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Pete tunes his performances to match each audience’s personality and mood.

Have some fun with witty banter and songs from a repertoire that’s always growing, including:

See Pete in action in these live-performance videos: Champagne Ladies, Simpler Times, and Sweet P’tater.

New Shoes (Paulo Nutini)
A New Day (Pete Merrigan) 
Hey There Delilah (Plain White Tees)
Master of Disaster (John Hiatt)
Cry Love (John Hiatt) 
White Flag (Dido) 
Handle With Care (Travelin' Wilburys) 
Sea of Heartbreak (Don Gibson)
I Just Don't Look Good Naked (Sheb Wooley) 
Up On the Roof (The Drifters)
Key Lime Pie (Kenny Chesney) 
The Wall of Death (Richard Thompson)
Nothin' But the Wheel (Peter Wolf)
In the Summertime (Mungo Jerry)
Country Roads (John Denver)
Hello in There (John Prine)
Wonderful World (Sam Cooke)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
Don't it Make You Wanna Dance (Rusty Weir/Bonnie Raitt)
Am I Still in Your Heart (Harry Dailey)
Don'tcha Just Know It (Huey Piano Smith) 
Everywhere I Go (Jackson Browne)
Bartender's Blues (James Taylor)
How Sweet it Is to Be Loved by You (James Taylor)
London Homesick Blues (Jerry Jeff Walker)
Redneck Mother (Jerry Jeff Walker)
Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce)
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Jimmy Cox)
Gentle on My Mind (John Hartford/Glen Campbell)
Memphis in the Meantime (John Hiatt)
She Said the Same Thing to Me (John Hiatt)
Tennessee Plates (John Hiatt)
Through Your Hands (John Hiatt)
Before I Go (John Hiatt)
Big Old Goofy World (John Prine)
Everybody Needs Somebody (John Prine)
Please Don't Bury Me (John Prine)
That's The Way the World Goes 'round (John Prine)
Angel From Montgomery (John Prine/Bonnie Raitt)
I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)
The Shanty (Jonathan Edwards)
Charlie on the MTA (Kingston Trio)
The Pilgrim (Kris Kristofferson)
Willin' (Little Feat)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Mama Tried (M.Haggard/Grateful Dead)
A Love Such as This (Pete Merrigan)
Airport Bar Blues (Pete Merrigan)
Ballad of the Fantasia (Pete Merrigan)
Born Here (Pete Merrigan)
State of Grace (Pete Merrigan)
Sweet Potato (Pete Merrigan)
The Night (Pete Merrigan)
Tragic Hero (Pete Merrigan)
We're Not the Same (Pete Merrigan) 
A Word To The Wise (P. Merrigan, S. Alexander, J. Mahoney)
It Just Might Be (P. Merrigan, S. Alexander)
The Eyes of A Child (P. Merrigan, H. Dailey)
Put a Quarter in the Jukebox (P. Merrigan, H. Dailey, D. Williamson)
Route 66 (Various)
Shake Rattle & Roll (Various)
Six Days on the Road (Various)
Lawyers Guns and Money (Warren Zevon)
Good Hearted Woman (Waylon & Willie)
I Gotta Get Drunk (Willie Nelson)
House of the Rising Sun (Traditional)
You Are My Sunshine (Traditional)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
This Town (Dave Mallett)
Don't Take it Away (Dave Williamson)
Hangin' On (Dave Williamson)
Truckstop Jukebox (Dave Williamson)
May The Wind Always Fill Your Sails (Pete Merrigan)
Nora (Pete Merrigan)
Nothing By Chance (Pete Merrigan)
Pistols, Pilots, and Bail (Pete Merrigan)
Portrait of Annie (Pete Merrigan)
Runaround Sue (Dion and the Belmonts)
Teenager In Love (Dion and the Belmonts)
The Wanderer (Dion and the Belmonts)
Walk of Life (Dire Straits)
Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Presley)
Don't Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)
All I Have to Do is Dream (Everly Brothers)
Bye Bye Love (Everly Brothers)
The Way (Fastball)
Passin' Through (Glenn Frye/Earl Scruggs)
Dark Hollow (Grateful Dead)
Friend of the Devil (Grateful Dead)
Ripple (Grateful Dead)
Baton Rouge (Guy Clark)
Homegrown Tomatoes (Guy Clark)
I Don't Love You Much, Do I? (Guy Clark)
The Carpenter (Guy Clark)

