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Simon St Kilda

Simon St Kilda has been described by Tommy Emmanuel as “a serious talent”. Simon is far from your typical guitarist, with a vast range of vocal melodies and using every limb in his body – his foot percussion that brings the beat, a tambourine and the sweet sounds from his Cole Clark.

  • Entertainment:
    Live Music, Musician Singers, Solo Musicians
  • City:
    Melbourne
  • Size:
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Song List Print Full Song List

Dance Oriented Songs:

Wake Me Up- Avicci
Get Lucky- Daft Punk
Uptown Funk
Locked Out a Heaven- Bruno Mars
Happy- Pharrell
Forget You- Cee Lo Green A
I Got A Feeling- Black Eyed Peas G
DJ Got us Falling in Love Again Em
Moves Like Jagger Am
I need A Dollar- Aloe Blac
Without You -David  Guetta!

If this is It- Newton Faulkner A
Shake your Tail Feather Ray Charles C
Lets stay Together Al Green E
Georgia Ray Charles F
Superstition Stevie Wonder E
Isnt She Lovely ” C/Am
Play That Funky Music (White Boy) E
I Got a Woman- Ray Charles
Hallelujah I Love Her So
How Sweet It Is- James Taylor (Old Soul tune) A
Fire And Rain ” E
Valerie
Call Me Al

I Feel Good James Brown C
Billy Jean Micheal Jackson Em
Rock With You ” Ebm
Beat It ” Am
Dont Stop Till You Get Enough ”
The Way You Make Me Feel ” A
Lover, Lover (You Dont treat Me No Good) B
I Wish Nina Simone E
Whats Love Got to Do With It Tina Turner E/C#m
One Love Bob Marley G
I Shot the Sherif ” Fm
Wait In Vain ” G
Get Up Stand Up ” Bm
No Woman No Cry ” C
Stir It Up G
Better be Home Soon Crowded House C
Flame Trees Cold Chisel G
Moondance Van Morrison Am
Lean On Me
Every Breath You Take
Everything

Brown Eyed Girl ”
I Will Survive Aretha Franklin Em
Whats Goin On Marvin Gaye E
Aint No Sunshine (When Shes Gone) Am
Somebody To Lean On C
Stand By Me John Lennon Bb Four chord jam
Mustang Sally
Johnny Be Good Chuck Berry A
Satisfaction Rolling Stones E
Honky Tonk Woman ” G
Wild Thing
Twist And Shout Beatles C
Summer Of Sixty Nine Brian Adams D
Your the voice.
Eagle Rock
Horses

Jazz Standards. Buble, Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald etc:

The Way You Look Tonight
It Had To Be You
L.O.V.E.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Skylark
There Will Never Be Another You
All Of Me
What A Wonderful World
My Secret Love
Stormy Monday
Bye Bye Blackbird
Everything (Michael Buble)
Sway With Me (Michael Buble) ”
How Insensitive
Girl From Impanema
Summertime
Misty
500 Miles High
I Wish I Knew How Nina Simone
Stayed On Freedom (Gospel)
Malted Milk

Biography

Simon St Kilda has been described by Tommy Emmanuel as “a serious talent”. Simon is far from your typical guitarist, with a vast range of vocal melodies and using every limb in his body – his foot percussion that brings the beat, a tambourine and the sweet sounds from his Cole Clark. This virtuoso blends a distinctive and skilful sound that’s heavily steeped in soul, gospel, finger style and blues & roots. Did we mention the harmonica and mouth trumpet? Simon redefines the meaning of a one-man-band with the artistry that The Freemantle Herald called “Quite literally amazing…he should be listened to obsessively”.

His evocative lyrics express a voice deep within which talks of a raw human emotion that we all implicitly know. “It’s all about the fragility of the human condition, there are so many beautiful stories that need to be told… We need to document how people make change, and hopefully that will inspire change for the future”, Simon says. His fingers alone write their own story on his guitar strings, with a mastery and inventiveness that demands your attention.

When you write something that you really feel in your heart, something so real from your own personal existence that it brings you to tears, you’re going to play it no matter what, isn’t that what it’s all about?” A natural born storyteller, Simon expresses his philosophy and poetry through his music, a modern day tambourine man that chooses not to play by society’s rules, and for good reason.

Exhibiting the vocal acrobatics of Jeff Buckley and a song-writing style comparable to John Mayer”, SOULSHINE.COM.AU

That’s the magic that makes all the difference, being able to tap into a place that is deeply personal, vulnerable and true. It’s this combination of expert musicianship and contemporary song writing that sets Simon apart in the present generation of Australian Musicians. Many music festivals, thousands of gigs and four albums later, his musical maturity and stirring songwriting continues to inspire.

Phillips’ technical ability both as a singer and a guitarist, is perfectly matched by a remarkable breadth of intelligence as a songwriter and lyricist”, DRUM MEDIA Sydney.

Originating from a small coastal town in Western Australia, Simon began playing the guitar at age 12, with the sand between his toes and a yearning for the wind, this kite boarding singer /songwriter has come to call Melbourne home. In 2002 he moved to Sydney playing with a neo-Latin guitar duo called the Urban Gypsies. They played everywhere from the street to the Sydney Opera house, continually releasing recordings. They recorded the album ‘Sauvage’ in 2003, which was released by MGM and promoted through SBS and the ABC. The album also received a 3/4 star review in The Sydney Morning Herald. Simon left Sydney in 2003 armed with an album he wrote and produced on his own called ‘Songs For Leaders’, an album of songs/stories about great leaders in history. The first track on this album was ‘Martin Luthur King’, a song that won awards in the Pacific Songwriting Competition 2004.

Shortly after he toured solo around Australia and travelled to Aceh to help out with Tsunami relief. Returning to Melbourne in 2005, and having written songs inspired by his travels, he, with nothing but a drummer playing brushes, recorded ‘Tuesday Night At The Espy’, a live album capturing a performance at the iconic ‘Esplanade Hotel’, which was released through MGM Distribution in September 2006 to rave reviews.
Simon has supported Larry Carlton (session guitarist for Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson), Robben Ford (played with Miles Davis), Kate Miller-Heidke, Lee Ritnour (session guitarist for Pink Floyd for a time), and Australia’s own Vince Jones.

Time and again his musicianship has established him as a force to be reckoned with, earning him the respect from the likes of Tommy Emmanuel and Robben Ford, who said he “Plays his ass off…sings his ass off”.

Whether it’s a concert hall, a corner bar or a Melbourne laneway; with an entire band at his fingertips, Simon’s sweet sound stitches together in perfect harmony.

‘Phenomenal! I can’t recommend this enough. But I can try. Five Stars’, TWENTY600 MAGAZINE Canberra.

He continues to sculpt his originality, creating poetry that we hope will never end. Oh, and I almost forgot to tell you what most people have to say about him – ‘Man, he is just such a nice guy’.

Testimonials

Hi there

I just wanted to give a huge thank you to Simon St Kilda he was fantastic! We have had so many people commenting on how great he was and so talented!
I went through hundreds of different singers online and listened to there singing and I’m so glad I found Simon 👍.
Kind regards
Chelsea Tobin
Thank You Simon St Kilda