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Carl on Keys

Carl on Keys is a dynamic musical entertainer bringing your favorite songs to life across a wide range of genres—from the 1950s through today. A devoted Beatles fan, Carl performs plenty of Lennon–McCartney and George Harrison classics, alongside an eclectic mix of crowd-pleasers. Expect sing-along favorites like Sweet Caroline and Brown Eyed Girl, timeless piano hits from Elton John and Billy Joel, and a rich blend of Classic Rock, Folk Rock, Alternative, and Pop.

Carl sings and performs on piano and guitar, delivering a full, vibrant sound with professional equipment perfectly suited for small to medium-sized venues filled with music lovers.

In addition to his solo performances, Carl also rocks out with the band Site 27

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Booking

Carl is available for shows at private parties, restaurants, bars, coffeehouses, breweries, wineries, and senior living centers

For booking, call, text, or email:

phone: 630-456-3965

email: cjskrabacz@icloud.com

Find Carl on GigSalad:

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Find Carl on The Bash:

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The Songs

a-ha Take On Me

Aliotta James Jeremiah Lake Shore Drive

Allman Brothers Melissa

America Sister Golden Hair

America Tin Man

Amos Lee Sweet Pea

Andrew Gold Lonely Boy

Bad Company Feel Like Making Love

Bad Company Shooting Star

Barenaked Ladies Be My Yoko Ono

Barenaked Ladies Brian Wilson

Barenaked Ladies It's All Been Done

Barry Manilow Mandy

Barry Manilow Weekend in New England

Beach Boys California Girls

Beach Boys Fun Fun Fun

Beach Boys God Only Knows

Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice

Beatles A Day In the Life

Beatles A Hard Day's Night

Beatles Across the Universe

Beatles All My Loving

Beatles Baby It's You

Beatles Baby You're a Rich Man

Beatles Blackbird

Beatles Birthday

Beatles Come Together

Beatles Day Tripper

Beatles Golden Slumbers Medley

Beatles Good Day Sunshine

Beatles For No One

Beatles Help

Beatles Here Comes the Sun

Beatles Here There and Everywhere

Beatles Hey Bulldog

Beatles Hey Jude

Beatles I Feel Fine

Beatles If I Fell

Beatles I'll Cry Instead

Beatles I'll Get You

Beatles I'm So Tired

Beatles I Need You

Beatles In My Life

Beatles I've Got a Feeling

Beatles I've Just Seen a Face

Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand

Beatles Lady Madonna

Beatles Let it Be

Beatles Lovely Rita

Beatles Love Me Do

Beatles Mean Mr. Mustard Medley

Beatles Norwegian Wood

Beatles Now and Then

Beatles Nowhere Man

Beatles Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

Beatles Octopus's Garden

Beatles Oh Darling!

Beatles Please Please Me

Beatles Penny Lane

Beatles Rain

Beatles Something

Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever

Beatles Tell Me What You See

Beatles Twist and Shout

Beatles When I'm Sixty Four

Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Beatles Yesterday

Beatles You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Beatles You Never Give Me Your Money

Beatles You're Gonna Lose That Girl

Belle and Sebastian Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying

Belle and Sebastian My Wandering Days Are Over

Belle and Sebastian She's Losing It

Ben Folds Brick

Ben Folds Kate

Ben Folds Landed

Ben Folds The Luckiest

Ben Folds Zak and Sara

Bill Withers Lean on Me

Billy Joel Honesty
Billy Joel It's Still Rock and Roll to Me

Billy Joel Just the Way You Are

Billy Joel Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

Billy Joel My Life

Billy Joel New York State of Mind

Billy Joel Only the Good Die Young

Billy Joel Piano Man

Billy Joel Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

Billy Joel She's Always a Woman

Billy Joel Vienna

Billy Preston You are So Beautiful

Blind Melon No Rain

Blink 182 All the Small Things

Blue Suede Hooked on a Feeling

Bobby "Boris" Pickett Monster Mash

Bob Dylan I Want You

Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Bob Dylan The Times They are A-Changin

