Today marks 8 years of marriage to my beautiful wife Melissa. Much has changed since we married on April 14th, 2001, much has grown, much has been gained and lost. We are now 3 kids deep, we moved from our hometown of Santa Barbara CA to the desert, and I was able to convince Mel to enjoy a lot of foods she vowed she hated when we first met. A couple days ago I talked with my wife and we both agreed that each year we learn something new about each other that causes us to fall deeper in love. I know my wife so much better today than in 2001 and our love truly keeps on growing.

I thought a cool way to tie today’s celebration into ORS would be to take a musical journey through our wedding, the songs we chose and why. So let’s get started.

Wedding party walk in

Ben Harper – The Three of Us (Welcome to the Cruel World)

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I love the vibe of this acoustic instrumental. Felt like a perfect fit for the initial wedding party walk in. Just the right length and everything.

Here comes the bride

Deseree – Kissing You (Supernatural)

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The greatest moment in our wedding, the coolest thing I’ve seen in any wedding, with all due respect to my friends and family who thought they had cool parts in their wedding, this beat em all. My wife starts her walk down the aisle from this trail (actually called the Campos trail) that winds down the hill from above the grass area the wedding is at. This song is playing as she walks down the path, obstructed by trees and rock, then emerges and walks across the creek and down the aisle.

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This is an older video but definitely worth the watch. There Will Be a Light is one of the best cd’s in the last coule years. Ben has always been one of the best live shows around, I think I’ve seen him live 4 or 5 times and each time was memorable. This performance is awesome, I love how this song ends, God went ahead and landed in the middle of the Late Show. Also as a bonus, Marc Ford is playing guitar, former player for Black Crowes, with Ben Harper and from what I’ve heard Marc Ford is now saved. (Teaser: we should hear more about that in the coming Chris Lizotte interview since Chris played with Marc Ford). One more thing, bass players take note, Juan Nelson is one of the baddest players in the biz!