The Holcombe Inn was a bit of a revelation to me as a Wedding reception venue. As gastro pubs go this is right up there and more importantly it’s retained it’s local feel. They only have a handful of Weddings here a year so I consider myself very lucky to have DJ’ed in such a gorgeous little venue.
When I met up with the Bride and Groom at their home it was clear that there was going to be quite a mixture of musical tastes to be catered for. All in a days work for a mobile DJ you might say but as the Bride was from Germany and the Groom from Wales there were two very different sides of the family to keep happy.
With the Groom into his 80’s music and the Bride’s side more into their Euro anthems I always knew it would be an interesting challenge. However I managed to steer a path through the middle ground and kept both sides happy – with lots of requests as usual.
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| The dance floor rocking at The Holcombe Inn |
Before things kicked off the Bride and Groom had got me to produce a 3 minute first dance mix surprise that no one else knew about. They had also choreographed their own dance. Superb!
21:27 : Produced by myself – The First dance – I’ve had the time of my life/The Birdie Song/Cotton Eyed Joe/Walk like an Egyptian/Grease Lightening/This love – by Eric Michael
21:30 : Nena – 99 Red Balloons
21:32 : Nena – 99 Luftballons
21:34 : Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
21:38 : Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69
21:41 : Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
21:44 : Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse – Valerie
21:48 : Plan B – She Said
21:51 : Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
21:56 : Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Lov
21:59 : B52’s – Love Shack
22:03 : Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines
22:07 : Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
22:11 : Rizzle Kicks – Mama Do The Hump
22:14 : Lmfao – Party Rock Anthem
22:17 : LMFAO – Sexy & I Know It
22:20 : The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
22:24 : Kenny Loggins – Footloose
22:27 : Michael Jackson – Billy Jean
22:31 : Soft Cell – Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go?
22:39 : A-ha – Take on Me
22:42 : Abba – Dancing queen
22:46 : Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
22:49 : Madness – Baggy Trousers
22:51 : Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come on Eileen
22:54 : Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you
22:57 : Bob Marley – One love
23:00 : Tom Jones – Its Not Unusual
23:02 : Scorpions – Wind Of Change
23:07 : UB40 Feat. Chrissie Hynde – I Got You Babe
23:10 : Ed Sheeran – Lego House
23:13 : Peter Andre – Mysterious Girl
23:17 : Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
23:20 : The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men
23:23 : Villiage People – YMCA
23:28 : Arrow – Hot, Hot, Hot
23:31 : Jimmy Sommerville – Don’t leave me this way
23:33 : Spandau Ballet – Gold
23:39 : Duran Duran – Rio
23:42 : Abba – Does your mother know?
23:45 : Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing
23:49 : Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life
23:53 : Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
23:57 : Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
00:00 : Pierce Brosnan – When All Is Said And Done
////// And then a few more tracks as the guests had been so well behaved //////
00:04 : The Beatles – Hey Jude
00:11 : Tom Jones & Stereophonics – Mama Told Me Not To Come
00:14 : The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
00:17 : Jeff Beck – Hi Ho Silver Lining
00:19 : Sam & Dave – Hold On! I’m Comin’
00:22 : Ray Charles & The Blues Broth – Shake Your Tailfeather
00:25 : Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
00:28 : Aretha Franklin – Son Of A Preacher Man
00:31 : Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
00:33 : Chairmen Of The Board – Give Me Just A Little More Time
00:36 : The Temptations – Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone
