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Paul Simons, You Can Call Me Al, live loop cover by Lee Dawson.

Harvest Moon Acoustic Cover

When You Say Nothing At All - Acoustic Cover

About Lee

Lee is an experienced and versatile musician with a vast set list to choose from, perfect for all of your musical needs.

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Singing guitarist

Brighouse

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If you’re looking to book a talented professional musician with some fantastic performance attributes but want to keep things cost-effective, then Lee Acoustic is the musician for you. An ideal booking for wedding receptions, black tie events and corporate entertainment, his intuition knows when to keep things simple and when to turn the performance level up a notch. An ideal candidate for quiet restaurant settings with low key chill out songs, Lee Acoustic also regularly uses loop pedal technology to build up his sound for a more upbeat party atmospheres. Lee Acoustic’s performance catalogue also includes touring theatre productions, top end hotels and work as a session musician. From wedding performances and corporate entertainment performing as a support act for big names, Lee Acoustic has a vast and varied experience and a huge repertoire of Pop, Rock and Folk. So, check out his videos and enquire now to secure this talented performer for your next event.

Lee

5 out of 5

15 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

Lee's Reviews

5 out of 5

We booked Lee for our wedding reception 24/08/24 and we are so glad we did. Lee is an amazing singer/guitarist and is fantastic at engaging the audience. We were apprehensive with it being the afternoon, it would be music in the background, but after the first couple of songs it was so reassuring the party were all listening intently. People asking if he could play certain songs and complimenting him on his choices. Our guests all mentioned how good he was. Our only regret is not being able to just sit and listen to the whole set as we had to engage with our guests. Thank you so much Lee for what was an amazing afternoon of music.

5 out of 5

Lee was wonderful and everyone commented about how good he was and enjoyed his performance at our wedding. Lee stood in at last minute after another singer let us down and had great communication, he was professional and helpful. I can’t thank you enough. Thank you for making our wedding day extra special.

5 out of 5

Lee was fantastic! I hired him for our community event to raise funds for a new Village Hall. He phoned before the event and arrived bang on time. We had a wide range of ages from kids to octogenarians and he read the room brilliantly doing two sets with food in between and he got the youngsters and seniors up dancing with such a wide repertoire. Superb voice, songs and interaction with the audience. Spot on 👍

5 out of 5

Excellent performance of 'golden oldies' for a party of 'golden oldies' Thanks Trevor Boothroyd

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5 out of 5

Lee is a great performer, a pleasant and versatile singer/musician, plays requests, a human jukebox with a list of all genres of music. Whether playing solo or in a band he performs to an exceptional level and highly recommended.

5 out of 5

Excellent little sesh tonight! Really good selection of songs & great talent! 👍🏻

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10 gigs

Experienced: 10 bookings through Encore

8th Anniversary

This act has been working with Encore for over 8 years

Lee's Song list

500 Miles - Proclaimers

9 To 5 - Dolly Parton

A Better Man - Thunder

A Hard Days Night - The Beatles

A Horse With No Name - America

A Message To You Rudy - The Specials

Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band

Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus

Africa - Toto

Ageing Superhero - Newton Faulkner

Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan

Aint No Sunshine - Bill Withers

Ain’t Nobody - Chaka Khan

All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan

All I Got - Newton Faulkner

All I Want Is You - U2

All Night Long - Lionel Richie

All My Loving - The Beatles

All Right Now - Free

All Shook Up chords - Elvis Presley

All These Things I’ve Done - Killers

Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson

Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels

American Pie - Don Mclean

Angels - Robbie Williams

Annies Song - John Denver

Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 - Pink Floyd

Another Mans Cause - The Levellers

Baby Now That Ive Found You - Alison Krauss

Babylon - David Gray

Back For good - Take That

Bad Moon Rising - Credence Clearwater Revival

Baggy Trousers - Madness

Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil

Before You Accuse Me - Eric Clapton

Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House

Better Man - Thunder

Better Together - Jack Johnson

Big Yellow Taxi - Joanie Mitchel

Billie Jean s - Michael Jackson

Blackbird - The Beatles

Blowers Daughter - Damien Rice

Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley

The Boatman - The Levellers

Bonfire Heart - james Blunt

Boot Scootin Boogie - Brooke’s and Dunn

The Boxer - Paul Simon

Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

The Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl

Boys Of Summer - Don Henley

Brass In Pocket - The pretenders

Breakfast At Tiffany’s - Deep Blue Something

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

Budapest - George Ezra

Build Me Up Buttercup - The foundations

Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers

Cake By The Ocean - DNCE

Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles

Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes

Candle In The Wind - Elton John

Cannonball - Damian Rice

Cant Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Presley

Cant Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli

Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas

Cats In The Cradle chords - Harry Chapin

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis

Class A Team - Ed Sheehan

Copperhead Road - Steve Earle

Counting Stars - One Republic

Country Roads - John Denver

Crazy - Seal

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

Creep - Radiohead

Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Cruise - Florida Georgia Line

