Chris Bates

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Upcoming Appearances

Past Appearances

  • Wednesday, May 16, 2012
  • 6:30PM - Village Tavern
  • Boynton Beach, FL
  • Sunday, May 06, 2012
  • 11:00AM - Trade Show
  • Jupiter, FL
  • Saturday, April 28, 2012
  • 4:00PM - Private Clambake Party
  • Jupiter Inlet Colony, FL
  • Wednesday, April 25, 2012
  • 6:30PM - Village Tavern
  • Boynton Beach, FL
  • Saturday, March 24, 2012
  • 4:00PM - Wedding Reception
  • Boca Raton, FL
  • Sunday, February 19, 2012
  • 4:00PM - Private Party
  • Jupiter, FL
  • Friday, May 13, 2011
  • 5:00PM - Corporate Function
  • Jupiter, FL
  • Friday, May 06, 2011
  • 6:00PM - Shuckers
  • Jensen Beach, FL
  • Friday, March 18, 2011
  • 6:00PM - Tropical Nights Pool Party
  • Wellington, FL
  • Friday, March 11, 2011
  • 6:30PM - Wedding Rehearsal Dinner
  • Stuart, FL
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Location:
Jupiter, Florida
Travel Radius:
Will travel up to 50 miles from Jupiter.
Pay Range:
$200-$1000 per job
Member Since:
2007
Primary Category:
Rock One Man Band
Additional Categories:
Acoustic Guitar, Oldies Acoustic Guitar, Oldies One Man Band, One Man Band, Rock Acoustic Guitar
Influences:
Jimmy Buffett, James Taylor, The Eagles, Billy Joel, etc.

Group Members

  • Chris Bates - Guitar and Lead Vocals

Description

Hi, I'm Chris Bates and I perform as a One Man Band with a songlist that covers Hits of the 60's - 90's, Island/Reggae and Smooth Jazz. I can make any event more memorable for a fraction of what a band charges! I play guitar and sing with realistic backing tracks, creating a full band sound that makes the crowd want to dance. Call or email me today to find out how affordable great live music can be !

Whether your event is a pool party, birthday celebration, or formal wedding reception, I have the repertoire and experience to keep the party moving with music that you and your guests will love.

I know that selecting a musician online can be overwhelming and intimidating. You can be confident that you'll be pleased with hiring me for your event...just read my reviews from past performances.
If you have any concerns or questions about me or your event, I'd be happy to answer them with no pressure or obligation...just call or email me and I'll get back to you promptly!

