Wedding repertoire - Solo guitar

menamestom

I'm thinking of getting into wedding music, I'm thinking daytime pre wedding breakfast ambience.  We had a pianist, but I think some people like guitar also.

I'm just after some suggestions for songs to build my repertoire.  I'd offer to do a couple of requests per wedding but I need a core list to work from.

At present I know a handful of classical tunes and a handful of ragtime and Latin but need to get to at least an hour / hour and a half.  I've done a solo gig before at a bar, that worked well but I had a bit more artistic licence there and did a bit of looping.

I'm thinking things like You were always on my mind, what a wonderful world  some Beatles etc....

Any ideas appreciated.  I'd be playing an amplified classical guitar.

RocknRollDave

Have I Told You Lately by Van Morrison.

RocknRollDave

It's not an especially well-known song but, as shown here, works well as an instrumental....might need your looper: 

Panama_Jack666

Something by The Beatles arranged for solo guitar.

menamestom

Some good suggestions, thanks!

RocknRollDave

Panama_Jack666 said:

Something by The Beatles arranged for solo guitar.

Can't you be more specific....?

RocknRollDave

Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton? Not a fan of it myself, but people seem to like it...

Sporky

You should probably include all those ones that people think are nice love songs but are actually quite horrible - fer example, Every Breath You Take, Just The Way You Are, Stinkfist...

fretmeister

Sporky said:

You should probably include all those ones that people think are nice love songs but are actually quite horrible - fer example, Every Breath You Take, Just The Way You Are, Stinkfist...

If you won't fuck me baby, baby fuck off?

Sporky

I wonder if you'd get away with instrumental versions of otherwise inappropriate songs?

RocknRollDave

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Eva Cassidy - I Know You By Heart
Michael Buble - Home
Nat King Cole - Let There Be Love
Frank Sinatra (?) - It Had To Be You
Robbie Williams/ World Party - She's The One
Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone

RocknRollDave

James Morrison - You Give Me Something
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Queen - You're My Best Friend
Jamie Cullum's version of Everlasting Love
Take That - Back For Good

menamestom

Sporky said:

I wonder if you'd get away with instrumental versions of otherwise inappropriate songs?

I thought about that.  There are nice tunes that would almost work but are too popular to get away with, like Yesterday and Killing me softly.  But I'm thinking a nice fingerstyle version of Sex Farm by Spinal Tap could get under the radar.  Or 'Short People' by Randy Newman.  Or better still, a very melodic and heartfelt version of the Macc Lads classic 'Sweaty Beaty'.  No harm trying!

ToneControl

some Barrios pieces?

pintspiller

Sporky said:

I wonder if you'd get away with instrumental versions of otherwise inappropriate songs?

That would be so awesome.

thomasross20

Holiday Road