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R.D. King Acoustic Guitarist from Boston, MA

Will travel up to 100 miles

  • Avg 5.0 | 39 Reviews
  • 55 Verified Bookings
  • Member Since 2018
  • 6 Awards & Badges
  • Virtual Services Offered
  • Accepts Online Payment
  • Starting at $300 per event

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Based in Quincy, Massachusetts, R.D. King is an award-winning acoustic wedding guitarist serving Boston, Cambridge, the North Shore, South Shore, MetroWest, and throughout New England. Specializing in elegant solo instrumental acoustic guitar, King provides live music for wedding ceremonies, cocktail hours, receptions, and more. A virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist and accomplished composer, R.D. King brings over fifteen years of professional performance experience to hundreds of weddings and private events. His music creates a warm, romantic atmosphere—perfect for walking down the aisle, setting the tone during cocktail hour, or adding a refined backdrop to dinner receptions. Classically trained and a graduate of Ithaca College’s School of Music, King is also an associate lecturer at UMass Boston. His deep musical background allows him to seamlessly blend classical technique with contemporary style, delivering polished and expressive instrumental arrangements tailored specifically for weddings. R.D. King provides live acoustic guitar music for: -Wedding ceremonies (prelude, processional, and recessional music) -Cocktail hour entertainment -Reception dinner music -Engagement parties and private events -Memorials and celebrations of life

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Review by Erin M.

Corporate FunctionReviewed on April 26, 2026From Boston, MA

R.D. was great to work with! He was a good communicator and was happy to take the lead with very little direction from me. Most importantly, he was incredibly talented and provided beautiful music for our event. While he is clearly talented enough to be the star of the show, he did a great job providing ambient background music that allowed our guests to chat and network with each other. Thanks so much, R.D.!

R.D. King:

Thanks so much Erin! It was a fun crowd and it was great to work with you! Hope the event was a huge success.

Review by Cris L.

Club EventReviewed on March 15, 2026From Newport, RI

We had R.D. perform at our private club dinner cocktail hour and, WOW! R.D. is unbelievably talented and a wonderful professional. Doing business with R.D. was just as enjoyable as listening to his performance.

Review by tricia j.

Corporate FunctionReviewed on January 31, 2026From Boston, MA

We were having a holiday event in January for our GBTA association. We decided to have an acoustic guitarist play with no singing. We had never done this before and were so impressed and happy we did. It changed the atmosphere to the next level. We were having winter white which I mentioned to RD and he came in a lite suit and scarf he look so professional and fit right in. He was extremely accommodating and incredibly friendly. We already have one guest that is interested in hiring RD for her nieces wedding hopefully there are more, Can not say enough good things about RD and his personality and talent.