Song List

  • Abbey Road Medley - The Beatles
  • Acoustic Highway - Craig Chaquico
  • Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
  • Ain't Misbehavin - Fats Waller
  • Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Mc Fadden & Whitehead
  • Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - B.T.O.
  • Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Temptations
  • All Night Long - Lionel Richie
  • All Shookup - Elvis Presley
  • Always and Forever - Heat Wave
  • Always on My Mind - Willy Nelson
  • An American Dream - Nitty Gritty Dirt band
  • Aspen - Rippingtons
  • At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
  • Authority Song - John Cougar
  • Baby I Love Your Way - Big Mountain
  • Baby I Need Your Lovin' - Four Tops
  • Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood
  • Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte
  • Banana Republics - Jimmy Buffett
  • Bang the Drum - Todd Rundgren
  • Beginnings - Chicago
  • Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
  • Black Magic Woman - Santana
  • Blue Heaven Rendezvous - Jimmy Buffett
  • Breaking Up is Hard to Do - Neil Sedaka
  • Breezin' - George Benson
  • Brick House - Commodores
  • Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
  • Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
  • Bueno Funk - Peter White
  • CafĂ© Carnival - Craig Chaquico
  • California Girls - Beach Boys
  • Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Barry White
  • Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
  • Caravan of Dreams - Peter White
  • Celebration - Kool & the Gang
  • Centerfield - John Fogerty
  • Changes In Latitudes - Jimmy Buffett
  • Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
  • Cherry Bomb - John Cougar
  • Cocaine - Eric Clapton
  • Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett
  • Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley
  • Cousin Dupree - Steely Dan
  • Crazy Love - Van Morrison
  • Daddy's Home - Shep & the Limelites
  • Dance With Me - Orleans
  • Dancin in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas
  • Danny's Song - Kenny Loggins
  • Delta Lady - Joe Cocker
  • Devil with the Blue Dress On - Mitch Ryder
  • Dirty Work - Steely Dan
  • Do It Again - Steely Dan
  • Do You Remember - Phil Collins
  • Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
  • Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
  • Does Anybody Know What Time It Is - Chicago
  • Domino - Van Morrison
  • Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
  • Don't Stop('til you get enough) - Michael Jackson
  • Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
  • Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
  • Don't You Want Me - Human League
  • Dream - Everly Brothers
  • Drop Top - Jeff Golub
  • Electric Slide - Marcia Griffiths
  • Escape(Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
  • Europa - Gato Barbieri
  • Every Breath I Take - Police
  • Evil Ways - Santana
  • Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker
  • Fins - Jimmy Buffett
  • Fire & Rain - James Taylor
  • Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller
  • Fool If You Think It's Over - Chris Rea
  • For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
  • Freedom At Midnight - David Benoit
  • Freefallin' - Tom Petty
  • Georgia - Ray Charles
  • Get Down On It - Kool & the Gang
  • Get Down Tonight - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
  • Get Here - Olita Adams
  • Gimme Some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group
  • Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto
  • Good Lovin - Rascals
  • Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's
  • Handy Man - Jimmy Jones
  • Hang On Sloopy - McCoys
  • Harder They Come - Bob Marley
  • Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart
  • Have a Heart - Bonnie Raitt
  • Heart and Soul - Huey Lewis & The News
  • Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas
  • Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
  • Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren
  • Hey Girl - Billy Joel
  • Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
  • Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News
  • Hold On I'm Coming - Sam & Dave
  • Holding Back the Years - Simply Red
  • Honky Tonk Woman - Rolling Stones
  • Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter
  • Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody
  • Hotel California - Eagles
  • House of the Rising Sun - Animals
  • How Bizarre - OMC
  • How Long - Ace
  • How Sweet It Is - James Taylor
  • I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
  • I Cant' Help Falling in Love with You - UB40
  • I Feel Good - James Brown
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
  • I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
  • I Just Want to Stop - Gino Vanelli
  • I Keep Forgettin' - Michael McDonald
  • I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett
  • I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos
  • I Saw Her Standing There - Beatles
  • I Shot the Sherriff - Eric Clapton
  • I Wanna New Drug - Huey Lewis & The News
  • I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis & The News
  • I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
  • I'll Be Around - The Spinners
  • I'll Be Around - Spinners
  • I'll Make Love To You - All4One
  • I'm A Man - Spencer Davis
  • I.G.Y. - Steely Dan
  • In the Still of the Night - Five Satins
  • Is This Love - Bob Marley
  • It Had To Be You - Standard
  • It's Allright - Huey Lewis & The News
  • It's Alright - Huey Lewis & The News
  • Jack & Diane - John Cougar
  • Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
  • Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafonte
  • Jammin - Bob Marley
  • Johnny B. Good - Chuck Berry
  • Judy In Disguise - John Fred & Playboy Band
  • Jump - Van Halen
  • Just Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
  • Just To See Her - Smokey Robinson
  • Just the Two of Us - Bill Withers
  • Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
  • Kansas City - Wilbur Harrison
  • Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
  • Killer Joe Cha Cha - Unknown
