The Plus Ones NYC
"Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls
"Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show
"Valerie"
"Crazy Love" by Van Morisson
"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac
5-PIECE PARTY BAND - THE PLUS ONES NYC
Duo - Vocals/ Guitar + Keyboard
"Chicken Fried" by Zac Brown Band (Violin + Guitar Duo)
“Ho Hey” by the Lumineers
Ceremony Guitar: "To Make You Feel My Love"
"Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
"My Hero" - Foo Fighters
"Revival" by Zach Bryan
Photo by Sara Stadtmiller: srsphotographer.com
Photo by Leonardo Mascaro.
Photo by Leonardo Mascaro.
Photo by Sara Stadtmiller: srsphotographer.com
Simple, elegant sound setup for 50 to 100 guests.
Overview
Looking for a truly dynamic live music experience? Then the Plus Ones NYC are the perfect choice for your party, wedding, or event.
Choose your favorite songs from our extensive song list, built through years of experience. We also learn special requests. We can read the room and play what suits the atmosphere of your event.
Solo instrumental guitarist.
Solo singing guitarist.
Acoustic duos.
Acoustic trios.
Party Bands.
Owner Gerald Edward is a seasoned guitarist and vocalist living in NYC and has performed at over 500 weddings throughout his career.
We’ve performed for company parties and brand promotion events for PayPal, The Gap, Wonder, Boot Barn, George Dickel, and Stone Source.
Reviews
28 reviews
Lauren K.
June 14, 2023HIRE THEM NOW
The Plus Ones are truly the epitome of cover bands, and provided an absolutely exceptional performance for my wedding. Gerald was incredibly communicative and did everything to ensure a satisfactory experience. They were incredibly punctual to my event, and their performance was spectacular. The band members were friendly and accommodating. My guests LOVED the music and the set list was carefully and thoughtfully curated to make the event flow smoothly and seamlessly. Not a single complaint- if you’re on the fence about booking them, this is your sign to do it! They will make your event unforgettable!
Hired as: Cover Band, Singing Guitarist, Wedding Band, Wedding Singer
The Plus Ones NYC
Hi Lauren and Marty,
Thank you so much for having us perform on your wedding day! You created a wonderful atmosphere and we were truly honored to be a part of the experience. We had a blast playing for your friends and family! It's always a pleasure to play for such avid music lovers!
Best wishes,
Gerald
Heather C.
October 30, 2022Highlight of our evening!
What I appreciate in addition to Gerald’s beautiful music (both singing and guitar) is how personable, attentive, & professional he was from the first time we messaged him an inquiry on this website, to when he finished playing at our wedding. He made the ceremony and cocktail/reception that much more special. Guests were complimenting on his music before we even ate our dinner! From Heather & Tim.
Hired as: Singing Guitarist
The Plus Ones NYC
Heather and Tim,
Thank you so much for inviting me to play! It was a beautiful celebration and I was happy to be a part of it. Very happy for you both, and congratulations once again!!
-Gerald
Matt L.
July 2, 2021Highly Recommended!
Hiring Gerald for our wedding was an easy decision when we heard his music. But we were not expecting someone with the level of professionalism and kindness that Gerald brought to the table. There are plenty of stressful parts to wedding planning, thanks to Gerald, planning the music was not one of those stressful parts. He took the guidance we provided and knocked it out of the park. During the wedding, I was approach by multiple impressed guests to get more details on who was playing and how we found someone so stellar. The music was a regular topic of conversation throughout the wedding. My wife and I were proud to have Gerald there.
Hired as: Singing Guitarist
Josh G.
April 20, 2026Great music, very professional
Gerald was great to work with and provided a fun night of entertainment. Gerald has a great voice and easy going manner which was perfect for our dinner party. He played mostly music from the 60s and 70s at our request and everyone said he was fantastic.
Hired as: Singing Guitarist
The Plus Ones NYC
Thank you, Josh! It was a pleasure to play for you all!
Lucero T.
October 7, 2025Fabulous and so easy to work with!
A huge thank you to Gerald for helping land our intimate work event in NYC! Our company PitchNinjas is based in London, UK and we came out here to run an event for our US clients to network and get to know each other.
I wanted to hire a guitarist who could play tunes in the background while we ran our event and who could easily blend in, read the room and get everyone in a good mood. He was amazing, I didn't need to say much which made our job so easy.
Gerald, you were a real joy to work with, thank you and looking forward to having you again at our next event.
Hired as: Guitarist
Booking information
Price range: $499 and up.
Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 360 minutes
Insurance: $2,000,000 - We carry a vendor liability insurance policy. Please let us know if a certificate of insurance is required for your event..
What to expect
We perform a very wide range of songs and styles (please check out the song list below).
We make sure that our PA sound is crystal clear. We will dial it in just right for the space; never too loud, and never inaudible.
We tailor the music to your preferences. It can be laid back or energetic, depending on your tastes and the natural flow of your event.
