John Forrest Long Singing Pianist from Little Rock, AR

A versatile singer/musician/entertainer/arranger/composer available for a wide variety of events, venues, productions &/or projects. I work as a solo performer (accompanying myself on piano, other keyboards &/or guitar). In addition, I am musical director for a variety of performance groupings including my duo, Parallels (featuring the outstanding vocal stylings of Amanda Gayle, a very talented young singer/comedienne), and my band, Vintage Spirits (covering jazz, rock, r&b and country standards - our song list features thousands of songs and medleys). I am also music director of Unity Church in Little Rock, AR and have served the church for sixteen years now. At risk of sounding arrogant (as a skillful promoter, I'm a decent piano player), I feel I can state with confidence that whatever the event, I can provide the buyer(s) with exactly what would best serve them and their families/customers/patrons. Put another way, I can cover Sinatra AND Skynyrd, Abba AND ZZ Tops, New York "Broadway" AND Nashville "Broadway", the "Greatest (WWII) Generation" decades thru the miillennials' current hits. Audio/video (youtube, facebook, etc.) and references will be provided via timely request. God Bless to All, & may you find the right live performer for your special occasion, even if it's not me!!!

• I know well over 10,000 songs, medleys and novelty musical bits | listed by category & sample below
• 1000's of jazz/pop/classical standards (see below for a small representative list) | 1000's of artists (see below for a small representative list of artists/composers/productions/movies)
• What a Wonderful World (& dozens more LA tunes) | Louis Armstrong
• My Way (& dozens more FS tunes) | Sinatra
• Georgia (& dozens more RC tunes) | Ray Charles
• Summertime (& dozens more Gershwin tunes | Gershwin
• The Entertainer (several more ragime stylings) | Scott Joplin
• Romeo & Juliet - love theme (dozens of other classical works) | Tchaikovsky
• Claire De Lune | Debussy
• All Blues (& thousands of jazz standards) | Miles Davis
• Music of the Night (hundreds of Braadway showtunes) | Andrew Lloyd Weber (Phantom of the Opera)
• Stardust (over a thousand 20's, 30's, & 40's tunes) | Hoagy Carmichael
• Moon River (dozens of waltzes) | Henry Mancini
• Girl From Impanma (dozens of Latin standards) | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• The Way We Were (dozens of Streisand tunes) | Barbra Streisand
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow (hundreds of movie tunes & themes) | Wizard of Oz (Judy Garland & others)
• Spain (dozens of jazz fusion tunes) | Chick Corea
• Memory (from Cats) | Andrew Lloyd Weber
• Somewhere Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin
• Satin Doll | Duke Ellington
• I've Got You Under My Skin | Cole Porter (Sinatra & others)
• How High the Moon | Ella Fitzgerald
• New York, New York | Sinatra & others
• I Left My Heart In San Francisco | Tony Bennett
• The Look of Love | Dusty Springfield
• Round Midnight | Thelonious Monk
• Morning Dance | Spyro Gyra
• Birdland | Weather Report/Manhattan Transfer
• A Night in Tunisia | Dizzy Gillespie
• over 2000 classic rock songs (see below for a small representative list) | over a 1000 classic rock artists (see below for a small representative list)
• hundreds of 50's rock classics | various artists (see below)
• All Shook Up (& dozens of other Elvis classics) | Elvis
• Johnny B. Goode (& several other CB classics) | Chuck Berry
• The Great Pretender (& dozens of other doo-wop classics) | The Platters
• Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley
• Spish, Splash | Bobby Darin
• Kansas City | Wilbert Harrison
• Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino
• Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins
• hundreds of 60's rock classics | various artists (see below)
• Hey Jude (& dozens more) | The Beatles
• Brown Eyed Girl (& many more) | Van Morrison
• Pretty Woman (& many more) | Roy Orbison
• Satisfaction (&many more) | The Rolling Stones
• I Get Around (& many more) | The Beach Boys
• Good Lovin' (& many more) | The Rascals
• Purple Haze (& many more) | Jimi Hendrix
• House of the Rising Sun | the Animals
• Whiter Shade of Pale | Procol Harem
• hundreds of 70's rock classics | various artists (see below)
• Free Bird (& over a dozen more LS tunes) | Lyniyrd Skynyrd
• Piano Man (well over a dozen other BJ tunes) | Billy Joel
• Hotel California (several other Eagles tunes) | the Eagles
• Layla (& over a dozen more EC tunes) | Eric Clapton
• Stairway to Heaven (& several more Zep tunes) | Led Zeppelin
• Old Time Rock and Roll (& several other Seger tunes) | Bob Seger
• Rocket Man (well over a dozen other EJ tunes) | Elton John
• Margaritaville (over 20 other "parrothead" tunes) | Jimmy Buffett
• The Joker (several other SM tunes) | Steve Miller Band
• hundreds of 80's rock classics | various artists (see below)
• Hungry Heart (& several other Springsteen tunes) | Bruce Springsteen
• Living on a Prayer (several other Bon Jovi tunes) | Bon Jovi
• Don't Stop Believing (several other Journey tunes) | Journey
• Pour Some Sugar on Me | Def Leppard
• Jack and Diane (several other JM tunes) | John Mellencamp
• Sweet Child of Mine | Guns and Roses
• Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Pat Benatar
• Here I Go Again | Whitesnake
• Africa | Toto
• hundreds of 90's rock classics | various artists (see below)
• Wonderwall | Oasis
• Song For the Dumped (several other BF tunes) | Ben Folds Five
• Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Ants Marching (several other DM tunes) | Dave Matthews
• What I Got | Sublime
• Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen/others
• Enter Sandman | Metallica
• Something To Talk About | Bonnie Raitt
• All I Wanna Do | Sheryl Crow
• over 1000 country, bluegrass & rockabilly songs (see below for a small representative list) | over a 1000 country, bluegrass & rockabilly artists (see below for a small representative list)
• Folsom Prison blues (many other JC tunes) | Johnny Cash
• Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain (& many more WN classics) | Willie Nelson
• Mama Tried (& several other MH classics) | Merle Haggard
• All My Exes (& many other GS tunes) | George Strait
• Crazy (& several other PC classics) | Patsy Cline
• Friends in Low Places (& several other GB classics) | Garth Brooks
• He'll Have To Go (& dozens of other40' & 50's country classics) | Jim Reeves
• For The Good Times (& dozens of other 60's country classics) | Ray Price
• Luckenbach Texas (& dozens of other 70's country classics) | Waylon Jennings
• Elvira (& dozens of other 80's country classics) | Oak Ridge Boys
• Don't Rock the Jukebox (& dozens of other 90's country classics) | Alan Jackson
• Drink a Little Drink (& dpzens of current country hits) | Eric Church