Phil Hodges

Atlanta, GA

$150 and up

Singing Guitarist

Travels up to 90 miles

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Air on the G String

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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - J.S. Bach

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Ave Maria - Franz Schubert

At the Red Light Cafe in Atlanta.

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Overview

Phil Hodges offers a wide variety of music genres for whatever event you've got going on.

In addition to instrumental solo classical guitar for events such as weddings, art shows, or dinner parties, he also plays and sings acoustic covers of popular songs ranging anywhere from 60's classics and 80's new wave to 90's and 2000's alternative rock. He also plays indie, jazz, and contemporary pop.

Let Phil know how he can make your event better!

Reviews

31 reviews

Sarah E.

August 21, 2023

Verified review

Versatile and talented

Phil arrived in good time with all the right equipment and set up. He was responsive to the timing and choreography of the wedding and incredibly kind and unassuming, accommodating us at every moment. His musical talent was on display for the variety of music we requested and he provided just the right ambience for our ceremony.

Hired as: Classical Guitarist

Phil Hodges

Thank you, Sarah!

Jai B.

June 7, 2023

Verified review

Opulent and Grandiose!

Phil and his wife were amazing and very friendly! I would definitely book them again for another event.

Hired as: Singing Guitarist

Phil Hodges

Thank you, Jai! We had a great time!

Judy K.

October 17, 2022

Verified review

Well done!

Lovely evening of entertainment! Phil was perfect for our outdoor 60th birthday party.

Hired as: Singing Guitarist

Phil Hodges

Thank you, Judy!

Renee T.

March 6, 2022

Verified review

Phil was simply wonderful!

Phil was incredibly talented, and accommodating. We had a party of 8 outdoors in the elements and he rolled with it, took extra song requests and played some beautiful music. His voice is incredible. All around such a super kind individual who cares so much about creating a memorable experience and engaging with his audience. Highly recommend!! Thanks Phil!

Hired as: Singing Guitarist

Phil Hodges

Thank you, Renee! I had a great time!

Jeff S.

February 15, 2022

Verified review

Awesome experience!

Phil was great for our event, highly recommend!

Hired as: Singing Guitarist

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Booking information

Price range: $150 and up

Languages: English

Gig length: 30 - 240 minutes

What to expect

Here's what you can expect when you book me for a gig:

It'll probably take about 30 minutes or so for me to set up my equipment and get a quick sound check in. Once I get everything up and running, I'll start playing and/or singing - whichever one you hired me for.

About

As a kid, I liked oldies from the 60's and classic rock from the 70's. At 15, I began taking classical guitar lessons and started listening to bands like Radiohead and Beck. Recently, I've come to enjoy not just classics from the 1960's such as the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel, but also more recent groups and artists from the 1990's and 2000's on.

As I mentioned in the general information, in addition to playing the acoustic guitar and singing popular songs, I also play the classical guitar (solo, instrumental).

Additional booking notes

I don't take up that much room by myself. :)

However, for most gigs, I'll need to set up a sound system - which, right now is comprised of a medium-sized mixer, two speakers and speaker towers, one mic and mic stand. I'll also need a chair - I can stand if I'm playing and singing, but for some songs I prefer to sit, and for classical guitar, I'll definitely need to sit. And I'll bring a music stand.

In addition to the mixer, the speakers, the mic/mic stand, a chair and music stand, there are also a few cables that go along with everything. As long as I'm able to set up near an outlet, the cables and wires should be localized and out of the way.

Services offered

Singing Guitarist Classical Guitarist

Past booked events

October 2023

14

Saturday

Wedding Engagement

7:00pm - 9:30pm

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Atlanta, GA

August 2023

19

Saturday

26

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

6:00pm - 7:30pm

•

Marietta, GA

Saturday

Birthday Party

5:00pm - 8:00pm

•

Atlanta, GA

August 2019

16

Friday

25

Thursday

Grand Opening

4:30pm - 7:00pm

•

Macon, GA

20

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

2:00pm - 3:00pm

•

Lanett, AL

13

Saturday

Festival

4:00pm - 6:00pm

•

Woodstock, GA

28

Saturday

Festival

5:00pm - 7:00pm

•

Woodstock, GA

29

Thursday

Personal Occasion

8:30am - 9:00am

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Kennesaw, GA

22

Thursday

Corporate Event

7:00pm - 8:30pm

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Stone Mountain, GA

22

Thursday

Corporate Event

12:00pm - 1:30pm

•

Atlanta, GA

January 2018

27

Saturday

Dinner Party

6:00pm - 8:30pm

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Palmetto, GA

Set list

This is by no means an exhaustive list. I'm always learning new songs. This merely serves as a core list of songs that you may or may not hear at a gig. Please feel free to make requests.

