Adam Cartwright Singer Guitarist from Naperville, IL

Planning a party, or need unique live music at your venue? Let's take a trip back in time, when life was fun and the music was great. Experience popular songs from 5 decades, like...the boombox hits of the 80's, melodic 90's Alternative, 2000's Modern Rock, 70's Album Rock, 60's songwriter hits, and a bit of fun, modern country. Adam Cartwright is a Guitarist/Singer based in Naperville, IL. Over the years, he has performed over 250 gigs at many locations/events all over the Chicagoland area and Greater Midwest – in bars, restaurants, private events, backyard parties and outdoor festivals. It about more than the music. Hiring the right person also matters as a business professional. Mr. Cartwright has the musical experience and business-owner mindset to understand client's needs. – You will get prompt responses and will be on-time, play for the duration of the event – Guests and staff will be treated with respect – Professional Equipment and attitude – Mostly, Its all about a good time for your event, hanging out and having fun together Music Formats Available: – Solo Guitar + Vocals (Radio Hits played acoustic, unplugged style.) – Acoustic Duo (Adds bass guitarist for some low-end punch + can also add drum tracks.) – Trio (adds a Drummer to bring the beats to life.) – 4-Piece Band (Adam's band BackForward plays electric versions of the songs. Adds Keys/Piano.) – Hybrid (DJ + Solo acoustic guitar combo for special events) For dinner / cocktail hour you can start out with some light singer-songwriter acoustic guitar, then transitions to high energy dance DJ music as the party gets going. Includes a Setlist of up to 4 hours of radio hits of famous bands from around the world. I play hit songs mostly from the 1980s-90s-2000s, with some 60s-70s + a bit of country. All of the musicians in the various band formats have been playing in bands for many years and have all done gigs at many locations, private parties and events. Ready to make your event fun and sound great. Looking forward to meeting you and working together for a great event! Client Testimonials: –––––––––––––––– "Professional, great sound, great with the crowd." We were very pleased to have Adam play solo acoustic at our Tiki night. He has a great voice, excellent performer. He even got some of our guests involved in the show singing with him, and made it really fun. Communication before and after the event was very timely and responsive. I like the fact that he offers solo, duo and full band options as well as DJ & lighting. We will definitely have him play our venue again." – Vikki "Performance was Amazing! The Best." "My 40th went so smoothly relaxed and so fun thanks to Adam! Super responsive, very organized and came on time! We enjoyed His performance as well as we will ask him to come more to our venues! You will not be disappointed!" – Pavlo "Great band!" "I hired them as a duo and they were fabulous. We had a 1980s themed party and they accommodated the theme. Adam even stayed a bit after to DJ 80s tunes for us! I would hire this band again in a heart beat." – Deanna "Adam is the Absolute BEST!" "We had Adam for our Fall house party. What a blessing and we a so grateful to have found him. He has been exactly what one might expect and want from a true professional entertainer! He’s vocals are outstanding, guitar, timing and blending in with the party guests and hosts make him my 100% top recommendation. BOOK HIM, and have a peace of mind that your party is well taken care off. Also, he’s great about choosing the right music." – Ray

• Boys of Summer | Don Henley
• Slide | Goo Goo Dolls
• Everybody Want To Rule The World | Tears For Fears
• All Summer Long | Kid Rock
• Brown eyed girl | Van Morrison
• Stand By Me | Ben E. King
• Every Breath You Take | The Police
• Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond
• Let's Dance | David Bowie
• Dont You Forget About Me | Simple Minds
• Bizarre Love Triangle | New Order
• Hungry Like The Wolf | Duran Duran
• Free Fallin’ | Tom Petty
• Just like Heaven | The Cure
• Rebel Yell | Billy Idol
• Dancing in the dark | Bruce Springsteen
• Wonderwall | Oasis
• Who can it be now | Men At Work
• My Hero | Foo Fighters
• Hey Jealousy | Gin Blossoms
• Jack N Diane | John Cougar Mellencamp
• Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Won't Back Down | Tom Petty
• Fast Car | Tacy Chapman / Luke Combs
• Every Rose Has Its Thorn | Poison
• Man In The Box | Alice In Chains
• Drink A Beer | Luke Bryan / Chris Stapleton
• Hotel California | The Eagles
• Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder / Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Photograph | Def Leppard
• I Wanna Be Sedated | Ramones
• Sunglasses At Night | Corey Hart
• Rain King | Counting Crows
• Purple Rain | Prince
• Wagon Wheel / Let It Be | Darius Rucker / The Beatles
• Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd
• Momma Im Coming Home | Ozzy Osbourne
• Sweet Child Of Mine | Guns n' Roses
• Losing My Religion | REM
• Elderly Woman In A Small Town | Pearl Jam
• Careless Whisper | George Michael
• Iris | Goo Goo Dolls
• Gimme Shelter | Rolling Stones
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Cyndi Lauper
• Walking On Sunshine | Katrina And The Waves
• If I Had A Boat | Lyle Lovett
• Fire Away | Chris Stapleton
• Something Like That | Tim McGraw
• My Hear Cant Tell You No | Rod Stewart
• Building A Mystery | Sarah McLachlan
• Cheers Theme (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) | Gary Portnoy
• Landslide | Fleetwood Mac
• Love Song | The Cure
• 867-5309 / Jenny | Tommy TuTone
• Cant Help Falling In Love | Elvis
• Low | Cracker
• Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton
• Take On Me | A-ha
• Kryptonite | 3 Doors Down
• Turn The Page | Bob Seger
• Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen / Jeff Buckley
• One Of Us | Joan Osbourne
• Hello | Adele
• Never Let Me Down | DePeche Mode
• Anywhere With You | Jake Owen
• Chicken Fried | Zac Brown
• God Gave Me You | Blake Shelton
• All Along The Watchtower | Jimi Hendrix / Bob Dylan
• Babylon | David Gray
• Good Things | BoDeans
• This Must Be The Place | Talking Heads
• Fire On The Mountain | Grateful Dead
• Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd
• Nutshell | Alice In Chains
• Use Somebody | Kings Of Leon
• Days Like This | Van Morrison
• Have I Told You Lately | Van Morrison
• Werewolves Of London | Warren Zevon
• Red | Taylor Swift
• Joey | Concrete Blonde
• Original Songs | Adam Cartwright
• Somebody To Shove | Soul Asylum
• What Hurts The Most | Rascal Flatts
• Can’t You See | Marshall Tucker
• Disarm | Smashing Pumpkins
• Jane Says | Janes Addiction
• The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby
• Anyway You Want It | Journey
• Rainbow I The Dark | Dio
• Rockin In The Free World | Neil Young
• Alex Chilton | The Replacements
• We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful | Morrissey
• How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths
• Tangled Up In Blue | Bob Dylan
• 99 Red Balloons | Nena
• The Kids Arent All Right | The Offspring
• The Rest Of The Dream | John Hiatt
• Do They Know Its Christmas | Band Aid
• Holly Jolly Christmas | Burl Ives
• Closing Time | Semisonic