Available for gigs, private events, pubs, corporate functions and community celebrations, Gavin brings a relaxed acoustic sound, great songs and plenty of experience to suit any occasion.
Who is GAvin Roche?
Originally from Ireland and now based in Brisbane, Gavin Roche is an acoustic singer, guitarist and songwriter with decades of live performance experience. His set blends Irish favourites, acoustic classics and contemporary songs, delivered in a relaxed style suited to pubs, private events, functions and community celebrations.
Gavin has been performing around Brisbane since 2011, both as a solo artist and alongside other musicians. He is also the founder and host of The Open Sessions, a Brisbane open mic established in 2012 that has welcomed hundreds of emerging and established performers over the years.
Whether playing a lively set or something more laid-back, Gavin keeps things simple: good songs, live music and a genuine connection with the audience.
setlist samples
Australian & NZ
- Baby, It’s Getting Better – Gyroscope
- Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
- Delete – DMA’s
- Distant Sun – Crowded House
- Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House
- Fall at Your Feet – Crowded House
- Flame Trees – Cold Chisel
- My Happiness – Powderfinger
- Never Tear Us Apart – INXS
- Overkill – Men at Work
- Riptide – Vance Joy
- Southern Sun – Boy & Bear
- These Days – Powderfinger
- Tomorrow – Silverchair
- Under the Milky Way – The Church
- You’re the One That I Want – Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
Modern Acoustic & Alternative
- 1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
- Another Love – Tom Odell
- As It Was – Harry Styles
- Babylon – David Gray
- Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
- Back to Friends – Sombr
- Better Man – Pearl Jam
- Beyond – Leon Bridges
- Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
- Black and Gold
- Breezeblocks – Alt-J
- Bubble Toes – Jack Johnson
- Budapest – George Ezra
- California – Phantom Planet
- Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
- Dakota – Stereophonics
- Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
- Elderly Woman Behind a Counter – Pearl Jam
- End of Beginning – Djo
- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards – Arctic Monkeys
- Flake – Jack Johnson
- Following the Sun – Super-Hi & Neeka
- Green Eyes – Coldplay
- Heat Waves – Glass Animals
- Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s
- I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
- Island in the Sun – Weezer
- Karma Police – Radiohead
- Kids – MGMT
- Last Kiss – Pearl Jam
- Last Request – Paolo Nutini
- Lightning Crashes – Live
- Me and You – Jake Bugg
- Memories – Maroon 5
- Mr Brightside – The Killers
- My Hero – Foo Fighters
- Pompeii – Bastille
- Pumped Up Kicks – Foster the People
- Real Love – Father John Misty
- Rein Me In
- Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
- Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
- Stolen Dance – Milky Chance
- Take Your Mama – Scissor Sisters
- Teenage Dirtbag
- Times Like These – Foo Fighters
- Toxic – Britney Spears
- Traitor – Olivia Rodrigo
- Under the Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Valerie – Amy Winehouse
- Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles
- When I Come Around – Green Day
- When You Were Young – The Killers
Classic Crowd Favourites
- A Little Respect – Erasure
- Anna Song
- Basket Case – Green Day
- Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
- Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
- Boys Don’t Cry – The Cure
- Boys of Summer – Don Henley
- Changing Man – Paul Weller
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
- Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
- Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
- Easy – The Commodores
- Englishman in New York
- Every Little Thing – The Police
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears
- Falling in Love with Someone – Buzzcocks
- Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
- For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
- Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
- Get Your Rocks Off – Primal Scream
- Golden Brown – The Stranglers
- Hang the DJ – The Smiths
- Happy Together
- Harvest Moon – Neil Young
- Have You Ever Seen the Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Hazy Shade of Winter – Simon & Garfunkel
- Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
- Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
- I Shall Be Released – Bob Dylan
- I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty
- It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over – Lenny Kravitz
- Just the Two of Us – Bill Withers
- Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan
- Layla – Eric Clapton
- Light My Fire – The Doors
- Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
- Moonage Daydream – David Bowie
- Mr. Jones – Counting Crows
- Oh Sit Down – James
- People Are Strange – The Doors
- Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
- Rocket Man – Elton John
- Roxanne – The Police
- (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
- Something – The Beatles
- Soul Kitchen – The Doors
- Starman – David Bowie
- Sugar Man – Rodriguez
- Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks
- Sunshine of Your Love – Cream
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
- Tainted Love – Soft Cell
- Take on Me – a-ha
- Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
- The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
- The Joker – Steve Miller Band
- The Logical Song – Supertramp
- The Weight – The Band
- To Love Somebody – Bee Gees
- Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
- Wicked Game – Chris Isaak
- Wild World – Cat Stevens
- Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
- You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away – The Beatles
- Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
Irish & Folk
- Back Home in Derry
- Cannonball – Damien Rice
- Dreams – The Cranberries
- Heyday – Mic Christopher
- July – Mundy
- Linger – The Cranberries
- Moondance – Van Morrison
- One – U2
- Sweet Thing – Van Morrison
- The Fisherman – The Waterboys
- The Whole of the Moon – The Waterboys
- Warm Love – Van Morrison
- Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
- Wild Rover