About
Oak Acoustic is a cover band for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
Bigger than a duo, smaller than a four piece. Oak Acoustic sit in the trio slot, which is often exactly the right size for a function room that wants a real band without giving up half the floor to a stage. Everything is played live, no tracks, and the songs stretch across six decades. There's a slower opening set for arrivals and dinner, with Fall At Your Feet, At Last, Better Together, Tenerife Sea and A Thousand Years, then things pick up as the night goes. They've been working weddings, corporate nights and private parties around Melbourne and regional Victoria for six years. They bring their own PA, which also handles music between sets, and like two hours to set up and soundcheck.
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The show
A trio, which is often the right call for a function room that wants a real band without handing half the floor over to a stage. Everything is live, no tracks. The songs cover six decades. Early on it stays slower for arrivals and dinner, Fall At Your Feet, At Last, Better Together, Tenerife Sea, A Thousand Years, then the set lifts as the night goes on. Six years of weddings, corporate nights and private parties around Melbourne and regional Victoria sit behind that, and it shows in how they pace a room.
On the day
Two hours before doors is what they'd like for setting up and running a proper soundcheck, so build that into your run sheet if the venue will allow it. They bring a full PA of their own, which doubles as the system playing music between sets, meaning the room never goes quiet while the band is off.
Performance options
Bookings get shaped around the event rather than picked off a list, and a small backyard wedding is treated the same way as a big function. Tell them the timings, the room and how much of the day you want covered, and the shape of it gets worked out from there.
Song list
93 songs
A Thousand Years - Christina Peri
April Sun In Cuba - Dragon
At Last - Etta James
Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Burn For You - John Farnham
Buses & Trains - Bachelor Girl
Can't Go Wrong - Sarah McLeod
Cherry Cherry - Neil Diamond
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Crunchy Granola Suite - Neil Diamond
Daddy's Angel - T Carter
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Dock Of The Bay - Ottis Redding
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Drive - Incubus
Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
Early Warning - Baby Animals
Even When I'm Sleeping - Leonardo's Bride
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Faith - George Michael
