained. His set list includes:
Jake Owen
Johnny Cash
Stone Temple Pilots
Blind Melon
Matchbox Twenty
Sublime
Counting Crows
Nirvana
Tom Petty
Foo Fighters
Pearl Jam
Zac Brown Band
Goo Goo Dolls
Randy Rogers
And much more!
You can find John playing regularly in Austin and San Antonio.
If you are interested in having John play at your venue or party, contact him via phone, email or his website.
About
Born in McAllen, TX in the 80's. I became interested in music after watching Elvis on TV. As a teenager in the 90's my setlist is heavily influenced by the music of that time. Came to Austin to live my dream of becoming a performing musician & picked up my first official gig at the ripe old age of 19. I played off & on for several years and finally quit my day job in 2011 to become a full-time performer. Over the years, I've added modern country and classic rock. I've played many shows for bars, restaurants, private events, receptions, and weddings and am looking forward to many more years!
Additional booking notes
I have a full quality professional PA suitable for large and small audiences, both indoors and outdoors. My only requirements for performances is access to one electrical outlet and a small space to set up.
Services offered
Upcoming booked events
October 2026
25
Sunday
Birthday Party
12:30pm - 2:30pm
•
Austin, TX
November 2026
07
Saturday
Birthday Party
2:00pm - 4:00pm
•
Round Mountain, TX
Past booked events
October 2026
19
Monday
Retirement Community Event
5:00pm - 6:00pm
•
Cedar Park, TX
15
Thursday
Corporate Event
10:45am - 1:00pm
•
Austin, TX
09
Friday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 7:30pm
•
Austin, TX
06
Tuesday
Corporate Event
5:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Austin, TX
02
Friday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 7:30pm
•
Austin, TX
September 2026
23
Wednesday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Austin, TX
11
Friday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 8:30pm
•
Driftwood, TX
09
Wednesday
Corporate Event
5:30pm - 7:00pm
•
Austin, TX
August 2026
15
Saturday
Graduation
3:00pm - 7:00pm
•
La Vernia, TX
July 2026
04
Saturday
Holiday Party
6:30pm - 9:00pm
•
Austin, TX
02
Thursday
Retirement Community Event
2:00pm - 4:00pm
•
Cedar Park, TX
June 2026
26
Friday
Cocktail Party
3:00pm - 5:00pm
•
San Antonio, TX
20
Saturday
Holiday Party
10:00am - 12:00pm
•
Pflugerville, TX
13
Saturday
Nonprofit Event
10:00am - 12:00pm
•
Austin, TX
April 2026
25
Saturday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Cedar Park, TX
18
Saturday
Birthday Party
8:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Leander, TX
February 2026
25
Wednesday
Corporate Event
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Austin, TX
December 2025
13
Saturday
Christmas Party
6:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Austin, TX
November 2025
08
Saturday
Dinner Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Austin, TX
September 2025
20
Saturday
Restaurant/Bar Event
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Brownwood, TX
06
Saturday
Funeral/Memorial Service
6:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Austin, TX
05
Friday
Grand Opening
11:00am - 4:00pm
•
Georgetown, TX
July 2025
04
Friday
Holiday Party
7:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Austin, TX
June 2025
28
Saturday
Festival
10:00am - 2:00pm
•
San Antonio, TX
May 2025
17
Saturday
House Party
7:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Horseshoe Bay, TX
06
Tuesday
Corporate Event
4:30pm - 6:00pm
•
Austin, TX
April 2025
26
Saturday
Birthday Party
1:30pm - 5:30pm
•
Leander, TX
March 2025
19
Wednesday
Corporate Event
4:30pm - 6:00pm
•
Austin, TX
15
Saturday
Wedding Engagement
5:00pm - 7:30pm
•
Round Rock, TX
13
Thursday
Nonprofit Event
6:00pm - 7:30pm
•
Pflugerville, TX
01
Saturday
Corporate Event
6:00am - 8:00am
•
Austin, TX
February 2025
11
Tuesday
Corporate Event
5:00pm - 8:30pm
•
Austin, TX
January 2025
24
Friday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 9:30pm
