sarahsaturday

Dear Sarah,

I was wondering if your name came from the song "Sarah Saturday" by the Bouncing Souls? I'm a huge Bouncing Souls fan and I was just curious.

Love,
A Bunch of People Who Have Asked This

Dear Everyone,

The "chicken before the egg" in this situation is "my name before the song" - haha.

I met the Bouncing Souls during my first full summer on the road with the Warped Tour, in 2004. That band was one of the first bands that got me into the punk scene, which inspired me to start a pop-punk band, which got me into the DIY/underground scene in Wisconsin, which led to my meeting theStart, who asked me to fill in as their bassist on a few tours, which is why I came up with the stage name "Sarah Saturday" (to go on tour with them), and which is also how I met Kevin Lyman, which led to me getting the job working for him in California, which is how I ended up on Warped Tour, which is where I met the Bouncing Souls. It's a nice full circle, right?

Anyway, when I met them on Warped in '04, Bryan (bassist for the Bouncing Souls) loved my name, and the back story, and my connection to the band, etc., and from then on he always told me he was going to write a song with my name in it.

Two years later, I got an email from Bryan saying that he had written "the song" and wanted me to hear it. He sent me the lyrics and invited me to the studio where the Souls were recording. I heard the song and got a little teary-eyed, not just because the song was beautiful or the lyrics were touching, or that Bryan had kept his promise... It was more about that moment in time, and how full of meaning it was, and how so many things had to have happened in my life in order for me to be sitting there, in that moment listening to that song.

It's a pretty powerful thing when the universe brings your life to a point like that, just for a moment. Time seems to stop so that you can step outside the moment and appreciate the beauty, fragility, poignancy, and meaning of your life. Moments like these are rare, but it's important that we take the time to appreciate them when they happen!

Anyway, that's the story! :)

Love,
Sarah

P.S. Buy "Sarah Saturday" by the Bouncing Souls HERE!