| Description | Price |
| Solo 1 hour set | £100 |
| solo 2 x 45 minutes | £150 |
| solo 3 x 45 minutes | £220 |
| 2 x 45 minute wedding | £200 |
Professional since 2005. Soloist with Princess Cruises and music promoters in the north west of England. I play famous acoustic songs. Everything from Oasis to Ed Sheeran, to 60s hits to finger picking and trad blues to Harry Styles.
"Mike has featured on BBC Radio, played festival stages, fronted bands, supported pop acts, taught hundreds of guitar students as well as playing sets on the deck of cruises, hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs, corporate and function gigs.
Since working with It's Live in Lancashire and Holland-America Cruise Lines, I've perfected a set of over 100 for all occasions from the Captain's lunch to stylish restaurants, weddings and lively pub nights.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Mike
Based in Darwen, Lancashire
= areas covered (up to 50 miles)
= free travel (up to 30 miles)
I make my set lists from a choice of over 200 songs.
HIGHLIGHTS:
She’s Electric – Oasis
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Wonderwall – Oasis
Take me Home Country Roads – John Denver
Daydream Believer – The Monkees
A Team – Ed Sheeran
Stand By Me – Ben E King
Shotgun – George Ezra
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Friday I’m In Love – The Cure
Sit Down – James
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
One More Time – Britney Spears
Yellow – Coldplay
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
Fire and Rain – James Taylor
With A Little Help from My Friends – Beatles
Stuck in the middle with you – Stealers Wheels
Dakota – Stereophonics
Half the World Away – Oasis
A Team – Ed Sheeran
Let Her Go – Passenger
Valerie – Zutons/Amy Winehouse
Slight Return – Bluetones
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
Cigarettes and Alcohol – Oasis
Alright – Supergrass
I’m A Believer – Monkees/Neil Diamond
Take It Easy – The Eagles
Dreaming of You – The Coral
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
Good Riddance (Time of Our Lives) – Green Day
You Get What You Give – New Radicals
Sonnet – The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
Wafaring Stranger – Johnny Cash
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Strawberry Fields – Beatles
Something – Beatles
Let It Be – The Beatles
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Fire and rain – James Taylor
Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
Anna (Go To Him) – Beatles/Arthur Alexander
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Breathe – Pink Floyd
Knocking On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
Everything – Michael Buble
Annie’s Song – John Denver
Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks
Summertime – Gershwin
Dead End Street – The Kinks
Folk and Blues
Roadhouse Blues – The Doors
Dirty Old Town – The Pogues/Ewan McColl
Galway Girl – Steve Earle
Fisherman’s Blues – Galway Girl
Fields of Athenry – Dubliners
Raggle Taggle Gypsy – The Waterboys
Belle of Belfast – trad
Black is the Colour – Christy Moore
The Leaving of Liverpool – The Pogues
Whisky in the jar – Dubliners/Thin Lizzy
Palet on the Floor – trad
Blues Run The Game – Jackson C Frank
Baby Won’t You Follow Me Down – Bob Dylan
Baby What You Want Me To Do – Elvis Presley/Jimmy Reid
Don’t Think Twice – Bob Dylan
Crazy Mama – J.J.Cale
Baby Please Don’t Go – John Lee Hooker
That’s Alright Mama – Elvis
The Wanderer – Dion
Wondrous Place – Billy Fury
Ferry Cross The Mersey – Gerry and the Pacemakers
Over 150 Songs To Choose From (full list)
A Team – Ed Sheeran
A Wondrous Place – Billy Fury
Across the Universe – Beatles
All I Have To Do is Dream – The Everly Brother
America – Simon and Garfunkle
Amy – Damien Rice
Anna (Go To Him) – Arthur Alexander/covered by The Beatles
Annie’s Song – John Denver
Baby What You Want Me To Do – Jimmy Reed covered by Elvis Presley
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down – Bob Dylan
Bad Moon Rising – Credence Clearwater
Belle of Belfast (Tell Me Ma) – trad Irish
Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
Bitter Sweet Symphony – Verve
Black Is The Colour – Christy Moore/trad folk
Blackbird – The Beatles
Blinding Lights – The Weekend
Blues Run the Game – Jackson C. Frank
Breathe – Pink Floyd
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Budapest – George Ezra
Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley
Catch the Wind – Donovan
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley
Chardonnay – Cerys Matthews
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Cocaine Blues – Davy Graham/Keith Richards
Come Together – The Beatles
Crazy – Gnarls Berkley
Crazy Mama – J.J.Cale