•
Austin, TX
November 2024
02
Saturday
Cocktail Party
6:30pm - 9:30pm
•
New Ulm, TX
October 2024
24
Thursday
Dinner Party
5:30pm - 8:00pm
•
San Antonio, TX
18
Friday
Cocktail Party
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Austin, TX
September 2024
13
Friday
Wedding Reception
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Florence, TX
08
Sunday
Sporting Event
12:00pm - 1:30pm
•
Kyle, TX
August 2024
07
Wednesday
Launch Party
12:00pm - 2:00pm
•
Austin, TX
June 2024
29
Saturday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Round Rock, TX
18
Tuesday
Cocktail Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Leander, TX
April 2024
27
Saturday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Buda, TX
January 2024
24
Wednesday
Dinner Party
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Spring, TX
05
Friday
Corporate Event
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Austin, TX
December 2023
06
Wednesday
Corporate Event
7:00pm - 10:30pm
•
Austin, TX
November 2023
08
Wednesday
Dinner Party
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Spicewood, TX
October 2023
12
Thursday
Corporate Event
5:00pm - 7:30pm
•
Austin, TX
September 2023
27
Wednesday
Dinner Party
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Austin, TX
June 2023
17
Saturday
Birthday Party
5:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Austin, TX
02
Friday
Rehearsal Dinner
5:30pm - 10:30pm
•
Dripping Springs, TX
April 2023
15
Saturday
Wedding Reception
5:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Fredericksburg, TX
March 2023
31
Friday
Restaurant/Bar Event
8:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Austin, TX
February 2023
07
Tuesday
Fundraiser
6:30pm - 8:00pm
•
Austin, TX
November 2022
24
Thursday
Retirement Community Event
3:30pm - 4:30pm
•
Austin, TX
16
Wednesday
Nonprofit Event
5:30pm - 6:30pm
•
Austin, TX
October 2022
29
Saturday
Fundraiser
5:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Austin, TX
21
Friday
Corporate Event
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Austin, TX
16
Sunday
Convention/Trade Show
10:30am - 12:00pm
•
Austin, TX
September 2022
29
Thursday
Corporate Event
7:30pm - 9:30pm
•
Austin, TX
27
Tuesday
Corporate Event
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Austin, TX
24
Saturday
Wedding Reception
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
New Braunfels, TX
17
Saturday
House Party
7:00pm - 10:30pm
•
Hondo, TX
11
Sunday
Festival
1:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Austin, TX
09
Friday
Rehearsal Dinner
7:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Austin, TX
July 2022
24
Sunday
Festival
6:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Belton, TX
16
Saturday
Corporate Event
11:00am - 2:00pm
•
Austin, TX
04
Monday
House Party
6:30pm - 9:30pm
•
Harker Heights, TX
June 2022
23
Thursday
Corporate Event
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Austin, TX
18
Saturday
Corporate Event
11:00am - 1:00pm
•
Austin, TX
11
Saturday
Dinner Party
11:00am - 1:00pm
•
Austin, TX
09
Thursday
Grand Opening
10:30am - 12:30pm
•
Pflugerville, TX
May 2022
13
Friday
Dinner Party
8:30pm - 11:00pm
•
Austin, TX
12
Thursday
Cocktail Party
4:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Spicewood, TX
April 2022
30
Saturday
Bachelorette Party
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Austin, TX
26
Tuesday
Corporate Event
5:30pm - 6:30pm
•
Austin, TX
23
Saturday
House Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Austin, TX
March 2022
29
Tuesday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Austin, TX
26
Saturday
Birthday Party
2:30pm - 4:00pm
•
Austin, TX
12
Saturday
Weekly/Recurring Performance
1:00pm - 5:30pm
•
Marble Falls, TX
February 2022
25
Friday
Retirement Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Kyle, TX
05
Saturday
Dinner Party
7:30pm - 11:00pm
•
Cedar Park, TX
November 2021
20
Saturday
Wedding Engagement
5:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Austin, TX