Also, there are TWO lists here. The first is comprised of covers that I'll sing and play on the guitar, if that's what you hired me for. The second is comprised of instrumental classical guitar pieces/fingerstyle acoustic arrangements that I play.

POPULAR COVERS (GUITAR AND VOCALS):

21 Pilots: House of Gold
Aerosmith: Dream On
Alice in Chains: Rooster, Got Me Wrong, Heaven Beside You
America: Horse with no Name
Amy Winehouse: Rehab
The Animals: The House of the Rising Sun
The Association: Never My Love
Andrew Bird: Armchairs, Effigy
Avicii: Wake Me Up
Band of Horses: Is There a Ghost

Beatles: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Yesterday
Hey Jude
Blackbird
Here Comes the Sun
Strawberry Fields Forever
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da
And I Love Her
Dear Prudence
Get Back
Free as a Bird
Help
I Saw Her Standing There
Magical Mystery Tour
Norwegian Wood
Something
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Come Together
A Day in the Life

Beck: Lonesome Tears
Lost Cause
Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime
Girl
Tropicalia
Guess I’m Doing Fine
Nobody’s Fault But My Own,
Jackass
Sing it Again
Golden Age
Devil's Haircut
Beautiful Way

Billy Joel: Piano Man
Movin’ Out
She's Always a Woman
New York State of Mind
The Longest Time

Bill Withers: Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone, Lean on Me
Black Crowes: She Talks to Angels
Bob Dylan: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Bob Seger: Turn the Page
Bush: Glycerin
The Cars: Good Times Roll
Cat Stevens: Wild World, Morning Has Broken
Chicago: Saturday in the Park
Coldplay: Fix You, Clocks, Yellow
Collective Soul: Shine, The World I Know, December
Cracker: Low
The Cranberries: Zombie
Cream: White Room

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
Long as I Can See the Light
Down on the Corner
Bad Moon Rising

Chris Isaak: Wicked Game
The Cure: Lovesong
David Bowie: Space Oddity, Starman
David Gray: Babylon
Dire Straits: So Far Away
Dobie Gray: Drift Away
Doobie Brothers: Long Train Running, Listen to the Music
Don McClean: American Pie
Drivin N Cryin: Fly Me Courageous
Eagles: Take it Easy, Hotel California, Desperado, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Tequila Sunrise
Ed Sheeran: Perfect
Elbow: One Day Like This

Elton John: Someone Saved my Life Tonight
Rocketman
Yellow Brick Road
Daniel
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Benny and the Jets
Tiny Dancer

Elvis Presley: I Can’t Help Falling in Love, Love Me Tender
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams
Everly Brothers: All I Have to Do is Dream, Bye Bye, Love, Let it Be Me
Flaming Lips: Race for the Prize
Fleetwood Mac: Landslide
The Fray: How to Save a Life
George Ezra: Budapest
George Michael: Careless Whisper, Freedom
Green Day: When I Come Around
Grizzly Bear: Two Weeks
INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, Mystify
Jack Johnson: Better Together
James Taylor: Carolina on My Mind, Fire and Rain
Jamie Cullum: I'm All Over it Now
Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee
Jason Mraz: I’m Yours
Jim Croce: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Jimmy Buffett: Come Monday, Volcano, Margaritaville
Joe Cocker: You Are So Beautiful
John Denver: Leaving on a Jet Plane, Country Roads
John Legend: All of Me, You and I
Journey: Open Arms, Faithfully
Jump, Little Children: Cathedrals, Mexico, The Dim and the Dark
Kansas: Dust in the Wind
King Harvest: Dancin' in the Moonlight
Kings of Leon: Use Somebody
Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven, California
Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah
Lionel Richie: All Night Long, Hello
Live: Lightning Crashes
Lynryd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama
Massive Attack: Teardrop
Monkees: I’m a Believer
Neil Diamond: Sweet Caroline
Neil Young: Harvest Moon, Old Man, Heart of Gold, Needle and the Damage Done
Nirvana: All Apologies, About a Girl
Norah Jones: Don’t Know Why, Come Away With Me
Oasis: Live Forever, Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, Don't Look Back in Anger
One Republic: Apologize
Otis Redding: Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Paolo Nutini: New Shoes
Peter Frampton: Baby, I Love Your Way
Phantogram: 16 Years
Phillip Phillips: Home
Pink Floyd: Us and Them, Comfortably Numb, Time, Brain Damage, Eclipse
Plain White T's: Hey There, Delilah
The Police: Roxanne, Walking on the Moon, Every Breath You Take, Fields of Gold
The Proclaimers: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Radiohead: Creep
Fake Plastic Trees,
No Surprises
Karma Police
Exit Music (for a film)
High and Dry
Just
Knives Out
Paranoid Android
Planet Telex
Let Down

