Wayne Morrison

AWARD-WINNING MUSIC! FROM BEATLES TO BUFFETT & FOLK TO POP!

When it comes to playing different styles of music, can one man really do it all? No, of course not. But Wayne Morrison comes very close!

Wayne Morrison is a seasoned, professional performer who plays a wide variety of music - from pop and rock to folk and Irish, as well as original compositions. Equally adept at playing a cocktail hour of beautiful classical guitar as he is blazing through a bluegrass banjo solo, he can sing an Irish ballad or launch into a classic rock tune! The choices are left to those who hire him. He is able to play solo, acoustic pieces alongside the ability to achieve a full-band sound. When the occasion calls for it, he's even been known to strap on an electric guitar for a few numbers!

Wayne was named the winner of the 2008 GigMasters Rising Star Award Winner for Top Folk Singer. He has played venues throughout the United States and in Ireland. These range from outdoor festivals, to harbor cruises, and pubs and clubs. Wayne has performed at parties, conventions and weddings too (either the full reception or the ceremony and/or cocktail hour as well as rehearsal dinners and parties). Hiring a one man band offers a great alternative to hiring a full band or DJ service. Featuring a large repertoire of over 400 songs and instrumentals that range from Buffett, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Springsteen and many other artists, Wayne Morrison has established a reputation as a highly reliable and crowd-pleasing performer. Themes, such as beach or Irish music, are specialties. Wayne can also perform bluegrass banjo music in a solo format by using bluegrass backup recordings against which he plays tunes like 'Dueling Banjos' or 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown'. When not performing solo, he is one-third of the bluegrass trio Looking East, playing banjo and guitar while sharing vocals. His CD, The Finish Line, features original compositions and songs by Dylan and the Beatles. Some samples of these original songs can be found under his name on MySpace. You can also purchase his CD at cdbaby, or sample individual tracks on iTunes and other internet distributors such as Amazon. Meanwhile, click the music icon above for some examples of solo and bluegrass music. Regardless of the event you're planning, Wayne Morrison can bring it to life!

• Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
• Take it Easy - Eagles
• Gravity - John Mayer
• Norwegian Wood - Beatles
• Wild Night - Van Morrison
• Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
• Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
• Melissa - Allman Brothers
• Redemption Song - Bob Marley
• Down on the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Bad Things (True Blood Theme) - Jace Everett
• Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp
• Play Me Stairway to Heaven - Wayne Morrison
• Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
• Babylon - David Gray
• No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley
• I Will Follow You into the Dark - Death Cab For Cutie
• Birthday - Beatles
• Drift Away - Dobie Gray
• In the Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
• Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
• Old Man - Neil Young
• Killing the Blues - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett
• Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian - John Prine
• Rhode Island Blues - Wayne Morrison
• Beautiful Boy - John Lennon
• Good Riddance (I Hope You Had The Time Of Your Life) - Green Day
• Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Throw It Back - Wayne Morrison
• The Block Island Ferry - Morrison & Young
• Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
• A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
• I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
• The River - Bruce Springsteen
• The Weight - The Band
• Alison - Elvis Costello
• Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson
• The Finish Line - Wayne Morrison
• Here Comes The Sun - Beatles.
• Angel From Montgomery - John Prine/Bonnie Raitt
• Sitting in Limbo - Jimmy Cliff
• Long Black Veil - The Band
• Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles
• Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats
• Soldier of Fortune - Wayne Morrison
• Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffett
• I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton/Bob Marley
• Handy Man - James Taylor
• The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
• Broke Down - Slaid Cleaves
• Father and Son - Cat Stevens
• The House of the Rising Sun - Traditional Folk
• That's Allright Mama - Elvis/Rod Stewart
• Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Carmelita - Warren Zevon
• A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum
• Desperado - Eagles
• My My Hey Hey - Neil Young
• Lincoln Duncan - Paul Simon
• Blackbird - Beatles
• Deja Vu All Over Again - John Fogerty
• You Can Be a Star Just Like Me - Wayne Morrison
• My Maria - Brooks & Dunn/B.W. Stevenson
• Amie - Pure Prairie League
• Working Class Hero - John Lennon/Green Day
• Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley
• Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
• Many Rivers to Cross - Jimmy Cliff
• It Take a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan
• Rocky Raccoon - Beatles
• Bad Moon Risin' - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
• El Condor Pasa - Simon and Garfunkel
• Unhappy Anniversary - Loudon Wainwright III
• Across the Universe - Beatles
• La Bamba - Richie Valens
• Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
• Why Don't We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett
• Goodtime Charlie’s Got The Blues - Danny O'Keefe
• Father and Daughter - Paul Simon
• Angie - Rolling Stones
• I Believe You Might See This Differently - Wayne Morrison
• All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan
• Peaceful, Easy Feeling - The Eagles
• Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
• She Thinks I Still Care - James Taylor/George Jones
• Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
• Yellow - Cold Play
• Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
• You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds/Dylan
• Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
• Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
• Signs - Tesla/5 Man Electrical Band
• Man Smart, Woman Smarter - King Radio
• She Belongs To Me - Bob Dylan
• Rave On - Bruce Springsteen/Buddy Holly
• Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson
• Looking East - Wayne Morrison
• Memphis - Chuck Berry
• Get Back - Beatles
• Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
• Sunshine Superman - Donovan
• American Girl - Tom Petty
• Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
• The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
• Runaround Sue - Dion
• Lyin' Eyes - Eagles
• The Wine Song - Wayne Morrison
• Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Stand By Me - Ben King/John Lennon
• Little Sister - Ry Cooder/Elvis
• Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room - Dwight Yoakam
• Mellow Yellow - Donovan
• I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four
• I'll Never Write a Song for Me and You - Wayne Morrison
• Here Comes The Sun - Beatles
• Domino - Van Morrison
• Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
• Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
• Fire on the Mountain - Marshall Tucker Band
• Twist and Shout - Isley Bros./Beatles
• Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites
• Jambalaya - John Fogerty/Hank Williams
• Lori - Wayne Morrison
• Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams
• Help - Beatles
• Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
• The Wedding Song - Paul Stookey
• Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
• Let's Work Together - Dwight Yoakam/Canned Heat
• Sweet Home Rhode Island - lyrics by W. Morrison (apologies to Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• I've Just Seen a Face - Beatles
• What's Left Behind - Wayne Morrison
• Volcano - Jimmy Buffett
• Living on Tulsa Time - Eric Clapton
• Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
• Sloop John B. - Beach Boys
• New York's Not My Home - Jim Croce
• Ticket to Ride - The Beatles
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams/Sheryl Crow
• King of the Road - Roger Miller
• Heart of Gold - Neil Young
• Crazy Love - Van Morrison
• Rain - Beatles
• Have You Ever Seen Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Fields of Gold - Sting
• Jealous Guy - John Lennon
• You're a Big Girl Now - Bob Dylan
• All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers
• I Hear You Knockin' - Dave Edmunds
• Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
• Come Together - Beatles
• Country Roads - John Denver
• Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
• Rock This Town - The Stray Cats
• Havana Daydreaming - Jimmy Buffett
• Out On the Weekend - Neil Young
• Can You Hear Me Captain - Wayne Morrison
• Pancho and Lefty - Jerry Jeff Walker/Merle Haggard/Willy Nelson
• I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
• The Wanderer - Dion
• Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
• Let It Be - Beatles
• Fishin' Blues - Taj Mahal/Wayne Morrison
• You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Beatles
• Just Another Town Along the Road - Jackson Browne
• You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce
• My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
• Season of the Witch - Donovan
• Kansas City Blues - Muddy Waters
• Biloxi - Jimmy Buffett
• These Boots are Made for Walking - Nancy Sinatra
• Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
• The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
• Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley/Rufus Wainwright
• Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
• Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road - Loudon Wainwright III
• Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
• On the Blue Train - Wayne Morrison
• Buy My CD - Morrison/Lennon
• The Banana Republic - Steve Goodman/Jimmy Buffet
• Someday Never Comes - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Forever Young - Bob Dylan
• Our Country - John Mellencamp
• Move it on Over - George Thorogood/Hank Williams
• I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
• The City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
• Imagine - John Lennon
• Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis
• This Is My Blessing - Wayne Morrison
• Is She Really Going Out With Him - Joe Jackson
• Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
• Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
• Fisherman Blues - The Waterboys
• The Letter - Joe Cocker/Boxtops
• Saint James Bar Room - Traditional Blues
• Tequila Sunrise - Eagles
• All You Need Is Love - Beatles
• Steel Rail Blues - Gordon Lightfoot
• Magnolia - J.J. Cale
• Simple Kind of Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Back In the USSR - The Beatles
• Up On Cripple Creek - The Band
• Me and Julio Down by the School Yard - Paul Simon
• Squeezebox - The Who
• Square One - Tom Petty
• Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
• Rosie - Jackson Browne
• When I'm Dead And Gone - Wayne Morrison
• Instant Karma - John Lennon
• Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
• Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
• And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison
• Knocking on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
• One Man Guy - Loudon Wainwright III
• American Pie - Don McLean
• I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
• Me And Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson
• Tuesday’s Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• In My Life - The Beatles
• When I Paint My Masterpiece - The Band
• I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bob Dylan
• What Light - Wilco
• I'm Gonna Love You Like There's no Tomorrow - Peter Rowan
• Ophelia - The Band
• Play With Fire - Rolling Stones
• Truckin' - The Grateful Dead
• Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
• Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon
• I Will be the One - Wayne Morrison
• I Dreamed I Saw Saint Augustine - Bob Dylan
• Helplessly Hoping - Crosby, Stills & Nash
• Broken Down Cowboy - John Fogerty
• Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes - Jimmy Buffett
• Third Rate Romance - Amazing Rhythm Aces
• Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones
• Jailhouse Rock - Elvis
• The Pilgrim - Kris Kristofferson
• Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
• Song for Adam - Jackson Browne
• Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
• Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
• Why Don't Ya Love Me - Hank Williams
• The Weather Is Beautiful (Wish I Was There) - Wayne Morrison
• Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young
• IRISH SONGS
• The Wild Rover
• Keep Your Hands Off Red-Haired Mary
• Sailor's Prayer
• The Galway Shawl
• Wild Mountain Thyme
• Nancy Whiskey
• Too-Ra- Loora-Loora (Irish Lullaby)
• Whiskey You're The Devil
• Dirty Old Town
• Leave Her Johnny
• You're Not Irish
• What Will We Do With a Drunken Sailor
• Mountain Dew
• Whiskey in the Jar
• Blow the Man Down
• The Town I Loved so Well
• The Grey Funnel Line
• Molly Malone
• The Leaving of Liverpool
• Danny Boy
• I'll Tell Me Ma
• The Rare Auld Times
• Lord Franklin
• Bound for South Australia
• Carrickfergus
• Haul Boys Haul
• Green Fields of France
• Finnegan’s Wake
• The Holy Ground
• The South Wind
• By the Rising of the Moon
• The Irish Rover
• The Parting Glass
• WEDDING & CLASSICAL GUITAR
• Pachelbel's Canon in D - Pachelbel
• Ode to Joy - Beethoven
• The Bridal Chorus - Wagner
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Bach
• Adelita - Tarrega
• Greensleeves - anon.
• Here Comes The Sun - Harrison
• Waltz - Carulli
• Nonesuch - anon.
• Fur Elise - Beethoven
• Sonata in A - Mozart
• Bouree - Krieger
• Andante - Carcassi
• Bouree by - Mozart
• Mrs. Winter's Jump - Dowland
• In My Life - Lennon & McCartney
• Fields Of Gold instrumental - Sting
• What If a Day a Month or a Year - anon.
• South Wind - anon.
• Lagrima - Tarrega
• Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
• Andante - Bartok
• Rujero - Sanz
• South Wind a Celtic guitar instrumental
• Study In B Minor - Sor
• Bourree - Bach
• All You Need Is Love - Lennon & McCartney
• Contradanza - Ferandiere
• GUITAR TUNES
• The Road to Lisdoonvarna
• The Captain's Farewell
• Saint Anne's Reel
• Cattle in the Cane
• Ashokan Farewell
• Morrison's Pig
• Fiddler's Dram
• Sailor's Hornpipe
• Blue Dawn
• Cookoo's Nest
• Staten Island Hornpipe
• Whiskey Before Breakfast
• Darcy's Guitar
• Balsam Fir
• Red Haired Boy
• Done Gone
• Whingding
• Lady Elizabeth
• Key to the Kingdom
• BANJO TUNES
• Dueling Banjos
• Dear Old Dixie
• Banjo Signal
• Cripple Creek
• Rueben's Train
• Brian Boru's March
• Clinch Mountain Backstep
• John Hardy
• Jesus Maloney
• Old Joe Clark
• Fireball Mail
• Theme Time
• Wildwood Flower
• Nashville Skyline Rag
• Lonesome Road Blues
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown
• For the holidays, I perform a selection of seasonal tunes.
• As for my bluegrass band, Looking East, we have a large catalog of traditional and modern songs and tunes available upon request. Check out the sampler above for examples.

