Ryan Shephard Music Singer Guitarist from Chicago, IL

Brand new listing to The Bash, with 50+ five-star reviews across other platforms! Whether it's private parties, weddings, corporate events, or charity fundraisers, I've been performing both original and cover music live for over 10 years! My repertoire includes music from almost all genres and includes endeavors like working with and sharing the stage with bands and artists like Sublime with Rome, Richie Ramone of The Ramones, and Chance McCoy of Old Crow Medicine Show. I play nearly 100 private events a year, and I've played 600+ events that include performances for Fortune 500 companies, professional sports teams like the Chicago Bears, high-profile politicians, and more! Check out my song list by heading to my website www.ryanshephardmusic.com/portfolio. My goal is to work with you to create a night to remember. Let's collaborate on a song list and what will work best for you and your guests! Professional Accolades: - Past clients include the Chicago Bears, Milwaukee Tool, TD Synnex, Paycom, Fresenius Kabi, Ventas Inc, St. Louis Post, and many more - 2 time Nominee for ‘Best Rock Act’ in the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. (2018, 2019) - 1st place in the Madison Theater Band Challenge 2018, the largest Battle of the Bands style competitions in the Midwest. - Thumbtack Top Pro 2021, 2022, & 2023 - UK Rock Blog PRNAV's Album of the Year 2017 ("Freak Mythology") - 1st Place in Cincinnati’s Next Big Band Competition 2017. - Featured in numerous films, including the opening scene of award-winning film director Martin Neveu’s short film, “Feeling Station”. - Selected artist to play at Bunbury Music Festival, Jersey Shore Music Festival, OHMSTEAD Music Festival, Rhythm Brew Music & Arts Festival, and many more national and regional music festivals. - Local & national FM radio airplay. - Local, national, & international online radio airplay. - 50,000+ combined streams on all major music platforms. - Thousands of copies of "Freak Mythology" sold Some Press: "Truly stunning varied selection - current and original yet so evocative of years gone by - a true pleasure to have heard it" — 'Donald Strachen on the Radio' - Donald Strachen “For me it is my 2017 Album of the Year and it will take a lot for any band to beat it." — Pete Divine - PRNAV (2017) “Discovering Freak Mythology, a four piece from Cincinnati, is a refreshing breath of Americana-embedded alternative rock and roll." — Charles Frank - The Jamwich Magazine

• Chicken Fried | Zac Brown Band
• Toes | Zac Brown Band
• Cough Syrup | Young The Giant
• Jesus, Etc. | Wilco
• I am Trying to Break Your Heart | Wilco
• One Sunday Morning | Wilco
• Impossible Germany | Wilco
• Handshake Drugs | Wilco
• California Stars | Wilco
• Say it Ain't So | Weezer
• Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes
• American Music | Violent Femmes
• Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison
• One | U2
• Shake the Frost | Tyler Childers
• Nose on the Grindstone | Tyler Childers
• Feathered Indians | Tyler Childers
• Lady May | Tyler Childers
• Whitehouse Road | Tyler Childers
• All Your'n | Tyler Childers
• Mary Jane's Last Dance | Tom Petty
• Learning To Fly | Tom Petty
• I Won't Back Down | Tom Petty
• American Girl | Tom Petty
• You Don't Know How it Feels | Tom Petty
• Dead Flowers | The Rolling Stones
• Beast of Burden | The Rolling Stones
• Wild Horses | The Rolling Stones
• You Can't Always Get What You Want | The Rolling Stones
• Sweet Virginia | The Rolling Stones
• Can't You See | The Marshall Tucker Band
• Ophelia | The Lumineers
• Ho Hey | The Lumineers
• Classy Girls | The Lumineers
• Cleopatra | The Lumineers
• Lola | The Kinks
• Down By The Water | The Decemberists
• Little Black Submarines | The Black Keys
• Gold on the Ceiling | The Black Keys
• Lonely Boy | The Beatles
• Hey Jude | The Beatles
• While My Guitar Gently Weeps | The Beatles
• Nowhere Man | The Beatles
• Norwegian Wood | The Beatles
• Yesterday | The Beatles
• You've Got To Hide Your Love Away | The Beatles
• Here Comes the Sun | The Beatles
• Octopus's Garden | The Beatles
• Maxwell's Silver Hammer | The Beatles
• The Weight | The Band
• I Shall Be Released | The Band
• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | The Band
• Murder in the City | The Avett Brothers
• Move Along | All-American Rejects
• Dirty Little Secret | All-American Rejects
• Psycho Killer | Talking Heads
• Take Me to the River | Talking Heads
• Garden Grove | Sublime
• Caress Me Down | Sublime
• Caress Me Down | Sublime
• Santeria | Sublime
• What I Got | Sublime
• Badfish | Sublime
• Scarlet Begonias | Sublime
• Superstition | Stevie Wonder
• The Joker | Steve Miller Band
• Stuck in the Middle With You | Stealers Wheel
• Closer to the Sun | Slightly Stoopid
• Mrs. Robinson | Simon & Garfunkel
• Creep | Radiohead
• No Surprises | Radiohead
• Fake Plastic Trees | Radiohead
• Losing My Religion | R.E.M.
