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Travelin'
Soldier ~ Proud Mary ~ Blame
It On Your Heart ~ Here for the
Party ~ Man I Feel
Alex & Don at Hebron Fair 2007 Courtney & Don at Lebanon Fair 2007 Courtney, Don & Karlea 2008
Don sings and plays dozens of country standards such as "Wabash Cannonball", " Proud Mary", "Yellow Rose Of Texas", "Margaritaville", "Waltz Across Texas" and "Hey Good Looking", Don sings in the style of Kenny Rogers, Jim Reeves, Eddie Arnold, Hank Williams,Sr., Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and Johnny Cash. Add a few dozen 60's - 90's hits like:"I Walk The Line", "King Of The Road", Green Green Grass Of Home", "Bad Bad Leroy Brown", "On The Road Again", "The Gambler", "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms",, and throw in comedy songs like: "Mississippi Squirrel Revival", "I'm My Own Grandpa", "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino", "My Toot Toot", "Lasagna", It's Hard To Be Humble" and "Dear Abby" and you've got a real lively show. The 3 young ladies pictured above can harmonize most of my leads and sing lead on these songs: Alex Rose performs "Man I Feel Like A Woman", "Here For The Party", "Break Down Here", Born To Fly", "Every Little Thing", "I'm Alright", "Delta Dawn", "Life's A Dance", "Heads California", "Travelin' Soldier", "It's So Easy", "You're Still The One", "Crazy" and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow". If Courtney is included, she can sing these songs: "Here For The Party", "Have You Ever Seen The Rain", "It's So Easy", "Labamba","Born To Fly","Grandpa Tell Me", "Amazing Grace", "Delta Dawn", "Life's A Dance", "When Will I Be Loved", "Traveling Soldier", "Before You Accuse Me", Heads Carolina", "Red Neck Woman", "Wild One", "Except For Monday", "I'm Alright", Courtney also harmonizes my leads and interacts with the audience
.If Karlea is included, she can sing these songs: "Blame It On Your Heart", "Sunshine Go Away Today","Labamba", Born To Fly", "Break Down Here", "Cotton Fields", "Every Little Thing", "I'm Alright", "Delta Dawn", "Life's A Dance", "Heads California", "Wild One", "It's So Easy", "When Will I Be Loved", "Independence Day", "Lord I Hope This Day Is Good", "Brown Eyed Girl" and "I Can See Clearly Now". Karlea harmonizes my leads and interacts with the audience.
Performing Experience :
Don started singing and playing guitar in college with a 4 pc. rock band called the Sig Ep Heartbeats. In the late 60's and 70's he formed a folk group, The Noblemen and a country / folk / rock duo named Don and Judie. In 1979, he founded the Connecticut Songwriters Association. and continues today as director emeritus. In1982-83, he fronted his own 5 pc.country band. For the past 20 years, his One Man Show has consisted of vocals, guitar and harmonica, with prerecorded bass, drums and keyboards. He now offers 11 shows including hats, props and an audience-handout Song Request List with 300 + song titles divided into 13 different song categories. Shows may be performed indoors or outdoors, day or evening, and professional sound and lighting are provided. Don owns Rainbow Music, a teaching and recording studio in Glastonbury, CT.
Don has performed thousands of shows including 25 years at Lebanon Country Fair, 25 years at Strawberry Park Campground in Preston, CT, the Big E Camping Show in Springfield, MA, Good Sam, Nutmeg and Holiday Rambler RV Rallies in CT and MA., First Nights in Bridgeport, Hartford, Mystic, Danbury and Torrington, He was a featured summer performer at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, CT and has played 15 different CT country fairs, over 100 Florida R.V. Parks and hundreds of New England park and rec. concerts, senior centers, restaurants and clubs including the U.S. Subase in Groton, CT.
All I Have To Offer You
Always On My Mind
Amanda
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain
Cold Cold Heart
Columbus Stockade
Could I Have This Dance
Coward Of The County
Crystal Chandelier
Delta Dawn
Divorce
Don't Laugh At Me
Elvira
For The Good Times
Friends In Low Places
Gambler (The)
Good Hearted Woman
Great Filling Station Holdup
Green Green Grass Of Home
He'll Have To Go
Help Me Make It Thru The
He Stopped Loving Her Today
Hey Good Looking
I Can't Help It If I'm Still
I Fall To Pieces
It's Only Make Believe
I Walk The Line
Jambalaya
King Of The Road
Looking Out My Back Door
Love Me Tender
Lucille
Luckenback Texas
Make The World Go Away
Mississippi Squirrel Revival
Mountain Music
My Toot Toot
Next To You Next To Me
Okie From Muskogee
Old Hippie
On The Road Again
Put Another Log On The Fire
Release Me
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Seven Spanish Angels
Take It Easy
Tennessee Waltz
Thank God I'm A Country Boy
That Silver Haired Daddy
To All The Girls I've Loved
Truck Driving Man
Tulsa Time
Wabash Cannonball
Waltz Across Texas
Working On My Next Broken
Yellow Rose Of Texas
Your Cheating Heart
Bolton
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