Dean Betts Music

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Dean has been a regular solo performer around the Geelong region for over 20 years (often well remembered for his time with 90's Geelong band Rogues and Scholars). Dean has studied music at University level, and has played every corner of the state - from Portland to Orbost, Echuca to Apollo Bay.

Dean is a very popular solo performer, playing regularly at the Barking Dog Hotel, Beavs Bar, and various other venues in the past including regular spots at the Inverleigh Hotel, Drysdale Hotel, Wharf Shed Cafe & The Edge (Geelong Waterfront), Great Ocean Road Brewhouse, Portarlington Hotel, and venues outside of Geelong.

Dean's set list covers 1960's - 2010's, check it out below.

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simon's Birthday Party in Durham Lead, Nov 2023

We had my 60th birthday in a beautiful country hall at Garibaldi in Victoria. Dean set the tone for the day superbly, I lost count of the number of people who said to me that there is nothing like live music at a party! They were right, he's a great musician, who adapted his set to the crowd, and the crowd loved it. Book him you wont be disappointed!! If I'm still kicking in ten more years I' will again!!



Dianne's Birthday Party in LARA, Mar 2023

Dean was great. Knew what to play for the age group attending. Had many people say how much they enjoyed the music.



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My experience and songlist spans decades, 60's 70's 80's 90's 00's music is his predominant field. See the song and artist lists above. Generally I like to warm a crowd up with some chilled out favourites, but can read the room and am not locked in to any particular song list. If the crowd is rareing to go by the 3rd song, I'm up for it. If they want a singalong, i can smash out some Aussie hits that everyone knows. But if its a quieter listening audience, I can provide provocative and alternate cover versions of well known songs, as well as familiar sounds from the original versions the crowd will know and love.


I can work in the smallest of areas in cafes, as quiet as you like with only 1 speaker strategically placed, right up to 6000W of power including subwoofers and lighting. All i need is a powerpoint!


