- After missing a set that had fans raving in 2002, I wasn’t going to be absent when DJ Godfather made his return to Honkytonks. The place was fairly jammed when I arrived at about 11pm – the warning to arrive early to avoid disappointment was one well-heeded.
Selekt was entertaining the club but it was the sight of Godfather standing innocently in the foyer that made me tingle with anticipation.
From the instant he hit the decks his skills had everyone reeling in disbelief, then recovering to cheer like a pack of crazed animals. Personally, I found it hard to keep my jaw off the ground, because, to paraphrase Victor in ‘Rules of Attraction’, Godfather was so good he made my dick go hard.
He had one speed, +8, and that was where he started. The turnover was so quick I wondered how many records he would go through. A couple of tracks in and it was time for ‘Ass ‘n’ Titties’, the first of many records to be played on two decks.
The big party tunes were wheeled out in quick succession, with a couple of surprise tracks like ‘Mr Dobalina’ really making the floor explode. The set started with a distinctly booty flavour, but the party vibe became a little more ‘serious’, the sound ending up very much ghetto tek.
For me the most impressive part of Godfather’s huge arsenal of skills was his ability to drop the needle on a seemingly random part of a record, cue it up, and slam it into the mix in three or so seconds. Unbelievable.
And whilst he did have a few trainwreck mixes, the blur of his hands on the mixer controls and his ambidextrous live edits were, well, off the hook.
The crowd absolutely loved this set. Honkys had brought in booty bitches to dance on tables-cum-podiums along the side wall, and a few patrons joined in as well!
So, how many records did he go through? Yep, being the elitist trainspotter I am, I actually counted: under two hours and 118 pieces of vinyl.
“Where my dawgz at, where my hustlerz at, where my playaz at, where my pimpz at!