Giovanni Mandala Guitarist Singer Songwriter Acoustic Guitarist from Tehachapi, CA

Giovanni PLAYS ALL YOUR FAVORITE HITS in Rock, Pop, Jazz, Standards, Country and Classical styles for your, WEDDING CEREMONY, COCKTAIL HOUR, ANNIVERSARY, BIRTHDAY PARTY or CORPORATE EVENT. Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals or Vocals covering, Frank Sinatra, Journey, Pearl Jam, Tears for Fears, Earth Wind n Fire, Kool and the Gang, Lady Gaga, CSN, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Bros, Johnny Cash, Brooks N Dunn, Tim McGraw, Neil Young, Hall and Oats, Katy Perry, Neil Diamond, Stones, Stevie Nicks, Pachelbel, Van Morrison, Beatles, Beachboys, James Taylor, ZZ Top, Train, Coldplay, Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Bruno Mars, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Led Zeppelin, Guns N Roses ,Tom Petty,Elton John,Bruno Mars,Traveling Wilburys Giovanni has been playing and singing in Rock/PoP and R&B bands for many years. He has toured the country as a musician with bands such as "Von Ryans Express", "Skyline", "Kahlua" "Boy and the Innocents", and "The Brotherhood Band". As a teenager he played guitar for the some of the most famous Doo-Wop bands in the World including "The Shirelles", "The Coasters", "The Drifters" "The Olympics", "The Crests" and "The Johnny Guitar Watson Band" He toured with "Balance" "FourPlay" "The Chocklate Fudge" and "The Betty Martin Band". At just 16years Old he wrote his first original song and performed it on Sam Riddles television show " 9TH STREET WEST " after winning the then Teenage fair battle of the Bands in Los Angeles. He has opened for the bands "War" and "Brian Augers Oblivion Express" performing at the "Whiskey a Go Go","The Palladium" and "The Hullabaloo" In Los Angeles. Most recently he has released two Original Rock/Pop CD's, "Hydra" and Chattie Kathy's "Change in the Weather". These CD's are on sale through "Itunes", "CDbaby.com", "Amazon" and many other websites. He is also a Composer/Songwriter and has written TV/Film Soundtracks for Commercials ,Spots, and video production. This professional seasoned musician and performer, is now living in Southern California, and available for you to hire through the bash (formerly Gigmasters ). There are many options for your music when you choose Giovanni. He can perform as a Live Solo Acoustic Guitarist instumentalist playing all your favorite songs. He can perform as a Live Rock/Pop, Standards and Wedding singer, accompanied by his Live Solo Acoustic Guitar covering all the 60's - 90's hits. Need a Band but don't want to hire a full band because of volume or space issues? He can perform as a Live "One Man Band", Playing along with the best, studio recorded, Live musician, full band arrangement Tracks he has created at his home studio "Xcaliberstudios" thru Pro_Tools/Logic Pro He sings and plays along with these Live Musician tracks at your event. The Live Instrumentation,(Bass,Drums,Guitars,Keys,Backing Vocals,Strings, Horns Etc.) are all there as they are in the original recordings. You can sit and listen or dance to this music. You will still be able to visit and chat with your guests as the volume level is easily controllable. It's like having all your favorite bands and artists right at your party or event with a Live Musician singing and playing guitar to all your favorite songs ! It's not loud -- "Unless you want it Loud" Then He'll Rock it out for you! He can perform Original Music. How about a special original song composed just for your special occasion, like your wedding or a birthday party?- ask for details. Transport any event with the sound of music from award winning songwriter(Gold Artist Award 2007 "RadioIndy.com" )( Best song "Taken by a moment" "West Coast Songwriters Association) His song list keeps growing and growing - He will learn any songs you would like and incorporate them into his playlists to make a customized personalized music event for you. FROM PACHELBEL, Beethoven Instrumentals TO FRANK SINATRA and TONY BENNETT, RAY CHARLES Vocals to Dean Martin to Andy Williams to Johnny Mathis and the Everly Brothers, to America, Seals and Crofts, PAUL SIMON, VAN MORRISON, JAMES TAYLOR, ELTON JOHN, BILLY JOEL, STING, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Gabriel, CCR, CSNY, Bryan Adams, Ryan Adams and the Stones, Lynard Skynard, Jackson Browne, Doobie Bros, Eagles, Earth Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang, and from ZZ TOP to Seal to U2 to Dave Mathews Band To JASON MRAZ to COLDPLAY, Jack Johnson, Bruno Mars, Adele, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, Brooks and Dunn, and many many more artists ! Whatever your event requires, you will be touched by this experienced and talented musician. Check out the extensive song list; if you don't see your favorite Song or Artist on the list simply send Giovanni an e-mail or call him directly to have it added for your special occasion. Weddings, intimate dinners, cocktail parties, corporate events, will resonate with the magical vibrations created by this seasoned performer.

