Phil Volan Acoustic Guitarist from Colorado Springs, CO

I am a singer/guitarist, offering a wide variety of instrumental and vocal songs for all kinds of events. In 2002, I earned 2nd place at the prestigious International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship held at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. That same year, I won the Peak Area Performance Artist Award in the popular music category. Readers of the Colorado Springs Gazette and independent newspapers voted me best male singer and best folksinger for two years running. I also perform with my duo partner and wife, Joleen Bell. We are perfect for a wedding calling for a well-arranged organic acoustic guitar vibe. Not just strumming "folkies" by a long shot, we love to lure you into the beauty of the acoustic guitar played in the "fingerstyle" technique--also known as finger picking, thumb picking or Travis picking. Joleen and I have released 4 CDs together and a total of 13, including solo and other collaborations (available on our own website), and session work on many others. Several of my instrumentals have been featured on National Public Radio broadcasts and several along with my wife Joleen have been used in film and commercials internationally. Here, the Black Rose Newsletter music reviewer Stew Levitt describes the playing on our instrumental CD "Carousel": "Starting with the opening harmonics of "Carousel," each guitar teases, withdraws and pursues each other like two children on an afternoon outing. This is acoustic guitar at its best." (Please see: Phil Volan and Joleen Bell at Gigmasters: Acoustic Duo, for more information).

• A FEW GOOD THINGS REMAIN | Kathy Mattea
• AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' | Fats Waller
• AIN'T SHE SWEET | Milton Ager and Jack Yellen
• ALBERTA | DOC WATSON
• ALL THE DIAMONDS | BRUCE COCKBURN
• ALLEY WALKING | PHIL VOLAN
• AND I LOVE HER | BEATLES
• AND SO IT GOES | JOHN DENVER
• ANJIE | DAVEY GRAHAM
• ANNIE'S SONG | JOHN DENVER
• ANOTHER NAMELESS FACE | PHIL VOLAN
• APRIL COME SHE WILL | SIMON AND GARFUNKLE
• ARROW | CHERYL WHEELER
• ASHOKAN FAREWELL | J. AND M. UNGER
• AT THE BORDER | PHIL VOLAN
• BACK HOME AGAIN | JOHN DENVER
• BAD DREAM BLUES | JAMES TAYLOR
• BARREL HOUSE BLUES | BRUCE COCKBURN
• BEAUTIFUL MORNING | SHAWN PHILLIPS
• BEAUTIFUL | GORDON LIGHTFOOT
• BIREMBAU | SERGIO MENDEZ
• BLUE CINDY | PHIL VOLAN
• BLUE MONK | THELONIOUS MONK
• BLUE MOON | RICHARD ROGERS
• BLUE RAILROAD TRAIN | DOC WATSON
• BUZZARD | DAN HICKS
• CAROUSEL | JOLEEN BELL
• CATHODE RAY | PHIL VOLAN AND J. MCBEE
• CELTIC D | JOLEEN BELL
• CITY OF NEW ORLEANS | STEVE GOODMAN
• CLOSE TO YOU | THE CARPENTERS
• CLOUDS | JONI MITCHELL
• COLORADO | CHUCK PYLE
• COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE | ANNE MURRAY
• COUNTRY ROADS | JOHN DENVER
• CRAZY | WILLIE NELSON
• DALLAS RAG | DALLAS STRING BAND
• DANGLING CONVERSATION | SIMON AND GARFUNKLE
• DARCY FARROW | JOHN DENVER
• DEATH SONG | M. FARADY
• DEEP RIVER BLUES | DOC WATSON
• DOC'S GUITAR | DOC WATSON
• DON'T GET AROUND MUCH | DUKE ELLINGTON
• DON'T THINK TWICE | BOB DYLAN
• DOOLY | WOPPY THING
• DOWN IN MARY'S LAND | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER
• EDELWEISS | Rodgers and Hammerstein
• EL CONDOR PASA | PAUL SIMON
• ELEPHANT WALK | H MANCINI
• EMPTY SKIES | PHIL VOLAN
• FAVORITE COLORS | PHIL VOLAN
• FIRE AND RAIN | JAMES TAYLOR
• FISHERMAN | LEO KOTTKE
• FIVE FOOT TWO | RAY HENDERSON
• FLORENTINE RED | PHIL VOLAN
• FOLLOW ME | JOHN DENVER
• FOR BOBBIE | JOHN DENVER
• FREIGHT TRAIN | ELIZABETH COTTON
• FRIEND OF THE DEVIL | GREATFUL DEAD
• FROM A DISTANCE | JULIE GOLD
• GALEN AND MARLISS | PHIL VOLAN
• GIANT STEP | TAJ MAHAL
• GIRL FROM IPANEMA | CARLOS JOBIM
• GIVE IT AWAY | JOLEEN BELL
• GIVE ME WINGS | MICHAEL JOHNSON
• GIVE YOURSELF TO LOVE | KATE WOLF
• GLORY OF LOVE | Peter Cetera AND David Foster
• GOING GONE | NANCI GRIFFITH
• GRAND OLE FLAG/YANKEE DOODLE | TRADITIONAL
• GRANDMA SONG | JOLEEN BELL
• GRANDMA'S FEATHER BED | JOHN DENVER
• GREAT DREAMS FROM HEAVEN | JOSEPH SPENCE
• GREENSLEEVES | TRADITIONAL
• GRIZZLY BEAR | MARK SPOELSTRA
• HANDYMAN | JAMES TAYLOR
• HARD TIMES | STEPHEN FOSTER
• HARPOE'S BLUES | PHOEBE SNOW
• HE WILL LISTEN | MICHAEL HEARD
• HEARTBEAT OF THE TIDE | PHIL VOLAN
• HELLO DOLLY | JERRY HERMAN
• HERE COMES THE SUN | GEORGE HARRISON
• HERE THERE & EVERYWHERE | BEATLES
• HESITATION BLUES | HOT TUNA
• HIGHWAY NINE | PHIL VOLAN
• HOLD TO A DREAM | TIM O;BRIEN
• HOME | KARLA BONOFF
• HOMEWARD BOUND | SIMON AND GARFUNKLE
• I AM THE MERCURY | JIMMIE SPHEERIS
• I WILL | BEATLES
• I WILL | PHIL VOLAN AND RYANN HAMILTON
• IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND | GORDON LIGHTFOOT
• IMAGINE | JOHN LENNON
• IN CHRIST | TRADITIONAL
• JET PLANE | JOHN DENVER
• JOHN HENRY | TRADITIONAL
• JOY IN THE MORNING | JOLEEN BELL
• KEEPERS OF THE EARTH | CHUCK PYLE
• KUDAH DUXX | RICK RUSKIN
• LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE | JUDY COLLINS
• LANDSLIDE | FLEETWOOD MAC
• LAST STEAM ENGINE TRAIN | JOHN FAHEY
• LAST THING ON MY MIND | TOM PAXTON
• LET THE MYSTERY BE | IRIS DEMENT
• LINCOLN DUNCAN | SIMON AND GARFUNKLE
• LITTLE BROWN DOG | DICK ROSMINI
• LITTLE DOOLEY WOPPY THING | JOLEEN BELL
• LITTLE HERCULES | CRAIG CAROTHERS
• LONG HARD CLIMB | MARIA MULDAUR
• LONG TIME GONE | DAVID CROSBY
• LONGER | DAN FOGELBERG
• LORD OF THE STARFIELDS | BRUCE COCKBURN
• LOVER'S WALTZ | JAY AND MOLLY UNGER
• LYNN'S SONG | PHIL VOLAN
• MAGIC CARPET | JOLEEN BELL
• MATHEW | JOHN DENVER
