May 2009
Early Summer 2009, and this year’s awakening for The Sid: Rob & Rache Barker’s wedding in May in the wilds of Dartmoor was an extraordinary and beautiful festival-style celebration, with the band just one of many entertainments, including Ceilidhs and fire jugglers, at the happy gathering.
Tents were (ineptly) pitched, ale was quaffed and the boys kicked into a first set which warmed things up nicely. After a brief pause outside for the fire act, the second set absolutely blew the doors off, a full dance floor spurring the band on to new heights. Pete’s brother Paul (mate of the happy couple) and little sister Claire (matron of honour) joined us up front, adding to some top-notch backing vocals on Mustang Sally from Rache’s cousins.
New tunes were added including ‘Valerie’, ‘Love Machine’ and ‘Signed, Sealed Delivered’ and the crowd were baying for more by the end. The lads obliged several times over, then kicked back with a warm glow in the yurt before some uninhibited moves on the dancefloor followed by an impromptu acoustic jam. Seems there’s life in the old dogs yet!
Set List:
Stuck in the Middle With You
Brown Eyed Girl
Come up & See Me (Make me Smile)
New Shoes
Whippin’ Piccadilly
Let Your Love Flow
Take Your Mama Out
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mustang Sally
Barefootin’
Burnin’ Love
I Saw Her Standing ThereValerie
Gimme Some Loving
Long Train Running
Love Machine
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
Got You (I Feel Good)
Play that Funky Music
Sympathy For The DevilI Will Survive
A Little Less Conversation
(I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles