Ed Hall, National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion

Ed Hall is an instrumental fingerstyle guitarist and banjo player. His performances are lively and humorous as well as instrumentally astounding. Ed's music is ideal for concerts, cafes, weddings, and special events such as fingerstyle guitar workshops. His approach to fingerstyle guitar playing has always been to try to arrange pieces for guitar that are not typically played on one guitar, difficult pieces, arranged as accurately as possible by ear. Instrumentals like The William Tell Overture, Hoedown from Rodeo by Copland, and the theme from Peter Gunn are now part of the classic arrangements in his repertoire.

All of the sample instrumental guitar music is played on one guitar, there are no guitar overdubs. The ensemble selections are of course multi-instrumental.

In September of 1991 Ed won the coveted National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas.

Ed expertise on the 5-string banjo is uniquely his own style. Fast and precise, Ed's style is one of a kind. His remarkable and inspiring arrangement of Soldier's Joy with the Star Spangled banner is a show stopper and a tribute to American service personnel across the globe.

Ed also plays guitar and banjo with the eclectic/acoustic quartet Trillium, specializing in Celtic, swing, ragtime, dixieland, country, and bluegrass music. Check out Trillium: trillium acoustic/eclectic band.
Ed also has been performing around the country with Jeff Friedlander as the duo Friedlander and Hall for the past 40 years.

• *SONGS APPROPRIATE FOR - WEDDING CEREMONIES
• *Pachelbel's Canon in D Major - Pachelbel
• *Minuet in G - Bach
• *Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach
• *Ode to Joy (Ninth Symphony) - Beethoven
• It Might Be You - Stephen Bishop
• *Storybook Love - The Princess Bride
• *Afro Cuban Lullaby - Garnet
• *All You Need is Love - Lennon/McCartney
• *Blackbird - Lennon/McCartney
• *Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
• *Can't Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis
• *Here Comes the Sun - Harrison
• *Here There and Everywhere - Lennon/McCartney
• *Favorite Things (Sound of Music) - Rogers and Hammerstein
• *Homeward Bound - Simon
• *I Will - Lennon/McCartney
• *If (by Bread) - Gates
• *Lara's Theme "Somewhere My Love" (Dr. Zhivago) - Smith
• *Over The Rainbow - Collins
• *Unforgettable - Carmichael
• *With a Little Help From My Friends - Lennon/ McCartney
• Bless This Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
• Better Half - Keith Urban
• POP, FOLK, AND STANDARD GUITAR SOLOS - PLAYED BY ED HALL
• North Star - Ed Hall
• A Hard Day's Night - Lennon/McCartney
• Ain't Misbehavin' - Waller
• All I Want - Hall
• Assembly Line - Hall
• Buddy Can You Spare a Dime - Crosby
• Cannonball Rag - Travis
• Can't Buy Me Love - Lennon/McCartney
• Cast Your Fate to the Wind - Allen
• Chattanooga Choo-Choo - Miller
• Classical Gas - Williams
• Come Back Baby/Leave it Like it is - traditional blues
• Down Yonder - traditional
• Driven Snow - Hall
• Fiddle Tune Medley (flatpick) - traditional
• For No One - Lennon/McCartney
• Here Comes Santa Claus in G - Rollins/Nelson
• Hoedown from Rodeo - Copland
• I Feel Fine - Lennon/McCartney
• Jitterbug Waltz - Waller
• Lady Madonna - Lennon/McCartney
• Maple Leaf Rag - Joplin
• Misty - Vaughn
• New Joe Clark - Hall
• Nighthawk - Hall
• Ode To George - Hall
• Oh By Jingo Oh By Gee - Mitchell
• Old Joe Clark - traditional
• On Eagle's Wing's - Joncas
• Pardon My Southern Accent/Truckin' - Mercer
• Peter Gunn - Mancini
• Pulse - Hall
• Puttin' On The Ritz - Berlin
• Red Pepper Rag - traditional
• Rick and Bob Report - Kottke
• Rihanna - Fleetwood Mac
• Roll On Buddy/Orange Blossom - Rouse
• Ruskin in Am - Ruskin
• Ruskin in Drop D - Ruskin
• Sailor's Hornpipe - traditional Irish
• Sheik of Araby - Smith/Wheeler/Snyder
• Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa
• Sugarbush - Eggers
• Sweet Georgia Brown - Pinkard
• Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
• The Hills of Inverness - Hall
• The Hunter - Hall
• Tiger Rag - Smith
• Topsy II - Mercer
• Wheels - Traditional
• Who's Sorry Now - Smith
• William Powell - Kottke
• William Tell Overture - Rossini
• Windy and Warm - Loudermilk
• Wren On The Wrun - Hall
• You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Spector
• Zag Zig - Hall
• BANJO SOLOS - PLAYED BY ED HALL ON BANJO
• Whiskey Before Breakfast (banjo) - traditional
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken (banjo) - Carter
• Soldiers Joy/Star Spangled Banner (banjo) - traditiona/ Francis Scott Key
• Ragtime Annie (banjo) - traditional
• Cripple Creek (banjo) - traditional
• Dueling Banjos (banjo) - traditional
• Big Rock Candy Mountain (banjo) - traditional
• Southern Flavor (banjo) - Bill Monroe
• Swinging on A Gate (banjo) - traditional
• Staten Island (banjo) - traditional
• Earls Breakdown (banjo) - Earl Scruggs
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown (banjo) - Earl Scruggs
• Beaumont Rag (banjo) - traditional
• Red Haired Boy (banjo) - traditional
• Rocky Top (banjo) - Bryant
• Dixie (banjo) - traditional
• Beverly Hillbillies theme (banjo) - Earl Scruggs
• CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY - PLAYED BY ED HALL ON GUITAR
• Silver Bells - Livingston/Evans
• Carol Of The Bells - Herald
• Winter Wonderland - Felix Bernard
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas - traditional
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Johnny Marks
• Frosty The Snowman - Rollins
• The Snows - traditional
• Silent Night - Gruber
• Oh Holy Night - traditional
• Oh Come All Ye Faithful - traditional
• Jingle Bell Rock - Mansfield
• Oh Christmas Tree - tradtional
• Greensleeves/Coleraine - traditional
• Jingle Bells - traditional
• Joy To The World - tradtional
• White Christmas - Berlin

