Since the summer of 2025, I have been working on building up a list of songs that I can sing in local watering holes. As my song list get’s deep enough – I hope to take this music to many and various places.
The following video was recorded when was invited up on stage to perform something impromptu. It’s an experience like this that I’m hoping to replicate – but with a LOT more preparation.
Here is my current repertoire:
10,000 hours – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber*; A Horse With No Name – America; Always on My Mind :: Willie Nelson :: Angel from Montgomery – John Prine :: Back Home Again – John Denver :: Bad Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce :: Bartenders Blues – James Taylor :: Blossom – James Taylor :: Blowing in the Wind :: Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain – Willie Nelson :: Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison :: Bubbles Up – Jimmy Buffett :: Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers :: Can the Circle Be Unbroken – The Carter Family :: Carefree Highway – Gordon Lightfoot :: City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie :: Copperline – James Taylor :: Country Road – James Taylor :: Crazy – Patsy Cline :: Desperado – Eagles :: The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding :: Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight – James Taylor :: Down on the Corner – Creedence Clearwater Revival :: Drift Away – Dobie Gray :: Father and Son – Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) :: Fire and Rain – James Taylor :: Follow Me – John Denver :: Forever and Ever Amen – Randy Travis :: Free Fallin – John Mayer :: Friday I’m In Love – The Cure :: Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks :: The Gambler – Kenny Rogers :: Garden Song – John Denver :: Girl in A Coffee Shop – Zach Seabaugh :: Glad You Exist – Dan + Shay :: Gospel Changes – John Denver :: Grandmas Feather Bed – John Denver :: Halleluia – Leonard Cohen :: Handy Man – James Taylor :: Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival :: Hey Tonight – Creedence Clearwater Revival :: A Horse With No Name – America :: How Sweet It Is – James Taylor :: I Guess He’d Rather Be In Colorado – John Denver :: I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Creedence Clearwater Revival :: I Melt With You – Modern English :: I Remember Everything – Zach Bryan :: I Saw the Light – Hank Williams :: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2 :: I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash :: I Was A Fool To Care – James Taylor :: If I Had A Boat – Lyle Lovett :: If I Keep My Heart Out Of Sight – James Taylor :: If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot :: Island In The Sun – Weezer :: I’ve Got To Stop Thinkin Bout That – James Taylor :: Jelly Man Kelly – James Taylor :: Jolene – Dolly Parton :: Leavin On A Jet Plane – John Denver :: Lighthouse – James Taylor :: Like a Sad Song – John Denver :: Lil Boo Thang – Paul Russell :: Line Em Up – James Taylor :: Losing My Religion – R.E.M. :: Mommas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys – Waylon Jennings :: Mexico – James Taylor :: Millworker – James Taylor :: Montana – James Taylor :: Moon River – James Taylor remake :: Mountain Music – Alabama :: Mud Slide Slim – James Taylor :: Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett :: My Sweet Lady – John Denver :: My Traveling Star – James Taylor :: New York State of Mind – Billy Joel :: The Night We Met – Lord Huron :: Nowhere Man – The Beatles :: Odds Are – Barenaked Ladies :: Oh Susannah – James Taylor :: Old Phone – Ed Sheeran :: On The Road Again – Willie Nelson :: The One I Love – R.E.M. :: Operator – Jim Croce :: Our Town – James Taylor :: Pancho and Lefty – Townes Van Zandt :: Peaceful Easy Feeling – Eagles :: Perfect – Ed Sheeran :: Perhaps Love – John Denver :: Poems Prayers and Promises – John Denver :: Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival :: Rainbow Connection – Kenny Loggins :: Rhymes and Reasons – John Denver :: Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash :: Rocky Mountain High – John Denver :: Rocky Top – The Osborne Brothers :: Sam Stone – John Prine* :: Secret of Life – James Taylor :: Setting the Woods on Fire – Hank Wiliams :: Shape of You – Ed Sheeran :: Shed A Little Light – James Taylor :: Shower the People – James Taylor :: Shut Up And Dance – Walk the Moon :: Some Days Are Diamonds – John Denver :: Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Harlen and Yarburg :: Something In The Way She Moves – James Taylor :: Song For You Far Away – James Taylor :: Sounds of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel :: Steamroller – James Taylor :: Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot :: Sunny Skies – James Taylor :: Sweet Baby James – James Taylor :: Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond :: Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver :: Take This Job And Shove It – Johnny Paycheck :: Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young :: Terra Nova – James Taylor :: That’ll Be the Day – Buddy Holly :: That Lonesome Road – James Taylor :: The One I Love – R.E.M. :: Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran :: Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce :: The Times They Are a Changing – Bob Dylan :: Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker :: Wake Me Up – Avicii :: Wandering – James Taylor :: The Water Is Wide – James Taylor :: Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Peter, Paul, and Mary :: Who’ll Stop The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival :: Wichita Lineman – James Taylor remake :: Will the Circle Be Unbroken – The Carter Family :: With a Little Help From My Friends – James Taylor :: Wondering Where the Lions Are – Bruce Cockburn :: Wonderwall – Oasis :: You Are My Sunshine – Johnny Cash :: You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker :: You Can Close Your Eyes – James Taylor :: You Never Even Called me By My Name – David Allen Cole :: Your Smiling Face – James Taylor :: You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor :: You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught – James Taylor