• Fernando | ABBA
• Make You Feel My Love | Adele
• Dream On | Aerosmith
• Spanish eyes | Al Martino
• Feels so Right | Alabama
• Love You More | Alexi Murdoch
• Melissa | The Allman Brothers Band
• Horse with no name | America
• Tin Man | America
• Ventura Highway | America
• O Sole Mio | Andrea Bocelli
• Besame Mucho | Andrea Bocelli
• Moon river | Andy Williams
• Tennessee Waltz | Anne Murray
• Macarena | Antonio Monge
• Brighter than Sunshine | Aqualung
• Cherish | The Association
• Taking care of business | Bachman Turner Overdrive
• Feel like makin love | Bad Company
• California Girls | Beach Boys
• Wouldn't it be Nice | Beach Boys
• Don't Worry Baby | Beach Boys
• God Only Knows | Beach Boys
• All uou need is love | Beatles
• A little help from my friends | Beatles
• And I love her | Beatles
• Baby you can drive my car | Beatles
• Here comes the sun | Beatles
• In my Life | Beatles
• If I fell | Beatles
• I will | Beatles
• Something | Beatles
• Till There Was You | Beatles
• Stand by me | Ben E king
• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | Bette Midler
• Lost in this moment | Big & Rich
• Rock Around The Clock | Bill Haley and the Comets
• Just the two of us | Bill Withers
• Lovely Day | Bill Withers
• I Got a Feeling | Billy Currington
• Must be Doing something right | Billy Currington
• Just the way you are | Billy Joel
• She's Always a Woman | Billy Joel
• She's Got a Way | Billy Joel
• Caribbean queen | Billy Ocean
• Could you be loved | Bob Marley
• Red Red wine | Bob Marley
• Night Moves | Bob Segar
• Turn the Page | Bob Segar
• Night Moves | Bob Seger
• Beyond the sea | Bobby Darrin
• Mack The Knife | Bobby Darrin
• Livin On A Prayer | Bon Jovi
• Then | Brad Paisley
• Back At One | Brian McKnight
• This is the First Day of My Life | Bright Eyes
• Cowgirls don't cry | Brooks n Dunn
• Locked Out Of Heaven | Bruno Mars
• Everything I do | Bryan Adams
• Have you ever really loved a woman | Bryan Adams
• Have You Really ever Loved a Woman | Bryan Adams
• For What it's Worth | Buffalo Springfield
• Beginnings | Chicago
• Lady in red | Chris de Burgh
• Green Eyes | ColdPlay
• Yellow | Coldplay
• Brickhouse | Commodores
• Easy | Commodores
• There is love (wedding song) | Cptn N Tennel
• Love the one you're with | Crosby Stills and Nash
• Our House | Crosby Stills and Nash
• Sometimes when we touch | Dan Hill
• Typical situation | Dave Mathews Band
• Tripping Billies | Dave Matthews Band
• You and Me | Dave Matthews Band
• The best of what's around | Dave Methews Band
• Be Mine | David Gray
• That's amore | Dean Martin
• Volare | Dean Martin
• Arrivederci Roma | Dean Martin
• Mambo Italiano | Dean Martin
• Clair de Lune | Debussy
• Romeo and Juliet | Dire Straits
• Drift Away | Dobie Gray
• China Grove | Doobie Bros
• What A Fool Believes | Doobie Brothers
• Minute By Minute | Doobie Brothers
• Light my fire | Doors
• Riders on the storm | Doors
• Up on the roof | Drifters
• Under the Boardwalk | Drifters
• Already Gone | Eagles
• Best of my Love | Eagles
• Hotel California | Eagles
• Take it easy | Eagles
• Let's Groove | Earth wind and Fire
• September | Earth Wind n Fire
• Daniel | Elton John
• Your song | Elton John
• I can't help falling in love | Elvis
• Love me tender | Elvis
• Change the World | Eric Clapton
• Tears in Heaven | Eric Clapton
• Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton
• Layla | Eric Clapton
• All I have to do is dream | Everly Bros
• Let it be me | Everly Bros
• Everywhere | Fleetwood Mac
• Pumped Up Kicks | Foster The People
• I can't help myself | Four Tops
• Fly me to the Moon | Frank Sinatra
• My way | Frank Sinatra
• New York New York | Frank Sinatra
• Come Fly With Me Come | Frank Sinatra
• I Get A Kick Out Of You | Frank Sinatra
• I've Got You Under My Skin | Frank Sinatra
• Strangers In The Night | Frank Sinatra
• That's Life | Frank Sinatra
• The Way You Look Tonight | Frank Sinatra
• They Can't Take That Away From Me | Frank Sinatra
• Chicago | Frank Sinatra
• SummerWind | Frank Sinatra
• New York New York | Frank Sinatra
• Friends in low places | Garth Brooks
• Affirmation | George Benson
• Gimme the night | George Benson
• On Broadway | George Benson
• Cowboy rides away | George Strait
• I Gotta get to you | George Strait
• Don't let the sun catch you crying | Gerry n Pacemakers
• Witchita Lineman | Glenn Campbell
• Nothing gonna change my love for you | Glenn Medeiros
• In The Mood | Glenn Miller
• Iris | Goo Goo Dolls
• Patience | Guns N Roses
• Sweet Child O Mine | Guns N Roses
• You Make My Dreams | Hall and Oats
• One on One | Hall and Oats
• I Can't go for That | Hall and Oats
• Sara Smile | Hall and Oats
• Kiss on my List | Hall and Oats
• Private Eyes | Hall and Oats
• EveryTime you go away | Hall and Oats
• Wait for Me | Hall and Oats
• So Close | Hall and Oats
• Without you | Harry Nilsson
• Red is the Rose | Irish Standard
• Tarantella | Italian
• Santa Lucia | Italian
• Il Bacio | Italian
• Tarantella Siciliana | Italian
• Better Together | Jack Johnson
• Do You Remember | Jack Johnson
• Doctor my eyes | Jackson Browne
• Rock me on the water | Jackson Browne
• Somebody's Baby | Jackson Browne
• Don't let me be lonely tonight | James Taylor
• Fire and Rain | James Taylor
• How sweet it is | James Taylor
• Mexico | James Taylor
• Something in the Way She Moves | James Taylor
• You've got a friend | James Taylor
• Down To My Last Broken Heart | Janie Fricke
• I'll Need Someone to Hold me when I cry | Janie Fricke
• Last Cheaters Waltz | Janie Fricke
• I Need Someone to Hold me when I Cry | Janie Fricke
• Lucky | Jason Mraz
• Margaritaville | Jimmy Buffett
• Meditation | Jobim
• Wave | Jobim
• Up where we belong | Joe Cocker
• Hurts so good | John Cougar-Mellencamp
• Imagine | John Lennon
• Ring Of Fire | Johnny Cash
• Folson Prison Blues | Johnny Cash
• Till the 12th of never | Jonny Mathis
• Don't stop Believing | Journey
• Faithfully | Journey
• Lights in the ciy | Journey
• Dust in the wind | Kansas
• Kiss a Girl | Keith Urban
• Only you can love me this way | Keith Urban
• The Gambler | Kenny Rogers
• Through the years | Kenny Rogers
• Dancing in the moonlight | King Harvest
• Get down on it | Kool and the Gang
• Celebration | Kool and the gang
• Ladies Night | Kool and the gang
• Sleepwalk | Larry Carlton
• Vaya con Dios | Latin Standard
• Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin
• Over The Hills and Far Away | Led Zeppelin
• Dance me to the end of love | Leonard Cohen
• Perfidia | Linda Ronstadt
• Three Times A Lady | Lionel Richie
• Endless Love | Lionel Ritchie
• La Bamba | Los Lobos
• What a wonderful world | Louis Armstrong
• Sabor a mi | Luis Miguel
• Besame me mucho | Luis Miguel
• Sweet home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd
• One More Night | Maroon 5
• She will be Loved | Maroon 5