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• Ed did an amazing job! I requested specific Beatles songs for the ceremony, and he had no problem learning them. Without his beautiful guitar playing the ceremony would not have been what it was! Ed was very professional and did everything he agreed to. I would recommend him to anyone! -- Cori B, Elburn, IL, 8/28/2010
• Ed did a wonderful job playing for my wedding and then again at the cocktail hour. He was easy to contact prior to the day and very professional. Our wedding and cocktail hour were in diffenet towns, and Ed was so nice to travel from one to the other. His guitar playing was excellent and he made our wedding unique. Everyone raved on how great he was and how he made our wedding unforgetable. -- Nicole B, Oglesby, IL, 6/4/2011
• Ed was both kind and professional and was experienced to the extent that we felt more calm when he arrived. He understood our needs and made suggestions which alleviated our need to think about one more detail. He played beautifully and was gracious to us. Thank you Ed! -- Sue M, Evanston, IL, 6/18/2011
• Ed did an excellent job. We are so blessed to have him at our wedding. He even learned 2 new songs so that we could hear them at our wedding. I would HIGHLY recommend him to anyone. -- Kathyn H, Naperville, IL, 11/10/2011
• Great talent, very flexible, very friendly. What more could you ask for? -- Joshua P, Milwaukee, WI, 2/29/2012
• Ed is very talented. He played for 2 hours non-stop and everyone enjoyed him very much. -- Tom L, South Beloit, IL, 3/2/2012
• Ed was outstanding....he was a great addition to a speical occasion. I would highly recommend him to others in the future. Thank you Ed for all your tallent. Kristin -- Kristin C, Mundelein, IL, 3/3/2012

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