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About Harry
Guitarist, singer and experienced loop station performer with over 20 years playing experience, able to cater to any style or event.
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Harry's Song list
My full list is in excess of 400 songs, sorted here as best as I can manage into different sections based on genre and decade. Christmas and Film songs are at the bottom of the page!
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---60s/70s/80s - CLASSIC ROCK, SOFT ROCK, COUNTRY, FOLK---
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AC/DC - It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock n Roll)
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Aerosmith - I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
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Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
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Ben E. King - Stand By Me
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Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
Billy Joel - She’s Always A Woman
Billy Joel - Vienna
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Bob Marley - One Love
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain
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Boston- More Than A Feeling
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Cat Stevens - Don’t Be Shy
Cat Stevens - Father And Son
Cat Stevens - I Love My Dog
Cat Stevens - If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
Cat Stevens - Moonshadow
Cat Stevens - Where Do The Children Play
Cat Stevens - Wild World
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Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
Crowded House - Distant Sun
Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over
Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet
Crowded House - Fingers Of Love
Crowded House - Four Seasons In One Day
Crowded House - Instinct
Crowded House - It’s Only Natural
Crowded House - Kare Kare
Crowded House - Mean To Me
Crowded House - Nails In My Feet
Crowded House - Pineapple Head
Crowded House - Private Universe
Crowded House - Something So Strong
Crowded House - Weather With You
Crowded House - When You Come
Crowded House - World Where You Live
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David Bowie - Changes
David Bowie - Life On Mars
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Bowie - Starman
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Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
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Dolly Parton - Jolene
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Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
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Don McLean - American Pie
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Eagles - Hotel California
Eagles - Lyin’ Eyes
Eagles - New Kid In Town
Eagles - One Of These Nights
Eagles - Take It Easy
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Eagles - Witchy Woman
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Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Elton John - Daniel
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John - I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues
Elton John - I’m Still Standing
Elton John - Rocket Man
Elton John - Sacrifice
Elton John - Your Song
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Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (Part 1)
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
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Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
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Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
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Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
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Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song
Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
Jethro Tull - Mother Goose
Jethro Tull - The Whistler
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Jethro Tull - Wond’ring Aloud
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Jim Croce - You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
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Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
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John Denver - (Take Me Home) Country Roads
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Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
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John Lennon - Imagine
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Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
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Kansas - Dust In The Wind
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Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
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Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Kenny Rogers - Islands In The Stream
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Led Zeppelin - Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
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Madness - It Must Be Love
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Marillion - Kayleigh
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Mark Knopfler & James Taylor - Sailing To Philadelphia
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Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
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Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
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Pink Floyd - Brain Damage / Eclipse
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
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Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen - You’re My Best Friend
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Simon & Garfunkel - America
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel - Leaves That Are Green
Simon & Garfunkel - Punky’s Dilemma
Simon & Garfunkel - Song For The Asking
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
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Status Quo - Whatever You Want
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The Animals - House of The Rising Sun
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The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice
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The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles - Across The Universe
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
The Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R
The Beatles - Eight Days A Week
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles - Get Back
The Beatles - Girl
The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beatles - In My Life
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
The Beatles - Let It Be
The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
The Beatles - Octopus’s Garden
The Beatles - Paperback Writer
The Beatles - Penny Lane
The Beatles - Rain
The Beatles - Something
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles - When I’m Sixty Four
The Beatles - Yesterday
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The Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
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The Jam - That’s Entertainment
The Jam - Town Called Malice
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The Moody Blues - Forever Autumn
The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
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The Who -Behind Blue Eyes
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Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
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Tom Petty - Free Fallin’
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Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
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Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Tracy Chapman - Talkin’ Bout A Revolution
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Van Morrison - Moondance
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---60s/70s/80s - POP, SOUL, MOTOWN AND SIMILAR---
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A-ha - Take On Me
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Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
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Chaka Khan - Ain’t Nobody
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Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
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Commodores/Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Commodores/Lionel Richie - Easy
Commodores/Lionel Richie - Sail On
Commodores/Lionel Richie - Stuck On You
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Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
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Dobie Gray - Drift Away
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Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Joanna
Eddy Grant - I Don’t Wanna Dance
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Erasure - A Little Respect
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Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
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Hall & Oates - Maneater
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Labi Siffre - Something Inside So Strong
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Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
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Michael Jackson - Beat It
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Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
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Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
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Prince - Purple Rain
