Up to Auckland for the weekend – the cancellation of Soulfest was a bummer, but hey, plenty of things to do. Including, for me, a DJ set – at Real Groovy. They have instore guest-DJs over the weekend, a couple of shifts each Saturday and Sunday. I’d been asked, a while back, to state my availability if I was ever traveling to Auckland – and so this was the weekend.

Here’s what I played:

1. Dave Brubeck, Take Five
2. Pastor TL Barrett and The Youth For Christ Choir, Just Like A Ship (Without A Sail)
3. Jose Feliciano, Hurtin’ Inside
4.  Harry Belafonte, Troubles
5. Grace Jones, Walking In The Rain
6. Bill Withers, Lonely Town, Lonely Street
7. Donny Hathaway, Jealous Guy
8. The Chambers Brothers, To Love Somebody
9.The Buddy Rich Big Band, The Beat Goes On
10. Sam Butera & The Wildest, Medley: Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me)
11. Sam Cooke – Chain Gang
12. B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get?
13. King Curtis, Memphis Soul Stew
14. Curtis Mayfield, Mighty Mighty (Spade and Whitey)
15. Baby Huey & The Babysitters, Listen To Me
16. Ella Fitzgerald, The Sunshine of Your Love
17. Tower of Power, What Is Hip?
18. Dr. John, Right Place, Wrong Time
19. Jaco Pastorious, Come On, Come Over
20. Bob James, Take Me To The Mardi Gras
21. J.J. Cale, Ride Me High
22. The Zombies, Time of the Season
23. Gipsy Kings, Hotel California
24. Steely Dan, Hey Nineteen
25. Prince, Erotic City
26. The Specials, A Message To You, Rudy
27. Dinah Washington, TV Is The Thing
28. Tarantula Ghoul, King Kong
29. Singing Dogs, Rock’n’Roll
30. Dire Straits, Water of Love (demo)
31. Sonny Day & The All-Stars, Saving Up
32. Bernard Purdie, Hap’nin