HUNTER GIBSON
Hunter began studying music at the age of six. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Hunter played in many local bands as a teenager, and in 1982, while working on a Business degree at Belhaven College, he began performing as a solo artist. After graduating from college in 1985, Hunter became a full-time musician, playing in Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Illinois, and Texas, as well as his home state, where he soon developed a loyal following.
In 1989, Hunter recorded his first album, “The Unopened Door.” It received regional radio airplay, especially in Mississippi, and the self-produced effort received national attention for its production.
“Fountain of Youth,” Hunter’s second release, came out in 1993. Its first single “Kymberly” started receiving airplay on Jackson station B95.5, and within the first week, it was the fifth most requested song, competing with national hits. His latest CD “The Home Sessions” came out in 1998. It continues to receive local radio airplay.
Hunter also has a six-piece band called Hunter & the Gators. They celebrated their 10th anniversary in July of 2001. They specialize in dance music with lots of harmony. They all sing lead vocals as well as back-up. They were nominated for best pop group in the Jackson Music Awards in 1999.
Hunter also writes and produces TV commercial music, industrial video scores, and radio jingles. His work has received several Addy Awards. In 2001, he composed and recorded the theme music for “Chasing the Dream,” a nationally broadcast program on The Outdoor Channel.
Performances
Hunter has performed in hundreds of restaurants and nightclubs throughout the South. He also entertains at wedding receptions, private parties, fraternities, sororities, and he has opened for and performed with such artists as Greg Allman, Better Than Ezra, Starship, Percy Sledge, Tom Keifer (from Cinderella), Irma Thomas, the Radiators, and Fingers Taylor and Mike Utley (from Jimmy Buffett’s band).
Hunter is considered a "one-man band," playing keyboards, guitar, and harmonica, with the rest of the instruments recorded on mini-disc, all programmed himself. Hunter communicates well with his audience, always getting them involved and encouraging requests. His songlist consists of over 700 songs from the late fifties to the present.
Song List
BRYAN ADAMS
Cuts Like a Knife
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Summer of ’69ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
Melissa
One Way Out
Statesboro Blues
Stormy MondayAMERICA
Daisy Jane
Horse with No Name
I Need You
Sister Golden HairTHE ANIMALS
House of the Rising SunLOUIS ARMSTRONG
What a Wonderful WorldATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION
SpookyBAD COMPANY
Ready for Love
Shooting Star
Silver Blue and Gold
YoungbloodTHE BEACH BOYS
California Girls
Fun, Fun, Fun
Surfin’ USATHE BEATLES
All My Lovin’
And I Love Her
Back in the USSR
Come Together
Eight Days a Week
Golden Slumbers
Hey Jude
I Saw Her Standing There
In My Life
It’s Only Love
Let it Be
The Long and Winding Road
Michelle
She Came In Thru the Bathroom Window
Something
Ticket to Ride
Twist & Shout
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
YesterdayBLACK CROWES
Hard to Handle
She Talks to AngelsBoDEANS
Closer to FreeDAVID BOWIE
Heroes
Space Oddity
Suffragette City
Ziggy StardustBREAD/ DAVID GATES
Diary
The Goodbye Girl
If
Lost Without Your Love
Make It with YouGARTH BROOKS
The Dance
Friends in Low Places
If Tomorrow Never Comes
One Night a Day
Standing Outside the Fire
To Make You Feel My LoveJAMES BROWN
I Got You (I Feel Good)JACKSON BROWNE
Fountain of Sorrow
Here Come Those Tears Again
The Load Out/ Stay
The Pretender
RosieBUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
For What It’s WorthJIMMY BUFFETT
Changes in Latitudes
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Coast of Marseilles
Come Monday
He Went to Paris
Margaritaville
Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Pencil Thin Mustache
A Pirate Looks at Forty
Son of a Son of a Sailor
Stars Fell on Alabama
Volcano
Why Don’t We Get DrunkHARRY CHAPIN
Cat’s in the Cradle
TaxiCHEAP TRICK
I Want You to Want Me
SurrenderSTEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN
I Will Be HereTRACY CHAPMAN
Give Me One ReasonEAGLE EYE CHERRY
Save TonightCHICAGO
Colour My World
Saturday in the ParkERIC CLAPTON
Lay Down Sally
Layla
Tears in Heaven
Wonderful TonightPATSY CLINE
CrazyJOE COCKER
Feelin’ Alright
The Letter
You Can Leave Your Hat OnMARC COHN
True Companion
Walking in MemphisPHIL COLLINS/ GENESIS
Abacab
Against All Odds
Another Day in Paradise
Groovy Kind of Love
In the Air Tonight
Please Don’t AskTHE COMMODORES/LIONEL RICHIE
Brickhouse
Easy
Hello
Still
Stuck on You
Three Times a Lady
TrulyHARRY CONNICK, JR.
