Jon
Franke
Music
"Jon did a great program tonight. Really has a fine voice and good song selections."
"... the patrons and staff love you! We will absolutely have you back sometime by popular demand."
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Jon Franke sings and plays guitar performing an eclectic mix of folk, swing, bluegrass, and country standards. Jon has played guitar, mandolin, double bass, and dobro in numerous bands over the years. It's time to go solo and play a variety of songs from 40+ years of playing music!
Jon is available September thru May in the Willamette Valley of Oregon as well as Northern Wisconsin June thru August.
Set List
These are songs I often perform
Folk:
Across the Great Divide, City on New Orleans, Coal Tattoo, Daddy's Hands,
Did She Mention My Name, Dream a Little Dream, Dusty Boxcar Wall, Early Morning Rain, Edmund Fitzgerald, Leaving of Liverpool, Leaving Louisiana, Mr. Bo Jangles, Nobody Knows You, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Roll on Columbia, Roseville Fair, Someday Soon, Wagon Wheel, Will You Walk With Me, You Ain't Going Nowhere, To Morrow, Walleye Song, Marvelous Toy, Star of the County Down, House of the Rising Sun, MTA, Go My Way, Poncho and Lefty, The Gambler, Grandma's Feather Bed, Leader of the Band, Last thing on My Mind, You've Got a Friend,
If You Could Read My Mind, Fire and Rain, Don't think Twice It's All Right, Hey Tomorrow, Bobbie McGee
Swing:
Ain't Misbehav'n, Exactly Like You, Lady Be Good, Paper Moon, Sin to Tell a Lie, Write Myself a Letter, Blue Skies, Bye Bye Blues, All of Me, Bye Bye Blackbird, Ramblin Rose, Route 66, Sentimental Journey, Summertime, Miss Molly, Mister Sandman
Bluegrass:
Sittin' Alone in the Moonlight, Kentucky Waltz, Dark Hollow, Rocky Top, Dusty Boxcar Wall,
Fox on the Run, Old Home Place, Shady Grove, Red Clay Halo, Steel Rails, Take this Hammer,
Wait a Minute, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Roll in My Baby's Arms, Blue Moon of Kentucky
Western:
Abilene, Old Cowhand, Miles of Texas, Night Riders Lament, Crazy Arms, Sierra Madre
Other:
Diana, Sweet Caroline, I Am, There's a Kind of Hush, Gentle on My Mind,
Well I Love Her, Hello Mary Lou, Garden Party, Folsom Prison Blues,
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Lost Highway,
King of the Road, Jambalaya, Long Black Veil,
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Biography
Jon Franke sings and plays guitar performing an eclectic mix of country, western, bluegrass, folk and swing standards.
Jon has played guitar, mandolin, double bass, and dobro in numerous bands over the years.
It's time to go solo and play a variety of songs from 40+ years of playing music!
Jon is known for his career as a violinmaker having built more than 100 instruments including acoustic guitar,
mandolins, violins, violas, cellos, and double bass. He has won numerous awards for both tone and workmanship.
Learn more about Jon's violinmaking at ProViolins.com.
Jon is a Wisconsin native and splits his time between Conover, Wisconsin and Monroe, Oregon.
