Chris Thomas

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Upcoming Appearances

Past Appearances

  • Saturday, September 10, 2011
  • 4:00PM - Private Party
  • Jim Thorpe, PA
  • Monday, November 15, 2010
  • 5:00PM - Hogs Breath
  • Key West, FL
  • Friday, October 01, 2010
  • 6:00PM - Shore Cafe
  • Keyport, NJ
  • Thursday, September 30, 2010
  • 9:00PM - Sunset Pub & Grill
  • Lincoln Park, NJ
  • Thursday, September 23, 2010
  • 9:00PM - Amsterdam Alley
  • Linden, NJ
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Location:
Keyport, New Jersey
Travel Radius:
Will travel up to 100 miles from Keyport.
Pay Range:
$250-$2500 per event
Member Since:
2010
Primary Category:
Acoustic Guitar
Additional Categories:
Beach Music Guitar, Piano, Pop Acoustic Guitar, Rock Acoustic Guitar, Singer, Wedding Singer
Influences:
So many influences to mention. Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, many others.

Description

Chris Thomas has been performing all over the eastern seaboard for over 15 years with bands like The Gary US Bonds Band, DogVoices, Eleven Eleven, Bums in the Park, New Power Soul, the Party Dolls, nd the Swingin' Johnsons. Now a solo performer who sings, plays acoustic guitar and piano, he performs weekly all over NY and NJ in the summer, and in South Florida and the Florida Keys in the winter. Repertoire includes over 500 songs, from classic artists like The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Jimmy Buffett, and The Eagles to modern-day favorites like Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam, and Jack Johnson. Clients can help create a custom-made song list to be played at your function. For more information visit his MySpace, Facebook page or website.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES! Fans of the Grateful Dead and Phish? Ask me about my Dead/Phish only show! For diehard Dead heads and Phish heads only.

