Lowell Hopper

Panama City, FL

$600 and up

Travels up to 200 miles

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Lowell Hopper "Affection"

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Lowell Hopper performs "Wonderful Tonight" (live at Uncle Ernie's, 4-6-2024)

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Overview

"Blues and Soul with a twist of Jazz!" Soulful guitar, smooth vocals, haunting melodies, funky bass lines and beats; Lowell Hopper's music creates an audio tapestry that the listener can’t help but be drawn into. From original compositions to marvelous renditions of classics, he is a world apart. Overall, Lowell plays a wide variety of music styles, both instrumental and vocal--perfect for various types of events. Lowell has released 23 CDs that sell world-wide.


Reviews

2 reviews

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Monty F.

April 21, 2025
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Made Easter Event Party Special

Lowell did a fantastic job entertaining our guest and his music selection was spot on. We definitely will reach back out to LOWELL to apply his special talent for the next party.

PHARAOH

Hired as: Guitarist, One Man Band, Singing Guitarist


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Kelley E.

June 18, 2024
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Lowell was excellent!

An excellent musician and singer. Our convention attendees loved him.

Hired as: Jazz Guitarist

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Booking information

Price range: $600 and up

Languages: English

Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes

What to expect

For over 30 years, Lowell has been charming audiences around the world with tender ballads, transcendent instrumentals, and hard hitting renditions of R & B and jazz classics. His loyal followers span generations, and have enjoyed his performances over and over.

About

Panama City, Florida based - guitarist Lowell Hopper - soulful guitar, haunting melodies, funky bass, and beats; his music creates an audio tapestry that the listener can’t help but be drawn into. From original compositions to marvelous renditions of classics, he is a world apart. Lowell does what he does because he loves doing it. It is the adoration of fans and his desire to share his love of music with them that has motivated Lowell to keep performing and producing high quality music.

Lowell is a jazz guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, composer, and producer, known mostly for his soulful, funky, and jazzy guitar style. Growing up in Virginia, Lowell was introduced to music at an early age as he would often listen to his father play the acoustic guitar and sing around their house. Lowell began playing guitar at age 6, and was playing guitar and bass in RnB and blues bands in night clubs by age 15.

After college, Lowell joined the U.S. Air Force during when he was inspired to start writing and producing his own music. Throughout Lowell’s twenty-year Air Force career, he performed and recorded with numerous jazz artists in Germany, Panama Canal, and Florida. Today, he performs regularly in jazz and funk bands in northern Florida.

Additional booking notes

Lowell provides his own lighting, staging, and sound equipment, unless it is in a concert setting where a sound company would be used.

Set list

VOCAL SONGS:
Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
Always On My Mind
As The Years Go Passing By
Before I Let Go
Black Magic Woman
Brickhouse
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love
Do It Again
Everyday I Have The Blues
Evil Ways
Georgia On My Mind
Have I Told You Lately
How Blue Can You Get
I Don’t Want To Be Lonely Tonight
I Love You Too Much
I’ll Be Around
I’ll Be Good To You
Isn’t She Lovely
Joy and Pain
Layla
Let’s Get It On
Little Wing
Lovely Day
Mustang Sally
My Girl
Never Never Gonna Give You Up
No Woman No Cry
On Broadway
On The Beach
Rainy Night In Georgia
Shining Star
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Smoking Gun
Smooth
Stand By Me
Still Got The Blues
Stir It Up
Stormy Monday
Summer Breeze
Sunshine Of My Life
Sweet Little Angel
That’s The Way Of The World
This Masquerade
Thrill Is Gone, The
Turn The Page
Twisting The Night Away
Under The Boardwalk
Use Me
Walking The Dog
What A Wonderful World
What You Won’t Do For Love
When A Man Loves A Woman
Wonderful Tonight
Wonderful World
World Is A Ghetto
Your Song

INSTRUMENTALS:
Affirmation
Best of Me
Breezin’
Cantaloupe Island
Caravan of Dreams
Chameleon
Cold Duck Time
Coming Home Baby
Cruise Control
Dr. Macumba
Europa
Feel Like Makin' Love
Flora de Luna
For The Love of You
Girl From Ipanema
Hotel California
How Insensitive
In The Mood
Inner City Blues
Josie
Kiss Of Life
Just The Two of Us
Lady Of My Life
Let’s Stay Together
Manha de Carnaval (Black Orpheus)
Mercy Mercy Me
Misty
One Note Samba
Oye Como Va
Pick Up The Pieces
Riviera Paradise
Samba Pa Ti
Sexual Healing
Sleepwalk
So What
Soul Dance
Spooky
Stairway To Heaven
Sugar
Summer Madness
Summertime
Sun Goddess
Sunny
Take Five
Tequila
That Lady
That’s The Way Love Goes
This Time Around
Time After Time
Too Hot
Tuff Puzzle
Valdez In The Country
Venice Beach
What’s Goin’ On
Watermelon Man
Winelight

Setup requirements

3-4 power outlets

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