About
Rod McGrath Music is a singer-songwriter for hire in Perth, WA.
Guitar, voice, nothing else. Rod McGrath came back to live performance after leaving the corporate world behind, and he's deliberate about keeping the act simple: no pedals, no loopers, no backing tracks. Just the songs. He plays well known covers alongside originals written out of his own life, the kind people recognise something of themselves in. The sets run 45 minutes and cover a lot of ground, from Lay Lady Lay and Dock of the Bay to Better Be Home Soon, Wonderwall, Khe Sanh and Hallelujah. Perth based. The aim, in his words, is to create atmosphere and let people enjoy themselves. He'll bring battery power for outdoor gigs.
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The show
Relaxed. Rod McGrath's aim is atmosphere rather than spectacle, so the guitar and voice sit in the room at a level that lets people talk, eat and enjoy themselves without raising their voices. Easy going is the word he uses for it, and it holds up.
On the day
Access to the venue an hour before the first song. Mains power is preferred, but for outdoor bookings he carries battery power, so a paddock or a garden with no power point is still workable. Say which situation you are in when you enquire.
Song list
41 songs
45 Minute setlists
1 Lay Lady Lay Ain’t no sunshine Four strong winds Dock of the bay
2 Solitary man Hey there Delilah It never rains in Southern California
Time in a bottle
3 The one I love Comes a time Better man Tequila sunrise
4 To her door Babylon Turn the page Where do you go to my lovely
5 Good riddance Don’t think twice Opportunity Rollin’ with the flow
6 Better be home soon Come Monday Hallelujah Don’t look back in anger
7 Cats in the cradle Taxi Lodi Cherry Bomb
8 Hootchie cootchie Drift away Fire and the flood Last kiss
9 Long tall glasses Another Saturday night Sail Away I’m yours
10 Dancing in the dark Wonderwall So beautiful I wanna learn a love song
11 Khe Sahn Flame trees Oh no not you again Way out West
12 Mr Bojangles Slip Slidin’ away Sweet Caroline How to make gravy
13 Love Potion #9 Cindarella Sunday Morning Comin’ down Only 19
Originals
1 Hit song
2 The rest of my life
3 Bali Rain
4 Touch of paradise
5 Me and you
6 10 Year’s time
7 Watching the world go by
8 Gulf of St Vincent
