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About Vincent

Everything from original songs to Classic Blues, Country and Folk Fock.

Guitarist

Manchester

Public liability insurance of £10 million

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with experience playing at large and small venues, private parties across the UK and Europe.

Vincent's Reviews

Cannot rate Vincent highly enough. So talented, versatile, professional, courteous and nothing was too much trouble. He went above and beyond to make this a very special evening. He even learnt a song for me in a very short period of time which went down a storm. Would not hesitate to recommend Vincent to anyone who appreciates "real" musicians. Thank you so much Vincent for making the night a very special memorable one.

Having live music at our wedding was important to us, yet we were nervous as trying to find something to suit everyone’s varied tastes can be difficult. Vincent blew everyone away, both his sets were superb, and he was so lovely, polite and an absolute professional. Many of our multi-generational guests commented on how much they had enjoyed Vincent’s performances. We will certainly use Vincent again for future events, Thanks so much, D and J x

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Vincent's Song list

After the Goldrush (Neil Young)

Alcatraz (Leon Russel)

All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan: various)

All I Need To Get Through (Vincent O’Brien)

All Right Now (Free)

All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)

Ambulance Blues (Neil Young)

American Girl (Tom Petty)

Am I Wrong? (Keb Mo)

Angel of Mercy (Vincent O’Brien)

Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Bob Dylan)

Back In The USSR (The Beatles)

Barstool Blues (Neil Young)

Baby Please Don’t Go (Blues: Various))

Being Alone (Vincent O’Brien)

Beware of Darkness (George Harrison)

Big Boss Man (Blues : Jimmy Reed)

Birds (Neil Young)

Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac)

Billy the Kid (Traditional: Ry Cooder)

Bird On The Wire (Leonard Cohen)

Blues for Daddy (Vincent O’Brien)

Bright Lights Big City (Blues: Jimmy Reed)

Boomer’s Story (Ry Cooder)

Bring It On Home To Me (Blues: Various)

Busted (Johnny Cash)

Cabin Down Below (Tom Petty)

Catfish (Rolling Stone)

Cecilia ( Simon and Garfunkel)

Come Back Baby (Blues: Various)

Come on In My Kitchen (Blues: Various)

Comes A Time (Neil Young)

Contemplating Suicide (Vincent O’Brien)

Cortez The Killer (Neil Young)

Cowgirl in the Sand (Neil Young)

Cripple Creek Ferry (Neil Young)

Crippled Inside (John Lennon)

Crossroad Blues (Blues: Various)

Cupid (Reggae: Various)

Death Letter (Blues: Various)

Decomposing Joey Hollow (Vincent O’Brien)

Deep Down In My Blood (Vincent O’Brien)

Deep Forbidden Lake (Neil Young)

Dirty Little Creatures (Vincent O’Brien)

Disappointment (Vincent O’Brien)

Don’t Cry No Tears (Neil Young)

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals: Nina Simone)

Don’t Let Me Down (The Beatles)

Don’t Stop (Fleetwood Mac)

Don’t Start Me Talking (Blues: Various)

Don’t Think Twice. It’s Alright (Bob Dylan)

Do Re Mi (Ry Cooder: Woody Guthrie)

Dr Robert (The Beatles)

Drawn and Quartered (Vincent O’Brien)

Drug Store Truck Driving Man (The Byrds)

Every Woman I Know (Ry Cooder)

Family Friends (Vincent O’Brien)

Forever Young (Bob Dylan)

Fragile Heart (Vincent O’Brien)

Feeling Good (The Beatles)

Fixing A Hole (The Beatles)

Friday I’m In Love (The Cure)

Friend Of The Devil (Grateful Dead)

Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)

For the Turnstiles (Neil Young)

For No One (The Beatles)

Get Rhythm (Johnny Cash)

Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones)

Give Me Some Truth (John Lennon)

Going Down Slow ((Blues: Various)

Going, Going, Gone (Bob Dylan)

Going to Brownsville (Blues: Various)

Goin up the country (Caned Heat)

Goodbye to Fools, Hello to Dreamers (Vincent O’Brien)

Good Night Irene ((Blues: Various)

Got My Mojo Working (Blues: Various)

Growing Pains (Vincent O’Brien)

Hard Rain Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan)

Hard Time Killing Floor (Blues: Various)

Having A Bad Day (Vincent O’Brien)

Have You ever Seen The Rain?(Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Hazel (Bob Dylan)

Heart of Gold (Neil Young)

Hell Hound On My Trail (Blues: Various)

Here, There and Everywhere (The Beatles)

Hey Hey My (Into The Black) (Neil Young)

Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen)

Hey Jude (The Beatles)

Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)

Home Grown (Neil Young)

Homework (Blues: Various)

Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones)

How can a poor man stand such times and live? (Americana Traditional : Ry Cooder)

Human Highway (Neil Young)

I Believe in You (Neil Young)

I Can See Clearly Now (Reggae: Various)

