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About Chris

The affordable alternative to a festival band - a big sound in a small package!

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Singing guitarist

Fareham

Public liability insurance of £10 million

A one-man band like no other, Chris plays drums, guitar and harmonica simultaneously to create an amazing full band sound, 100% live! His foot-drum skills have to be seen to be believed, and his cunning guitar effects can make other instruments seem to appear from nowhere (organ, strings, bass, flutes, vocal harmonies etc) No backing tracks required - everything is played and sung live, for an organic, engaging and entertaining show that will amaze your guests. Material can include acoustic/folk favourites as well as a rocked-up electric set of indie, rock and pop floor-fillers. Full PA and lights system provided to suit any venue from an intimate camp-fire or living-room session all the way up to a slamming dance-floor or mini-festival.

Chris

5 out of 5

5 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

Chris' Reviews

5 out of 5

What a great afternoon with Chris at our Coronation Street Party. Right from the off he played some great tunes and really got the crowd going. Would definitely book Chris again.

Reply from Chris

11 months ago

Thanks so much for the review Carl - what a great street party! Well done to you and all your fellow organisers 🥳

5 out of 5

Chris is amazing. He is professional and courteous, with a fantastic singing voice, his performance creates a wonderful festival atmosphere. Will definitely use him again

5 out of 5

Perfect performance, could not have chosen anyone better, we all loved Chris.

5 out of 5

We booked Chris for a surprise party for my boyfriend at a local restaurant/bar. Chris was a delight to deal with when organising the party, listening to my needs and catering his set to them. At the party he was amazingly professional, friendly and, above all, he’s an excellent musician. His range of songs catered to a wide variety of tastes and age groups. It really helped give the party a festival vibe. He got everyone involved and up dancing and really engaged with everyone there, who were all raving about his performance. Thank you Chris for making the party a night to remember. We wouldn’t hesitate to book him again for future events.

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Unbelievable. Never heard anything like that from just one man Brilliant

isobel says she cannot express how amazed she is by how amazing you are chris... though i think i just have...

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5 gigs

Experienced: 5 bookings through Encore

Saved the day!

Booked for an Encore gig with less than 24 hours’ notice

7th Anniversary

This act has been working with Encore for over 7 years

Chris' Song list

Here's a song list in alphabetical order. These are all songs I have performed live before, but there are many more in the pipeline, and the list is always growing!

2 4 6 8 Motorway

500 Miles

A Boy Named Sue

A Good Heart

A Message to you Rudy

A New England

A Rainy Night in Soho

Ain’t No Pleasing You

Ain’t No Sunshine

All Along The Watchtower

All I Want Is You

All Of Me

All Or Nothing

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

American Idiot

American Pie

Angels

Angie

Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Back For Good

Bad Moon Rising

Basket Case

Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy

Belter

Black Velvet Band

Blinding Lights

Born to be Wild

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Boys of Summer

Bright Side of the Road

Broken Stones

Brown Eyed Girl

Budapest

Burning Love

Californication

Champagne Supernova

Chasing Cars

Chelsea Dagger

Cigarettes and Alcohol

Common People

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Creep

Dakota

Dance Monkey

Dancing in the Dark

Daydream Believer

Detectorists

Dirty Old Town

Discoland

Do I Love You

Do They Know It’s Christmas

Don't Stop

Don’t You Forget About Me

Dont Look Back In Anger

Dreaming Of You

Driving Home For Christmas

Drops of Jupiter

Eight Days a Week

Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

Everlasting Love

Every Breath You Take

Fairytale Of New York

Faith

Far From Home

Fisherman’s Blues

Folsom Prison Blues

Footloose

Free Fallin

Friday I’m In Love

Galway Girl

Get Back

Get It On

Get Off My Cloud

Gimme Some Loving

Golden Touch

Half The World Away

Harvest Moon

Have a Nice Day

Have You Ever Seen The Rain

Heart of Gold

Here Comes the Sun

Heroes

Hey There Delilah

Hi Ho Silver Lining

High And Dry

Higher And Higher

Ho Hey

Hooked On A Feeling

Hot Love

Hotel California

House Of The Rising Sun

Human

I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor

I Love Rock and Roll

I Love to Boogie

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

I Want To Break Free

I Will Wait

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

I’m a Believer

I'm Still Standing

If You Wanna

Iris

Islands in the Stream

It Never Rains In Southern California

It’s A Beautiful Day

It’s Not Unusual

Itchycoo Park

Jackie Wilson Said

Jolene

Just Like Heaven

Kiss

Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Laid

Last Christmas

Learn To Fly

Lets Stick Together

Life's a Gas

Lightning Bolt

Like A Rolling Stone

Little by Little

Live Forever

Living on a Prayer

Local Boy In The Photograph

London Calling

Lonely Boy

Long Train Runnin’

Losing My Religion

Lucky Man

Maggie May

Make Me Smile

Merry Christmas Everybody

Merry Christmas Everyone

Mr Blue Sky

Mr Brightside

Mrs Robinson

My Generation

My Girl

My Sharona

New Shoes

Not Your Stepping Stone

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da

Oliver’s Army

One Day Like This

One Love

Paint It Black

Panic

Paranoid

Parklife

Perfect Day

Pinball Wizard

Positively 4th Street

Proud Mary

Purple Rain

Revolution

Rhinestone Cowboy

Ring Of Fire

Rockin Around The Christmas Tree

Ruby

Ruby Tuesday

Sally Maclenanne

San Francisco

Save Tonight

Second Hand News

Seven Nation Army

Sex On Fire

Shake It Off

She Bangs The Drums

She Moves In Her Own Way

She’s Always a Woman

She’s Electric

She's Not There

She’s The One

Shotgun

Should I Stay Or Should I Go

Sign of the Times

Simply The Best

Sit Down

Sloop John B

Somebody Told Me

Somewhere Only We Know

Spancil Hill

Starman

Stay Another Day

Stick Season

Stuck In The Middle

Suffragette City

Summer In The City

Summer Of 69

Sunny Afternoon

Suspicious Minds

Sweet Caroline

Take It Easy

Take Me Home, Country Roads

Teenage Dirtbag

Teenage Kicks

Tell Me Ma

Thank You

That’s Entertainment

The Chain

The Drugs Don’t Work

The Fields of Athenry

The Gambler

The Irish Rover

The Jean Genie

The Passenger

The Star of the County Down

The Weight

The Whole Of The Moon

Thinking Out Loud

Three Lions

Three Little Birds

Town Called Malice

Traffic

Valerie

Wagon Wheel

Walk of Life

Waterloo

Watermelon Sugar

Weather With You

Wellerman / Drunken Sailor

What’s So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding

Whiskey in the Jar

Why Does It Always Rain On Me

Wild Horses

Wild Rover

Wild World

Wish You Were Here

Wonderwall

Yellow

You Can't Always Get What You Want

You Sexy Thing

Zombie

Musicianship

Genres:

1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, 1950s era music, Folk, Country, Traditional English folk, Rockabilly, Folk rock, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Bluegrass, Originals, Acoustic, Americana, Covers, Tribute, Rock, Pop rock, Indie, Rock 'n' Roll, Classic rock, Britpop, Alternative rock

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Instruments:

Singing guitarist, Guitar, Electric guitar

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Event types:

Private event, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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