Dakota - Stereophonics

Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen

Dancing In The Street s - Martha Reeves and The Vandellas

The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene

Daydream Believer - The Monkeys

Desperado - The Eagles

Dignity - Deacon Blue

Dirty Old Town - Traditional

Disco 2000 - Pulp

Do You Love Me - The Contours

Does Your Mother Know - ABBA

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

Don't Let Me Down - The Wonderstuff

Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis

Dont Stop Me Now - Queen

Don’t Stop Believing - Journey

Doolin' Dalton - The Eagles

Down Under - Men At Work

Dreaming Of You - The Coral

Drift Away - Dobie Gray

Easy - Commodores

Every Breath - The Police

Everybodys Talkin - harry Nilson

Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues

Faith - George Michael

Fall At Your Feet - Crowded House

Far From Home - The Levellers

Father And Son - Cat Stevens

Fields Of Athenry - Traditional

Fields Of Gold - Sting

Fix You - Coldplay

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

Forget You - Celo Green

Four Seasons In One Day - Crowded House

Fragile - Sting

Free Fallin - Tom Petty

Friday Im In Love - The Cure

Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks

The Gambler - Kenny rogers

Girl - The Beatles

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood mac

Gold - Spandau Ballet

Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac

Good Riddance Time Of Your Life - Green Day

The green Fields of France - Eric Bogle

Half The World Away - Oasis

Hallelujah - Jef Buckley

Hand In Hand - Dire Straits

Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart

Happy - Pharrel Williams

Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

Heart Of Gold - Neil Young

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

Hey Jealousy - The Gin Blossoms

Hey Jude - The Beatles

Hey Soul Sister - Train

Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles

Hold Back The River - James Bay

The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite

Hotel California - Eagles

Hound Dog s - Elvis Presley

House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals

Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran

I Feel Fine - The Beatles

I saws Her Standing There - Beatles

I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

If Your Love Is real - David Gray

In My Life - The Beatles

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

Irish Rover - The Pogues

Is She Really Going Out With Him - Joe Jackson

Is This Love - Bob Marley

It Must Be Love - Labi Siffre

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

The Joker - Steve Miller Band

KHE SANH - COLD CHISEL

King Of The Road - Roger Miller

Knocking On Heavens Door - Bob Dylan/Guns n Roses

La Bamba - Richie Valence

Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton

Layla - Eric Clapton

The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars

Let Her Go - Passenger

Let It Be - the Beatles

Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker

Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

Live It Up - Mental as anything

Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars

Lola - The Kinks

Long Train Runnin’ - The Doobie Brothers

Love is all around - Wet Wet Wet

Lovely Day - Bill Withers

Lyin Eyes - The Eagles

Maggie May - Rod Stewart

Make you Feel My Love - Bob Dylan

Mamma Mia - ABBA

Mans Too Strong - Dire Straits

May You Never - John Martyn

Meet Me On The Corner - Lindisfarne

Message in a Bottle - The Police

Moondance - Van Morrison

Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

Mr Brightside - Killers

Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan

Mrs Robinson - Simon And Garfunkle

Mull Of Kintyre - Paul McCartney

My Girl - The Temtations

No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley

Nobody Know's you When Your Down And Out - Eric Clapton

Norwegian Wood - The Beatles

Not The Girl You Think You Are - Crowded House

Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri

Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello

One Am - U2

One Way - Levellers

Overkill - Colin Hay

Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles

Penny Lane - The Beatles

Piano Man chords - Billy Joel

Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

Price Tag - Jessie J

Proud Mary - Credence Clearwater Revival/Tina Turner

Redemption Song - Bob Marley

Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Hayley and The Comets

Rolling In the deep - Adele

Rosanna - Toto

Rude - Magic

Run To You - Bryan Adams

Runaway - Del Shannon

Sail Away - David Gray

Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters

Say Hello Wave Goodbye - David Gray

Sex On Fire s - Kings of Leon

Shape Of My Heart - Sting

Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran

She's Electric - Oasis

Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon

Sit Down - James

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Reading

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye

Southern Man - Neil Young

Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeplin

Stand By Me s - Ben E King

Starman - Bowie

Stars - Simply Red

Steppin' Out s - Joe Jackson

Streets Of London - (Trad., Arr. Ralph McTell)