It Had to Be YouALICE COOPER
I Never CryELVIS COSTELLO
Allison
SheCREEDENCE CLEARWATER
Bad Moon Rising
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Proud Mary
Creedence Clearwater, cont.
Who’ll Stop the RainJIM CROCE
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Have to Say “I Love You” in a Song
Lover’s Cross
Time in a BottleCROSBY STILLS & NASH
Helpless
Our House
Southern Cross
Teach Your ChildrenSHERYL CROW
Every Day is a Winding Road
If It Makes You HappySPENCER DAVIS GROUP
Gimme Some Lovin’DEEP PURPLE
HushDEF LEPPARD
Pour Some Sugar on MeNEIL DIAMOND
Hello Again
Love on the Rocks
Play MeDISHWALLA
Counting Blue Cars (Tell Me All Your Thoughts on God)THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
Taking it to the StreetsTHE DOORS
Light My Fire
Love Me Two Times
People are Strange
Riders on the Storm
Roadhouse BluesTHE DRIFTERS
Under the BoardwalkDURAN DURAN
Hungry Like the WolfBOB DYLAN
Blowin’ in the Wind
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Lay Lady Lay
Like a Rolling Stone
Tangled up in BlueTHE EAGLES
Already Gone
Best of My Love
Desperado
Hotel California
I Can’t Tell You Why
Love Will Keep Us Alive
Lyin’ Eyes
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Take it Easy
Tequila Sunrise
Wasted TimeJONATHAN EDWARDS
Sunshine (go away today)EMERSON LAKE & PALMER
Lucky Man
Still… You Turn Me OnMELISSA ETHERIDGE
The Angels
Come to My Window
I’m the Only One
Let Me Go
Nowhere to Go
This War is OverTHE EVERLY BROTHERS
Bye, Bye Love
Wake Up Little SusieEXTREME
More Than WordsFLEETWOOD MAC
LandslideEDDIE FLOYD
Knock on Wood
DAN FOGELBERG
As the Raven Flies
Leader of the Band
The Long Way
Looking for a Lady
Part of the Plan
Place in the World for a Gambler
The River
Run for the Roses
Same Old Lang Syne
Souvenirs
Stars
To the Morning
WysteriaFOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
Stacy’s MomPETER GABRIEL
Here Comes the Flood
SledgehammerJUDY GARLAND
Somewhere Over the RainbowMARVIN GAYE
Heard it Through the Grapevine
Let’s Get It OnGEORGIA SATELLITES
Keep Your Hands to YourselfHUNTER GIBSON
Originals from his three CD’s
“The Unopened Door,” “Fountain of Youth” and “The Home Sessions”VINCE GILL
Liza JaneGIN BLOSSOMS
Follow You Down
Found Out About YouGRAND FUNK RAILROAD
I’m Your Captain
Some Kind of WonderfulDOBIE GRAY
Drift AwayGREEN DAY
Time of Your LifeARLO GUTHRIE
City of New OrleansHALL & OATES
Sara SmileTHE JEFF HEALEY BAND
Angel Eyes
I Think I Love You Too MuchDON HENLEY
The Boys of Summer
End of the Innocence
Heart of the Matter
New York MinuteBUDDY HOLLY
That’ll Be the DayHOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH
Hold My Hand
Only Wanna Be With You
TimeBRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE
Mandolin Rain
The Way It IsINDIGO GIRLS
Kid FearsCHRIS ISAAK
Wicked GameTHE ISLEY BROTHERS
ShoutJOE JACKSON/ SUGAR RAY
Is She Really Going Out With HimRICK JAMES
SuperfreakTOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS
Mony, MonyBILLY JOEL
Baby Grand
Ballad of Billy the Kid
Captain Jack
Downeaster “Alexa”
Honesty
I Go to Extremes
I’ve Loved These Days
James
Just the Way You Are
Miami 2017
Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
New York State of Mind
Only the Good Die Young
Piano Man
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
She’s Always a Woman
She’s Got a Way
Still Rock and Roll to Me
Streetlife Serenader
Temptation
You may be right
You’re My HomeELTON JOHN
Ballad of Danny Bailey
Bennie and the Jets
Blue Eyes
Burn Down the Mission