Song List

  • Summer of 69 - BRYAN ADAMS
  • When the Stars Go Blue - RYAN ADAMS
  • Nutshell - ALICE IN CHAINS
  • Ramblin' Man - ALLMAN BROTHERS
  • Horse with No Name - AMERICA
  • I Am The Highway - AUDIOSLAVE
  • Feel Like Making Love - BAD COMPANY
  • The Weight - THE BAND
  • The Old Apartment - BARENAKED LADIES
  • I Feel Fine - BEATLES
  • Desperately Wanting - BETTER THAN EZRA
  • She Talks to Angels - BLACK CROWES
  • I Fought the Law - BOBBY FULLER FOUR
  • Wanted Dead or Alive - BON JOVI
  • Space Oddity - DAVID BOWIE
  • Friends in Low Places - GARTH BROOKS
  • Doctor My Eyes - JACKSON BROWNE
  • Home - MICHAEL BUBLE
  • Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
  • Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
  • Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
  • Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
  • Flake - Jack Johnson
  • Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
  • Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
  • Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
  • Hotel California - Eagles
  • Better Man - Pearl Jam
  • Bright Lights - Matchbox 20
  • Fire on The Mountain - Grateful Dead
  • Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
  • You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Beatles
  • American Pie - Don McLean
  • Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams
  • Margritaville - Jimmy Buffett
  • Knockin on Heavens Door - Bob Dylan/GunsNRoses
  • First Cut is the Deepest - Rod Stewart
  • Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
  • Easy - The Commodores
  • Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
  • Blvd. of Broken Dreams - Green Day
  • Outside - Staind
  • Turn the Page - Bob Seger
  • Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
  • Heart of Gold - Neil Young
  • Crush - Dave Matthews
  • Crash into Me - Dave Matthews
  • Losing My Religion - REM
  • Plush - STP
  • Mr. Jones - Counting Brows
  • American Girl - Tom Petty
  • Wonderwall - Oasis
  • Light My Fire - Doors
  • Hey Hey What can I Do - Led Zeppelin
  • All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
  • Fluffhead - Phish
  • Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
  • Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
  • Creep - Radiohead
  • Waiting for the World To Change - John Mayer
  • Drift Away - Uncle Kracker
  • In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
  • Glycerine - Bush
  • Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
  • Piano Man - Billy Joel
  • Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel
  • Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
  • MANY MORE SONGS! - MANY MORE SONGS!
  • Straight from the Heart - Bryan Adams
  • New York - Ryan Adams
  • Two - Ryan Admas
  • Melissa - Allman Brothers
  • Soulshine - Allman Brothers
  • Blue Sky - Allman Brothers
  • Ventura Highway - America
  • Sister Golden Hair - America
  • Hide Your Love Away - Beatles
  • Something - Beatles
  • I've Just Seen A Face - Beatles
  • Long & Winding Road - Beatles
  • She's A Woman - Beatles
  • I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller 4
  • For What Its Worth - Buffalo Springfield
  • Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
  • Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffett
  • Changes in Latitudes - Jimmy Buffett
  • Let's Get Drunk & Screw - Jimmy Buffett
  • Last Mango in Paris - Jimmy Buffett
  • Feel A Whole Lot Better - Byrds
  • I Will Survive - Cake
  • Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
  • Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash
  • Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
  • Color My World - Chicago
  • Layla - Eric Clapton
  • Let It Rain - Eric Clapton
  • Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
  • Running on Faith - Eric Clapton
  • Feeling Alright - Joe Cocker
  • Clocks - Coldplay
  • Lost - Coldplay
  • Viva La Vida - Coldplay
  • Trouble - Coldplay
  • The World I Know - Collective Soul
  • In the Air Tonite - Phil Collins
  • Easy - Commodore
  • Peace Love & Understanding - Elvis Costello
  • Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
  • Long December - Counting Crows
  • Sullivan Street - Counting Crows
  • Low - Cracker
  • Badge - Cream
  • Arms Wide Open - Creed
  • Bad Moon Rising - CCR
  • Who'll Stop The Rain - CCR
  • Proud Mary - CCR
  • Lodi - CCR
  • Operator - Jim Croce
  • Don't Dream Its Over - Crowded House
  • First Cut is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow
  • Helpless - Crosby Still Nash & Young
  • Southern Cross - Crosby Still Nash & Young
  • Teach Your Children - Crosby Still Nash & Young
  • Collide - Howie Day
  • Follow You in the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
  • Breakfast at Tiffanys - Deep Blue Something
  • Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver
  • Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
  • Runaround Sue - Dion
  • Walk of Life - Dire Straits
  • Black Water - Doobies
  • People Are Strange - Doors
  • On Broadway - Drifters
  • Save the Last Dance for Me - Drifters
  • Ordinary World - Duran Duran
  • All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan
  • Knocking on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
  • Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
  • You Ain't Going Nowhere - Bob Dylan
  • Quinn the Eskimo - Bob Dylan
  • Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
  • Take It Easy - Eagles
  • Desperado - Eagles
  • Tequila Sunrise - Eagles
  • Lucky Man - ELP
  • Santa Monica - Everclear
  • Easy - Faith No More
  • The Way - Fastball
  • Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
  • Big Me - Foo Fighters
  • Everlong - Foo Fighters
  • Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
  • Shimmer - Fuel
  • Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
  • Whats Going On - Marvin Gaye
  • Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
  • Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
  • Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
  • I'm Your Captain - Grand Funk
  • Bertha - Grateful Dead
  • Black Muddy River - Grateful Dead
  • Fire on Mountain - Grateful Dead
  • Franklins Tower - Grateful Dead
  • Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead
  • Scarlet Begonias - Grateful Dead
  • Drift Away - Dobie Gray
  • Time of Your Life - Green Day
  • Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
  • Waiting - Green Day
  • When I Come Around - Green Day
  • Used to Love Her - Guns N Roses
  • Patience - Guns N Roses
  • November Rain - Guns N Roses
  • Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
  • Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
  • Heart of the Matter - Don Henley
  • Sea of Love - Honeydrippers