Dakota – Stereophonics
Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
Dark Eyed Sailor – Christy Moore/trad folk
Daydream Believer – The Monkees
Dirty Old Town – The Pogues
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
Don’t Think Twice – Bob Dylan
Dream – The Everly Brothers
Dreaming of You – The Coral
Everything – Michael Buble
Femme Fatale – Nico/The Velvet Underground
Ferry Cross The Mersey – Gerry and the Pacemakers
Fire and Rain – James Taylor
Fisherman’s Blues – The Waterboys
Foggy Dew – Irish ballad
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Galway Girl – Steve Earle
Girl – The Beatles
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
Good Riddance (Time of our Lives) – Green Day
Half the World Away – Oasis
Handbags and Gladrags – Stereophonics/Rod Stewart
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
Heart of gold – Neil Young
Help – The Beatles
Here Comes The Sun – George Harrison
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Hey, hey. My, my. – Neil Young
Hey There Delilah – The White Ts
Homeward Bound – Simon and Garfunkle
Hotel California – The Eagles
I Saw Her Standing There – Beatles
I Shall Be Released – Bob Dylan
I Want to Hold your Hand – Beatles
Imagine – John Lennon
I’m A Believer – The Monkees
It Ain’t me babe – Bob Dylan
It’s All Over Now – The Rolling Stones/Valentinos
Knocking On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
Last Christmas – Wham
Let Her Go – Passenger
Let It Be – The Beatle
Live Forever – Oasis
Love Hurts – The Everly Brothers/Gram Parsons
Lucky Man – The Verve
Lucky Now – Ryan Adams
Mad World – Tears for Fears
Made of Stone – Stone Roses
Make Me A Pallet on Your Floor – Gillian Welch
Mamma Mia – Abba
Mathematics – Cherry Ghost
Mad World – Tears for Fears
Norwegian Wood – Beatles
One Day Like This – Elbo
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
Raggle Taggle Gypsy – Christy Moore/trad folk
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
She’s Electric – Oasis
Shotgun – George Ezra
Sit Down – James
Slide Away – Oasis
Something – George Harrison
Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
Sonnet – The Verve
Stand By Me – Oasis
Stand By Me – Ben E King
Stuck in the Middle With You – Stealers Wheels
Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
Summertime – George Gershwin
Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks
Suzy Q – Credence Clearwater
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Take It Easy – The Eagles
Take Me Home Country Roads – John Denver
The City of Chicago – Christy Moore/Luka Bloom
The Fields of Athenry – The Dubliners
The Killing Moon – Echo and the Bunnymen
The Leaving of Liverpool – The Pogues/Dubliners
The One I Love – REM
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
Tighten Up – Black Keys
Time of Our Lives (Good Riddence) – Green Day
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed
Wanted Dead or Alive – Bon Jovi
Wayfaring Stranger – American folk
We Can Work it Out – The Beatles
Whatever – Oasis
Whisky in the jar – Thin Lizzy/Dubliners
Why Does It Always Rain On Me – Travis
Wild World – Cat Stevens
Wicked Game – Chris Isaak/Vicent McMorrow
With A Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Wonderwall – Oasis
Yesterday – The Beatles
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – The Byrds
You’re Beautiful – James Blunt
You’ve got a friend – James Taylor
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away – The Beatles
I provide my own small PA and monitor. A Yamaha Stagepass.
No.
Postcode and parking.
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I have a small but loud enough PA and speakers (Yamaha Stagepas) which can fit into the corner of a house or on stage. It is loud enought for medium sized gigs, for example in church halls, clubs, wedding venues. However, when I have performed live at large busy clubs the venues have their own sound systems.
Contract with Princess Cruises - Mexico, to Hawaii, to San Francsico three months. Support for Midge Ure of Ultravox. My favourite gigs were in the 90s with our own fans.
The Beatles. One of the best bands of pop history and best songwriting team. They did everything a musician would dream of doing. From rock n roll in black leather jackets (Hamburg) to virtually inventing indie rock. Their songs stand out even now.
Starting playing live on stage in the 1990s. Fronted bands and wrote the songs. Became a professional guitar tutor and live performer from 2005.
Anywhere with my own favourite musician friends, my own songs and a decent crowd who are there to hear us play.
Arrive at least 30 minutes early, set up the PA and play 2 x45 minute sets or more between 8 and last orders. I an arrive in the afternoon for weddings and hotels.