October 2021
13
Wednesday
Cocktail Party
6:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Austin, TX
09
Saturday
Corporate Event
12:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Austin, TX
02
Saturday
Corporate Event
12:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Austin, TX
September 2021
18
Saturday
Cocktail Party
6:30pm - 8:00pm
•
Austin, TX
04
Saturday
Corporate Event
12:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Austin, TX
June 2021
26
Saturday
Birthday Party
7:30pm - 12:00am (Sun)
•
Mathis, TX
October 2020
02
Friday
Cocktail Party
7:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Jonestown, TX
January 2020
21
Tuesday
Corporate Event
6:30pm - 9:00pm
•
Austin, TX
Set list
Alice In chains
Heaven Beside You
Nutshell
Over Now
Rooster
Would
Audioslave
I am the Highway
Candlebox
Far Behind
Collective soul
December
Shine
The World I Know
Dishwalla
Counting Blue Cars
fastball
The Way
filter
Take a Picture
foo fighters
Big Me
Everlong
Learn to Fly
gin blossoms
Follow You Down
Found Out About You
Hey Jealousy
goo goo dolls
Iris
Slide
hootie & the blowfish
Only Wanna be With You
incubus
Drive
john mellencamp
Jack and Diane
live
Selling the Drama
matchbox twenty
Three AM
nirvana
About a Girl
All Apologies
oasis
Champagne Supernova
Wonderwall
pearl jam
Alive
Better Man
Black
Daughter
Evenflow
Jeremy
Last Kiss
Yellow Ledbetter
puddle of mud
Blurry
red hot chili peppers
Otherside
rem
It’s the End of the World as We Know It
Man on the Moon
The One I Love
seether
Broken
Fine Again
Remedy
soul asylum
Black Gold
Runaway Train
soundgarden
Fell on Black Days
spin doctors
Two Princes
stone temple pilots
Big Empty
Interstate Love Song
Plush
Sex-Type Thing
Wicked Garden
sublime
What I Got
the black crowes
Hard to Handle
Jealous Again
third eye blind
Jumper
three doors down
Kryptonite
toadies
Possum Kingdom
tom petty
Last Dance with Mary Jane
Learning to Fly
You Wreck Me
Won’t Back Down
tonic
If You Could Only See
the verve pipe
Freshmen
wallflowers
One Headlight
COUNTRY—————
craig campbell
Keep Them Kisses Comin’
billy currington
Good Direction
Hey Girl
We are Tonight
blake shelton
All About Tonight
Honey Bee
Sangria
brooks and dunn
Neon Moon
cole swindell
Hope You Get Lonely Tonight
darius rucker
Wagon Wheel
dierks bentley
Drunk on a Plane
What was I Thinkin’
easton corbin
All Over the Road
Lovin’ You is Fun
eli young band
A Little Drunk Last Night
When it Rains
florida georgia line
Get Your Shine On
garth brooks
That Summer
jake owen
Alone with You
Anywhere with You
Barefoot Blue Jean Night
The One that Got Away
john denver
Country Roads
kenny chesney
Beer in Mexico
Out Last Night
keith urban
Long Hot Summer
lee brice
Hard to Love
luke bryan
Drink a Beer
Is Someone Else Calling You Baby
pat green
Wave on Wave
randy rogers
In My Arms Instead
Kiss Me in the Dark
tim mcgraw
Shotgun Rider
tyler farr
Whiskey in my Water
zac brown band
Knee Deep
As She’s Walking Away
CLASSIC ROCK—————
credence clearwater revival
Bad Moon Rising
Down on the Corner
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Proud Mary
Who’ll Stop the Rain
eagles
Already Gone
Hotel California
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Take it Easy
elvis
All Shook Up
Burning Love
Suspicious Minds
jimmy buffett
Margaritaville
johnny cash
Folsom Prison Blues
lynyrd skynyrd
Simple Man
marshall tucker band
Can’t You See
pink floyd
Wish You Were Here
steelers wheel
Stuck in the Middle with You
van morrison
Brown-Eyed Girl
Influences and inspiration
Elvis's carefree rock'n roll style sucked me in the first time I heard him as a kid. Then as I grew up I connected with modern rock and country music. Today, I'd give my left kidney for front row tickets to Collective Soul :)
Setup requirements
I have a full quality professional PA suitable for large and small audiences, both indoors and outdoors. My only requirements for performances is access to one electrical outlet and a small space to set up.
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Singing Guitarist