Anniversaries, Apres Ski Parties, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Coffee Shops, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Cruise Ships, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fraternity Functions, Fund Raisers, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Hotels, Jingles, Movie Soundtracks, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Resorts, Restaurants, Reunions, Showers, Sorority Function, Studio Session, TV Soundtracks, Weddings

• Wow ... Our wedding was an absolute magical event and Wayne Morrison was a part of it all. He learned two new songs just for us, his timing was impecable, his voice heard but not over powering and he was a dream to work with. We would not only recommend him but we would hire him again. I highly suggest taking the time to hear some of his original work, its wonderful. Just ask him to play, "play me 'stairway to heaven'". -- Molly T, Newport, RI, 10/20/2007
• It was such a pleasure to work with Wayne. He was open to our ideas and very accommadating. I knew the music was one less thing to worry about. Our guests loved his range of music and we all thought he was fantastic!! -- Christine C, Plymouth, MA, 7/21/2007
• Wayne performed at our rehearsal dinner at Buskers in Newport and was wonderful. I would highly recommend him to anyone. He was most accomading and really got the crowd going allowing them to requests songs and even some sang. Wayne is a true professional and I can't rate him high enough he was wonderful and all my guests commented on what a great time he made the night! -- Megan O, Newport, RI, 7/14/2007
• Wayne was fantastic. He arrived very early as he said he would, and was ready 20 min before the scheduled start time. His equipment and sound were superior and did not cause any issues with neighbors, in fact they stopped by and joined us. He played a wide variety and took requests. He was the highlight of the party and if we have another big function we will certainally ask him back. -- Ed R, Holden, MA, 6/30/2007
• Excellent! He performed for a mix of people at a company Christmas party and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Many people asked where he played regularly. I'd highly recommend him. -- Deirdre W, East Greenwich, RI, 12/10/2006

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