  • King of the Road - Roger Miller
  • Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
  • Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Eric Clapton
  • Kokomo - Beach Boys
  • La Bamba - Los Lobos
  • Lady In Red - Chris DeBurgh
  • Land Down Under - Men Without Hats
  • Late In The Evening - Paul Simon
  • Layla (Slow) - Eric Clapton
  • Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
  • Listen to the Music - Doobie Brothers
  • Little Bit of Soap - Jarmels
  • Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
  • Love Potion # 9 - Searchers
  • Love Train - O Jays
  • Low Rider - War
  • Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
  • Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
  • Maggie May - Rod Stewart
  • Makin' Whoopee - Fats Waller
  • Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
  • Masquerade - George Benson
  • Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye
  • Merengue Medley - Traditional
  • Mexico - James Taylor
  • Midnight At The Oasis - Steve Oliver
  • Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
  • Minute by Minute - Doobie Brothers
  • Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
  • Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom
  • Moondance - Van Morrison
  • More Today than Yesterday - Spiral Staircase
  • Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra
  • Morocco - Rippingtons
  • Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
  • Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
  • My Father's Eyes - Eric Clapton
  • My Funny Valentine - Rodgers & Hart
  • My Girl - Temptations
  • My Maria - Brooks & Dunn
  • My Way - Frank Sinatra
  • Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
  • New Frontier - Donald Fagen
  • New York New York - Frank Sinatra
  • Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt
  • Nightshift - Commodores
  • No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
  • Oh What a Night - Four Seasons
  • Old Man - Neil Young
  • Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger
  • On & On - Stephen Bishop
  • On the Road Again - Willy Nelson
  • One Hundred Ways - James Ingram
  • One Love - Bob Marley
  • Our Love Is Here To Stay - Ira Gershwin
  • Oye Como Va - Santana
  • Pennies from Heaven - Standard
  • Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies
  • Pipeline - Chantays
  • Pirate Looks at 40 - Jimmy Buffett
  • Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
  • Proud Mary - Credence Clearwater Revival
  • Red Red Wine - UB40
  • Red Red Wine - UB 40
  • Rhumba Medley - Standard
  • Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & the Comets
  • Rockin Robin - Bobby Day
  • Route 66 - Nat King Cole
  • Ruby Ruby - Donald Fagen
  • Runaround Sue - Dion
  • Runaway - Del Shannon
  • Sailing - Christopher Cross
  • Save the Last Dance for Me - Drifters
  • Scotch and Soda - Kingston Trio
  • Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford
  • September - Earth
  • September Song - Standard
  • Sex Machine - James Brown
  • Shake Senora - Harry Belafonte
  • Shout - Isley Brothers
  • Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners
  • Since I Fell For You - Lenny Welsh
  • Sixteen Candles - The Crests
  • Smooth - Santana-Rob Thomas
  • Smooth Operator - Sade
  • So Far Away - Carole King
  • Someone to Watch Over Me - Ira Gershwin
  • Something to Talk About - Bonnie Raitt
  • Soul Man - Sam & Dave
  • Southern Man - Neil Young
  • Spanish Eyes - Standard
  • Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
  • Spill the Wine - War
  • Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon & War
  • Spooky - Classics IV
  • Stand By Me - Ben E. King
  • Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
  • Still the One - Orleans
  • Stir It Up - Johnny Nash
  • Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
  • Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
  • Sunny Side of the Street - Jimmy Durante
  • Sunrise - Simply Red
  • Superstitious - Stevie Wonder
  • Surfing U.S.A. - Beach Boys
  • Sussudio - Phil Collins
  • Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
  • Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller
  • Takin' Care of Business - Bachman Turner Overdrive
  • Teach Me Tonight - Al Jarreau
  • Tequila - The Champs
  • That's Life - Frank Sinatra
  • That's The Way( I like It) - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
  • The Joker - Steve Miller
  • The Look of Love - Peter White
  • The Shadow of Your Smile - Earl Klugh
  • The Wanderer - Dion
  • Theme from a Summer Place - Percy Faith & His Orchestra
  • Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - Casinos
  • Thriller - Michael Jackson
  • Too Hot - Kool & the Gang
  • Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
  • Twist and Shout - Beatles
  • Twistin the Night Away - Sam Cooke
  • Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
  • Under the Boardwalk - Drifters
  • Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
  • Up on the Roof - James Taylor
  • Volcano Song - Jimmy Buffett
  • Waiting In Vain - Bob Marley
  • Walkin in Memphis - Marc Cohn
  • Wanderer - Dion
  • We're In This Love Together - Al Jarreau
  • What You Won't Do - Go West
  • What a Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers
  • What'd I Say - Ray Charles
  • When I Fall In Love - Rogers & Hart
  • White Room - Cream
  • Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum
  • Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw - Jimmy Buffett
  • Wild Night - Van Morrison
  • Wild World - Maxi Priest
  • Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
  • Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
  • Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
  • Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
  • Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - Todd Rundgren
  • You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
  • You Can't Hurry Love - Supremes
  • You Send Me - Sam Cooke
  • You'll Never Find - Lou Rawls
  • You've Lost That Lovin Feelin' - Righteous Brothers
  • Your Body Is A Wonderland - John Mayer
  • Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins & Messina
  • Your Song - Elton John

