Reviews of Joe Dostal

I wanted someone to provide popular music, without vocals, and having listened to Joe’s sample recordings, I engaged his services.
I have to say, I was not disappointed - Joe played a wide variety of tunes for 4 hours, and there were many favourable comments from guests. HIGHLY recommended - he would be my first choice for any future event.

Friends booked Joe for my birthday and he was great: created a lovely party ambience without drowning out everyone's conversation, was sensitive to the mood and was delightful with his No 1 fan (aged 4) who wouldn't let him have a break! He was very easygoing, great repertoire and worked really hard. Thanks Joe!

We booked Joe last minute for our wedding ceremony and it was such a treat. Joe is an amazing guitarist and everyone at our reception commented how lovely the music was and how talented he is and he helped make our day so special.

Joe was fantastic at our wedding. So easy to book and liaise with. He’s very easy going and worked around us completely.
He arrived on time and played continuously until the planned finish time, he is very talented and his music was beautiful. I got a lot of comments from guests about how lovely it was to have music during the reception time. I couldn’t have asked for a better person to play for our ceremony and reception. You won’t be disappointed if you book Joe, I promise!

Joe was so amazing at our wedding. He learnt our aisle song for us which was so special! All our guests were commenting about how brilliant he was. Would highly recommend!

Thank you so much Joe!

I booked Joe to play at a private party in my home, having watched his videos - he provided some great background music for the first half of the party, many of the guests commented how good he was. He was very easy to deal with when we made the arrangements, he understood exactly what I wanted, and delivered. I wouldnt hesitate to recommend Joe and hope to get the chance to book him again.

Joe came and played for the 120 guests at our joint 70th birthday and 45th wedding anniversary party. He was fabulous. The only brief we gave him was as follows. We were very impressed by the quality of your playing on the website. As far as music goes for Saturday, we’d prefer an emphasis on Jazz, Latin, Spanish, S American rather than singalong stuff. This is incidental music that we hope will surprise and delight people. It should therefore also be things that you really enjoy playing. We heard how good you are on the demo tapes. Saturday is a chance for you to show how good you are and the range of your repertoire. Joe certainly fufilled the brief. We have had numerous email messages of thanks and alot of them commented upon the excellence of the music we had provided. I can certainly recommend Joe.

Joe was easy to deal with, he gave a really nice ambience and backdrop to the party. Covered a wide range of songs in a easy listening style. Just what I was looking for.

My twin sister and I booked Joe Dostal to play for the first hour of our special 60th birthday party at Cafe Alf Rescos in Dartmouth for pre-supper drinks time last Saturday, and he was really excellent. He created just the right vibe to start off the evening well, playing great songs from his play list which we had been able to choose prior to the event. He was a good communicator before the day, and was very professional and delightful on the night. He is a very talented musician and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him - he was a joy to have at our special party. Thanks for making our evening extra special Joe!

Groom here - So about 4 months before my wedding, my (now) wife returns from a wedding fair in Exeter and tells me, rather cautiously that she may or may not have booked an acoustic guitarist for a few hours to play her down the aisle, and during our reception drinks. Before I can get any words out she immediately tells me that the guy was so so nice, and really good and he even gave us a discount for booking him there and then! So really she's saved us money, because anyone else would be just as much, if not more, and again he was super good. She failed to concede that an ipod and one of the lads pushing the button would've cost us literally nothing, therefore saving every penny that she had just spent.
So obviously for the next 4 months I gave her a hard time about how the cost of the wedding was spiralling out of control, and how her acoustic guitarist was the straw that broke the camels back.
The big day arrives, and as you can expect I'm running around doing Grooms stuff, all our set up and whatnot was completed the day before, so no stress. Then as I'm waiting at the end of the aisle I see a guy I've never met before, with an acoustic guitar and an amp - 'ah' I think to myself, this guy better be good...And he absolutely was.
For the whole time he was there Joe created a really nice atmosphere, and a lot of our guests commented on how good this guy was. We'd told him a few weeks before the wedding what song we wanted playing while the bride was walking down the aisle, and what sort of songs we wanted during the canapes. He was more than accommodating - I know he had to learn the bridal party song - which he nailed, and one or two more for the kind of stuff we asked for but he did such a good job.
I only got around to speaking to him as he was packing up to go, having stayed longer than we'd agreed, and to his credit he really is a nice guy.
The only bad thing that I can say is he's the reason I had to admit my wife was right on something so soon into our marriage. So for any husband to be doubting his fiance's decision, maybe giving her a hard time on pointless expenses, just stop - this guy is worth every penny and more, and you'll only end up apologising to your new missus.
Thanks again Joe, we were thrilled.

