Yesterday’s wedding was held at the Steiner Ranch Steakhouse in Austin. It’s a great place for a banquet of any sort, and an absolutely perfect place for a wedding. And I’m not just saying that because I was served a delicious ribeye steak last night!
The wedding ceremony took place in a separate room, and I was only there to provide music for dinner and dancing. Many of the family members, and guests, came from Chicago, which no doubt influenced the couple’s choice intro songs, both of which are from The Blues Brothers. That’s one of my favorite movies, and I’ve got the soundtrack on vinyl, so it was easy to have those songs cued up for the grand introductions. After that, dinner was served, and I tucked into my aforementioned ribeye.
The group was lively and fun, and very friendly, too. They were full of compliments, and seemed to genuinely enjoy all the music I played. I’ve listed it all below, as always in the order played, along with notes where applicable.
Introductions
Wedding Party: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love – The Blues Brothers
Bride & Groom: She Caught the Katy – The Blues Brothers
Dinner
Crystal Blue Persuasian – Tommy James & the Shondells
Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae
Rich Girl – Hall & Oates
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head – Dean Martin
Dream a Little Dream of Me – Ella Fitzgerald
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) – Frank Sinatra
Teach Me Tonight – Dinah Washington
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Helen Merrill
All the Things You Are – Vic Damone
Sincerely – Louis Armstrong
Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
My Girl – The Temptations
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – The Police
Your Song – Elton John
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Cake by the Ocean – DNCE
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – James Brown and His Famous Flames
Bra – Cymande
Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
A Sunday Kind of Love – Etta James
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Nat King Cole
You’re My Best Friend – Queen
Cake Cutting: Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra
Dancing
First Dance: First Day of My Life – Bright Eyes
Father/Daughter Dance: My Wish – Rascal Flatts
Mother/Son Dance: Forever Young – Bob Dylan
September – Earth Wind & Fire
Celebration – Kool & The Gang
Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
Sweet Home Chicago – The Blues Brothers
Low [feat. T-Pain] – Flo Rida
I Love It [feat. Charli XCX] – Icona Pop
Only Girl (In the World) – Rihanna
Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
Pursuit of Happiness [Steve Aoki Remix] – Kid Cudi
Who Let the Dogs Out – Baha Men
Moves Like Jagger [feat. Christina Aguilera] – Maroon 5
It’s Tricky – Run-D.M.C.
Super Bass – Nicki Minaj
(Hey Baby) Que Paso – Texas Tornados
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Uptown Funk [feat. Bruno Mars] – Mark Ronson
Motownphilly – Boyz II Men
Apache – Sugar Hill Gang
Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede
Toxic – Britney Spears
All the Small Things – Blink-182
Mr. Brightside – The Killers
Hot to Go! – Chappell Roan
No Sleep Till Brooklyn – Beastie Boys
Nice for What – Drake
Hip Hop Hooray – Naughty By Nature
Wild Ones [feat. Sia] – Flo Rida
I Was Made For Lovin’ You – Kiss
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
Lookin’ for Love – Johnny Lee
Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) – Neil Diamond
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam
In Da Club – 50 Cent
Gold Digger [feat. Jamie Foxx] – Kanye West
Closing Time – Semisonic