Bobby Darin Mack the Knife

Bob Marley One Love

Bob Marley Three Little Birds
Bob Seger Against the Wind

Bob Seger Night Moves

Bob Seger Old Time Rock and Roll

Bob Seger Still the Same

Bob Seger Turn the Page

Bob Seger We've Got Tonight

BoDeans Good Things

Bon Jovi Livin' On a Prayer

Boomtown Rats I Don't Like Mondays

Bright Eyes First Day of My Life

Bruce Springsteen Backstreets

Bruce Springsteen Cadillac Ranch

Bruce Springsteen Growin' Up

Bruce Springsteen Meeting Across the River

Bruce Springsteen No Surrender

Bruce Springsteen Racing in the Street

Bruce Springsteen Sherry Darling

Bruce Springsteen Tenth Avenue Freeze Out

Bruce Springsteen The Promised Land

Carter Family Keep On the Sunny Side

Cat Stevens If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out

Chicago Saturday in the Park

Chris Stapleton Starting Over

Chuck Berry You Never Can Tell

Chumbawamba Tubthumping

Clash Death or Glory

Clash Should I Stay or Should I Go

Clash The Card Cheat

Coldplay Clocks

Coldplay Fix You

Coldplay Speed of Sound

Coldplay The Scientist

Coldplay Viva La Vida

Coldplay Yellow

Counting Crows A Long December

Counting Crows Mr. Jones

Counting Crows Rain King

Cranberries Dreams

Cranberries Linger

Cranberries Zombie

Creedence Clearwater Revival Bad Moon Rising

Creedence Clearwater Revival Have You Ever Seen the Rain

Creedence Clearwater Revival Lodi

Cure Boys Don't Cry

Cure In Between Days

Cure Just Like Heaven

Cure Pictures of You

Darius Rucker Alright

Darius Rucker Wagon Wheel

Dave Matthews Band Ants Marching

David Bowie Heroes

Decemberists O Valencia

Dire Straits Romeo and Juliet

Don McLean American Pie

Don McLean Vincent

Doobie Brothers Listen to the Music

Eagles Desperado

Eagles Peaceful Easy Feeling

Ed Sheeran Perfect

Elton John Benny and the Jets

Elton John Crocodile Rock

Elton John Daniel

Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John Levon

Elton John Rocket Man

Elton John Saturday's Alright (For Fighting)

Elton John Tiny Dancer

Elton John Your Song

Elvis Costello Everyday I Write the Book

Elvis Costello (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding

Eric Church Drink In my Hand

Eric Clapton Layla

Eric Clapton Promises

Fats Domino Blueberry Hill

Fats Domino Ain't That a Shame

Five For Fighting 100 Years

Five For Fighting Superman (It's Not Easy)

Frankie Vali Can't Take My Eyes Off of You

Frank Sinatra Fly Me To the Moon

Frank Sinatra High Hopes

Frank Sinatra It Had to be You

Frank Sinatra Love and Marriage

Frank Sinatra The Way You Look Tonight

Fray How To Save a Life

Fleetwood Mac Don't Stop

Fleetwood Mac Dreams

Fleetwood Mac Say You Love Me

Fleetwood Mac Second Hand News

Fleetwood Mac Songbird

Foo Fighters Everlong

Foreigner Cold As Ice
Frankie Valli Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Goo Goo Dolls Broadway

Goo Goo Dolls Iris

Gordon Lightfoot Early Morning Rain

Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind

Grateful Dead Ripple

Grateful Dead Uncle John's Band

Green Day Basket Case

Green Day Good Riddance Time of Your Life

Green Day Wake Me Up When September Ends

Hall and Oates You Make My Dreams

Harry Belafonte Jamaica Farewell

Harry Belafonte Jump In the Line

Housemartins Happy Hour

Iris DeMent Let the Mystery Be

Jack Johnson Bubble Toes

Jack Johnson Upside Down

Jackson Brown Doctor My Eyes

Jackson Brown Running On Empty

Jake Owen Barefoot Blue Jean Night

James Laid

Jason Mraz I'm Yours

Jayhawks I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

Jayhawks Save it For a Rainy Day

Jelly Roll Save Me

Jerry Jeff Walker Mr. Bojangles

Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Jim Croce Bad Bad Leroy Brown

Jimmy Buffett A Pirate Looks at Forty

Jimmy Buffett Boat Drinks

Jimmy Buffett Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes

Jimmy Buffett Cheeseburger in Paradise

Jimmy Buffett Come Monday

Jimmy Buffett Fins

Jimmy Buffett He Went to Paris

Jimmy Buffett It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville

Jimmy Buffett Migration

Jimmy Buffett Pencil Thin Mustache

Jimmy Buffett Son of a Son of a Sailor

Jimmy Buffett Volcano

Jimmy Buffett Why Don't We Get Drunk

Joe Cocker Feelin Alright

Joe Jackson Is She Really Going Out With Him?

