Sunday, 22 July 2012

DJ Marathon!

This past weekend I was asked to come into the Dragon Bistro on a Saturday afternoon a lot earlier then normal to play tunes on the patio.  Markham was holding its first annual...wait... know one seems to know...Unity Festival.  Mainstreet Unionville was closed down...food sold on the streets and bands playing at the band shelter. 

Mike at the Dragon Bistro thought it would be good to come in and play some good patio tunes and get some people into his restaraunt...or he just wanted to here some good music while he manned the bbq on the street for several hours!

Dj Booth with a View!


I was vacationing at the time at my cottage...well still am as I write this.  So after 4 days of beautiful sunny weather lake side I headed into Unionville to hang out on the patio with a full bar at my disposal, good food and of course great staff down at the Dragon.  Sounded good to me!

I started playing at 2pm and by 9:00pm...7 hours later I had played 115 songs with only three tracks played twice...by request I might add!

It was actually a bit of a challenge since it is not a dancefloor.  It's a patio where people are eating and drinking and enjoying themselves...and singing along very loud on occasion.  So what do you play?  A whole wack load of stuff I guess but let me share with you some of fav patio tunes...on a nice hot summer day and a cold beer in hand...

1. Patio Lanterns - Kim Mitchell
2. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
3. Bobcaygeon - Tragically Hip
4. Every Morning - Sugar Ray
5. No Rain - Blind Melon
6. Wheat Kings - Tragically Hip
7. Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealers Wheel
8. Listen to the Music - Doobie Brothers
9. Cherry Bomb - John Cougar Meloncamp
10. Angel - Shaggy
11. Peace Frog - The Doors
12. Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band.
13. I Love This Bar - Toby Keith
14. Mustang Sally - The Commitments
15. Love Me Do - The Beatles
16. The Joker - The Steve Miller Band
17. Just A Gigalo - David Lee Roth
18. All Summer Long - Kid Rock
19. Toes - Zac Brown Band
20. New Orleans is Sinking - The Tragically Hip

Everyone seemed to have so much fun so will look to do this more often come this August!!

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