Tom & Janice’s Joshua Tree Love

November 9, 2011
Posted by Ashley

Because sometimes you don’t have to have a picnic with your records to show your love and respect for music. Sometimes it’s the subtle situations that shine. Janice and Tom prove just that, as Janice explains:

There is not anything obviously music related in our engagement shots, but there is a direct music influence in choosing our location. We are huge Gram Parsons & Byrds fans. So we decided to go out to Joshua Tree where he spent a lot of time and passed away. While we were there, we also went to Pioneertown, which was an old western movie set built in the 1940’s that is now just a regular town. All of these places are actually where we went to for our first date. We even took pictures behind the del taco’s yellow wall, where we ate lunch at on our first date. These are all places that are around 2 hours away from where we live, so we had not been there many times. We did get to see Conor Oberst at Pappy & Harriets, a awesome dive bar in Pioneertown.

For their drive, they made a fun playlist:
Air Mattress – Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
My Night With the Prostitute from Marseille – Beirut
Hoodoo Voodoo – Billy Bragg & Wilco
Yes, Maria, Yes – David Wax Museum
Heart of the Country – Paul McCartney
I Love My Shirt – Donovan
Carmensita – Devendra Banhart
Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows – Lesley Gore
Laisse Tomber Les Filles – France Gall
Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi – Jacques Dutronc
Oba, Oba – Astrud Gilberto

Photos: Brady Puryear