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  • Thinking Out Loud | Ed Sheeran
  • The Rainbow Connection | (from the Muppet Movie)
  • Take on Me | a-ha
  • State of Grace | Taylor Swift
  • Spiegel im Spiegel | Arvo Part
  • Shake It Off | Taylor Swift
  • Romantic Flight | (from How to Train Your Dragon)
  • River Flows in You | Yiruma
  • Riptide | Vance Joy
  • Overwhelmed | Tim McMorris
  • Oogway Ascends | (from Kung Fu Panda)
  • Music Alla Hornpipe | G.F. Handel
  • Lucky | Jason Mraz
  • Love and Some Verses | Iron & Wine
  • Lego House | Ed Sheeran
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | J.S. Bach
  • Hell of a Year | Parker McCallum
  • Gymnopedie No. 1 | Erik Satie
  • Concerning Hobbits (The Shire Theme) | (from Lord of the Rings)
  • Come What May | (from Moulin Rouge)
  • Clarity | Vance Joy
  • Circles | Post Malone
  • Claire de Lune | Claude Debussy
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight | (from Lion King)
  • 1000 Times | Sara Bareilles
  • A Lack of Color | Death Cab for Cutie
  • A Thousand Years | Christina Perri
  • Across the Universe | The Beatles
  • Adore You | Harry Styles
  • Ain't No Sunshine | Bill Withers
  • All Apologies | Nirvana
  • All of Me | John Legend
  • All the Small Things | Blink-182
  • All You Need is Love | The Beatles
  • And I Love Her | The Beatles
  • Any piece of classical music | available upon request
  • Any song | available upon request
  • Ashokan Farewell | Jay Ungar
  • At Last | Etta James
  • Ave Maria | Schubert
  • Baby I Need Your Lovin' | The Four Tops
  • Babylon | David Gray
  • Beautiful Day | U2
  • Beautiful World | Colin Hay
  • Bella's Lullaby | (from the movie Twilight)
  • Bennie and the Jets | Elton John
  • Better Together | Jack Johnson
  • Bittersweet Symphony | The Verve
  • Blessed | Thomas Rhett
  • Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison
  • Build Me Up Buttercup | The Foundations
  • Burning Love | Elvis Presley
  • California Dreamin' | Mamas and the Papas
  • Can't Buy Me Love | The Beatles
  • Can't Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley
  • Canon in D | Pachelbel
  • Carolina In My Mind | James Taylor
  • Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude | J.S. Bach
  • Cello Suite No. 6, Gavotte I + II | J.S. Bach
  • Corcovado | Stan Getz
  • Cough Syrup | Young the Giant
  • Count on Me | Bruno Mars
  • Crystallized | Young the Giant
  • Daylight | Taylor Swift
  • Dos Oruguitas | from Encanto
  • Dreams | Fleetwood Mac
  • Dust in the Wind | Kansas
  • Earth Wind and Fire | September
  • Everlong | Foo Fighters
  • Every Little Thing She Does is Magic | Sting
  • Falling Slowly | Glen Hansard
  • Fast Car | Tracy Chapman
  • Fire and Rain | James Taylor
  • First Date | Blink-182
  • First Day of My Life | Bright Eyes
  • Fly Me to the Moon | Frank Sinatra
  • Free Fallin' | Tom Petty
  • Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead
  • From This Moment On | Shania Twain
  • Give Me One Reason | Tracy Chapman
  • Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen
  • Have You Ever Seen the Rain | Credence Clearwater Revival
  • Heart of Gold | Neil Young
  • Heart Shaped Box | Nirvana
  • Heartbeats | Jose Gonzalez
  • Helplessly Hoping | Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • Here Comes the Sun | The Beatles
  • Hey Jude | The Beatles
  • High and Dry | Radiohead
  • Higher Love | James McMorrow
  • Ho Hey | The Lumineers
  • Holocene | Bon Iver
  • Hotel California | The Eagles
  • I Choose You | Sara Bareilles
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody | Whitney Houston
  • I Want It That Way | Backstreet Boys
  • I Was Made for Loving You | Tori Kelly & Ed Sheeran
  • I Will Follow You Into the Dark | Death Cab for Cutie
  • I'm Yours | Jason Mraz
  • I've Just Seen a Face | The Beatles
  • If I Fell | The Beatles
  • In My Life | The Beatles
  • Into the Mystic | Van Morrison
  • Iris | The Goo Goo Dolls
  • Isn't She Lovely | Stevie Wonder
  • It Never Entered My Mind | Miles Davis
  • Just Like Heaven | The Cure
  • Just the Way You Are | Bruno Mars
  • Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel
  • Kiss Me | Sixpence None the Richer
  • Kiss the Girls | Shakey Graves
  • La Vie En Rose | Edith Piaf
  • Landslide | Fleetwood Mac