John Denver Back Home Again

John Denver Take Me Home Country Roads

John Lennon Imagine

John Lennon Woman

John Mellencamp Authority Song

John Mellencamp Jack and Diane

John Prine Angel From Montgomery

John Prine Hello In There

John Prine In Spite of Ourselves

John Prine Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian

John Prine Paradise

John Prine Souvenirs

Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Nash I Can See Clearly Now

Jonathan Edwards Sunshine

Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi

Journey Don't Stop Believin

Katrina and the Waves Walking on Sunshine

Keane Somewhere Only We Know

Keith Urban Somebody Like You

Kermit T. Frog It's Not Easy Being Green

Kermit T. Frog The Rainbow Connection

King Harvest Dancing in the Moonlight

Kinks Come Dancing

Kinks Sunny Afternoon

KISS Beth

Kris Kristofferson Me and Bobby McGee

Led Zeppelin Fool in the Rain

Leonard Cohen Hallelujah

Lit My Own Worst Enemy

Loggins and Messina Danny's Song

Loggins and Messina Your Momma Don't Dance

Looking Glass Brandy You're a Fine Girl

Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World

Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama

Marc Cohn Walking in Memphis

Maren Morris My Church

Marty Robbins El Paso

Michael Franti Say Hey

Michael Franti Sound of Sunshine
Neil Diamond Cherry Cherry

Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline

Neil Young Harvest Moon

Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Nick Lowe Cruel To Be Kind

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band An American Dream

Norah Jones Don't Know Why

Oasis Don't Look Back in Anger

Oasis Wonderwall

Otis Redding Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay

Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train

Paul McCartney Maybe I'm Amazed

Paul Simon Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard

Pearl Jam Better Man

Pearl Jam Black

Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb

Poi Dog Pondering Pulling Touch

Postal Service We Will Become Silhouettes

Proclaimers I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles

Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen Don't Stop Me Now

Radiohead Creep

Radiohead Karma Police

Randy Newman You've Got a Friend in Me

REM Rockville

REM So Central Rain

REM The One I Love

REM What's the Frequency Kenneth

Robyn Hitchcock Balloon Man
Rod Stewart Forever Young

Rod Stewart Maggie May

Roger Miller King of the Road

Rolling Stones Dead Flowers

Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Women

Rolling Stones Let it Bleed

Rolling Stones Let's Spend the Night Together

Rolling Stones She's a Rainbow

Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil

Semisonic Closing Time

Sheryl Crow If It Makes You Happy

Simon and Garfunkel Kathy's Song

Simon and Garfunkel The Boxer

Sister Hazel All For You

Smiths I Know It's Over

Smiths Reel Around the Fountain

Smiths There's a Light That Never Goes Out

Smiths Unloveable

Soul Asylum Runaway Train

Squeeze Pulling Mussels From a Shell

Steve Goodman City of New Orleans

Supertramp Give a Little Bit

Supertramp Take the Long Way Home

Styx Come Sail Away

Talking Heads Nothing But Flowers

Talking Heads Stay Up Late

Taylor Swift Champagne Problems

Taylor Swift Shake It Off

The The Uncertain Smile

Third Eye Blind Semi Charmed Life

Three Dog Night Joy to the World

Three Dog Night Never Been to Spain

Three Dog Night Shambala

Tom Petty American Girl

Tom Petty Mary Jane's Last Dance

Tom Petty You Wreck Me

Tracy Chapman Fast Car

Tracy Chapman Give Me One Reason

Train Drops of Jupiter

U2 All I Want Is You

U2 One

Van Morrison And It Stoned Me

Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl

Van Morrison Into the Mystic

Van Morrison Moondance

Van Morrison Wild Night

Vanessa Carlton A Thousand Miles

Velvet Underground Sweet Jane

Warren Zevon Werewolves of London

Weezer Buddy Holly

Weezer Island in the Sun

Weezer Undone - The Sweater Song

White Stripes We're Going to be Friends

Zac Brown Band Castaway

Zac Brown Band Chicken Fried

Zac Brown Band Island Song

Zac Brown Band Knee Deep

Zac Brown Band Toes

Carl on Keys and The Castaways

Island/Beach Selections:

Alan Jackson Tropical Depression
Alan Jackson It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