Ray Charles: I Got a Woman
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Under the Bridge
REM: Losing My Religion
Rick Astley: Never Gonna Give You Up
Rolling Stones: Paint it, Black, Satisfaction, You Can't Always Get What You Want

Simon & Garfunkel: Mrs. Robinson
The Boxer
America
Only Living Boy in New York
I Am a Rock
Homeward Bound
So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
Cecilia

Simple Minds: Don't You
Smashing Pumpkins: Today, 1979, Disarm
Spandau Ballet: True
Stevie Wonder: Superstition, Livin’ for the City, Isn’t She Lovely
Steve Miller Band: Fly Like an Eagle, Joker
Stone Roses: Tightrope, Love Spreads
Stone Temple Pilots: Interstate Love Song, Creep, Plush
Soundgarden: Black Hole Sun
Supergrass: Alright
Talking Heads (Al Green): Take Me to the River
Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Tom Petty: Free Fallin'
Learning to Fly
Don't Come Around Here no More
You Don't Know How it Feels
It's Good to be King

U2: Mysterious Ways, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking for, With or Without You
Van Morrison: Moondance, Brown-eyed Girl, Into the Mystic, And it Stoned Me
The Verve: Bittersweet Symphony
Violent Femmes: Blister in the Sun
Weezer: Say It Ain’t So, My Name is Jonas, Island in the Sun
Zac Brown Band: Chicken Fried, Knee Deep, Where the Boat Leaves From

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CLASSICAL GUITAR/FINGERSTYLE REPERTOIRE...

Anonymous: Catalonian Song, Spanish Romance
J. S. Bach: Air on a G String, Prelude 1 in C major (BWV 846), Prelude from BWV 998, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Prelude in D minor (BWV 999), Prelude from Cello Suite 1
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
Jorge Cardoso: Milonga
Francois Couperin: Mysterious Barricades
George Frederick Handel: Sarabande and Variations
Francis Kleynjans: Arpege, Petite Valse Intime et Sentimentale, Valse
Jorge Morel: Danza Brasilera
Franz Schubert: Ave Maria
Fernando Sor: Estudio 1, 2, 5, 6
Francisco Tarrega: Capricho Arabe, Lagrima, Endecha, Adelita
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Mazurka, Schottish Choro, Valse, Gavotte Choro, Chorinho, Prelude 1, Prelude 5
Yuquijiro Yocoh: Sakura Theme and Variations (trad., arr. Yuquijiro Yocoh)

Fingerstyle arrangements:
Heart of Gold (Neil Young)
Old Man (Neil Young)
Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
Shower the People (James Taylor)
Never Die Young (James Taylor)
Under the Milky Way Tonight (The Church)
Love Song (The Cure)
Needs (Collective Soul)
Shine (Collective Soul)
The World I Know (Collective Soul)
Plush (STP)
74/75 (Connells)
Fun & Games (Connells)
Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)
Wish I Knew You (Revivalists)
I Will (Beatles)
Til There Was You (Beatles)
What a Wonderful World
Georgia on My Mind
Carried Away (George Strait)
All of Me (John Legend)
Every Breath You Take (Police)
New York State of Mind
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)

Influences and inspiration

My influences definitely include the Beatles, as is the case with most musicians today. They were what I listened to the most as a 12-year-old as I learned to play the guitar.

Around the same time period, I also loved Creedence Clearwater Revival, Simon & Garfunkel, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Nirvana, Beethoven and Bach. Quite the variety, I know. But I loved them all for different reasons, and altogether they influenced me in my formative years as a musician.

A little later as a 15-year-old, I started taking classical guitar lessons, and my influences changed a little. I found that I really loved the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos, a Brazilian classical guitarist/composer of the early-to-mid 20th century. He was an intense and eclectic mix of classical and jazz music (particularly bossa nova). From there, I found that I loved bossa nova and other jazz genres.

As great as the Beatles had been as a musical influence, probably my foremost influence has been Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, with whom I started to develop a special fascination when I was about 19 after I first heard Heroes & Villains. I of course knew of the Beach Boys, but I was only familiar with the radio songs. It wasn't until I listened to Pet Sounds and a little later snippets from SMiLE that I truly began to appreciate - to the point of obsession - Brian Wilson's vocal/symphonic arrangements and recording studio prowess.

I continue to find more influences the more music I listen to. I listen to the Bad Plus (a progressive jazz trio), Grizzly Bear (an indie group from Massachusetts...I admire the guitarist especially, Dan Rosen), Andrew Bird (virtuoso violinist/whistler and indie artist), and many others.

So, when you listen to me sing and play, you'll probably hear bits and pieces of all these artists I've mentioned and more. You'll hear a little classical, some jazz...and lot of soul. :)

Setup requirements

A chair with no arms would be nice. If you can't provide one, I'll bring my own.

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