Cover Songs
Marv Machura has been performing for many years as a singing guitarist, so his repertoire is large, and always changing. Machura is always open to requests and special requests for certain songs for unique events such as weddings, etc. Having been doing this for so many years and so many shows, Machura has a repertoire of over 1000 songs stretching back to Elvis classics like “Hound Dog” and Hank Williams “Jambalaya” and into the 60s with the Beatles “Hey Jude” “Let it Be” onto the 70s with artists like Jim Croce, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, into the 80s with artists such as Garth Brooks, George Strait, Bryan Adams, The Eagles, etc. into the new millennium with covers by artists like Adelle and Ed Sheran. Machura does not perform with a tablet, backing tracks, or lyrics sheets. He believes in doing it the old-school way connecting directly with the song, lyric, and audience. The following is a sampling of cover songs that Machura often presents in his live shows. As you can see, Machura tends to favour singer-songwriters like himself and timeless classics like “American Pie” and “Sweet Caroline” and artists like Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, etc…lively songs that nearly everyone knows and loves.
Cover Songs
Your Song (Elton John)
Have to Say I love in a Song (Jim Croce)
Small Town (John Cougar)
Last Dance with Mary-Anne (Tom Petty)
Sounds of Silence (Paul Simon)
Take it Easy (The Eagles)
Fulsome Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem (Kenny Chesney)
Toes in the Water (Zac Brown)
I Love this Bar (Toby Keith)
Five O’Clock Somewhere (Allan Jackson)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
American Pie (Don McLean)
Let the Good Times Roll (BB King)
The Hockey Song (Stompin Tom Connors)
What a Wonderful World (Louie Armstrong)
Poncho and Lefty (Towns Van Vandt)
Someday Soon (Ian Tyson/Judy Collins)
Country Roads (John Denver)
Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
Galveston (Glen Cambell)
Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Hound Dog (50’s melody) (Elvis Presley)
When We Were Young (Adelle)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Nowhere Man (The Beatles)
Brandy (Looking Glass)
I Want You to Want Me (Lobo)
Can’t You See (Marshall Tucker Band)
The Weight (The Band)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland)
Mercury Blues (Alan Jackson)
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
Brown-Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
New York, New York (Frank Sinatra)
Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
Working Man Blues (Merle Haggard)
The Dance (Garth Brooks)
Born to Run. (Springsteen)
Better Man (Clint Black)
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (Hollies)
Amarillo By Morning (George Straight)
If the House is Rocking (Stevie Ray Vaugh)
Don’t Think Twice (Bob Dylan)
Freight Train (Fred Eaglesmith)
Big Iron (Marty Robbins)
Move it On Over (Hank Williams/George Thorogood)
Sweet Child of Mine (Guns and Roses)
Mustang Sally (Wilson Picket)