• Sunday Morning | Maroon 5
• Sea of love | Marty Wilde
• I heard it thru the grapevine | Marvin Gaye
• Tuesday Afternoon | Moody Blues
• Non Dimenticar | Nat King Cole
• Solitary Man | Neil Diamond
• Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond
• Don't know why | Nora Jones
• Come Away with Me | Norah Jones
• Suddenly | Olivia Newton John
• Dock of the bay | Otis Redding
• Pachebel Canon in D | Pachebel
• My Love | Paul McCartney
• 50 ways to leave your lover | Paul Simon
• Me and Julio down by the schoolyard | Paul Simon
• Mrs Robinson | Paul Simon
• Slip sliding away | Paul Simon
• The Boxer | Paul Simon
• You can call me Al | Paul Simon
• She's got diamonds on the souls of her shoes | Paul simon
• Tonight I celebrate my love | Pebo Bryso andn R Flack
• In your eyes | Peter Gabriel
• You got the magic touch | The Platters
• Every breath you take | Police
• Conquistador | Procol Harum
• Whiter Shade of Pale | Procol Harum
• Georgia | Ray Charles
• You Don't Know Me | Ray Charles
• I Can't Stop Loving You | Ray Charles
• Keep on Lovin you | REO
• Unchained melody | Rightous Bros
• I believe I can fly | RK Kelly
• Pretty woman | Roy Orbison
• By Your Side | Sade
• You send me | Sam Cooke
• Black magic woman | Santana
• Evil Ways_Oye como va | Santana
• Samba pa ti | Santana
• Smooth | Santana
• Blackbird | Sarah McLachlin
• Kiss from a rose | Seal
• Diamond Girl | Seals and Crofts
• Get Closer | Seals and Crofts
• Summer Breeze | Seals and Crofts
• From this moment | Shania Twain
• El condor Pasa | Simon N Garfunkle
• Mrs. Robinson | Simon N Garfunkle
• The sounds of Silence | Simon N Garfunkle
• Blue moon | Standard
• Hallelujah | Standard
• La Vie en Rose | Standard
• Somewhere Over the rainbow | Standard
• Peg | Steely Dan
• Riki don't lose that number | Steely Dan
• Grow old with you | Stephen Lynch
• Born to be wild | Steppenwolf
• Magic carpet ride | Steppenwolf
• I just called to say I love you | Stevie Wonder
• Isn't she lovely | Stevie Wonder
• Sunshine of my lIfe | Stevie Wonder
• Beast of Burden | Stones
• Honky Tonk Woman | Stones
• Jumpin Jack Flash | Stones
• Born on the bayou | Suzie Q - CCR
• Ain't too proud to beg | Temptations
• My Girl | Temptations
• Never been to Spain | Three Dog Night
• Kryptonite | Three doors down
• Something Like That | Tim McGraw
• As good as I once was | Toby Keith`
• Can we still be friends | Todd Rundgren
• We gotta get you a woman | Todd Rundgren
• Free Falling | Tom Petty
• I Won't back down | Tom Petty
• 867 5309 Jenny | Tommy Tutone
• Spanish Guitar | Toni Braxton
• I Left my Heart in San Francisco | Tony Bennett
• Ava Maria | Traditional Classical
• Marry Me | Train
• All I want is you | U2
• Beautiful Day | U2
• I still haven't found what I'm looking for | U2
• Someone Like You | Van Morrison
• Brown eyed girl | Van Morrison
• Crazy Love | Van Morrison
• Domino | Van Morrison
• Have I told you lately | Van Morrison
• Moondance | Van Morrison
• These are the days | Van Morrison
• Tupelo Honey | Van Morrison
• Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett
• She's not there | Zombies
• Time of the season | Zombies
• Cheap Sunglasses | ZZ Top
• Sharp dressed man | ZZ Top
• I want to Hold your Hand | Beatles
• Maybe I'm Amazed | Paul McCartney
• Clocks | ColdPlay
• Dreams | Fleetwood Mac
• You make Lovin Fun | Fleetwood Mac
• Say you Love me | Fleetwood Mac
• Landslide | Stevie Nicks