About
Val Gray is a singer-songwriter for hire in Tamborine Mountain, QLD.
Guitarist and vocalist based on Tamborine Mountain, with years of gigs up and down the east coast behind him. His own songs have had airplay on Triple J, and he's worked with Iva Davies, Alex Lloyd and Dave Gleeson. The covers list is a good read of a room in itself: Paul Kelly's How To Make Gravy, Under the Milky Way, Ain't No Sunshine, Wild World, Georgia On My Mind, Little Wing, Moondance. Blues, classic rock and singer songwriter material, played on top class gear. He asks for easy power, drinking water and a chair without arms. That's it.
Watch
The show
A performer who has done this long enough to make it look straightforward, playing through top class gear. The night runs professionally from start to finish, and it's enjoyable to sit through, which are two different things that don't always turn up together.
On the day
Three things, and none of them are hard. Power he can get at easily, so a point near where he'll be playing rather than one across the room. A comfortable chair with no arm rests, since arms get in the way of a guitar. And drinking water, which is the sort of small courtesy that gets forgotten more often than you'd think when a singer is working a long afternoon.
Song list
77 songs
After Midnight - Eric Clapton
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Alive - Pearl Jam
Babylon - David Gray
Bittersweet Symphony - the Verve
Can't Always Get What You Want - the Rolling Stones
Cat's In the Cradle - Harry Chapin
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
Creep - Radiohead
Daughter - Pearl jam
Desire - U2
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Elderly Woman - Pearl Jam
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Free Falling - Tom Petty
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
Girl From Ipanema - Frank Sinatra
Hard To Handle - Black Crowes