Song / Artist
A Horse With No Name America
All For you Sister Hazel
All Of Me John Legend
All Summer Long Kid Rock
Almost with you The Church
Am I Wrong Nico & Vinz
Amazing Alex Lloyd
American Pie Don McLean
April Sun in Cuba Dragon
Are you old enough Dragon
Are you still having fun Eagle Eye Cherry
Baby did a bad bad thing Chris Isaak
Baby I love your way Peter Frampton (cover)
Babylon David Grey
Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
Barbados The Models
Because I Love You Masters Apprentices
Better Man Pearl Jam
Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell (cover)
Billie Jean Michael Jackson
Black and Gold Sam Sparro
Blame It On Me George Ezra
Blister In The Sun Violet Femmes
Blowers Daughter Damien Rice
Blue Christmas Elvis Presley
Blue On Black Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Boots of Spanish Leather Boby Dylan
Boys Light Up Australian Crawl
Boys of Summer Don Henley
Brass In Pocket The Pretenders
Break My Heart Baby Animals
Break My Stride Matthew Wilder
Breakeven The Script
Breakfast at Tiffanys Deep Blue Something
Breakup Song Greg Kihn Band
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Budapest George Ezra
Bus Stop The Hollies
Capricorn Dancer Richard Clapton
Caroline Badloves
Castles iIn The Air Don McLean
Castles In The Air Hoodoo Gurus
Chasing Cars Snow Patrol
Cherry Cherry Neil Diamond
Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus
Come To Me Diesel
Cool World Mondo Rock
Copperhead Road Steve Earle
Song Artist
Creep Radiohead
Cry In Shame Diesel
Dancing In The Storm Boom Crash Opera
Day Dream Believer The Monkees
Distant Sun Crowded House
Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
Don't Change INXS
Don't Dream Its Over Crowded House
Don't Fall In Love The Ferrets
Dreadlock Holiday 10cc
Dream Catch Me Newton Faulkner
Drift Away Dobie Gray
Drive Incubus
Drops of Jupiter Train
Dumb Things Paul Kelly
Eagle Rock Daddy Cool
Even when I'm Sleeping Leonardo's Bride
Every Night Wings
Everybody wants to work Uncanny X Men
Everybody's Talkin Harry Nillson
Fail at your Feet Crowded House
Fast Car Tracey Chapman
Fire & Rain James Taylor
Flame Trees Cold Chisel
Folsom Prison Blues Jonny Cash
Fooled Around and Fell In Love Elvin Bishop
Forever Young Alphaville
Forgotten Years Midnight Oil
Geronimo Shepherd
Get That Jive Dragon
Girls on the Avenue Richard Clapton
Girls Talk Dave Edmonds
Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac
Gold John Stewart
Good Lovin The Rascals (cover)
Good Riddance (Time of your Life) Greenday
Great Southern Land Icehouse
Green Door Shakin' Stevens (cover)
Green Limousine Badloves
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
Handle With Care Travelling Wilburys
Hands To Yourself Black Crowes
Happy Xmas War is Over John Lennon
Hard Days Night The Beatles
Have you ever seen the rain Creedence Clearwater Revival
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas various
Heartache Tonight The Eagles
Heroes David Bowie
Song Artist
Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms
Hey There Delilah Plain White T's
Hide Your Love Away The Beatles (cover)
Highway To Hell ACDC
Hold Back The River James Bay
Hold Me Now Thompson Twins
Hold My Hand Hootie and the Blowfish
Hollywood 7 Jon English
Hotel California The Eagles
How to make gravy Paul Kelly
How to save a life The Fray
Hungry Heart Bruce Springsteen
Hurts So Good John Cougar
I don't wanna be Gavin DeGraw
I Fought The Law The Bobby Fuller Four
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues Elton John
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2
I wanna hold your hand The Beatles
I won't let you go James Morrisson
I'll Stand By You The Pretenders
I'm a believer The Monkees
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers
I'm Yours Jason Mraz
Island In The Sun Weezer
It's Different For Girls Joe Jackson
Jack & Diane John Cougar
Jackson Johnny Cash
Jet Airliner Steve Miller Band
Jingle Bell Rock various
Khe Sahn Cold Chisel
Landslide Khe Sahn
Last Kiss Pearl Jam (cover)
Lay Down Sally Eric Clapton (cover)
Lay Your Weary Head Down James Reyne
Leaps and Bounds Paul Kelly
Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) Pink
Let Her Cry Hootie and the Blowfish
Let Her Go Passenger
Let It Be The Beatles
Let Your Love Flow The Bellamy Brothers
Lightning Crashes Live
Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons
Little Sister Ry Cooder (cover)
Live Louder Nathaniel
Long Day Matchbox Twenty
Losing My Religion REM
Lost Badloves
Song Artist
Love My Way Psychedlic Furs