  • Lara's Theme | (from Dr. Zhivago)
  • Layla | Derek & the Dominos
  • Love Story | Taylor Swift
  • Make You Feel My Love | Adele (Bob Dylan)
  • Married Life | from Up!
  • Marry Me | Train
  • Marry You | Bruno Mars
  • Mirrors | Justin Timberlake
  • Moon River | Henry Mancini
  • More Than Words | Extreme
  • Movin' Out | Billy Joel
  • My Heart Will Go On | Celine Dion
  • My Life Would Suck Without You | Kelly Clarkson
  • My Side of the Fence | Dan + Shay
  • My Way | Frank Sinatra
  • Naked as We Came | Iron & Wine
  • Name | The Goo Goo Dolls
  • Never Going Back Again | Fleetwood Mac
  • Norwegian Wood | The Beatles
  • Nothing Can Change this Love | Sam Cooke
  • One Hand, One Heart | (from West Side Story)
  • Paradise | Coldplay
  • Passing Afternoon | Iron & Wine
  • Perfect | Ed Sheeran
  • Piano Man | Billy Joel
  • Remember When | Alan Jackson
  • Rhiannon | Fleetwood Mac
  • Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash
  • Ripple | Grateful Dead
  • Ripple | Grateful Dead
  • Royals | Lorde
  • Sailing | Christopher Cross
  • Shape of My Heart | Sting
  • Simply the Best | Noah Reid (Tina Turner)
  • Sitting on a Dock by the Bay | Otis Redding
  • Slow Burn | Kacey Musgraves
  • Solsbury Hill | Peter Gabriel
  • Something | The Beatles
  • Something Just Like This | The Chainsmokers
  • Somewhere | (From West Side Story)
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
  • Songbird | Fleetwood Mac
  • Stand By Me | Ben E. King
  • Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael
  • Stop This Train | John Mayer
  • Style | Taylor Swift
  • Summertime | George Gershwin
  • Superstition | Stevie Wonder
  • Tenerife Sea | Ed Sheeran
  • That's How Strong My Love Is | Otis Redding
  • The Girl from Ipanema | Stan Getz
  • The Last Waltz | Engelbert Humperdink
  • The Longest Time | Billy Joel
  • The Luckiest | Ben Folds
  • The Only Exception | Paramore
  • The Shire | (from Lord of the Rings)
  • The Wonder of You | Elvis Presley
  • This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | Talking Heads
  • This Year's Love | David Gray
  • Time | Pink Floyd
  • Unchained Melody | Righteous Brothers
  • Wake Me Up When September Ends | Green Day
  • Walk the Line | Johnny Cash
  • Waste | Phish
  • We're Going to Be Friends | The White Stripes
  • Wedding March | (from Lohengrin)
  • Wedding March | (from Midsummer Night's Dream)
  • What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong
  • When You Were Young | The Killers
  • Why Georgia | John Mayer
  • Wildflower | Tom Petty
  • Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd
  • With a Little Help from My Friends | The Beatles
  • Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton
  • Wonderwall | Oasis
  • Woodstock | Joni Mitchell
  • Yellow | Coldplay
  • You Are the Best Thing | Ray LaMontagne
  • You Can't Hurry Love | The Supremes
  • Your Song | Elton John

Booked Events 

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Upcoming Events

June 14, 2026 • Graduation Party
Sun11:30 AM - 3:00 PM Medway, MA
September 19, 2026 • Anniversary Party
Sat12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Smithfield, RI

Past Events

April 25, 2026 • Corporate Function
Sat7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Boston, MA
March 14, 2026 • Club Event
Sat5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Newport, RI
January 22, 2026 • Corporate Function
Thu6:00 PM - 9:30 PM Boston, MA
January 3, 2026 • Funeral
Sat1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Sterling, MA
December 13, 2025 • Community Event
Sat7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Ashland, MA
November 19, 2025 • Convention
Wed6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Boston, MA
October 14, 2025 • Meeting
Tue7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Nantucket, MA
October 4, 2025 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Boston, MA
September 27, 2025 • Funeral
Sat12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Fall River, MA
August 12, 2025 • Corporate Function
Tue4:30 PM - 7:00 PM Portland, ME
July 31, 2025 • Rehearsal Dinner
Thu6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Danvers, MA
July 19, 2025 • Celebration
Sat12:00 PM - 2:30 PM Nahant, MA

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