Hello Mary Lou (Ricky Nelson)
Travelin' Man (Ricky Nelson)
A Song for the Life (Rodney Crowell)
Guilty as They Come (Rodney Crowell/S.Clark)
King of the Road (Roger Miller)
Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
Everyday (Buddy Holly)
They Don't Know About Us (Tracy Ullman)
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) 
She Comes From Boston (Kenny Chesney)
I Cross My Heart (George Straight)
If I Could (John Prine)
Tennessee Hideaway (T.Graham Brown/Danny Flowers)
Get Gone (Al Anderson)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Love Minus Zero (Bob Dylan)
Mozambique (Bob Dylan)
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan)
One Love (Bob Marley)
Against the Wind (Bob Seger)
Shame on the Moon (Bob Seger/Rodney Crowell)
Hey Baby (Bruce Channel)
Superman's Song (Crash Test Dummies) 
She's Crazy for Leavin' (Crowell/Clark)
I Knew the Bride (Dave Edmunds)
She's Got a Rock n' Roll Heart (Dave Mallett)
Runaway (Del Shannon)
All Night Long (Delbert McClinton)
Honey Can You Squeeze Me In? (Delbert McClinton)
Leap of Faith (Delbert McClinton)
Too Much Stuff (Delbert McClinton)
When Rita Leaves (Delbert McClinton)
Pancho & Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)
Breakin' Your Heart Has Broken Mine (Pete Merrigan)
Champagne Ladies (Pete Merrigan)
Come With Me (Pete Merrigan)
Dancin' With Bernice (Pete Merrigan)
Eye of the Devil (Pete Merrigan)
Give Your Heart To Me (Pete Merrigan)
I Know My Mama Loves Me (Pete Merrigan)
It Only Makes You Want it More (Pete Merrigan)
Leavin' Looks Like the Answer (Pete Merrigan)
Square Grouper (Pete Merrigan)
Another Saturday Night (Sam Cooke)
Bring It On Home to Me (Sam Cooke)
One Eye Open (Sandy Alexander)
Is a Bluebird Blue? (Shakin' Stevens)
I'm A Believer (Smashmouth/Monkees)
Somethings Got a Hold on Me (Steve Forbert)
Laughin' Through My Tears (Sting)
Come From The Heart (Susanna Clark)
Cakewalk Blues (Taj Mahal)
Sixteen Tons (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
Third Rate Romance (The Amazing Rhythm Aces)
Cripple Creek (The Band)
The Weight (The Band)
Back in the U.S.S.R. (The Beatles)
I Saw Her Standin' There (The Beatles)
I've Just Seen A Face (The Beatles)
Obladi Oblada (The Beatles) 
Things We Said Today (The Beatles)
Under the Boardwalk (The Drifters)
Take it Easy (The Eagles)
Tell Him (The Exciters)
Dead Flowers (The Rolling Stones)
It's All Over Now (The Rolling Stones)
You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones)
My Favorite Spring (Tom Paxton)
End of the Line (Travelin' Wilburys)
Dirty World (Travelin' Wilburys)
L.A. Freeway (Guy Clark/ Jerry Jeff Walker)
Hey Good Lookin' (Hank Williams)
The Banana Boat Song (Dey-O) (Harry Belafonte)
A Jamaican Farewell (Harry Belafonte)
Love at the Five and Dime (Nancy Griffith)
Solitary Man (Neil Diamond)
Some of Shelly's Blues (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
Designs on You (Old 97's) 
What Kind of Love (Orbison/Crowell)
The Bio Song (Pat Donahue)
Me & Julio (Paul Simon)
The Boxer (Paul Simon)
This Land is Your Land (Pete Seeger/Woody Guthrie)
Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter Paul & Mary)
Reason to Believe (Rod Stewart/Tim Hardin)
Leavin' Louisianna (Rodney Crowell)
Voila, An American Dream (Rodney Crowell)
Volcano (Jimmy Buffett)
Son of a Sailor (Jimmy Buffett)
Tin Cup Chalice (Jimmy Buffett) 
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett) 
Come Monday (Jimmy Buffett)
Cheeseburger in Paradise (Jimmy Buffett)
Changes In Lattitudes (Jimmy Buffett)
A Pirate Looks at Forty (Jimmy Buffett)