It was a treat for us all to welcome back Gary to Phoenix98FM tonight. We had the pleasure of his compnay as he is helping the churches in Ingatestone tomorrow run a free BBQ. He told us that some 170+ towns in the UK have run such events since 1999. He also told us about his personal experience of being inv0vled in an event in Mexico City where the people bringing the food to the venue went to the wrong place, so they ended us buying the whole stock from a local hot dog salesman. He also told us about his own personal faith journey and movingly talked about the death of his first wife from cancer, leaving him with two young children, and about meeting and marrying his second wife and how he could see  God guiding him through the whole situation. He also brought in three tracks for us and talked about the reasons he had chosen them. In our second hour odd news stories we heard about the worlds first cupcake vending machine in LA and that the company have plans for sites in London. Those in the chatroom and via e-mail were not impressed.We also heard about London schoolboy, Curtis Elton, nine years of age, who is the world’s youngest degree level pianist and who has an album released in November. Finally there were guards on a Spanish underground train that found a wallet containing a cheque for $2 million dollars. The wallet also contained credit cards and a driving licence. However, it had not been claimed and so far the police were having trouble tracking down the owner. They said they would not return it unless the owner could verify the origin of the money. This led to the following response in the chatroom. “He was probably just taking the suit to the cleaners and the wallet dropped out, so no money laundering.”.

Playlist for tonight.

Booker T – Crazy – show theme

Caro Emerald – Tangled up

Katie Melua – I will be there

Pete & Nicki Sims – Psalm 23 – chosen by Gary

Third Day – Call my name – chosen by Gary

Bethel Music & William Matthews – Deep cries out – chosen by Gary

Adele – Skyfall

Buddy  Holly – Heartbeat – for Phyl

Wet Wet Wet – Angel eyes (radio edit) – requested by Ed

Fleetwood Mac – Albatross – requested by Michael

Toto – Mushanga – for Anna moving to Devon

Rocking Berries – for Patrick as we had no tracks by the Bachelors

Harry Nilson – Without you – requested by Alison

Katie Melua – Shiver and shake

Marc Antionne – Children at play

Jamie Cullum – The same things

Dire Straits – Sultans of swing

Led Zeppelin – Stairway to heaven.

Join me next week when my studio guest is Tony Allen, press officer of Chelmsford Cathedral and former deputy director of the Scout movement.

Phoenix 98 FM – Friday Night Extra with Patrick Sherring – 27 September 2013 by Renh on Mixcloud