Cage the Songbird
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Candle in the Wind
Captain Fantastic
Come Down in Time
Country Comfort
Crocodile Rock
Daniel
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Elton’s Song
Empty Garden
First Episode at Hienton
Friends
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
The Greatest Discovery
Harmony
I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues
Indian Sunset
Levon
Love Song
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
The One
Rocket Man
Sacrifice
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
Sixty Years On
Skyline Pigeon
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
Sweet Painted Lady
This Song has no Title
Ticking
Tiny Dancer
Tonight
Your SongJANIS JOPLIN
Me and Bobby McGeeJOURNEY
Faithfully
Loving, Touching, Squeezing
Open ArmsK.C. and the SUNSHINE BAND
Get Down Tonight
Shake Your Booty
That’s the Way (I Like It)JOSHUA KADISON
Beautiful in my EyesKANSAS
Dust in the WindBEN E. KING
Stand by MeTHE KINKS
You Really Got MeKISS
BethLOUISIANA’S LaROUX
New Orleans LadiesLED ZEPPELIN
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin, cont.
Thank YouJOHN LENNON
Imagine
Jealous GuyJERRY LEE LEWIS
Great Balls of FireGORDON LIGHTFOOT
If You Could Read my MindLITTLE FEAT
Dixie ChickenLITTLE RIVER BAND
Cool Change
Lady
Take it Easy on MeLIVE
Lightning CrashesLOGGINS & MESSINA
Danny’s Song
House at Pooh Corner
A Love Song
Watching the River Run
Your Mama Don’t DanceLOVIN’ SPOONFUL
Do You Believe in MagicBARRY MANILOW
Could it be Magic
Mandy
Weekend in New EnglandRICHARD MARX
Hold on to the Nights
Now and Forever
Right Here WaitingMATCHBOX TWENTY
Push
3 A.M.DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Crash Into Me
What Would You SayJOHN MAYER
Bigger Than My Body
No Such Thing
Why Georgia
Your Body is a WonderlandMAC McANALLY
It’s a Crazy World
MiraclePAUL McCARTNEY
Maybe I’m AmazedTHE McCOYS
Hang On, SloopyDON McLEAN
American Pie
VincentDELBERT McCLINTON
Shaky GroundJOHN MELLENCAMP
Get a Leg Up
Jack & Dianne
Pink Houses
Wild NightBETTE MIDLER
Wind Beneath my WingsMIKE & THE MECHANICS
The Living YearsTHE STEVE MILLER BAND
Jet Airliner
The Joker
Rockin’ MeMR. MISTER
Broken WingsJOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY
I Swear
Rope the Moon
VAN MORRISON
Brown-eyed Girl
Domino
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Into the Mystic
Moondance
Tupelo HoneyMOTOWN MEDLEY
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
Baby I Need Your Loving
Can’t Get Next to You
Can’t Help Myself
Get Ready
I’ll Be There
I’m Losing You
My Girl
Same Old SongJASON MRAZ
The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)SHAWN MULLINS
Lullaby (Rock-a-bye)ALANNAH MYLES
Black VelvetWILLIE NELSON
Always on my Mind
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Let it Be MeNILSSON
Without YouTOM PETTY
Free Falling
Listen to Her Heart
Mary Jane’s Last Dance
Refugee
You Wreck MeWILSON PICKETT
Land of 1,000 Dances
Mustang SallyPINK FLOYD
Comfortably Numb
Money
Wish You Were HereELVIS PRESLEY
All shook up
Blue Suede Shoes
Don’t be cruel
I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You
Hound Dog
Jailhouse Rock
Suspicious MindsPRINCE
1999
Purple RainJOHN PRINE
Dear Abby
Please Don’t Bury Me
The Way the World Goes ‘RoundTHE PROCLAIMERS
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)PROCOL HARUM
Whiter Shade of PalePURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE
AmieQUEEN
Crazy little thing called love
We Will Rock You
R.E.M.
