The best thing about being a musician is sharing music with the world. I hope my original songs (which feel like my children) touch a place in your soul. I hope you’ll enjoy the feel-good covers I often play too. More importantly, I hope to see you around the Lake Erie islands!

Island Song’s Set Lists

Our Set Lists are always changing. Our Island Song Originals are listed in italics.

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SET A 1. A Pirate Looks at Forty 2. Back Where I Come From 3. Battle of Lake Erie 4. Buy Me a Boat 5. Chicken Fried 6. Come Monday 7. Drink More Beer 8. Escape/Pina Colada Song 9. Family Tradition 10. Homegrown 11. I Like to Sleep Late 12. I Missed the Damn Ferry 13. Knee Deep 14. Livin’ My Life 15. Me and Julio 16. No Shoes, No Shirt, No… 17. Old Man Dancin’ 18. People are Crazy 19. Please Come to Boston 20. Ring of Fire 21. Somethin’ ‘Bout a Boat 22. Two Pina Coladas 23. Wagon Wheel 24. Walleye 25. When the Sun Goes Down 26. Oh Lord, It’s Hard to Be Humble

SET B 1. When the Sun Goes Down 2. And It Stoned Me 3. Can’t Help Falling In Love 4. Can’t You See 5. Changes in Lattitudes 6. Fire and Rain 7. Five O’Clock Somewhere 8. Flawed 9. Folsom Prison Blues 10. Forever and Ever 11. Give a Damn Blues 12. If You Could Read My Mind 13. I’m On Fire 14. Island Kind of Life 15. Little Red Bucket 16. Livin’ My Life This Way 17. Move It On Over 18. Old Man 19. Down Below Key Largo 20. Rum Is The Reason 21. Shanty 22. Something In The Water 23. Starve Island Resort 24. Tequila Sunrise 25. Toes 26. The Weight 27. Volcano

SET C 1. Ain’t No Sunshine 2. All of Me 3. Amy 4. As Good As I Once Was 5. Turn the Page 6. For What It’s Worth 7. Gone Too Far 8. Grapefruit 9. Harvest Moon 10. House of the Rising Sun 11. I Love This Bar 12. Island Saturday Night 13. Island Boys Makin’ Noise 14. Last Dance with Mary Jane 15. Lay Down Sally 16. Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian 17. Love Me Like My Dog 18. Morning After PIB Blues 19. Paradise 20. People Like Me 21. Save the Last Dance For Me 22. Keep Breathin’ In 23. Son of a Sailor 24. Southern Cross 25. Summertime 26. Sweet Caroline 27. Tequila Makes Her Take Her Clothes Off

SET D 1. Amarillo By Morning 2. Angel From Montgomery 3. Bought a Boat 4. Breakdown 5. Brown Eyed Girl 6. Cheeseburger in Paradise 7. Down in the Islands 8. Dreamin’ 9. Friends In Low Places 10. I’ll Never Smoke Weed with Willy Again 11. Jamaica Farewell 12. Keep Your Hands to Yourself 13. Knockin on Heaven’s Door 14. Lookin Out My Back Door 15. Margaritaville 16. Midnight Special 17. My Sweet Bessie 18. Neon Moon 19. Peaceful Easy Feelin’ 20. Perch Search 21. Perfect Country and Western Song 22. Piano Man 23. Take It Easy 24. Under the Boardwalk 25. Little Red Bucket 26. A Bigger Boat