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Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin’)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
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Suzanne Vega - Luka
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The Bangles - Manic Monday
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The Temptations - My Girl
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UB40 - Cherry Oh Baby
UB40 - Food For Thought
UB40 - Kingston Town
UB40 - Red Red Wine
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---90s OR SIMILAR - POP, ROCK, BRITPOP---
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4 Non Blondes - What’s Up
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Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
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Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
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Cher - Believe
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Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
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Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
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Extreme - More Than Words
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Gary Jules - Mad World
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Incubus - Drive
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Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive
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Luther Vandross - Dance With My Father
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Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
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Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
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Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle
Oasis - Don’t Look Back In Anger
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Pulp - Disco 2000
Pulp - Common People
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R.E.M - Daysleeper
R.E.M - Everybody Hurts
R.E.M - It’s The End of The World As We Know It
R.E.M - Losing My Religion
R.E.M - Man On The Moon
R.E.M - The One I Love
R.E.M - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
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Radiohead - No Surprises
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Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All
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Savage Garden - To The Moon And Back
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Seal - Crazy
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
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Shania Twain - You’re Still The One
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Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
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The Cranberries - Zombie
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The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
The Cure - Friday I’m In Love
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The Proclaimers - (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles
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---2000s-PRESENT - POP, SOUL, ROCK, POP PUNK, COUNTRY---
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Adele - Rolling In The Deep
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Amy Winehouse - Valerie
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Bastille - Pompeii
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Blink-182 - All The Small Things
Blink-182 - I Miss You
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CeeLo Green - Forget You
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Chris Stapleton - Parachute
Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey
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Coldplay - Fix You
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
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Foo Fighters - My Hero
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Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
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Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
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Green Day - Basket Case
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
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Hozier - Cherry Wine
Hozier - From Eden
Hozier - Take Me To Church
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Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
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John Legend - Ordinary People
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John Mayer - Changing
John Mayer - Emoji of A Wave
John Mayer - Gravity
John Mayer - I Guess I Just Feel Like
John Mayer - In The Blood
John Mayer - Queen of California
John Mayer - Roll It On Home
John Mayer - Rosie
John Mayer - Shot In The Dark
John Mayer - Slow Dancing In A Burning Room
John Mayer - Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967
John Mayer - Who Says
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Jon Pardi - Dirt On My Boots
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Sense
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Kings of Convenience - 24-25
Kings of Convenience - Mrs Cold
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Kings of Leon - Revelry
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Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Nickelback - Rockstar
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Nizlopi - JCB Song
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Noah Kahan - Stick Season
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Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why
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Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes
Porcupine Tree - Trains
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Zephyr Song
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
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Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
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Stereophonics - Dakota
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Tenacious D - Tribute
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The Killers - Human
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The Kooks - Naive
The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
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---CHRISTMAS SONGS---
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2000 Miles – The Pretenders
Do They Know It’s Christmas – Band Aid
Driving Home For Christmas – Chris Rea
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
Merry Xmas Everyone – Shakin’ Stevens
Stop The Cavalry – Jona Lewie
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---FILM SONGS---
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I Wanna Be Like You (The Jungle Book)
Send Me On My Way (Matilda/Ice Age)
The Neverending Story - “________”
You’ve Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story)
Harry's Prices
Last updated: 2025
Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.
Standard Prices
| Performance duration | Price | |
| Short performance (up to 15 min) | £62.50 | |
| Up to 1 hour | £187.50 | |
| Up to 2 hours | £281.25 | |
| Up to 3 hours | £343.75 |
Customer questions
What do your clients love most about your performances?
- Very extensive repertoire ranging through many different styles and vibes
- Great ability to read a room and create a dynamic flow of light and shade throughout the set
- Open to and happy to play most requests if doable
Which venues have you performed at in the past?
- Purple Turtle, Reading
- The Butler, Reading
- The Swan, Three Mile Cross
- The Red Lion, Woodcote
- Pineto Lounge, Bracknell
- The Comrade's Club, Wallingford
- Shiplake Memorial Hall, Shiplake
- Bistro at The Boathouse, Henley
- Login Lounge, Camberley
- Duke of York, Camberley
- The Feathers, Westminster
- The White Hart, Crystal Palace
and many more..
Which artists have you been most influenced by?
Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Crowded House, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Jethro Tull, Dire Straits, Queen, Seal and many more
What if my timings change after I've booked you?
I am very flexible generally, so please do message me at the earliest opportunity if this is the case.
Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?
Yes!
How much time do you need to set up?
20 minutes
Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?
My repertoire is wide-ranging in terms of styles, energy and vibe and I always try my best to cater to what the event requires, but I am more than happy to discuss this in advance to see if I can make it even better!
Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?
Yes
Can you learn specific pieces before the event?
Yes, if it is within my capabilities and I believe I can do a satisfactory job of it, I am more than happy to do this! Depending on the request/s, an additional small fee may be required, to take into account difficulty and time required to learn these.
Musicianship
Genres:
Classic rock, Rock, Pop rock, Hard rock, Indie, Heavy metal, Acoustic, Covers, Soul, Pop, Blues, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Progressive rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Easy listening, Tribute, Folk, 1960s era music
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Event types:
Bar / Club / Venue event, Birthday party, Private event, Hotel / Restaurant event, Wedding, New Year's Eve, Christmas party, Concert, Recording session, Charity event
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Other skills:
Live looping, Fluent improviser, Accompanist, Arranger, Audio engineer, Composer, Lyricist, Songwriter, Sound technician, Transcription, Producer, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching, Composition teaching
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