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Rick Sherman One Man Band from Newport Beach, CA

Will travel up to 100 miles

  • Avg 5.0 | 1 Review
  • 5 Verified Bookings
  • Member Since 2008
  • 2 Awards & Badges
  • Virtual Services Offered
  • Accepts Online Payment
  • Starting at $375 per event

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My name is Rick Sherman, and I am a keyboardist/vocalist/One Man Band. While I have my Rick Sherman Band, a 6-piece group which plays a wide variety of music for dining, dancing, and listening, including rock, pop, jazz, R & B, blues, etc., I am most frequently hired as a One-Man-Band. As a keyboardist, I'm able to play left-hand bass on one keyboard, while playing piano, organ, guitar, saxophone, vibraphone, trumpet, and flute sounds, etc. with my right hand on a second keyboard, and I control 2 drum machines with 4 foot pedals, and do all of this while singing. I do indeed sound like a full band. Unlike most Sax and Guitar players who call themselves a "One man Band" while playing to pre-recorded backing tracks, I do NOT use pre-recorded backing tracks of any kind (audio CDs, midi, mp3 files, etc.). I believe that when clients want live music, they do not want a DJ or Karaoke, they want LIVE music. I have a huge, varied repertoire, including Billy Joel, Elton John, James Brown, Frank Sinatra, The Doors, Jimmy Buffet, Neil Diamond, The Beatles, The Eagles, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Louie Armstrong, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Iron Butterfly, Harry Belafonte, Three Dog Night, and on and on. I started playing piano when I was 4 years old, and I've been performing in my One Man Band format for decades. I sincerely enjoy playing all types of music, and since I enjoy it, it seems to become infectious, and everyone listening enjoys it too. I can play "background music" if needed for cocktail hour and dining, but can also kick into high gear and provide uptempo, fun party music for sing-along and dancing. I'm well-known in Newport Beach (or so I hear :-). On May 30th, 2019, I performed at the Village Inn on Balboa Island to mark my 41st Anniversary of performing there. I started there in May of 1978, and am now working for the 5th owner. On Sunday, June 2nd, 2019, I was once again the featured entertainment on the Grandstand Stage for the annual Balboa Island Parade (for the 21st year in a row). On May 19th, 2019, I once again (for the 23rd year in a row) was the featured entertainer for the Balboa Island Art Walk. More recently, on Sunday, December 1st, 2019, I once again (for the 23rd year in a row) performed for the annual Balboa Island Christmas Tree Lighting and Snow Day. Year after year, I perform for all of these annual Balboa Island community events. I also performed every Saturday night for the final 8 years of the landmark Villa Nova restaurant in Newport Beach (now The Winery), and I have also been providing music for the Orange County Business Journal Award dinners and luncheons for over 12 years. I can set up in a small space. I do indeed sound like a band. My top priority when performing is to make sure that EVERYONE enjoys the event. I do know how to create the right live music for a fun, enjoyable, memorable event. Please visit my website and take a look at my Live Performance side (the other side of my site is for my recording studio), and read comments on my Testimonials page. I would very much enjoy performing for your event, and my goal would be to make sure that my music helps everyone truly have a fun and memorable evening! If you should have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Best Regards, Rick Sherman P.S. In case you'd prefer to read more here, the following is from a recent promotion for Vittorio's, an ongoing performance venue where I perform in Huntington Beach: ABOUT RICK SHERMAN Rick Sherman began playing the piano in his home town of Kansas City at the age of four, emulating his father, pro pianist Art Sherman. Rick began performing professionally at the age of 12. Artist Steve Simon has honored Sherman with “landmark” status by including him in his book “Newport Beach; Celebrating Ninety Years”. Among portraits of well-known Newport Beach tourist spots and attractions such as Newport Harbor, the Balboa Fun Zone, the Balboa Island Ferry, and the Newport and Balboa Piers, Rick Sherman is the only person thus recognized in this book of paintings of Newport Beach landmarks. ************ “One of the most unstoppable lounge performers in this area is local legend Rick Sherman. Sherman has been a fixture on the local lounge scene for over 35 years, and he's still going strong. I have never seen such a perfect fit of entertainer and room. The restaurant has a warm and intimate feel, and Sherman is the type of performer who thrives in that environment. Selecting from a vast and eclectic repertoire – from Elvis and Billy Joel to pop standards and home-spun gospel – Sherman appeals to a wide age range. Check him out, and plan on returning again soon.” Barry Koltnow - The Orange County Register "Upstairs in the Cattleman's Wharf Lounge, we found one of Orange County's hidden treasures, Rick Sherman, filling the room with his usual … meaning … terrific music." John Hall - Orange County Register

