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Aaron J Woolley

Solo · Based in Perth

About this act

Aaron J Woolley plays easy listening that still gets people up, drawing on Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Dire Straits and Eric Clapton, with roots blues, folk and country folded in. On stage he switches between a Taylor acoustic, metal bodied resophonic guitars and electric to change the mood, sometimes with very light backing tracks, sometimes just guitar, voice and a stomp box for the beat. His fingerstyle and bottleneck playing are well respected around Australia. He founded eighties classic rock band ICE and formed cabaret band Kokomo, which became the resident act at Burswood Casino and the Hillarys Marina cabaret lounge. He also played with The Beatnix and, back in the seventies, The Tremeloes. He moved to the UK in 1994, gigged solo across Britain and Europe, and returned home in 2001. He teaches guitar four days a week from his home studio.

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Don’t think twice it’s alright Moon shadow Mrs. Robinson Mr. Bo jangles Blowing in the wind Father & Son Homeward Bound Garden Party (Ricky Nelson) It’s all over now, baby blue Peace Train The Boxer Big Yellow Taxi Mr. Tambourine Man If you want to sing out America Moondance Like a Rolling Stone The first cut is the deepest 50 ways to leave your lover Travellin’ Man (Ricky Nelson Knockin’ on heaven’s door Wild World Dock of the bay (Otis Redding) Girl from the Nth Country Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond) She belongs to me Harvest Moon Solitary Man (Neil Diamond) Oxford Town Needle & the damage done Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond) A hard rains gonna fall Comes the time Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison) My back pages Heart of Gold Waterloo Sunset (Kinks) Shelter from the storm Tears In Heaven Long May You Run South of the Border Change the World Ohio Stand By Me Laydown Sally Horse with no name (America) Rock n Roll Heart Teach your children (CSN) Layla Daydream (Lovin’ Spoonful) Blues Wonderful Tonight Fire & Rain Under The Boardwalk Cocaine Blues You Got a Friend I can see clearly Love in Vain Country Songs Walkin’ My Baby Back Home Somebody else’s baby (Jackson Browne) Hey Hey Baton Rouge (Guy Clark) Carolina on my mind Route 66 House of the rising sun Margarita Ville (Jimmy Buffet) Living Doll Walkin’ Blues Come Monday (Jimmy Buffet) Beatles Songs Brown Eyed Girl Kind hearted woman blues Me & Bobby McGee Here Comes The Sun So Beautiful (Pete Murray) Before You Accuse Me I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) Blackbird Time of Your Life (Greenday) Glory of love Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash) I’m only sleepin’ Throw Your Arms Around Me San Francisco bay blues Guitar Rag (Merle Travis) I feel fine (a bluesy version) Weather With You (Crowded House)

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