  • Let Her Cry - Hootie & The Blowfish
  • Drive - Incubus
  • Love Hurts - Incubus
  • Never Tear Us Apart - Inxs
  • Laid - James
  • Look What You've Done - Jet
  • Captain Jack - Billy Joel
  • She's Got A Way - Billy Joel
  • Candle in the Wind - Elton John
  • Spanish Harlem - Elton John
  • Border Song - Elton John
  • Better Together - Jack Johnson
  • Upside Down - Jack Johnson
  • Sitting Waiting Wishing - Jack Johnson
  • Bad Reputation - Freedy Johnston
  • Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
  • Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
  • Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
  • Dust in the Wind - Kansas
  • All Summer Long - Kid Rock
  • Only God Knows Why - Kid Rock
  • Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
  • Breakup Song - Greg Kihn
  • Lola - Kinks
  • Well Respected Man - Kinks
  • Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
  • Imagine - John Lennon
  • I Alone - Live
  • Danny's Song - Loggins & Messina
  • Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Tuesdays Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
  • Time Will Tell - Bob Marley
  • Redemption Song - Bob Marley
  • Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
  • Can't You See - Marshall Tucker
  • 3 A.M. - Matchbox 20
  • Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp
  • Jack & Diane - John Mellencamp
  • Small Town - John Mellencamp
  • Kids - Mgmt
  • Turn The Page - Metallica
  • I'm a Believer - Monkees
  • Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
  • Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues
  • And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison
  • Wild Night - Van Morrison
  • Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
  • Domino - Van Morrison
  • Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison
  • Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
  • Everyday is Like Sunday - Morrisey
  • I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
  • Hopefully - My Morning Jacket
  • I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
  • On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
  • Come As You Are - Nirvana
  • Polly - Nirvana
  • Rape Me - Nirvana
  • Hey Girl - OAR
  • Betterman - Pearl Jam
  • Black - Pearl Jam
  • Daughter - Pearl Jam
  • Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
  • Immportality - Pearl Jam
  • Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
  • Freefallin' - Tom Petty
  • Learning to Fly - Tom Petty
  • Yer So Bad - Tom Petty
  • Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty
  • Contact - Phish
  • Fee - Phish
  • Breathe - Pink Floyd
  • Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
  • Hey There Delilah - Plain White Ts
  • Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
  • Message in A Bottle - Police
  • Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
  • Purple Rain - Prince
  • Angel from Montgomery - John Prine
  • Amy - Pure Prairie League
  • Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
  • Karma Police - Radiohead
  • Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
  • Dock of the Bay - Ottis Redding
  • Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Other Side - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Snow - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Man On the Moon - REM
  • Don't Go Back To Rockville - REM
  • Driver 8 - REM
  • Angie - Rolling Stones
  • Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
  • You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones
  • Evil Ways - Santana
  • Maria Maria - Santana
  • Against the Wind - Bob Seger
  • Night Moves - Bob Seger
  • Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three
  • The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
  • Me&Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Paul Simon
  • Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
  • All For You - Sister Hazel
  • Disarm - Smashing PUmpkins
  • Today - Smashing PUmpkins
  • Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
  • Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
  • Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
  • Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
  • My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
  • Jersey Girl - Bruce Springsteen
  • I'm Going Down - Bruce Springsteen
  • Radio Nowhere - Bruce Springsteen
  • The River - Bruce Springsteen
  • Sandy - Bruce Springsteen
  • Fire - Bruce Springsteen
  • It's Been Awhile - Staind
  • Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
  • My Old School - Steely Dan
  • The Joker - Steve Miller
  • Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller
  • Wild World - Cat Stevens
  • Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens
  • First Cut is the Deepest - Cat Stevens
  • Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
  • Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
  • Big Empty - Stone Temple Pilots
  • Santeria - Sublime
  • What I Got - Sublime
  • Badfish - Sublime
  • Fly - Sugar Ray
  • Give A Little Bit - Supertramp
  • Sick of Myself - Matthew Sweet
  • Fire and Rain - James Taylor
  • Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
  • Country Road - James Taylor
  • Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog
  • Love Song - The Cure
  • Jumper - Third Eye Blind
  • If You Could Only See - Tonic
  • Pressure Drop - Toots & The Maytals
  • Sing - Travis
  • 867-5309 Jenny - Tommy Tutone
  • Still Havent Found What Im Looking For - U2
  • All I Want Is You - U2
  • Staring at the Sun - U2
  • One - U2
  • With or Without You - U2
  • Fall To Pieces - Velvet Revolver
  • Lucky Man - The Verve
  • The Freshman - Verve Pipe
  • Ol' 55 - Tom Waits
  • 6th Avenue Heartache - The Wallflowers
  • Three Marlenas - The Wallflowers
  • Fisherman Blues - Waterboys
  • Say It Ain't So - Weezer
  • Island In The Sun - Weezer
  • Were Going to Be Friends - White Stripes
  • Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
  • The Kids Are Alright - The Who
  • Squeeze Box - The Who
  • Impossible Germany - Wilco
  • What Light - Wilco
  • Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
  • Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam
  • The Needle & The Damage Done - Neil Young
  • Comes A Time - Neil Young
  • Hey Hey My My - Neil Young
  • Rocking' in the Free World - Neil YOung
  • Sugar Mountain - Neil YOung
  • Lawyers Guns and Money - Warren Zevon

Available For:

Anniversaries, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Reunions, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

Feedback

  • Chris was great. Arrived early, and played great sets. I recommend him without hesitation. -- Keith G, Jim Thorpe, PA, 9/10/2011

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