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Andy The Hampshire Guitarist has a Contemporary Setlist

It very much used to be the case that if you hired a guitarist for a wedding reception or a wedding ceremony you were almost certainly looking at them either being classical or Spanish in style. Don't get me wrong, every now and then you would almost certainly find an accomplished guitarist who was more than happy to perform The Beatles in their finger-picked style.

However, zooming forward to, erm, well... now, there are a lot more options with regards the type of guitarists available. Of course, there are still the much-loved and favoured classical chaps and chappesses who will play lots of Stanley Myers (the 'Gallery' theme from Take Hart, or, as it is genuinely known, Cavatina, the 'Theme from Deer Hunter'), Prelude number ?!, the Wedding March, etc... and lots of Spanish Rodriguez-type things. But, nowadays, there is a new breed of guitarist and I am happy to say they are not based too far away from Dorset! BINGO!

For example, check this for a set-list:

• Make You Feel My Love – Adele
• Someone Like You – Adele
• Thousand Miles – Christina Perri
• Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
• Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
• Fix You – Coldplay
• Yellow - Coldplay
• Red – Daniel Merriweather
• Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
• Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton
• Over The Rainbow – Eva Cassidy
• Fields Of Gold – Eva Cassidy
• Wherever You Will Go – The Calling
• Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
• She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
• Home – Michael Buble
• Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
• Cannonball – Damian Rice
• The Blowers Daughter – Damian Rice
• I Wont Give Up – Jason Mraz
• Love The Way You Lie – Rhianna
• Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
• Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
• Heaven – Bryan Adams
• Everything I Do (I Do It For You) – Bryan Adams
• Gravity – John Mayer
• Put Your Records On – Corrine Bailey Rae
• Only Exception – Paramore
• More Than Words - Extreme
• Man Who Can’t Be Moved – The Script
• Rule The World – Take That
• You Make It Real For Me - James Morrison
• You Give Me Something – James Morrison
• Run – Snow Patrol
• Lego House – Ed Sheeran
• True Colours – Eva Cassidy
• Cavatina – John Williams
• Quatro Valses Venezolanos (No. 1) Asturias – John Williams
• To Greater Pastures – Andrew Jarmin
• Whispering Hearts (Instrumental) – Andrew Jarmin
• Tonight (Instrumental) – Andrew Jarmin

Pretty cool huh! Well, this is the repertoire from Hampshire based guitarist Andy (see photo). And, I'm happy to say that he isn't the only great guitarist of this kind of ilk based in the Dorset / Hampshire region. Check out more examples here: http://www.warble-entertainment.com/live-music/musicians/classical-guitarists-in-dorset

If you have a look at the link above you will find a good few options for guitarists who have performed at venues in Dorset, such as: Sandbanks Hotel (Poole), Sherborne Castle, Christchurch Harbour Hotel, Crown Hotel (Blandford) and many more...

Have a listen to their audio clips as well because some of them are mesmerizing!