Beach Boys California Girls

Beach Boys Fun Fun Fun

Beach Boys God Only Knows

Beach Boys Surfin' USA

Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice

Beatles Good Day Sunshine

Beatles Here Comes the Sun

Beatles Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

Beatles Octopus's Garden

Blake Shelton Some Beach

Bob Marley One Love

Bob Marley Three Little Birds

Brent Burns I've Got a Beach in My Backyard
Chicago Saturday in the Park

Clare Dunn Salt and Lime

Craig Morgan Redneck Yacht Club

Darius Rucker Alright

Darius Rucker Wagon Wheel

Eric Church Drink In my Hand

Frankie Ballard Sunshine & Whiskey

Garth Brooks Friends in Low Places

George Strait Seashores of Old Mexico

Harry Belafonte Jamaica Farewell

Harry Belafonte Jump In the Line

Howard Livingston Livin' on Key West Time

Jack Johnson Bubble Toes

Jack Johnson Upside Down

Jake Owen Barefoot Blue Jean Night

Jake Owen Pass a Beer

Jason Mraz I'm Yours

Jesse Rice Gettin' Down in a Pirate Town

Jesse Rice Too Drunk to Meet Jimmy Buffett

Jim Morris The Floating Opera

Jimmy Buffett A Pirate Looks at Forty

Jimmy Buffett Boat Drinks

Jimmy Buffett Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes

Jimmy Buffett Cheeseburger in Paradise

Jimmy Buffett Come Monday

Jimmy Buffett Fins

Jimmy Buffett He Went to Paris

Jimmy Buffett It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville

Jimmy Buffett Migration

Jimmy Buffett Pencil Thin Mustache

Jimmy Buffett Son of a Son of a Sailor

Jimmy Buffett Volcano

Jimmy Buffett Why Don't We Get Drunk

John Denver Back Home Again

John Denver Take Me Home Country Roads

Johnny Nash I Can See Clearly Now

Katrina and the Waves Walking on Sunshine

Keith Urban Somebody Like You

Kenny Chesney Coconut Tree

Kenny Chesney Guitars and Tiki Bars

Kenny Chesney No Shoes No Shirt No Problem

Kenny Chesney Rum Is the Reason

Kenny Chesney When the Sun Goes Down

King Harvest Dancing in the Moonlight

Kinks Sunny Afternoon

Looking Glass Brandy You're a Fine Girl

Lyle Lovett If I had A Boat

Michael Franti Say Hey

Michael Franti Sound of Sunshine

Morgan Wallen Whiskey Glasses

Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band An American Dream

Otis Redding Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay

Paragons The Tide is High

Southern Drawl Band Another Day in Paradise

Sublime Santeria

Toby Keith Rum is the Reason

Tommy Alverson Una Mas Cervesa

Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl

Van Morrison Into the Mystic

Van Morrison Moondance

Van Morrison Wild Night

Weezer Island in the Sun

Zac Brown Band Castaway

Zac Brown Band Chicken Fried

Zac Brown Band Island Song
Zac Brown Band  Jump Right In

Zac Brown Band Knee Deep

Zac Brown Band Toes

Zac Brown Band Where the Boat Leaves From

Christmas Selections:

​All I Want For Christmas is You

Blue Christmas

Christmas All Over Again

Christmas Baby Please Come Home

Christmas Time is Here (Charlie Brown)

Christmas Don't Be Late (Chipmunk Song)

Deck the Halls

Do They Know Its Christmas? (Band Aid)

Fairytale of New York (the Pogues)

Feliz Navidad​​​​

Frosty the Snowman

Deck the Halls

Gabriels Message

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Barenaked Ladies)

Happy Christmas (War is Over)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Here Comes Santa Claus

Holly Jolly Christmas

I'll Be Home For Christmas

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle Bells

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

Let it Snow

Linus and Lucy (Charlie Brown Theme)

Little Drummer Boy

Little Saint Nick

Mele Kalikimaka

Merry Christmas Baby (Springsteen)

Nuttin For Christmas

O Christmas Tree]

O Come All Ye Faithful

O Holy Night

Please Come Home For Christmas

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Run Rudolph Run

Santa Claus is Coming to Town (traditional)

Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Springsteen)

Sleigh Ride

Silent Night

Silver Bells

Snow Miser - Heat Miser

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)

Twelve Days of Christmas

Up On the Housetop

We Need a Little Christmas

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

White Christmas

Winter Wonderland​​​

You Make It Feel Like Christmas

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch​

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