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David Picarra

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Acoustic guitarist/vocalist. I play songs from the 1970's up until the 2000's. Lionel Richie, James Taylor, Stevie wonder or even Acqua!
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David Picarra is an accomplished guitar player and singer, with more than 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has established himself as a highly skilled musician and is known for his emotional performances. On You Tube, where he performs covers and originals, he amassed over 1 million views total. In addition to his online presence, David has performed for crowds of up to 80 thousand across Europe & Africa, accompanying well-known artists such as Agir, Anselmo Ralph, Los Bitchos and doing studio work for Josh Stanley, Shivjot, Monda, Maro, Feralman, Anjos, Fernando Daniel, Calema. His performances have been praised for their technical skill and artistry. Currently, David runs his own recording studio in Cambridge, where he produces studio recordings for clients worldwide. His studio is known for its high-quality recordings and attention to detail.

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David Picarra's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Xen K
15 days ago
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5 out of 5

David was fantastic and we had so many compliments from our guests about his performance. We were really pleased! He was also very friendly and helpful, and was a calming influence during our big day!

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Heerum F
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Highly recommend David he has an amazing voice

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Hayley S
1 month ago
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I booked David for my husbands 40th birthday and he was amazing! He truly made the evening, played brilliant songs that got everyone up dancing and I would not hesitate to book him again.

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Michael J
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5 out of 5

David was brilliant. He made the atmosphere at our drinks reception at our wedding amazing

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Michael V
6 years ago

If you need a talented, versatile and very receptive to your requirements guitarist, look no further - David is your perfect choice!

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Team J
2 years ago

Great Work. Definitely working again with David.

