I love hearing when couples meet over music…mainly because that was what started the fire between me and my husband. I’ll never forget the first time we hung out and I was flipping through his cds in his car (he had/has a collection of over 800, so this was just a small sample). I blurted out “geez I wonder what it’s like to be your girlfriend” and he (understandably) gave me a confused look. I think I blabbed on about how “every moment has a perfect soundtrack” or something along those lines. After weirding him out, I thought i had blown it. But four years later, we’re the best of (married!) friends who can’t get enough of each other…and we do have a killer soundtrack, if I do say so myself.

Now, meet Jamie and Tim…two lovebirds that love music! Tim and I met online 7 years ago on Friendster (does anyone even remember Friendster??) and our connection began through music! As my sister and co-MOH said in her speech, “The best decision Tim ever made was when he messaged Jamie on Friendster and said ‘Hey, you like the Flaming Lips! Cool, me too.’ which sounds much better than ‘Hey, you’re hot and in my zipcode’ ” lol! (In fact, the only reason I responded to him was because he didn’t say anything about my looks, which was always the basis for any random message I had previously received. He actually read my profile, what a shocker!) I was interning in NYC at the time, but went to school in Cincinnati and he lived right across the river in northern Kentucky. We became instant e-penpals for the whole 3 months I was in NYC and when I came back he asked me to come see Jazz Mandolin, the side project of Phish drummer John Fishman, at a local bar. It was the shortest email he had ever written to me but he confessed later that it took him the longest to write!

Well, after that the rest is history. He and I have been together ever since and got married after 6 1/2 years. We have traveled the midwest to see all kinds of shows, attend music festivals, and have even gone as far as Red Rocks in Colorado and The Gorge Ampitheatre in Washington to see our favorite band, Phish. There is nothing we love more than rocking out to live music! This is why a live band and a fantastic dance party were essential to make our wedding a success. Our lovely friends Heather and Katie, of Tupelo Honey, played and sang beautifully for our ceremony. Tim made some excellent playlists for our guests to mingle and mix to for the cocktail hour and dinner. And our friend Dave’s band, Phiasco, ROCKED our reception and everyone got down, even those who don’t usually let loose! It was exactly the party we anticipated and planned for!

The Ceremony – performed by Heather and Katie of Tupelo Honey:
Mothers’ entrance: Forever, by Turin Breaks
Bridal Party Processional: Across the Universe, the Beatles
Bride’s Entrance: Heavenly Day, Patty Griffin
Recessional: Here Comes the Sun, the Beatles

Cocktail Hour – CD mixed by the groom:
Waiting in Vain, Bob Marley
I Feel Good, James Brown
Octopus’s Garden, the Beatles
I Wish, Stevie Wonder
I Want You Back, Jackson 5
Take Me to the River, Talking Heads
Good Vibrations, the Beach Boys
Oh Darling, the Beatles
Back on the Train, Phish
Don’t Stop til You Get Enough, Micheal Jackson
And She Was, Talking Heads
Brand New Key, Melanie (Boogie Nights Soundtrack)
Moma Dance, Phish
Golden, My Morning Jacket
Saturday Night, Grateful Dead
Three Little Birds, Bob Marley
Black Water, Doobie Brothers
Bongo Bong, Manu Chao
Mess Around, Ray Charles
Here Comes the Sun, the Beatles

Dinner – CD mixed by the groom:
Cantaloupe Island, Herbie Hancock
Let’s Stay Together, Al Green
The Way You Do The Things You Do, the Temptations
It Makes No Difference, The Band
I Will, the Beatles
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head, Dean Martin
My Girl, the Temptations
Try Me, James Brown
The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkle
Just the Way You Are, Billy Joel
Maybe I’m Amazed, Paul McCartney
Just the Two of Us, Bill Withers
Then I Kissed Her, the Beach Boys
Fooled Around and Fell in Love, Elvin Bishop (Boogie Nights Soundtrack)
Let’s Fall in Love, Frank Sinatra
Watermelon Man, Herbie Hancock
Magilla, Phish
Norwegian Wood, the Beatles
Bell Bottom Blues, Derek & the Dominos
Wildflowers, Tom Petty
I Get a Kick Out of You, Frank Sinatra
Till There Was You, the Beatles
Driftin’, Herbie Hancock
Brokedown Palace, Grateful Dead

Dances:
First Dance – Something, the Beatles
Father/Daughter – Dream Operator, Talking Heads

Dance Party – performed by Phiasco, not necessarily in this order:
Mr. Charlie, Grateful Dead
2001, Phish
Possum, Phish
Shakedown Street, Grateful Dead
Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Superstition, Stevie Wonder
The Deal, Grateful Dead
Psycho Killer, Talking Heads
Sample in a Jar, Phish
Life During Wartime, Talking Heads
Ophelia, The Band

BONUS: There’s a super cute highlights video!

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Photos: Mike Bresnen
Video: red Bicycle Media