A short week after Bailey Taylor’s EP release Now I Do, Bailey and her fiance Frankie Steratore were married in Ohio, not far from where they grew up in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania surrounded by 300+ family members and friends in a traditional Catholic Church, decorated by stained glass windows. I talked to Bailey a week after their wedding ceremony, a few days before they left for Barbados to enjoy their honeymoon. We began talking about the 3-song EP but most of our conversation was about wedding details and 'all the things' leading up to their wedding.
Bailey Taylor has been living in Nashville for several years and her now husband joined her in Nashville a couple of years ago to start his career in construction management after finishing college. Bailey is one of three girls, the youngest of her siblings and the 2nd to get married, her sister got married earlier this year. She admits she is the organizer of the three and her family was surprised that she remained relaxed through the wedding planning. (*side note- We compared our organizational skills in our kitchens, using bins to keep everything in its place. If you need tips, hit her up, she's a pro.) Bailey said she stayed busy with songwriting, babysitting, and booking writes right up to when they were leaving to go to Pittsburg for the week of wedding events. She said that is how she remained calm, giving herself a break from wedding planning to do other things she loves.
Now I Do was written in collaboration with Kaylin Roberson and producer Anthony Rankin, as the title track to the EP, dedicated to Bailey’s husband, Frankie Steratore. Bailey wrote Looking At Houses with Lauren Eliza, Sam Blasko, and Andrew Hall also dedicated to Frankie. This heartfelt EP was a wedding excitement-building project for Bailey that she eagerly released a week before their wedding. Bailey shared some other important pieces with me about the Now I Do EP and their wedding. The cover photo for Now I Do is also the engagement photo they used for the save-the-date cards. Bailey included her childhood dogs in the wedding with a photo of them printed on the cocktail napkins for the reception.
Fresh on her mind was her dad's response to the song she wrote for him, Son I Never Had. The song was originally written about a year and a half ago. Bailey had her father listen to the original version, but she wouldn't let him hear the final version until their first dance, which included piano and altered lyrics of the song, finalized with Kaylin Roberson and Zach Stone. Bailey said she and her dad both cried through the whole song and the entire dance. She said her dad "Pinky promised" not to listen to the published version of Son I Never Had until their dance to make that an even more memorable moment for them.
Thank you Bailey Taylor for sharing the details of these exciting events in your life. Congratulations on the EP Now I Do and congratulations to you and Frankie, prayers for a long and wonderful marriage.
-In A Country Minute
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