Blues DJ setlist – Juke Joint

Blues DJ setlist from Juke Joint, 07/03/2013

Allen Toussaint - St. James Infirmary
Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham - How Long Blues
Earl Thomas - Gimme One Reason
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Sarah Vaughan - Rocks in My Bed
Ramsay Lewis Trio - Blues for the Night Owl
Molly Johnson - Summertime
Ben E. King - Fever
Kevin Mahogany - (Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay

I feel like I’m missing a song, as my last set was one song longer over a shorter time period. Perhaps I just played longer songs this time.

Blues DJ setlist – Juke Joint

Blues DJ setlist from Juke Joint, 07/02/2013

Melody Gardot - Who will comfort me
Jesse Winchester - Step by step
Blind Boys of Alabama - Way down in the hole
Marlena Shaw - Wade in the water
Lou Rawls - A natural man
Ramsey Lewis Trio - Hard day’s night
Aretha Franklin - A natural woman
Julie London - Cry me a river
Madeleine Peyroux - Don’t wait too long
Shirley Horn - Love for sale

Harbour City Hoppers – We Cats Will Swing for You

My regular swing dance troupe in Sydney is the Harbour City Hoppers. It’s very much a developing troupe, but its good to keep my eye in, the rehearsal are fun, and I get to flip people (and sometimes be flipped). Here’s a video of one of our first performances as a full group.

Swing Katz – Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Concert Flash Mob

Sydney has a number of different swing dance performance troupes, and for the Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary Concert the Swing Katz got the gig of dancing for the crowds before and after the show. I don’t usually dance with the Katz, but since it was a big event and they were looking for dancers I jumped in for a few weeks. Good fun. We got our own box to watch the show afterward. (It wasn’t that great. Brian Wilson can’t sing in tune any more.)

Here’s our routine. It’s cut together from two performances, which is why I’m wearing a jacket in some shots and not in others.