Martyn and Claire Jones wedding

We were very pleased and honoured to be asked to play Claire and Martyns wedding as we've known them for years and are a lovely couple.

The wedding was being held at Walton Castle in Clevedon which hosted one of the best parties I've never been too: The day Jamiroquai's first album 'Emergency on planet earth' had hit number one I saw them play a fantastic gig at the Lakota, in the taxi on the way back two friends and I decided not to go to the aftershow party as we weren't invited and wouldn't have got in, as it happens we would have and as a result that party now has a soft sheen of folklore about it. I suspect that the wedding eclipsed that party by a degree o two.

Clinkclink events hosted the party and did an amazing job and certainly made our job easier with great communication before the night and a fantastic attention to detail. We set up in one of the turret rooms that the castle has and Phil, the sound man and one of the most important members of the band, had his hands full with a very lively room (which is sound man talk for 'give me a moment, this could be tricky'). We set the PA up and had decks for the DJ's and our soundcheck out the way for about 7pm. An added dimension of England playing football meant that the start time for the first dance slipped from 7.30 to after the football.

Bearing in mind how England played we would have been better to have just got on with it - didn't they know there was a wedding on? We had been asked to play Queens 'Don't stop me now' for the first dance, which was a great choice but when we rehearsed it we scratched our heads as to how to make it more 'wedding dancey'.

The solution we found was to extend the beginning and start the vocals later which gave the couple a bit longer, but not too long, to do the obligatory slow dance. When the track kicked in proper, as if on cue, most of their friends rushed the dance floor and it all went off. The first set flew by and other than some EDRS's (enthusiastic dancing related shenanigans), which put Paul's guitar out of tune and broke a mike stand, it went really well.

Unusually we were playing both the Friday and Saturday was a relaxed BBQ and pool day at the castle and we set up our instruments on the grass to play an acoustic set. There was a great festival vibe with people sat on rugs and chairs enjoying the sunshine and loads of kids running around. We played for about an hour after a small ceremony for Martyn and Claire (who's entrance surrounded by said kids to the star wards theme was fantastic) on the stairs overseen by best man Bruce dressed as 'cardinal richelieu', who had minutes of training and a nice piece of official paper through Ordained.com. All in all it was a fantastic weekend, in a beautiful venue with some lovely people. We'd like to wish Martyn and Claire the best for the future as well.

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