About
We offer a variety of musician combinations and will help you choose the right one for your celebration. Solo and duo musicians are the perfect choice for an outdoor ceremony in either Prospect Park, Brooklyn, or Central Park, Manhattan.
SOLO MUSICIAN
Solo Instrumental Guitar OR Solo Singing Guitarist.
ACOUSTIC BAND
Acoustic Trio- Singing Guitarist + Lead Female Vocalist + Percussionist.
PARTY BANDS
5 Piece Band: Lead Singer + Singing Guitarist + Keyboard + Bass + Drums.
6 Piece Band: Same as above, but add ONE of the following- Saxophone, Trumpet, Additional Lead Singer, or Percussionist.
7 Piece Band: Same as above, but add TWO of the following- Saxophone, Trumpet, Additional Lead Singer, or Percussionist.
The Plus Ones have performed for all types of ceremonies and parties. We also provide acoustic music for proposals and for couples traveling to NYC to elope.
Please visit our website for more info.
Upcoming booked events
July 2026
13
Monday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Glen Cove, NY
Past booked events
April 2026
18
Saturday
Dinner Party
7:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Great Neck, NY
October 2025
07
Tuesday
Corporate Event
8:30am - 10:30am
•
New York City, NY
June 2025
13
Friday
Cocktail Party
6:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Ridgewood, NJ
May 2025
30
Friday
Anniversary Party
7:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Rockaway Park, NY
October 2024
26
Saturday
Teen Birthday Party
8:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Philadelphia, PA
September 2024
13
Friday
Dinner Party
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Sea Cliff, NY
July 2024
06
Saturday
Teen Birthday Party
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Cortlandt Manor, NY
05
Friday
Graduation
3:00pm - 6:00pm
•
Allentown, PA
June 2024
27
Thursday
Camp Event
6:30pm - 8:30pm
•
New York City, NY
15
Saturday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Brewster, NY
May 2024
05
Sunday
Personal Occasion
4:00pm - 4:15pm
•
New York City, NY
April 2024
05
Friday
Cocktail Party
8:00pm - 10:00pm
•
New York City, NY
November 2023
04
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
10:30am - 11:00am
•
Brooklyn, NY
September 2023
26
Tuesday
Funeral/Memorial Service
10:00am - 11:30am
•
Farmingdale, NY
17
Sunday
Surprise
12:30pm - 3:30pm
•
Harrison, NJ
August 2023
19
Saturday
Birthday Party
6:30pm - 10:00pm
•
Colts Neck, NJ
12
Saturday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Glen Head, NY
02
Wednesday
Birthday Party
12:30pm - 12:45pm
•
Brooklyn, NY
June 2023
25
Sunday
Personal Occasion
2:00pm - 5:00pm
•
Belmar, NJ
11
Sunday
Wedding Reception
6:00pm - 10:00pm
•
East Meadow, NY
October 2022
29
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
5:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Bernardsville, NJ
18
Tuesday
Corporate Event
12:00pm - 1:00pm
•
New York City, NY
06
Thursday
Cocktail Party
5:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Cold Spring, NY
01
Saturday
Birthday Party
12:00pm - 3:30pm
•
Bay Shore, NY
September 2022
14
Wednesday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
New York City, NY
July 2022
30
Saturday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Jersey City, NJ
June 2022
18
Saturday
Birthday Party
7:30pm - 11:30pm
•
Melville, NY
11
Saturday
Bachelorette Party
12:00pm - 2:00pm
•
Southampton, NY
09
Thursday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Brooklyn, NY
05
Sunday
Funeral/Memorial Service
3:30pm - 5:00pm
•
Saddle Brook, NJ
May 2022
22
Sunday
House Party
2:30pm - 7:30pm
•
Basking Ridge, NJ
21
Saturday
Wedding Reception
12:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Asbury Park, NJ
20
Friday
Nonprofit Event
7:30pm - 10:00pm
•
Greenlawn, NY
18
Wednesday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Brooklyn, NY
April 2022
09
Saturday
Birthday Party
8:00pm - 12:00am (Sun)
•
Florham Park, NJ
February 2022
09
Wednesday
Personal Occasion
8:00pm - 8:15pm
•
New York City, NY
December 2021
10
Friday
Surprise
3:00pm - 3:15pm
•
New York City, NY
03
Friday
Christmas Party
5:30pm - 7:30pm
•
New York City, NY
October 2021
17
Sunday
Birthday Party
5:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Center Moriches, NY
September 2021
30
Thursday
Funeral/Memorial Service
12:30pm - 1:00pm
•
Brooklyn, NY
August 2021
29
Sunday
House Party
4:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Summit, NJ
July 2021
10
Saturday
Personal Occasion
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Albertson, NY
Set list
Singing-Guitarist Song List:
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Across the Universe - The Beatles
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Alive - Pearl Jam
All Apologies - Nirvana
All Around the World - Paul Simon
All I Want Is You - U2
All The Small Things - Blink 182
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
American Girl - Tom Petty
American Pie - Don McLean
And She Was - Talking Heads
As It Was - Harry Styles
Bad Moon Rising - CCR
Basket Case - Green Day
Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones
Beautiful Boy - John Lennon
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Beyond - Leon Bridges
Blackbird - Beatles
Blessed - Elton John
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
Blue Ridge Mountain - Fleet Foxes
Blue Sky - Allman Bros.