Stuck In The Middle - Stealers Wheel

Summer Of '69 s - Bryan Adams

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Suspicous Minds - Elvis Presley

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

Sweet Child O Mine - Sheryl Crow

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynyrd

Take It Easy - The Eagles

Take It To The Limit - The Eagles

Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson

Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus

Tequila Sunrise - The Eagles

That’s Entertainment - The Jam

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

Three Little Birds - Bob Marley

Times Like These - Foo Fighters

Treasure - Bruno Mars

Twist And Shout - The Beatles

Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters

Up On Cripple Creek - The Band

Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon

Valerie - Amy Winehouse/Zutons

Viva La Vida - Coldpaly

Volcano - Damien Rice

Wake Me Up - Aloe Blacc

Wasn't Expecting That - Jamie Lawson

Weather with You - Crowded House

The Weight - The Band

What A Beautiful Day - The Levellers

Whats My Scene - Hoodoo Gurus

When You Come - Crowded House

When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss

Whistle For The Choir - The Fratellis

Whole of The Moon - The Waterboys

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

Wild Wood - Paul Weller

Wish you Were Here - Pink Floyd

With Or Without You - U2

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

Wonderwall - Oasis

You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

You Can't Hurry Love chords - The Supremes

You Give Me Something - James Morrison

Your Song - Elton John

You’re The Voice - John Farnham

Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

Lee's Prices

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

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£75
Up to 1 hour	£180
Up to 2 hours	£300
Up to 3 hours	£350

Wedding ceremony

This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.

£175

Drinks reception

Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception

£175

Wedding ceremony + Drinks reception + Dinner

- Music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave. - 2 x 30 min performances at the drinks reception. - 2 x 30 min performances as dinner is being served. - 2 x 45 min performances at the evening party

£650

Customer questions

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

I will always do my best to be flexible with timings to make sure your event runs smoothly, ust let me know with as much notice as possible and I can sort things out where ever possible.

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

Yes iPod playlist/Dj and also Karaoke Services can be provided in between sets and after the final set for an additional fee depending on times. an example would be an additional £75 from 11pm after my last set until midnight. Please ask me for details.

How much time do you need to set up?

for my regular acoustic setup with pa and lights i would need 30 mins, this could be a little longer to set up for DJ/Karaoke as well.

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

I do tend to pick my set lists to suite the audience present and welcome some input from yourselves regarding specific songs.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes of course, I'm a fully self contained performer providing my own PA and Lights. I'm of course willing to accommodate in house equipment if necessary.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

there are always songs Ive recently learned that aren't on my repertoire list and given enough notice I will learn specific songs that aren't already in my repertoire up to two without extra cost.

What do your clients love most about your performances?

my repertoire is one thing i get a lot of compliments about. I have a very large repertoire and I pick it to be different from the many acoustic solo acts out there.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Over the course of my career I have performed at many venues including prestigious cruise ships (I currently work as a featured soloist for princess Cruises), festivals (eg Hop Farm In Kent) Mallory Park for triumph live, the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville tennessee and many many more.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

I could name so many incredible artists that have moved and influenced me here are but a few, James Taylor Sting Neil Young Bob Dylan The Eagles Dire Straits the list could go on and on

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

I guess the most high profile gig I've performed was probably Triumph live at Mallory Park supporting the Stranglers and Mumford and Sons with the Dunwell Brothers band

Musicianship

Genres:

1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk rock, Easy listening, Pop, Acoustic, Americana, Top 40, Britpop, Indie, Pop rock, Reggae, Rock, Folk, Country, Covers, Alternative rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Blues, Ambient pop, Funk rock, Funk, Disco, Motown, R&B, Tribute, Soul, Classic rock, Glam rock, Hard rock, Power rock, Progressive rock, Karaoke

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Instruments:

Singing guitarist, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Singer

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Event types:

Bar / Club / Venue event, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Audio engineer, Sound technician, Live looping, Instrumental teaching

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