Yes. I've performed on many stages, outdoors and inside. To be safe I need an extension for plugging in and cover for adverse weather conditions.
I have a set list of songs and if the client has vfavourite artists within that list, it's very helpful.
All my reviews have been very positive for singing, guitar playing, choosing songs which people enjoy, being friendly, proffesional and polite. Please check my testimonials.
Sometimes. I f I can with famous artists and famous songs. I can often do different songs than the specific request. For example, A James Taylor song, a Van Morrison song, a Coldplay song, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Elvis etc People have shownmuch appreciation for the compromise on their specific request.
(recent examples) 2025/26 - weddings, private parties, boatclubs, pub, corporate events, hotels, nightclubs.
Lancaster Festival 2017; Ribchester Music Festival 2015; Cloudspotting Festival 2018,2019; BBC Radio Lancashire Sally Naden/Brett Davison show; The Talbot, Euxton Feb 2019; The Ale House, Clitheroe, Feb 2019; The Grand Venue, Clitheroe, Feb 2019; The Printers Arms, Coppull, Chorley, March 2019; Th'Owd Smithy Inn, Much Hoole, Preston, Feb 2019;
The Circle, Bacup
The Lobster, Croxteth, Liverpool
Sailing Club, Glasson Dock, Lancaster
Highfield Social Club, Blackpool
Katie O'Brien's, Leicester
Chorley Football Club, Chorley
The Grand, Clitheroe
Automatic Cafe, Bury Met
BBC live tent, Lytham Festival
BBC Radio Lancashire, Blackburn
The New Inn, Clitheroe
The Ale House, Clitheroe
The Brown Cow, Clitheroe
The Grand, Clitheroe
The Middle Earth Beer festival, Waddington
Hurst Green Village Hall
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
The Blue Cat Cafe, Heaton Moor
Ribchester International Festival
Avenham Park Festival, Preston
Cloudspotting Festival, Lancashire
The Moorbrook, Preston
The Ferret, Preston
Korova Cafe, Preston
Dimitris, Manchester
Star & Garter, Manchester
The Howcroft, Bolton
The New Conti, Preston
The Art of Tea, Didsbury, Manchester
The Gin Distellery & Cycling Cafe, Clitheroe
Rivington Barn, Bolton
O'Neill's, Nottingham
Katie O'Brien's , Birmingham & Sheffield
Seaffod Pub compan; Longridge, Pendle, Great Eccleston (Lancashire)
Grand Princess cruise liner, Mexico, Hawaii, San Francisco
The Cricketers, Brinscall
Alvaston Hall Hotel, Cheshire
Neilds Farm, Macclesfield
Hotel Football, Old Traford, Manchester
Mulligan's, Manchester
Chester Golf Club, Chester
Warner Hotels, Harrogate
The Pear Tree, Penwortham
Field Day Festival, Grimsargh, Preston
Crow Wood Hotel & Spa, Burnley
Warner Hotels, Hereford
Cheshire Cheese, Warrington
Dunkirk Hotel, Leyland, Seven Stars, Leyland
Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival, Cheshire
Accrington, Preston, Bolton Town Hall events
Panache Lounge, Chorley
Fifteens, St.Anne's
The Angel, Preston
Styd Gardens, Ribchester
Frodsham Conservative Club, Cheshire
Clitheroe Food Festival
The Railway, Preston
Lancaster Music Festival
Burnley College open day
Newcastle University Arts Department open day
The Sportsman, Euxton, Lancashire
The Lost Bar, Chorley
Kirkham Conservative Club, Kirkham, Lancashire
The Treehouse, Skipton
The Gathurst Station Inn, Wigan
Cactus Ray's , Burscough
Tempo Wine Bar, St.Anne's
Brew & Bones, Poulton
Fernlea Hotel, Lytham
Crofters Arms, Leyland
Baker Street, Preston
Butchers Arms, Penrith
Withy Arms, Leyland
Bar 1837, Manchester
Odd Bar, Northern Quarter, Manchester
The Jungle, Clitheroe
The Printers Arms, Chorley
Smithy Inn, Old Hoole, Lancashire
The Minstrel, Chorley
Gin Festival, Preston
Bar 39, Darwen
Live at the Lake, Hoylake, The Wirral
The Rose & Crown, Chorley
...and many more...
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Concert
Virtual Event
Charity Event
Theatre Show
1960s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Folk
Traditional Irish Folk
Pop
Acoustic
Covers
Britpop
Indie
PA / sound system included
Will travel internationally
Male vocalist
Public liability insurance
PAT tested