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
California Stars - Billy Bragg/ Wilco
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis
Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
Celia - Simon and Garfunkel
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
Cinderella - Steven Curtis Chapman
Clocks - Coldplay
Country Roads - John Denver
Crash - Dave Matthews Band
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Daughters - John Mayer
1 of 6
Dead Sea - Lumineers
Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Drive - Incubus
Even Flow - Pearl Jam
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Everything - Michael Buble
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard
Farmhouse - Phish
Father and Daughter - Paul Simon
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Forever Young - Bob Dylan
Forever Young - Rod Stewart
Fresh Eyes - Andy Grammar
Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead
Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Gloria - Lumineers
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Golden - Harry Styles
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
Green Eyes - Coldplay
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Hard Sun - Eddie Vedder
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - CCR
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Here, There, and Everywhere - The Beatles
Heroes - David Bowie
Hey Girl - OAR
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
Hold You In My Arms - Ray Lamontagne
Home - Phillip Phillips
Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel
Hotel California - Eagles
How Sweet It Is - James Taylor
How Would You Feel - Ed Sheeran
I Loved Her First - Heartland
I Saw Her Standing There - Beatles
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
I Wanna Grow Old With You - Adam Sandler
I Will - The Beatles
I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
If I Should Fall Behind - Bruce Springsteen
In My Life - The Beatles
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan
Jenny Jenny (867-5309) - Tommy Tutone
Jesus, etc. - Wilco
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Jumpin Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Just Breathe - Pearl Jam
Just Like Heaven - the Cure
Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
Just the Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
Karma Police - Radiohead
Last Nite - the Strokes
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Layla - Eric Clapton
Let It Be - The Beatles
Lodi - CCR
Losing My Religion - REM
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
Marry Me - Train
Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty
Melissa - Allman Bros.
Millionaire - Chris Stapleton
Money For Nothin - Dire Straits
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
My Hero - Foo Fighters
My Name is Jonas - Weezer
My Wish - Rascal Flats
Neon - John Mayer
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
No Surprises - Radiohead
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
Ob La Di Ob La Da - The Beatles
Old Town Road - Lil Nas
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel
Patience - Guns n Roses (as played by Chris Cornell)
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Place to Hide - OAR
Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
Purple Rain - Prince
Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
Ramblin Man - Allman Bros.
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Ripple - Grateful Dead
Rise - Eddie Vedder
Rosalita - Bruce Springsteen
Rosie - John Mayer
Run Around Sue - Dion
Runnin Down a Dream - Tom Petty
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Say It Ain't So - Weezer
Shallow - Lady Gaga/ Bradley Cooper
Shiny Happy Peoiple - REM
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sink to the Bottom - Fountains of Wayne
Sittin On the Dock of the Bay
Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
Small Town - John Cougar Mellencamp
Something Just Like This - Coldplay
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Iz
Speechless - Dan and Shay
Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon
Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
Stuck in the Middle With You - Steeler's Wheel
Sway - Michael Buble
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Pea - Amos Less
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
Take It Easy - Eagles
Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Tenefire Sea - Ed Sheeran
Tennessee Whisky - Chris Stapleton
Thank You - Led Zeppelin
The Man in Me - Bob Dylan
The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie
The Scientist - Coldplay
The Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
The Weight - The Band
The Wind - Cat Stevens/ Yusef
The Wonder of You - Elvis
This Life - Vampire Weekend
This Must Be the Place - Talking Heads
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Till I Hear It From You - Gin Blossoms
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Touch of Gray - Grateful Dead
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Tripping Billies - Dave Matthews Band
Trouble - Ray Lamontagne
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Vasoline - Stone Temple Pilots
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
Wake Me Up - Avici
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
We're Going to Be Friends - The White Stripes
What a Wonderful World - Iz
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Whatever It Is - Zac Brown Band
When You Need Me - Bruce Springsteen
Why Georgia - John Mayer
Wild Flowers - Tom Petty
Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
Wild World - Cat Stevens/ Yusef
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wonderwall - Oasis
XO - John Mayer
Yellow - Coldplay
Yesterdays - The Beatles
You Are the Best Thing - Ray Lamontagne
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones
You Get What You Give - New Radicals
You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
You've Got a Friend - James Taylor
Your Body Is a Wonderland - John Mayer
Your Song - Elton John
Setup requirements
Canopy or solid covering for outdoor events (required rain or shine)