Playlists, Playlists

While we've hired a bluegrass band to play for three hours of our reception (more on that soon) and we also have a friend who's going to strum his guitar during our cocktail hour, there are a few interim hours during which we'll need to keep our guests musically entertained. For instance, if our friend gets tired, we'll need a cocktail hour playlist. We need a dinner playlist, a playlist for when the brand takes their 10-minute breaks, and some dance music for post-band antics.

I've also padded either end of our playlists with more music than we need just in case our ceremony is shorter than we think or some other party-foul occurs.

Here's what we've come up with so far:

Cocktail Hour (1.5 hours of music)

Little Red Corvette - Mike Zito (3:53)

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol (4:07)

Resurrection Fern - Iron & Wine (4:50)

Over the Rainbow - Brotha Iz (3:38)

Jackson - Johnny Cash and June Carter (2:46)

Such Great Heights - Postal Service (4:29)

Chocolate - Snow Patrol (3:43)

Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson (3:06)

Call Me Papa - Donavon Frankenreiter (3:45)

Ocean Breathes Salty - Modest Mouse (3:55)

You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder (2:57)

Good to Be In Love - Frou Frou (3:33)

Stickshifts and Safety Belts - Cake (2:08)

Simple Man - Lynard Skynard (5:58)

Strawberry Swing - Coldplay (4:15)

Total Time: 57:03

Dinner (2 hours of music)

At Last - Etta James (2:53)

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones (3:20)

Tamacun - Rodrigo y Gabriela (3:23)

Danke Schoen - Wayne Newton (2:34)

First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes (3:02)

Volare - Gypsy Kings (3:39)

Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (3:03)

Turn Me On - Norah Jones (2:36)

Georgia on my Mind - Ray Charles (4:41)

Pink Moon - Nick Drake (1:59)

Green Eyes - Coldplay (3:48)

Hearbeats - Jose Gonzalez (2:48)

Homeward Bound - Greensky Bluegrass (5:09)

Something Good This Way Comes - Jakob Dylan (3:37)

Love of My Life - Carlos Santana and Dave Matthews (6:29)

Total: 53:01

Band Breaks (45 minutes of music)

Lucky One - Alison Krauss (3:06)

More Love - Dixie Chicks (5:04)

You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon (4:34)

Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root (4:04)

Wildflower - Kasey Chambers (4:08)

House That Never Was - Kasey Chambers (4:00)

Reverend - Greensky Bluegrass (5:01)

Old Barns - Greensky Bluegrass (4:29)

Fork In The Road - Infamous Stringdusters (3:52)

When You Feel It - Brett Dennen

Total: 38:42

Dance Party (1.5 minutes of music)

You Are The Best Thing - Ray Lamontagne (3:30)

City of Angels - Ozomatli (3:16)

Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield (2:25)

99 Luftballoons - Nena (4:06)

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (3:03)

Just Like Music - Eric Sermon (4:20)

The Seed (2.0) - The Roots (4:21)

Gold Digger - Kanye West (3:46)

I Want You Back - Jackson 5 (2:55)

Ghetto Superstar - Mya and Ol' Dirty Bastard (4:11)

Can't Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis Presley (1:56)

Maggie May - Rod Stewart (5:47)

Kids - MGMT (4:35)

Poker Face - Lady Gaga (3:52)

Say My Name - Destiny's Child (4:03)

Breath - Blu Cantrell (3:47)

Crazy in Love - Beyonce Knowles (3:55)

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

Total: 1:03:42

As you can see, I'm short on music in quite a few places. Our cocktail hour is quite the smattering of music right now and could use a little pick-me-up if you ask me. What type of music do you think should be played at a cocktail hour? Song requests?

Dinner feels pretty smooth, but we could use a few more oldies but goodies.

While the band takes breaks, I'd like to keep the music in the bluegrass/country genre just so we don't go from a bluegrass band to Jay-Z. Any suggestions for easy-listening, maybe some dancing country or bluegrass?

Our dance party could also use some stellar tunes. What makes you move?