Available For:

Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Baby Showers, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christmas Parties, Clubs, Cocktail Parties, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fraternity Functions, Fund Raisers, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Halloween Parties, New Year's Eve Parties, Picnic, Private Parties, Restaurants, Reunions, Weddings, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

Feedback

  • Chris was perfect for our event, very well organized, professional and a great talent. Would highly recommend. -- Gerald C, Jupiter, FL, 5/6/2012
  • I am thrilled that I booked Chris for my birthday party. Chris is very professional, arrived earlier than his scheduled time to allow plenty of time for set up, and made sure the volume was set at the perfect volume. He followed up with me several times to make sure my music selection was perfect. Myself and all of my guests loved the live entertainment. Chris is very talented and has a terrific voice, he sounded great! I highly recommend Chris for any venue! -- Michelle C, Boca Raton, FL, 4/17/2010
  • This was my first time using GigMasters and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. I immediately got several bids and chose Chris Bates. From the start, Chris was extremely accommodating and was in touch with me several times leading up to the event. That made me feel very secure in knowing that he was a pro and I wouldn't have to worry on the night of the party. He arrived in plenty of time to set up and do mic checks. His equipment was top notch. He performed many of my special requests and I was very pleased at his performance and professionalism. Most of all, the guests loved him and everyone had a great time!! -- Taylor M, West Palm Beach, FL, 12/27/2008
  • What a wonderful experience was having Chris at our birthday celebration. He was so professional and nice to have as a performer. Chris arrived with plenty of time to set up and his song selection was just fantastic; he made sure he pleased all the guests with their requests. I even had the chance to sing with him Land Down Under! How fun. We all danced, sang and enjoyed a great time. I would highly recommend Chris for your party anytime. It was so nice to have such a talented musician, who truly enjoyed the party as much as we did. -- Cristina P, Palm Beach Shores, FL, 4/25/2009
  • We were so happy to have Chris perform for our wedding celebration. We had a list of special songs that Chris quickly accommodated us with. Our nieces were so delighted to take the mike (standing on a footstool). Chris was also helpful in giving us ideas for certain elements to engage our guests. The latter part of the evening, everyone joined in the Conga dance around the perimeter of the pool. We're completely satisfied customers and highly recommend him. -- Ann A, Boca Raton, FL, 3/24/2012
  • Chris was so wonderful and made our party just a delight. I will definitely retain him again in the future and recommend him to my friends. -- Maria P, West Palm Beach, FL, 12/19/2009
  • Chris was a delight. He went out of his way to ask beforehand about my wifes favorite songs. The party was a complete success thanks to Chris. He drew raves from my guests. Will difinately use him again without question!!!!! -- Mark K, Boca Raton, FL, 10/23/2009
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