Dave Smith's Acoustic Nostalgia

The act

Nostalgia is the whole point here. Solo voice and guitar, a repertoire from the 50s to now, weighted heavily towards the 60s and 70s, and pitched at a volume you can still talk over. Cat Stevens, Pink Floyd, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Stealers Wheel, Smokie, Creedence, Eagles, Beatles, Bowie, Clapton, Dylan, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Simon and Garfunkel, The Seekers, plus a stack of Australian bush and patriotic songs if that suits the crowd. American Pie, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Amazing Grace, Blow Up The Pokies, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda. Weddings through to wakes, corporate functions and private parties. The footprint is about 2m by 2m, roughly 30 minutes to set up, and the amp runs on batteries if the party is out bush, in a hay shed or on a boat. Over 100 guests or a big outdoor space, and you'll want to hire a PA. public liability.

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Songs Dave Smith's Acoustic Nostalgia can play

Search their repertoire or browse the list below. Ask us about a first dance or another song that matters to you.

Not a complete list, but the following will give you a good idea of the breadth of my repertoire:A Boy Named Sue, A Whiter Shade of Pale, A World Of Our Own, Ain't No Pleasing You, All I Have To Do Is Dream, All Of Me, All Out Of Love, Almost Like the Blues, Always On My Mind, Amazing Grace, American Pie, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, Annie's Song, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Bad Habits, Beautiful Sunday, Ben, Better Be Home Soon, Billy Don't Be A Hero, Black Is Black, Blow Up The Pokies, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Bridge Over Troubled Water, By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, Bye Bye Love, Candle In The Wind, (I) Can't Help Falling In Love (With You), Cat's In The Cradle, Clancy of the Overflow, Click Go The Shears, Comes A Time, Comfortably Numb, Cracklin' Rosie, Daniel, Danny Boy, Daydream Believer, Dead Skunk, Delivering The Morning Milk, Desperado, Diamantina Drover, Donald Where's Your Trousers, Don't Cry Daddy, Down Under, Dream Lover, Dreamer, Drift Away, Easy, Elanor Rigby, End Of The Line, Escape (The Pina Colada Song), Eve of Destruction, Everybody's Makin' It Big But Me, Father and Son, Fields of Gold, Fire And Rain, Flash Jack From Gundagai, Folsom Prison Blues, For The Good Times, Forever Young, Forget It, Four Strong Winds, From Little Things Big Things Grow, Garden Party, Georgy Girl, Ghost Riders, Gold, Guitar Man, Hallelujah, Handle With Care, Hazy Shade of Winter, Heart Of Gold, Hello Dolly, Hello Mary Lou, Here Without You, Home Among The Gumtrees, Hooked On A Feeling, Hotel California, House Of The Rising Sun, I Am Australian, I Am Pegasus, I Believe In Music, I Can See Clearly Now, I Don't Want To Talk About It, I Only Want To Be With You, I Started A Joke, I Still Call Australia Home, I Think I Love You, I Was Only Nineteen, I Wonder, If Not For You, I'm A Believer, Imagine, In The Ghetto, In The Summertime, In The Year 2525, Itchycoo Park, Jane S Piddy, King Of The Road, K-K-K-Katy, Knock Knock Who's There, Knock Three Times, Knocking On Heaven's Door, Lazy Sunday, Lean On Me, Let It Be, Let Me Be There, Like Janis, Lily The Pink, Little Arrows, Logical Song, Lola, Long As I Can See The Light, Long Live Love, Long Tall Glasses (I can dance), Longer Boats, Lookin' Out My Back Door, Love On The Rocks, Love Potion Number Nine, Lucille, Lyin' Eyes, Me And Bobby McGee, Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo), Miles From Nowhere, (I Love You) More Than I Can Say, Morning Has Broken, Mrs. Robinson, Mulga Bill's Bicycle, Mull Of Kintyre, My Way, Needles and Pins, Nights In White Satin, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Had Flown), Nothing Else Matters, Nowhere Man, Oh Lord It's Hard To Be Humble, Oh! You Beautiful Doll, On The Road Again, On The Wings Of An Eagle, Opportunity, Paint It Black, Pancho And Lefty, Peace Train, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Play Me, Poor Ned (The Balad of Ned Kelly), Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Raining On The Rock, Red Red Wine, Redback On The Toilet Seat, Rhythm Of The Rain, Rich Folks Hoax, Ring Of Fire, Rock And Roll I Dave You (All The Best Years Of My Life), Runaround Sue, Save The Last Dance For Me, Sea Of Heartbreak, Seven Spanish Angels, Sister Golden Hair, Slipping Away, So Beautiful, Solid Rock, Solitary Man, Sound of Silence, Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia), Space Oddity, Speak To The Sky, Stand By Me, Streets Of London, Stuck In The Middle With You, Stumblin' In, Sugar Man, Sunshine On My Shoulders, Suspicious Minds, Sylvia's Mother, Take It Easy, Take Me Home Country Roads, The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy), The Boxer, (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay, The Dying Stockman, The Establishment Blues, The First Cut Is The Deepest, The Gambler, The Man From Ironbark, The Millionaire, The Night Chicago Died, The Overlander, The Pushbike Song, The Real Thing, The Road To Gundagai, The Rose' The Scientist, The Times They Are a-Changin', The Wanderer, The Wild Colonial Boy, There's A Kind Of Hush, These Days, Those Were The Days, Top Of The World, True Blue, Tuesday's Dead, Under The Boardwalk, Up There Cazaly, Vincent, Wake Up Little Susie, Walk Right In, Waltzing Matilda, Watch Over Me, Wedding Song (There Is Love), What A Wonderful World, Whatever Happened To Old Fashioned Love, What's Up, When I Need You, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Wild World, Wish You Were Here, Wonderful Tonight, Yellow River, Yesterday, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, You Weren't In Love With Me, You're So Vain, You've Got A Friend ... AND MANY MORE!!!

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What to expect

Hello Dolly one minute, Paint It Black the next, then Nothing Else Matters, then a song about a shed. That's the range, and it's deliberate. Dave works across the decades rather than picking one, so a room of mixed ages all hears something they know. The names that come up most often are the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, John Farnham, Crowded House, Don McLean and Slim Dusty, with Coldplay and Green Day turning up for the younger end. It isn't a fixed programme. He reads what the crowd responds to and keeps going in that direction.

On the day

Give him roughly half an hour before you want music, and about twenty minutes afterwards to clear out. The footprint is small, near enough to 2m by 2m, which means a corner of a lounge room or a marquee works fine. The amplifier will run off batteries, so a paddock, a hay shed or a boat deck are all fair game with no power at all. If you're over 100 guests or spread across a big outdoor space, hiring a PA is the sensible move.

Set List

It's a long list and it wanders. American Pie, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Amazing Grace, A Boy Named Sue, Folsom Prison Blues, Desperado, Comfortably Numb, Father and Son, Fields of Gold, Heart of Gold, Candle in the Wind, Cracklin' Rosie, Hallelujah, Escape (The Pina Colada Song), Cat's in the Cradle, Fire and Rain, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Daydream Believer and Bye Bye Love all sit in there. The Australian corner is properly stocked too: Down Under, Home Among the Gum Trees, Blow Up the Pokies, From Little Things Big Things Grow, Diamantina Drover, Click Go the Shears, Flash Jack from Gundagai and And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda. What you've read here is a sample, not the lot.

Insurance and paperwork

Public liability insured.

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