Weddings
Your ceremony & cocktail hour
Pre-ceremony and cocktail-hour standards, custom songs on request, and the option of a fuller band.
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McIntyre & Dickson
Jazz, blues, and popular favorites, played live by two real players. Warm, laid-back music for weddings, coffee shops, restaurants, festivals, and rooms that want to feel alive without getting too loud, unless that’s your goal.
- Contact for PricingEvery date and event is quoted individually. Contact us for pricing
What We Do
Venues & Events
Coffee shops to festivals
Coffee shops, restaurants, festivals, markets, and private events, a small footprint that fits almost anywhere.
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Watch us live & videos
Find our next public dates, watch us play, and hear what people who’ve booked us have to say.
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Two players, one conversation.
McIntyre & Dickson is a guitar-and-keyboard duo from just outside Detroit, Michigan. The format is simple on purpose: two instruments, played off each other in real time, melody traded back and forth, nothing pre-recorded, nothing phoned in. It works as the center of attention or as the warmth in the background of a good morning or a big day.
Guitar
JD McIntyre
The McIntyre half, acoustic and smooth electric guitar. Warm, unhurried playing that carries rhythm and melody in equal measure, from fingerpicked standards to mellow electric lines that sit right alongside the keys.
Keyboard
Blake Dickson
The Dickson half, piano and keys. Bright, swinging playing that fills out the harmony and keeps the groove underneath, from lush cocktail-hour chords and rolling blues runs to leads traded back and forth with the guitar.
Recent highlight: In fall 2026 the duo competed in The Next Music Star and finished 2nd in their group. Thanks to everyone who voted.
Weddings
Live music for the best part of the day.
Your guests arrive to live music already playing, and the cocktail hour feels like an occasion, not a playlist on shuffle. Guitar and keys cover the standards everyone loves, at a volume people can still talk over.
How Wedding Booking Works
Booked in 2.5-hour blocks.
We book weddings in 2.5-hour blocks, and that block includes our setup and breakdown, so the time you book is the time we’re on site, ready well before the first guest arrives. A typical block covers pre-ceremony music as guests are seated plus your cocktail / social hour.
- Setup & breakdown includedBoth are inside the 2.5-hour block, no extra time to plan around.
- Custom songs, learned for youHave a song that has to be yours, a family favorite? We can learn or arrange custom songs for an extra fee.
- Want a fuller band?We can bring in additional musicians to grow the duo into a full band. Added players are billed at their going hourly rate, plus a small finder’s fee for arranging them.
- Quoted individuallyEvery date and event is quoted individually. Send us your date, venue, what you’re looking for, your estimated service time, and your budget, and we’ll send a quote for that date and event.
Planning something a little different, like a rehearsal dinner? Tell us in your email and we’ll talk it through.
The Set
A typical set, 25 standards.
This is our core set, listed with the classic recordings that made each song famous. It’s the heart of a wedding cocktail hour, and a highlight of any set we play. Your favorites from the list and custom requests shape the final order we play.
1–13
- 01All of MeFrank Sinatra
- 02All of YouFrank Sinatra
- 03All the Things You AreElla Fitzgerald
- 04Bags’ GrooveMiles Davis
- 05Blue MonkThelonious Monk
- 06Body and SoulBillie Holiday
- 07Cheek to CheekElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
- 08Come Fly with MeFrank Sinatra
- 09Dream a Little Dream of MeElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
- 10Embraceable YouElla Fitzgerald
- 11Fly Me to the MoonFrank Sinatra
- 12I Get a Kick Out of YouFrank Sinatra
- 13I’ve Got You Under My SkinFrank Sinatra
14–25
- 14The Way You Look TonightFrank Sinatra
- 15L-O-V-ENat King Cole
- 16MistyErroll Garner
- 17Night and DayFrank Sinatra
- 18Polka Dots and MoonbeamsWes Montgomery
- 19Say It (Over and Over Again)John Coltrane Quartet
- 20SolarMiles Davis Quintet
- 21So WhatMiles Davis
- 22TenderlyNat King Cole
- 23The Nearness of YouNorah Jones
- 24They Can’t Take That Away from MeElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
- 25You Make Me Feel So YoungFrank Sinatra
Beyond the standards, our sets mix in blues and popular modern covers, and the mix shifts with the room, the crowd, and the time of day.
Bookings
Not a wedding? We play those too.
Coffee shops, restaurants, festivals, markets, and private events around Detroit, a duo fits where a full band can’t: a corner of the café, the end of the market row, a small stage.
Coffee Shops
Saturday mornings, sorted
Our favorite slot, and likely when your shop is busiest and most in need of good tunes. Standards and familiar covers that give regulars a reason to stay for one more cup. Although Saturday mornings and afternoons are perfect for this kind of thing, we can be booked for any weekend time slot.
Restaurants
Brunch, lunch, or dinner at conversation volume
Live jazz and blues that lift the room without competing with it, music your guests can talk over and still notice.
Festivals & Markets
Outdoor sets, easy footprint
Just guitar and keyboard, quick to set up, easy to place, and built for passing crowds who stop when something sounds good.
Private Events
Parties & gatherings
Birthdays, anniversaries, holiday parties, and company events that want live music without a big production.
Custom Songs
A song that matters to you
We can learn or arrange custom songs for an extra fee. Tell us the song and the occasion in your email.
Fuller Band
Need more players?
We can bring in additional musicians. Added players are billed at their going hourly rate, plus a small finder’s fee for arranging them.
Testimonials
Kind words from the room.
What couples, shops, and hosts have said after a set.
Testimonials are on their way
We’re gathering reviews from recent weddings, shops, and events to share here. Booked us before? We’d love to hear how it went.
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Watch us play.
Live clips and performances from our YouTube channel, the fastest way to hear how the duo sounds in a real room.
Want to hear us in person? See Watch Us Live or book the duo for your date.
Watch Us Live
Come find us live.
Our public dates, coffee shops, markets, festivals, and other rooms anyone can walk into. No ticket, no booking: just show up.
No live dates listed right now
We’re often out playing private events and weddings between public dates. New dates will be listed here as they’re confirmed, or email us and we’ll tell you where we’re playing next.
Booking
Tell us about your date.
Weddings, coffee shops, restaurants, festivals, and private events, send a few details and we’ll reply with availability and a quote for that date and event. We book in 2.5-hour blocks, with setup and breakdown included in the block.
Every date and event is quoted individually. There’s no standard rate list. Send us your date, venue, what you’re looking for, your estimated service time, and your budget, and we’ll work up a quote for that date and event. Custom songs can be learned or arranged for an extra fee, and if you’d like a fuller band, we can bring in more musicians at their going hourly rate plus a small finder’s fee.
Prefer to write your own email? Reach us directly:
mcintyre.dicksonmusic@gmail.com