Joe was just fantastic. All the people at my birthday buffet commented on how good his playing was. He played a mixed set that could be enjoyed by all. Joe's playing was great background music to relax and enjoy on a special day. Thanks again.

Found Joe via last minute musicians and it turned out to be one of the easiest and best things to arrange for our wedding!

Joe’s communication from start to finish was brilliant, all very easy and made to feel unique - he played throughout our wedding breakfast and set the tone perfectly! We asked him to play what he felt was appropriate for the event, which he very much did and he even offered to learn a few songs that we wanted to have played specifically - he learnt 3 new songs for us and that were all amazing!

Really nice guy, very professional, friendly and the best thing is, he’s amazing at what he does!

We feel like he was a bit of a find and we have no hesitation in recommending for any wedding!

We had so many comments about how good he was and it's just a shame we don’t have another event to get him back.

Thanks again - Andy & Holly

Joe played an acoustic set for us on Saturday 2nd June at a family 40th dinner, he was great. Everybody loved his music which created an excellent atmosphere during the meal. Would definitely recommend him, thanks again Joe.

Joe is great! It was a pleasure to deal with Joe from start to finish he is punctual, reliable and thoroughly professional and of course a fabulous guitarist and all round nice guy too. He played at an outdoor party for about 35 people and his ambient sounds provided the ideal accompaniment to the event setting the mood perfectly. Joe played a couple of sets of an hour or so each and played a great selection of tunes, i picked him in part because his repertoire exactly suited what I had in mind but he was certainly open to suggestions too and everyone commented on how a live musician made all the difference to the afternoon. If you want some classy mellow tunes to make your event more special you won't do better than Joe.....book him now!

Joe did a fantastic job of playing the guitar at our wedding last week. He played a beautiful and appropriate selection of songs both during the ceremony and for drinks afterwards. It really helped to create a very magical and happy day for us. He was very friendly, professional and flexible (including improvising and adapting his performance to our running order when i was very late to arrive for the ceremony!) Thank you Joe!

Joe came and played at our wedding reception on the weekend and he was fantastic. The music and atmosphere he created really made our drinks reception and everyone was very relaxed and enjoying his guitar playing. Would defiantly use him again, just need to find another excuse to have a party :)

Such a talented guy, I did not stop getting comments about how good Joe was all day. His music is the perfect laid back music for the background and he really complimented our day! Also he was friendly, punctual and very reasonably priced! Do not hesitate to contact him!

Joe was our resident musician for 3 months over the summer, bringing his calm and relaxing music to our ever busy restaurant. Fantastic professional player and would highly recommend him to any venue seeking live music.

At the Radius 7 Cocktail Bar & Restaurant, we were delighted to be treated to several evenings of entertainment by this very talented man. Great acoustic guitar player with a lively personality, an all round entertainer. Thank you Joe for such great evenings! You are a star for us!

Well what can i say. Joe came to the Bantham beach for us to play for our events night and blew our minds. Slick soulful guitar tunes which captured the attention of our large crowd. Playing his version of classics guarantees you to say “i know this” and tap your feet, join in and dance around.
The punters loved him so much i got joe back 3 times over the summer,by popular demand.

Joe Dostal is a talented musician and was an amazing performer for our party. Got the vibe of the party, and the set was perfect. We had a few requests of random songs which he know most of and was able to feed into the line up. We would definitely get Joe back again for parties in the future! Would recommend.