• MISSISSIPPI BLUES | TRADITIONAL
• MISTY | ERROL GARNER
• MOLE'S MOAN | PHIL VOLAN
• MOON RIVER | HENRY MANCINI
• MY BLUE HEAVEN | WALTER DONALDSON
• MY THERAPIST | PHIL VOLAN
• NORWEGIAN WOOD | BEATLES
• NOVEMBER | PHIL VOLAN
• OH SUSANNA | STEPHEN FOSTER
• ONE DAY I WALK | BRUCE COCKBURN
• OUT OF THE BLUE | PHIL VOLAN
• OVER THE RAINBOW | HAROLD ARLEN
• OWL IN THE ROAD | PHIL VOLAN
• PALLET | TOM RUSH
• PEOPLE GET READY | CURTIS MAYFIELD
• PHIL'S OTHER REEL | PHIL VOLAN
• PHIL'S REEL | PHIL VOLAN
• PIGTOWN FLING | TRADITIONAL
• PUFF | PETER YARROW
• READY FOR THE TIMES | GREG ALLAN
• ROCKY MTN. HIGH | JOHN DENVER
• ROCKY ROAD | DAVE VAN RONK
• ROSEVILLE FAIR | BILL STAINES
• SAILIN' WITHOUT A SAIL | MICHAEL JOHNSON
• SCARBOROUGH FAIR | PAUL SIMON
• SECRET OF LIFE | JAMES TAYLOR
• SEMICIRCLES | PHIL VOLAN
• SHOWER THE PEOPLE | JAMES TAYLOR
• SIMPLE GIFTS | TRADITIONAL
• SIMPLE LIFE | MAC MACANALY
• SITTIN' IN LIMBO | JIMMIE CLIFF
• SKYLARK | Hoagy Carmichael
• SLOW DRAG | REVEREND GARY DAVIS
• SMILES | TRADITIONAL
• SOMETHING IN THE WAY SHE MOVES | JAMES TAYLOR
• SOUTHBOUND | DOC WATSON
• ST. LOUIS TICKLE | TRADITIONAL
• STEP BY STEP | CHUCK PYLE
• STORIES TO BE TOLD | PHIL VOLAN
• SUMMERTIME | GEORGE GERSHWIN
• SWEET BABY JAMES | JAMES TAYLOR
• SWEET GEORGIA BROWN | B. Bernie and M. Pinkard and K. Casey
• TEARDROPS | RY COODER
• TENNESSEE WALTZ | RED STEWART AND PEE WEE KING
• THAT'S AMORE | HARRY WARREN
• THE BELL'S TOLL | JOLEEN BELL
• THE BLESSING | JOLEEN BELL
• THE BOXER | SIMON AND GARFUNKLE
• THE DANCER | PHIL VOLAN
• THE DANCING CROW | PHIL VOLAN
• THE DUTCHMAN | MICHAEL SMITH
• THE EYES OF LOVE | ALISON KRAUSS
• THE GAMBLER | DAN FOGELBERG
• THE GARDEN SONG | DAVID MALLET
• THE GREAT DIVIDE | KATE WOLFE
• THE GREAT STORM IS OVER | BOB FRANKE
• THE LOVE SHE FOUND IN ME | MICHAEL JOHNSON
• THE LUCKY ONE | ALISON KRAUSS
• THE THINGS I NOTICE | TOM PAXTON
• THE WATER IS WIDE | TRADITIONAL
• THEM THERE EYES | Maceo Pinkard
• THESE DAYS | JACKSON BROWN
• THREE TIMES SEVEN | MERLE TRAVIS
• TIME AFTER TIME | CINDY LAUPER
• TOO LATE | PHIL VOLAN
• TUXEDO JUNCTION | Erskine Hawkins
• UP A LAZY RIVER | MILLS BROTHERS
• URGE FOR GOING | JONI MITCHELL
• WALK ON FAITH | MIKE REID
• WEDDING SONG | PAUL STOOKEY
• WHEN YOU KNOW | PHIL VOLAN
• WILD MOUNTAIN THYME | TRADITIONAL
• WINDIN' BOY | TRADITIONAL
• WINDY AND WARM | J. D. LOUDERMILK
• WITCHITA | GILLIAN WELCH
• WONDERFUL WORLD | LOUIS ARMSTRONG
• WOODSTOCK | JONI MITCHELL
• WRAPPED IN YOUR LOVE | PHIL VOLAN AND JANE MCBEE
• WRITE MYSELF A LETTER | FATS WALLER
• YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE | TRADITIONAL
• YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES | JAMES TAYLOR
• YOU LISTENED TO ME | PHIL VOLAN
• YOUR LONE JOURNEY | DOC WATSON