Everybody Hurts
Losing My Religion
Man on the Moon
The One I Love
Radio Free EuropeRADIOHEAD
Fake Plastic TreesBONNIE RAITT
Angel from Montgomery
I Can’t Make You Love Me
RunawayLARRY RASBERRY
Dixie DinerCOLLIN RAYE
In This LifeOTIS REDDING
Dock of the Bay
That’s How Strong My Love IsTHE REMBRANDTS
Confidential Information
I’ll Be There For You (from “Friends”)
SomeoneRESTLESS HEART
I’ll Still be Loving YouTHE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
Unchained Melody
You’ve Lost That Loving FeelingKENNY ROGERS
Lady
Lucille
Through the YearsTHE ROLLING STONES
Angie
Brown Sugar
Honky Tonk Women
Ruby Tuesday
Satisfaction
You Can’t Always Get What You WantTHE ROMANTICS
What I Like About YouDAVID LEE ROTH
Just a GigoloTODD RUNDGREN
I Saw the Light
Wouldn’t Have Made Any DifferenceSALIVA
Rest in PiecesSAM AND DAVE
Hold On, I’m Coming
Soul ManSAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS
Wooly BullySANTANA
Black Magic WomanSEALS AND CROFTS
I’ll Play for You
Summer BreezeBOB SEGER
Against the Wind
Night Moves
Old Time Rock and Roll
Turn the PagePAUL SIMON
Late in the Evening
You Can Call Me AlSIMON & GARFUNKEL
The Boxer
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Homeward Bound
Mrs. Robinson
The Sound of SilenceFRANK SINATRA
My Funny Valentine
New York, New York
The Way You Look TonightSISTER HAZEL
All for YouSMASHMOUTH
Walkin’ on the SunMICHAEL W. SMITH
Emily
Friends (are friends forever)
Place in This World
RockettownSPIN DOCTORS
Two PrincesRICK SPRINGFIELD
Jessie’s GirlSTEELY DAN
Rikki Don’t Lose That NumberSTEPPENWOLF
Magic Carpet RideCAT STEVENS
Another Saturday Night
Moonshadow
Wild WorldAL STEWART
The Year of the CatROD STEWART
Maggie May
Reason to BelieveSTORYVILLE
A Good Day for the BluesSTRAY CATS
Rock this townSUPERTRAMP
Goodbye Stranger
Take the Long Way HomeJAMES TAYLOR
Bartender’s Blues
Country Road
Don’t Let me be Lonely Tonight
Fire and Rain
How Sweet it is (To be Loved by You)
Millworker
Shower the People
Steamroller Blues
Sweet Baby James
You’ve Got a FriendTHE TEMPTATIONS
Ain’t too Proud to Beg
My GirlTHIRD EYE BLIND
Semi-charmed LifeTOAD THE WET SPROCKET
All I Want
I Will Not Take These Things For GrantedTONIC
If You Could Only See
You Wanted MoreTRAIN
Calling All Angels
Drops of JupiterTRAVIS TRITT
AnymoreTHE TROGGS
Wild ThingTOMMY TUTONE
867-5309 (Jenny Jenny)STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
CrossfireBILLY VERA & the BEATERS
At This MomentVERTICAL HORIZON
You’re a godSTEVE WARINER
The WeekendTHE WHO
Behind Blue Eyes
Won’t Get Fooled AgainWAR
Low RiderWILD CHERRY
Play that Funky MusicHANK WILLIAMS, JR.
Family Tradition
Whiskey Bent and Hell BoundBILL WITHERS
Ain’t no Sunshine
Just the Two of Us (with Grover Washington, Jr.)STEVIE WONDER
SuperstitionGARY WRIGHT
DreamweaverNEIL YOUNG
Down by the River
Heart of Gold
Needle and the Damage Done
Out on the WeekendTHE YOUNGBLOODS
Get TogetherZ.Z. TOP
Jesus Just Left ChicagoWARREN ZEVON
Werewolves of LondonVarious Pre-1950’s songs
Sentimental journey
I left my heart in San Francisco
Route 66
On a clear day
The sunny side of the street
September song
I’m beginning to see the light
Mood Indigo
Sweet Georgia Brown
The Impossible dream