Laugh Junkie

Sarasota, FL

$95/hr and up..... always negotiable.

Travels up to 120 miles

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House of the Rising Sun

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My Heart. - an original

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Bagpipe

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guitar & harp with the singing

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battle of the bands

Overview

Provide a full experience of engaging the crowd and entertaining folks of all ages.
Whether it is playing pubs, parties, corporate events, street fairs, Renaissance fests, I can gig with over a dozen instruments:
Guitar
Harmonica,
Flutes and whistles,
Bagpipe,
Didgeridoo
hand percussion,
Saxophone makes it once in a while.
Vocal Interests :
Celtic
Singer/songwriter
Folk
Classic Rock Covers
Pop,
Blues,
Originals - whatever the crowd
enjoys!
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Booking information

Price range: $95/hr and up..... always negotiable.

Languages: English

Gig length: 30 - 240 minutes

What to expect

engaging, accessible with plenty of laughter. Some story telling/singer/song writeryness. Lots of instrumentals which are soulful or rousing, depending on the needs of the event. Plenty of blended sets with covers, originals, bagpipe and plenty of cowbell.

About

Classic rock, Folk, Alternative, Celtic, Recent transplant from MN.... Decades playing Celtic instrumentals and original chick Pirate a'capella songs at ren fairs, coffee shops, farmers' mkts, street fests, for dancers, drunks and kids. Playing rhythm guitar with harmonica made covers a blast and I'm interested in playing out....playing in....playing ALOT! Playing fairs & festivals means I have great stamina and plenty of power. Playing for a loud, distracting, sing along audience is my wheelhouse. Jams, open mics, pubs, and I write my own stuff. I enjoy Acoustic, Indie, Alternative, classic Rock, oldies, medievil, Renaissance, pub songs......
I am loving this perfect musical, palm tree life !

Additional booking notes

Standing mic for singing, plug in for guitar and a couple other mic inputs for instruments. Didgeridoo, flute, whistles, drums, hand percussion, etc.

Set list

All my loving
Annie's Song
At Last
Bad Leroy brown
Banana Boat song
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Black Horse & Cherry Tree
Blue Bayou
Brown Eyed Girl
Build me up buttercup
Bus stop
Calypso
Can't Hurry Love
Come Away with Me
Country Roads
Crazy
Crystal
Danny's Song
Day Dream Believer
Desperado
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Dreamland Express
Eyes of a Child
Feels Like Home to Me
Good Day Sunshine
Have a little Faith in me
Here Comes the Sun
Hero of Canton
Home Grown Tomatoes
Honky Tonk Merrygoround
How Sweet it is
I Can See Clearly
I got a name
I'll have to say
If
I'm not your stepping stone
Into the mystic
It's not over
It's So Easy
I've Got a Name
Joy to the World
Just One Look
Lazy song
Like a Sad Song
Lion Sleeps tonight
Love was Made for Me and You
Moondance
My hands are Shaking
Night Shift
No Man's Land
Northwest Passage
One man can do
Perhaps Love
Ponies
Proud Mary
Rainbow Connection
Red River Valley
Reeling in the years
Return to Me
Right Down the Line
River of Dreams
Roll Me Away
Rose, the
Say that You Love Me
Shanendoah
Sit down You're Rocking the Boat
Soak up the Sun
Sodium Chloride
Sound of Silence
Such a Night
Summertime
Sunny
Sunshine on my shoulders
Sweet Surrender
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Tell Him
Thank God I'm a Country Boy
They Can't Take That Away fromMe
This Kiss
Three Little Birds
Time in a Bottle
To Be Surprised
Torn
Twistin the night away
Unchain My Heart
Unchained Melody
Under the Quarter Moon
Wagon Wheel
Walking After Midnight
Walking on Sunshine
Way you do the things you do
What a Wonderful World
What if I Loved You
Wild Montana Skies
Wild Night
Wind beneath my wings
Windy
With a Little Luck
You ain't going nowhere
You Don't Know Me
You May Be Right

Influences and inspiration

VAN Morrison, Christine Lavin, Mumford, Bob Seger, John Denver, Annie Lenox, Great Big Sea, Cheryl Crow, Eva Cassidy, HEM, Gods &Monsters, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Mamas & Papas, John Denver, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, Natalie Merchant, Bob Dillon, Adele, Eric Bogel, Kenny Loggins, John Mayer, Beatles, CCR, Jim Croce, Janis Joplin, Drop kick Murphy's, The Pogues, Dubliners, Hounds of Finn, etc.

Setup requirements

PA, speakers, 5 channel mixer, mics, cables, 2 amps, two small tables, two stools

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