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David Picarra's Song list

1. 74 - 75 - The Connells
2. 500 Miles - The Proclaimers
3. A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke
4. The A Team – Ed Sheeran
5. Act Like you know - Fat Larry's Band
6. Ain’t no sunshine – Bill Withers
7. All About You - McFly
8. All night long – Lionel Richie
9. All Shook up - Elvis Presley
10. All the small things - Blink 182
11. Always on my mind - Elvis Presley
12. American Woman - Lenny Kravitz
13. Angels - Robbie Williams
14. Another day in paradise – Phil Collins
15. Are you gonna be my girl - Jet
16. As long as you love me - Backstreet Boys
17. Baby can I hold you – Tracy Chapman
18. Baby I love your way - Big Mountain
19. Back for good - Take That
20. Bad Girls - Jamiroquai
21. Barbie girl – Ben L’Oncle Soul
22. Beautiful Crazy - Luke Combs
23. Believe – Cher
24. The best - Tina Turner
25. Best of you - Foo Fighters
26. Big yellow taxi - Joni Mitchell
27. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
28. Black or white – Michael Jackson
29. Black velvet – Alannah Myles
30. Blame it on me - George Ezra
31. Blue ain't your color - Keith Urban
32. Blue suede shoes - Elvis Presley
33. Breakfast in America – Supertramp
34. Breakfast at tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
35. Brown eyed girl - Van Morrison
36. Build me up buttercup - Foundations
37. Budapest - George Ezra
38. Butterfly – Jason Mraz
39. Can’t help falling in love – Elvis Presley
40. Can't stop the feeling - Justin Timberlake
41. Can't get you off my mind - Lenny Kravitz
42. Castle on the hill - Ed Sheeran
43. Celebration - Kool and The Gang
44. Chasing cars - Snow Patrol
45. Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
46. Come as you are – Nirvana
47. Cose dela vita – Eros Ramazzotti
48. Crazy little thing called love – Queen
49. Cry me a river - Justin Timberlake
50. Dance Monkey - Tones and I
51. Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen
52. Dancing in the moonlight - Toploader
53. Dancing on my own – Calum Scott
54. Dancing Queen – ABBA
55. Diamonds on the inside – Ben Harper
56. Don't be cruel - Elvis Presley
57. Don’t dream it’s over – Crowded House
58. Don't know why - Norah Jones
59. Don't let the sun go down on me - Elton John
60. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
61. Don't stop believin - Journey
62. Don't stop me now - Queen
63. Don’t worry be happy – Bobby McFerrin
64. Don't you worry child - Swedish House Mafia
65. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
66. Drink in my hand - Eric Church
67. Easy – Lionel Richie
68. Englishman in New York – Sting
69. Every breath you take - The Police
70. Faith – George Michael
71. Falling like the stars - James Arthur
72. Fast car - Tracy Chapman/Luke Combs
73. Fields of gold – Sting
74. Fire and rain – James Taylor
75. Five colors in her hair - McFly
76. Flowers - Miley Cyrus
77. Forget yoou - Cee Lo Green
78. Fragile – Sting
79. Free Fallin’ – John Mayer
80. Freed from desire - Gala
81. Friday I'm in Love - The Cure
82. Get down on it – Kool and the Gang
83. Get Lucky - Daft Punk
84. Girls just wanna have fun – Cyndi Lauper
85. Go your own way - Fleetwood Mac
86. Good riddance – Green day
87. Gravity – John Mayer
88. Gravity – Sara Bareilles
89. Hallelukah - Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen
90. Happy - Pharell Williams
91. Havana - Camila Cabello
92. Have I told you lately – Rod Stewart
93. Hello – Lionel Richie
94. Hey baby - Bruce Channel
95. Hey Jude - The Beatles
96. Hi ho silver lining - Jeff Beck
97. High & Dry – Jamie Cullum
98. Ho Hey - The Lumineers
99. Holding back the years - Simply Red
100. Home – Michael buble
101. Hotel California - The Eagles
102. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
103. How deep is your love – Bee Gees
104. How to save a life – The fray
105. How would you feel – Ed Sheeran
106. Human - Rag'n'Bone Man
107. Human Nature - Michael Jackson
108. Hurricane - Luke Combs
109. I belong to you – Lenny Kravitz
110. I can’t make you love me – Bonnie Raitt
111. I can’t take my eyes off you – Frankie Valli
112. I feel good – James brown
113. I heard it through the grapevine – Marvin Gaye
114. I need a dollar – Aloe Blacc
115. I saw her standing there - The Beatles
116. I Still haven't found what I'm looking for - U2
117. I wanna dance with somebody - Whitney Houston
118. I will wait - Mumford & Sons
119. I wish - Stevie Wonder
120. I won’t give up – Jason Mraz
121. I'm a believer - The Monkees
122. I’m not the only one – Sam smith
123. I'm still standing - Elton John
124. I’m yours – Jason Mraz
125. If I ain’t got you – Alicia Keys
126. If it makes you happy - Sheryl Crow
127. Imagine – John Lennon
128. Impossible - Nate James
129. Iris – Goo Goo dolls
130. Is this love - Bob Marley
131. Isn’t she lovely – Stevie Wonder
132. It ain’t over ‘til it’s over – Lenny Kravitz
133. It's five o'clock somewhere - Alan Jackson
134. It's my life - Bon Jovi
135. It's Now or never - Elvis Presley
136. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
137. Just the two of us – Bill Withers
138. Just The Way you are - Billy Joel
139. Just you and I - Tom Walker
140. Karma Chameleon – Culture club
141. Kiss – Prince
142. Kiss from a rose - Seal
143. Knocking on heaven’s door – Guns N Roses
144. Landslide - Stevie Nicks
145. Layla - Eric Clapton
146. The lazy song – Bruno Mars
147. Let it be – The Beatles
148. Let it go - James Bay
149. Let it rain - Amanda Marshall
150. Let's get it on - Marvin Gaye
151. Levitating - Dua Lipa
152. Little bit of love - Tom Grennan
153. Little lion man - Mumford & Sons
154. Livin la vida loca - Ricky Martin
155. Let’s make a night to remember – Bryan Adams
156. Locked out of heaven - Bruno Mars
157. Long train running - Doobie Brothers
158. Love me tender - Elvis Presley
159. Love never felt so good - Michael Jackson
160. Love of my life - Queen
161. Love Story - Taylor Swift
162. Make you feel my love - Adele
163. Mamma Mia - ABBA
164. Man I feel like a woman - Shania Twain
165. Master blaster - Stevie Wonder
166. Mercy mercy me - Marvin Gaye