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Avg 5.0 | 1 Review

Review by Susan S.

FundraiserReviewed on February 18, 2018From Newport Beach, CA

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  • You Got A Friend In Me | Randy Newman
  • Short People | Randy Newman
  • A Pirate Looks At 40 | Jimmy Buffet
  • Come Monday | Jimmy Buffet
  • Cheeseburger In Paradise | Jimmy Buffet
  • Margaritaville | Jimmy Buffet
  • Piano Man | Billy Joel
  • Just The Way You Are | Billy Joel
  • My Life | Billy Joel
  • She's Always A Women | Billy Joel
  • New York State of Mind | Billy Joel
  • Your Song | Elton John
  • Benny and the Jets | Elton John
  • Candle In the Wind | Elton John
  • Brown-Eyed Girl | Van Morrison
  • Moondance | Van Morrison
  • Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong
  • Something | The Beatles
  • I Should Have Known Better | The Beatles
  • Black Bird | The Beatles
  • Daytripper | The Beatles
  • Oh Darling | The Beatles
  • In My Life | The Beatles
  • You Can't Do That | The Beatles
  • Yesterday | The Beatles
  • Hey Jude | The Beatles
  • And I Love Her | The Beatles
  • I Saw Her Standing There | The Beatles
  • Mack The Knife | Bobby Darin
  • House of the Rising Sun | Eric Burdon and the Animals
  • We Gotta Get Outta This Place | Eric Burdon and the Animals
  • You've Lost That Loving Feeling | The Righteous Brothers
  • Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers
  • Only You | The Platters
  • Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding
  • I Feel Good | James Brown
  • My Girl | The Temptations
  • Under the Boardwalk | The Drifters
  • New York, New York | Frank Sinatra
  • My Way | Frank Sinatra
  • The Way You Look Tonight | Frank Sinatra
  • Fly Me to the Moon | Frank Sinatra
  • Georgia On My Mind | Ray Charles
  • You Don't Know Me | Ray Charles
  • Friends in Low Places | Garth Brooks
  • Gloria | Them
  • Louie Louie | The Kingsmen
  • Pretty Women | Roy Orbison
  • Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett
  • God Bless The USA | Lee Greenwood
  • Cross My Heart | George Strait
  • Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton
  • Europa | Carlos Santana
  • Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond
  • Play Me | Neil Diamond
  • Love on the Rocks | Neil Diamond
  • Cracklin' Rosie | Neil Diamond
  • I Am I Said | Neil Diamond
  • Holly Holy | Neil Diamond
  • Light My Fire | The Doors
  • Love Me Two Times | The Doors
  • Touch Me | The Doors
  • Back Door Man | The Doors
  • Break on Through | The Doors
  • Can't Help Falling | Elvis Presley
  • All Shook Up | Elvis Presley
  • Blue Suede Shoes | Elvis Presley
  • Just a Small Sampling of Songs Played By ... | Rick Sherman

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Past Events

August 20, 2022 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Placentia, CA
April 17, 2021 • Club Event
Sat2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Dana Point, CA
June 29, 2019 • Funeral
Sat12:30 PM - 4:30 PM Mission Hills, CA
October 6, 2018 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Carlsbad, CA
February 3, 2018 • Fundraiser
Sat6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Newport Beach, CA
July 24, 2010 • Private Event
Sat12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

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