The Paul Esch Band performs a variety of classic acoustic light rock music, blues music, favorite cover tunes, contemporary pop songs, acoustic guitar instrumentals and original live music as a Solo, Duo or Trio live acoustic music group. They bring back the best 1970s classic rock acoustically plus music of the 80's, 90's, 00's and today!
Yes! The group performs dance music as well as fingerstyle steel string acoustic guitar instrumentals perfectly paired for restaurants, patio dining, private parties, ceremonies and receptions.
59th St. Bridge Song - Simon & Garfunkel
6th Avenue Heartache - Wallflowers
After Midnight - John Cale, Eric Clapton
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't Misbehavin - Fats Waller
All of Me - Willie Nelson
All Along the Watch Tower - Bob Dylan/Michael Hedges, Hendrix
All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
Amie - Pure Prairie League
Baby What You Want Me To Do - James Reed, Elvis, Buddy Guy, Jr. Wells
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell, Counting Crows
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Blackbird - Beatles
Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis, Carl Perkins
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Breakdown - Tom Petty
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
Chumpman Blues - Arthur "Blind" Blake
Closer to Free - Bodeans
Closing Time - Semisonic
Come on Up - Harriet Tubman
Country Roads. - .John Denver
Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Danny's Song - Kenny Logins
Don't Look for Love - Thom Bishop
Don't Mess Around with Jim - Jim Croce
Drift Away - Mentor Willilams
Early this Morning - Blind Blake, David Bromberg
Eight Days a Week - Beatles
Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
Everybody Gonna Pray - Peter Paul & Mary
Evil Ways - Santana
Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker, Dave Mason, et al
Fire - REM
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Fire on the Mountain - Marshall Tucker Band
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Forever Young - Bob Dylan
Fragile - Sting
Free - Zac Brown Band
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
Helpless - Neil Young
Here Comes the Sun - Beatles
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Honky Tonk Woman - Rolling Stones
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash, Jimmy Cliff
I Don’t Want to Know - Geoff Bartley
I'll Always Love You - Michael Johnson
I'm a Believer - Monkey's
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
It's Too Late - Carol King
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Just Like Heaven - The Cure, Katie Melua
Knockin on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver
Let it Be - Beatles
Lights of the City - Michael Murphy
Light My Fire - Doors
Little Martha - Duane Allman
Longer Lasting Love - Michael Johnson
Lost Stars - Adam Levine, Kierra Knightly
Lover, Lover - Sonia Dada, Jerrod Niemann
Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty
Man on the Moon - REM
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
Me & Julio - Simon & Garfunkel
Melissa - The Allman Brothers Band
Midnight Rider - The Allman Brothers Band
Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
Moon Dance - Van Morrison
Mustang Sally - Wilson Picket
My Favorite Things - Rogers & Hammerstein
Nightengale Song - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly/Rolling Stones
Ohio - Neil Young (CSNY)
The One I Love - REM
Overkill - Men at Work
Out on the Weekend - Neil Young
Part of a Plan - Dan Fogelberg
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme - .Simon & Garfunkel
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
Peace Train - Cat Stevens
People are Crazy - Billy Currington
People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield
Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
Pooh Corner - Kenny Logins
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers, T Bone Walker
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
Run Around Sue - Dion Di Mucci
Sentimental Journey - Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green
Shake it Off - Taylor Swift
Shower the People - James Taylor
Steam Roller Blues - James Taylor
Smoke that Cigarette - M. Travis, Tex Williams
Solitary Man - Neil Diamond, Chris Isaak
Some Kinda Wonderful - Grand Funk Railroad
Stormy Monday - Allman Brothers, T Bone Walker
Sunshine - Johnathon Edwards
The Story in Your Eyes - Moody Blues
Shake it Off - Taylor Swift
Stupid Boy - Martin Zellar & Gear Daddies
Summer Time - George Gershwin
Sunshine - Jonathon Edwards
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Take it Easy - Eagles
Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
That's Amore - Dean Martin
The Thrill is Gone - BB King
Toes - Zac Brown Band
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
Upside Down - Jack Johnson
Use Me Up - Bill Withers
Ventura Highway - America
Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker
Walk of Life - Dire Straits
Wanderer - James Taylor
Wild Nights - Van Morrison
Will the Circle be Unbroken - Greg Allman, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Witchy Woman - Eagles
You Ain't Going Nowhere - Bob Dylan
You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Your Mama Don't Dance - Kenny Logins
You've Got a Friend - James Taylor
You've Got to Be Taught - Michael Johnson, Rogers & Hammer
Zamboni - Martin Zellar & Gear Daddies
Plus dance music, acoustic guitar instrumentals, and much, much more!
We will work with you and your budget. It just depends on the length of time you want us to play, number of players wanted, number of attendees expected, equipment requirements and travel. Discounts are offered for multiple date bookings. Call today to discuss.
Yes! We use best practices in digital marketing and social media such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Blog sites, email marketing, targeted meta keywords, and website backlinks to your website.
We make sure the sound is perfect with our professional technical sound experience and PA system, lights, recorded music between sets. If your event requires promotion, we also promote it to our large database of fans through digital marketing and social media.
We are committed to the success of your events and promise to deliver performances in excellence, prepared for in advance, respectful of all your agreed upon requirements, sensitive to appropriate volume decibel levels, setting up on time, taking down unobtrusively, and promoted per your request.
Paul Esch on acoustic guitar and vocals. His debut CD "Go Ask the Sky Why" and "Light the Night Concerts for Crime Prevention" were profiled on KARE-11 TV "Finding What Works." He was also featured on KCFE-FM radio and Joe Soucheray's Garage Logic radio program. Tim Sunde on bass guitar since 1994. John Hiiva on drums and percussion joined the group in 2011 and we invite special guest artists to perform with us from time to time.
Over 20 years. Paul discovered in grade school that he could play by ear, started playing guitar as a senior in high school, led music for youth groups and first performed in local coffee shops for tips. Fellow musician Tim Sunde toured nationally in over 300 cities and 29 countries. He is endorsed by Capital Guitars. John Hiiva is an excellent percussionist and has been drumming professionally since 1980, playing in variety, wedding and Gospel bands.
Entertaining since 2012.
Hundreds! We perform about 25-50 shows each year as a solo, duo or trio act.
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