167. Mind trick – Jamie Cullum
168. Mr Brightside - The Killers
169. My girl – The temptations
170. My Way - Frank Sinatra/Elvis Presley
171. Mysterious girl – Peter Andre
172. Naive - The Krooks
173. Need you now - Lady A.
174. Never give up on a good thing - George Benson
175. Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley
176. No one – Alicia Keys
177. No woman no cry - Bob Marley
178. One love - Bob Marley
179. Ordinary people – John Legend
180. Over my shoulder – Mike and the Mechanics
181. Paradise - George Ezra
182. Perfect - Ed Sheeran
183. Price tag - Jessie J
184. Purple Rain - Prince
185. Rather be - Clean Bandit
186. Red red wine – UB40
187. Redemption song - Bob Marley
188. Roxanne – Sting
189. Rude – Magic
190. Santeria - Sublime
191. Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
192. Say something - Justin Timberlake ft Chris Stapleton
193. Say you won't let go - James Arthur
194. The Scientist - Coldplay
195. September – Earth Wind and Fire
196. Seven Nation army – The white stripes
197. Shape of you - Ed Sheeran
198. She Bangs - Ricky Martin
199. She drives me crazy – Fine Young cannibals
200. Shotgun - George Ezra
201. Shut up and dance with me - Walk The Moon
202. Signed sealed delivered – Stevie Wonder
203. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
204. Sit Down - James
205. Sitting on the dock of the bay – Otis Redding
206. Slow dancing in a burning room - John Mayer
207. Smooth operator - Sade
208. Smooth - Santana
209. Somwhere over the rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
210. Stand by me - Ben E. King
211. Stayin alive - Bee Gees
212. Stillness of heart – Lenny Kravitz
213. Stuck on you – Lionel Richie
214. Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
215. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
216. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
217. Superheroes - The Script
218. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
219. Sway – Michael buble
220. Sweat – Inner Circle
221. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
222. Sweet Child of mine - Guns N Roses
223. Sweet home alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
224. Take me home, country roads - John Denver
225. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
226. Take on me - A - Ha
227. Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton
228. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
229. Tequila - Dan + Shay
230. That don't impress me much - Shania Twain
231. The kind of love we make - Luke Combs
232. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
233. The way you make me feel – Michael Jackson
234. Thinking out loud - Ed Sheeran
235. Three little birds – Bob Marley
236. Time after time - Cindy Lauper
237. Times like these - Foo Fighters
238. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
239. Tompkins Square Park - Mumford & Sons
240. Too much love will kill you - Queen
241. Treasure – Bruno Mars
242. Treat her like a lady - The Temptations
243. True colors - Phil Collins
244. Try - Pink
245. Unchained Melody - Elvis Presley/Righteous Brothers
246. Upside down - Jack Johnson
247. Uptown funk - Bruno Mars
248. Use somebody - Kings of leon
249. Valerie – Amy Winehouse
250. Versace on the floor - Bruno Mars
251. Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker
252. Waiting on the world to change – John Mayer
253. Wake me up - Aviici ft Aloe Blacc
254. Walking on sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
255. Walking on the moon – The Police
256. Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
257. What a wonderful world – Louis Armstrong
258. What are you listening to - Chris Stapleton
259. What makes you beautiful - One Direction
260. What’s going on – Marvin Gaye
261. What's Love got to do with it - Tina Turner
262. What's up - 4 non blones
263. When you say nothing at all - Ronan Keating
264. When it rains it pours - Luke Combs
265. Where the streets have no name - U2
266. Wicked game – Chris Isaak
267. With or without you – U2
268. Wonderful tonight – Eric Clapton
269. Wonderwall - Oasis
270. Yellow - Coldplay
271. Year 3000 - Busted
272. You can't hurry love - Phil Collins
273. You to me are everything - The Real Thing
274. You're the one that I want - Grease
275. You're Still The One - Shania Twain
276. young turks - Rod Stewart
277. Your body is a wonderland - John Mayer
278. Your Song - Elton John

David Picarra's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Short performance (up to 15 min)£50
Up to 1 hour£200
Up to 2 hours£350
Up to 3 hours£450
Customer questions

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

We will keep in touch up until the day to make sure everything runs as smoothly as possible!

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Absolutely. I usually have pre downloaded spotify playlists for different vibes.

How much time do you need to set up?

It usually takes me no more than 1 hour to have everything ready to go.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Yes, I update my songlist regularly and you can pick which songs from my list you want me to play.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes, I bring everything I need.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Yes I can usually learn 2 songs with no extra cost up to 2 weeks before the event.
Musicianship
Genres:
Acoustic, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Country, Easy listening, Light music, Pop, Ambient pop, Funk, Disco, Covers, R&B, Vintage, Soul, Top 40, Motown, Folk, Folk rock, Americana, Pop rock, Indie, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll
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Event types:
Concert, Wedding, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Birthday party, Recording session, Charity event, Corporate event, New Year's Eve, Virtual event, Wedding proposal, Cruise, Christmas party
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Other skills:
Instrumental teaching, Accompanist, Theory teaching
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