I Can’t Be Satisfied (Blues: Various)

I Don’t Belong (Vincent O’Brien)

I Don’t Want To Talk About It (Crazy Horse: Rod Stewart)

I Dreamed I Saw Bob Dylan (Vincent O’Brien)

I’d Rather Go Blind (Etta James)

I Feel So Good (Blues: Various)

If I Was Alone (Vincent O’Brien)

If I Was A Carpenter (Leon Russell: Various)

If Nothing Went Wrong (Vincent O’Brien)

If Walls Could Talk (Blues: Ry Cooder)

I Want To Tell You (The Beatles)

I Hear You Knocking (Blues: Smiley Lewis: Dave Edmunds)

I’m Only Sleeping (The Beatles)

I’m So Tired (The Beatles)

In My Life (The Beatles)

Isis (Bob Dylan)

It’s All Over Now (Rolling Stones)

It’s All Over Now Baby Blue (Bob Dylan)

It Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (Leonard Cohen)

I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash)

I Put A Spell On You Screaming Jay Hawkins: Nina Simone)

I Will Always Remember (Vincent O’Brien)

I Want To Tell You (The Beatles)

I Won’t Back Down (Tom Petty)

In My Life (The Beatles)

I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan)

I Shot The Sheriff(Bob Marley)

I Want You (Bob Dylan)

Jesus, The Devil and Me (Vincent O’Brien)

Jolene (Dolly Parton)

Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)

Knocking on Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan)

Little Wing (Neil Young)

Looking for a Lover (Neil Young)

Love Stinks

Let It Be (The Beatles)

Let’s Work Together

Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)

Lilly Rosemary and The Jack Of Hearts (Bob Dylan)

Little Red Rooster (Blues: Various)

Jessie Lee (Vincent O’Brien)

Jesus, The Devil and Me (Vincent O’Brien)

Johnson’s Love (Country: Dwight Yoakum)

John The Revelator (Blues/ Gospel)

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Bob Dylan)

Keep The Cameras Rolling (Vincent O’Brien)

Lessons in Love and Hatred (Vincent O’Brien)

Look At Me (Vincent O’Brien)

Make Me a Pallet ((Blues: Various)

Mad World (Tears For Fears)

Mellow My Mind (Neil Young)

Money Honey (Blues: Various)

Motion Pictures (Neil Young)

Nights in White Satin (moody Blues)

My Beloved Monster (Ees)

Make Up Your Mind ( Jewels Band)

Me and The Devil (Blues: Various)

Memphis (Chuck Berry)

Mr Happy (Vincent O’Brien)

Mr Pitiful (Otis Redding)

Mr Soul (Neil Young)

Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)

Mustang Sally Soul: Various)

My Babe (Blues: Various)

My Old Friend the Blues (Country Rock: Steve Earle)

Mystery Train (Blues: Various)

Natural Mystic (Bob Marley)

Nobody’s Child Country/Rock: travelling Wilbury’s)

Ohio (Neil Young)

On Borrowed Time (J Geils Band)

One Love (Bob Marley)

On The Beach (Neil Young)

Ophelia (The Band)

Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac)

One Kind Favour (Blues: Various)

One Little Song (Gillian Welch)

One More Beer (Vincent O’Brien)

On The Road Again (Canned Heat)

Only True Love (Vincent O’Brien)

Out On The weekend (Neil Young)

Outside Women (Blues: Various)

Pack Fair And Square (Blues: Various)

Pocahontas (Neil Young)

Police Dog Blues (Blues: Various)

Powderfinger (Neil Young)

Preaching Blues (Blues: Various)

Prodigal Son (Blues/Gospel)

Promised Land (Vincent O’Brien)

Queen Bee (Taj Mahal)

Rainy Day Women 12 & 35 (Bob Dylan)

Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin: Various)

Redemption Song (Bob Marley)

Red, Red Wine Reggae: Various)

Refugee Heart (Vincent O’Brien)

Revolution (The Beatles)

Revolution Blues (Neil Young)

Riding on The L & N (Blues: Various)

River (Joni Mitchell)

Roadhouse Blues (The Doors)

Rock And Roll Music (Chuck berry, The Beatles)

Roll Another Number (Neil Young)

Running Down a Dream (Tom Petty)

Run Through the Jungle (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Samson and the Warden (Louden Wainwright)

Serves You Right To Suffer ((Blues: Various)

Shelter from the Storm (Bob Dylan)

She Said She Said (The Beatles)

She’s Tuff ((Blues: Various)

Sing Me Song (For A Better World)

Sisters of Mercy (Leonard Cohen)

Sixteen Tons (Americana/BVlues: Various)

Speaking Out (Vincent O’Brien)

Smokestack Lightning (Blues: Various)

Sometimes (Blues: Various)

Something ((The Beatles)

Something In The Air (Thunderclap Newman; Tom Petty)

Southern Pacific (Neil Young)

So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star (The Byrds)