Love the one you're with Chantoozies (version)
Make Me Smile Nick Barker (version)
Make You Feel My Love Adele (version)
Manhattan Kings of Leon
Maxine Sharon O'Neal
Mean To Me Crowded House
Merry Christmas Baby various
Midnight Bus Johnny Chester
Miss You Rolling Stones
Monday Morning Fleetwood Mac
Moondance Van Morrison
More Than This Roxy Music
Most People I Know Billy Thorpe
Mr Brightside The Killers
Mrs Robinson Simon & Garfunkle
Mustang Sally The Commitments (cover)
No Rain Blind Melon
No Secrets The Angels
No Sense Cold Chisel
Old Man Neil Young
Old Time Rock n Roll Bob Seger
Olivers Army Elvis Costello
One U2
One Crowded Hour Augie March
One Headlight The Wallflowers
One More Time Diesel
One Perfect Day Little Heroes
Opportunity Pete Murray
Out of Mind Out of Sight The Models
Overkill Men At Work
People Get Ready Eva Cassidy (cover)
Photograph George Harrisson
Pompeii Bastille
Promises Eric Clapton
Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People
Purple Rain Prince
Rain Dragon
Rain King Counting Crows
Reckless Australian Crawl (cover)
Red Daniel Merriweather
Red Light Ave James Reyne
Reubin James Kenny Rogers
Revelry Kings of Leon
Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
Riptide Vance Joy
Rocket Man Elton John
Rockin All Over The World Status Quo
Song Artist
Romeo & Juliet Dire Straits
Royals Lorde
Run Run Rudolph Chuck Berry
Runaway Del Shannon (cover)
Runaway Train Soul Asylum
Rush Big Audio Dynamite
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Traditional
Save Tonight Eagle Eye Cherry
Say What You Need to Say John Mayer
Scarecrow John Cougar Mellencamp
Sea of Love The Honeydrippers
Semi Charmed Life Third Eye Blind
Send Me an Angel Real Life
Seven Nation Army White Stripes
Sex on Fire Kings of Leon
Shame and Scandal Sir Lancelot
Shimmer Fuel
Shimmer Shawn Mullins
Shine Collective Soul
Sister Golden Hair America
Six Days On The Road Dave Dudley
Slide Goo Goo Dolls
Slipping Away Max Merritt
Somebody Like You Keith Urban
Something Special Clive Young ¹
Somwhere Only We Know (cover) ¹
Southern Son Boy & Bear ¹
Space Oddity David Bowie ¹
Stand By Me Ben E King ¹
Steal My Kisses Ben Harper ¹
Stolen Dance Black Keys ¹
Stop and Stare One Republic ¹
Stuck In The Middle With You Stealers' Wheel ¹
Summer of 69 Brian Adams ¹
Summertime Blues Eddie Cochrane ¹
Sunday Morning Coming Down Johnny Cash ¹
Superstition Stevie Wonder ¹
Sure Know Something Kiss ¹
Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond ¹
Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
Take It Easy The Eagles
Take Me To The River Talking Heads (cover)
Take Your Mama Scissor Sisters
Talk of the Town John Farnham
Tequila Sunrise The Eagles
That's When I Think Of You 1927
The A Team Ed Sheeran
The Best Thing Boom Crash Opera
Song Artist
The Boxer Simon & Garfunkle
The First Cut is the Deepest Rod Stewart (cover)
The Gambler Kenny Rogers
The Horses Daryl Braithwaite
The Joker Steve Miller Band
The Killing of Georgie Rod Stewart
The Only Living Boy In New York Simon & Garfunkle
The Real Thing Russell Morriss
The Scientist Coldplay
The Times They Are a Changing Bob Dylan
The Weight The Band
The Whole Of The Moon The Waterboys
These Days Powderfinger
Thinking Out loud Ed Sheeran
This Ole House Shakin' Stevens (cover)
This Song Has No Title Elton John
Three A.M. Matchbox Twenty
Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters & Collectors
Time Warp Rocky Horror Picture Show
Times Like These Foo Fighters
Tip Of My Tongue Diesel
To Her Door Paul Kelly
Too Many Times Mental As Anything
Travellin' Soldier Dixie Chicks
Trouble Lindsey Buckingham
True Colors Cyndi Lauper
Two Princes Spin Doctors
Una Paloma Blanca George Baker Selection (cover)
Use Somebody Kings of Leon
Walk Right IN Dr Hook
Way Out West The Dingoes (cover)
Wear My Ring (around your neck) Elvis Presley
What I Like About You The Romantics
What's My Scene Hoodoo Gurus
When I Kissed The Teacher ABBA
When You Were Young The Killers
White Christmas Bing Crosby
Wings of an Eagle Russell Morris
Wish You Well Bernard Fanning
Wonderwall Oasis
World where you live Crowded House
You are my Sunshine Traditional
You Give Me Something Jamiroquai
You're So Vain Carly Simon


All prices exclude GST (not charged), and any travel / accom costs.
Let's discuss what you need!!

Private Backyard BBQ / Party: from $280
Small Public Bars (up to midnight) : from $390
Larger Venues / Marquees : from $500

Duo available for Pubs and Functions : from $610

All prices subject to negotiation depending on requirements.


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