• The One I Love | R.E.M.
• Amie | Pure Prairie League
• Where is My Mind? | Pixies
• Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd
• Money | Pink Floyd
• Time | Pink Floyd
• Old Friends | Pinegrove
• Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard | Paul Simon
• Wagon Wheel | Old Crow Medicine Show
• Don't Look Back in Anger | Wonderwall
• Wonderwall | Oasis
• The Importance of Being Idle | Oasis
• Lithium | Nirvana
• Photograph | Nickelback
• Rockstar | Nickelback
• Old Man | Neil Young
• Harvest Moon | Neil Young
• Little Lion Man | Mumford & Sons
• I Will Wait | Mumford & Sons
• The Keys | Matt Duncan
• Everlong | Foo Fighters
• Sex & Candy | Marcy's Playground
• Sweet Home Alabama | Lyndyrd Skynyrd
• Simple Man | Lynyrd Skynyrd
• The Night We Met | Lord Huron
• D'Yer Mak'Er | Led Zeppelin
• Going to California | Led Zeppelin
• Use Somebody | Kings of Leon
• Don't Stop Believin' | Journey
• Faithfully | Journey
• Angel From Montgomery | John Prine
• Neon | John Mayer
• Wild Blue | John Mayer
• New Light | John Mayer
• Love On The Weekend | John Mayer
• Stop This Train | John Mayer
• The Heart of Life | John Mayer
• I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) | John Mayer
• Waiting On The World To Change | John Mayer
• Who Says | John Mayer
• Imagine | John Lennon
• Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver
• Jimi Hendrix | Purple Haze
• All Along the Watchtower | Jimi Hendrix
• Hey Joe | Jimi Hendrix
• My Sisters & Brothers | Jerry Garcia Band
• Guess Again | Jeff Tweedy
• Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley
• I'm Yours | Jason Mraz
• Sedona | Houndmouth
• You Make My Dreams (Come True) | Hall & Oates
• New Speedway Boogie | Grateful Dead
• Dire Wolf | Grateful Dead
• Eyes of the World | Grateful Dead
• Terrapin Station (Lady with a Fan) | Grateful Dead
• Good Lovin' | Grateful Dead
• Dark Hollow | Grateful Dead
• Black Muddy River | Grateful Dead
• Touch of Grey | Grateful Dead
• Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad | Grateful Dead
• Not Fade Away | Grateful Dead
• Me & My Uncle | Grateful Dead
• Mama Tried | Grateful Dead
• Bertha | Grateful Dead
• Althea | Grateful Dead
• Fire on the Mountain | Grateful Dead
• Scarlet Begonias | Grateful Dead
• Brown Eyed Women | Grateful Dead
• Jack Straw | Grateful Dead
• He's Gone | Grateful Dead
• Deal | Grateful Dead
• They Love Each Other | Grateful Dead
• Franklin's Tower | Grateful Dead
• Truckin' | Grateful Dead
• Brokedown Palace | Grateful Dead
• Ripple | Grateful Dead
• Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead
• Crazy | Gnarls Barkley
• Budapest | George Ezra
• Fly Me To The Moon | Frank Sinatra
• Dreams | Fleetwood Mac
• Rhiannon | Fleetwood Mac
• Ooh La La | Faces
• Lay Down Sally | Eric Clapton
• Cocaine | Eric Clapton
• Layla | Eric Clapton
• Burning Love | Elvis Presley
• Hound Dog | Elvis Presley
• Can't Help Falling In Love | Elvis Presley
• Society | Eddie Vedder
• Hotel California | Eagles
• Take it Easy | Eagles
• Jolene | Dolly Parton
• Who'll Stop the Rain? | Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Have You Ever Seen The Rain | Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Get Off This | Cracker
• The Scientist | Coldplay
• Viva La Vida | Coldplay
• Yellow | Coldplay
• Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry
• Champagne Supernova | Oasis
• The Lazy Song | Bruno Mars
• Could You Be Loved | Bob Marley
• Three Little Birds | Bob Marley
• Is This Love | Bob Marley
• The Times They Are A-Changin' | Bob Dylan
• Knockin' On Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan
• Like a Rolling Stone | Bob Dylan
• Don't Think Twice It's Alright | Bob Dylan
• Blowin' In The Wind | Bob Dylan
• Mr. Tambourine Man | Bob Dylan
• Tangled Up In Blue | Bob Dylan
• You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Bob Dylan
• No Rain | Blind Melon
• Piano Man | Billy Joel
• Vienna | Billy Joel
• Lovely Day | Bill Withers
• Use Me | Bill Withers
• Ain't No Sunshine | Bill Withers
• Wake Me Up | Avicii
• Midnight Rider | Allman Brothers Band
• Blue Sky | Allman Brothers Band
• Always Alright | Alabama Shakes
• Hold On | Alabama Shakes
• Ramblin' Man | Allman Brothers Band