Spoonful (Blues: Cream: Various)

Stand By Me (Ben E King, John Lennon)

Star of Bethlehem (Neil Young)

Stop Breaking Down (Blues: Various)

Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday: Nina Simone)

Sweet Home Chicago (Blues: Various)

Sylvia Sinister (Vincent O’Brien)

Tamp ‘Em Up Solid (Blues: Various)

Tangled Up In Blue (Bob Dylan)

Tattler (Americana: Ry Cooder)

Teardrops Will Fall (Ry Cooder)

Terraplane Blues (Blues: Various)

The Apartment Song (Tom Petty

The Ballad of Joey Hollow (Vincent O’Brien)

The Butcher (Leonard Cohen)

The Heart That You Own (Country: Dwight Yoakum)

The Home of The Blues (Johnny Cash)

The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

The Last Time I Saw Her (Vincent O’Brien)

The Man From The Moon (Vincent O’Brien)

The Old Laughing Lady (Neil Young)

The Parent And The Child ( Vincent O’Brien)

The Patriot Game (Vincent O’Brien)

The Story of Isaac (Leonard Cohen)

The Very Thing That makes You Rich Blues: Ry Cooder)

The Weight (The Band)

The Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix)

There’s Your Trouble ( The [Dixie] Chicks)

This Town Looks Like Heaven (Vincent O’Brien)

This Wheel’s On Fire (Bob Dylan)

Time To Kill (The Band)

Three Little Birds ( Bob Marley)

Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles)

To Sing For You (Donovan)

Tombstone Blues (Bob Dylan)

Tonight Will Be Fine (Leonard Cohen)

Tough Mama (Bob Dylan)

Troubled Times Troubled Minds (Vincent O’Brien)

Universal Soldier (Buffy St Marie: Donovan)

Vampire Blues (Neil Young)

Vampire in The Neighbourhood (Vincent O’Brien)

Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie: Ry Cooder)

Visions of Johanna (Bob Dylan)

Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix)

Walking Blues (Blues: Various)

Walk On (Neil Young)

Walk On By (Vincent O’Brien)

We Can Work It Out (The Beatles)

What I Don’t Know (Country: Dwight Yoakum)

What I Feel For You (Vincent O’Brien)

What’s Your Hurry? (J Geils Band)

Whiskey In The Jar Trad Irish: Thin Lizzy)

White Line (Neil Young)

White Noise (Vincent O’Brien)

Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (Fairport Convention)

Who’ll Stop The Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Who’s That Lying In My Bed?(Vincent O’Brien)

Wild Child (Lay Me Down) (Vincent O’Brien)

With Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)

World on a String (Neil Young)

You Make Me Want To Be Good (Vincent O’Brien)

Yer So Bad (Tom Petty)

You Angel You (Bob Dylan)

You’re a Big Girl Now (Bob Dylan)

Zombie Nation (Jack the Lad) (Vincent O’Brien)

Vincent's Prices

Last updated: 2026

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

Duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£200
Up to 1 hour	£225
Up to 2 hours	£375
Up to 3 hours	£500

Drinks reception2 hours

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

£250

Recording sessions3 hours

Price covers home rehearsal before recording session. Additional hours will require overtime payments at £65 per hour

£375

Wedding ceremony3 hours

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

£375

Bar/Club Event3 hours

Two set event plus set up and take down time.

£437.50

Private events3 hours

Two 45 minutes sets plus set up and take down time. Additional costs for travel and late night finishes may apply.

£500

Wedding ceremony + Drinks reception + Dinner4 hours

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

£625

New Year's Eve3 hours

Two set event finishing before 1 am on new year's Eve.

£625

Customer questions

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

I always try to be as flexible as possible to ensure that your event runs as smoothly as possible. Dates can be changed by negotiation up to 7 days in advance. Time changes can be changed by negotiation up to 2 days prior to the event.

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

iPad music is available if requested

How much time do you need to set up?

Set up times depend on the venue but generally set up and initial sound check will take 30 minutes to one hour. Take down normally 30-45 minutes.

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

I'm happy to include discuss any special requests for a few songs and I will do my best to include them in my normal sets. However I will need at least a week to ensure any new songs that are not already in my standard repertoire so that I can learn the songs.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

I can bring PA systems, amplifiers as well as all Mics, cables stands and instruments.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

Depending on the request I can normally learn new songs given sufficient notice (minimum of 7 days) and assuming that songs are within my vocal range.

Musicianship

Genres:

Folk rock, 1930s era music, 1990s era music, 1970s era music, 1960s era music, 1980s era music, Folk, Country, Blues, Acoustic, Americana, Covers, Soul, Rock, Alternative rock, Classic rock, Pop rock, Reggae, Vintage, Pop

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Instruments:

Guitar, Electric guitar, Lap steel guitar, Harmonica, Slide guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Banjo

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Event types:

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

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Other skills:

Audio engineer, Composer, Songwriter, Lyricist, Instrumental teaching

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