The canape hour is an easy place for Brad Stokes to settle into your wedding, with a style he can adjust to the atmosphere around him. More than five hundred weddings and over a thousand live performances sit behind that flexibility, from intimate seaside gatherings to formal celebrations. His broad artist list includes Crowded House, Cold Chisel, Jeff Buckley, Fleetwood Mac, Ed Sheeran, Johnny Cash and many more. Requests are welcome, and Brad will learn a special song before the event when you give him time to prepare it. A reassuring choice for a couple who want genuine wedding experience and plenty of musical directions left open.
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He turns up to an hour before you need him, so there's time to set up properly and run a sound check rather than rush it. All the gear is his own, guitars, mics and amps included. The only thing he needs from the venue is power. Requests are welcome on the night, and if there's a song that matters to you, tell him early and he'll learn it before the event.
A power point, and a flat area of roughly two metres by two.
He plays from a long list of artists rather than a fixed set, and the Australian end of it is strong: Crowded House, Cold Chisel, Powderfinger, Missy Higgins, Paul Kelly, Silverchair, John Farnham, Hunters & Collectors, The Living End, Grinspoon, Alex Lloyd, Augie March, Bernard Fanning, Pete Murray, Thirsty Merc, Something for Kate, Diesel, Gotye, Lior and Tommy Emmanuel. The rock and singer-songwriter side runs Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Neil Young territory through Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Carole King, Van Morrison, Simon & Garfunkel, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, U2, R.E.M., Queen and Led Zeppelin. Then the nineties and after: Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Oasis, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Collective Soul, Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox 20, Snow Patrol, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Damien Rice, David Gray, Ray LaMontagne, Jason Mraz, Maroon 5, Kings of Leon, Green Day, The Fray, Lifehouse, Incubus, Paramore, Ed Sheeran, Michael Buble, Jamie Cullum, Robbie Williams and Keith Urban.
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