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P l an e t
Pl an e t

Ja ne t
Ja ne t

ave you
Hever won-
dered why you
meet the people
you do, when you
do? What led you
to that moment?
What would have
happened if that
moment hadn’t
have happened?
Was it fate? How
different would life
be now? How dif-
ferent is it because
of that meeting?
Janet Gardner was
on tour with Vixen
when she first met o it’s no great surprise when ful, who could make me feel so alive.
Swe get not just Janet on Skype
Justin James. The to chat with us, but Justin too. Sat You gave me a smile and then you
looked at the floor.’
two are now mar- side by side, the two make a great The pair admit that they were too
ried. They now also couple; and a very, very talented cou- shy to let the other know how they felt
ple too.
when they first met.
have a musical “Absolutely. That’s our song for “We were both very chicken,”
each other,” says Justin, when we ask says Janet.
baby together – if ‘Best Friend’ is their song for each “I don’t even think I looked up. I
Janet’s new solo other. think I stared at the floor the whole en-
“Yeah, that tells our story,” says tire time, I couldn’t look her in the
album, and have Janet. “It was very personal, but we eyes,” laughs Justin.
shows together in decided to share it with everyone any- It was at a Vixen show where the
way.” couple initially crossed paths. Vixen
support of the Justin tells us, “The version were on tour with Lita Ford at the time.
album. The album you’ve heard is shortened, because it “It was the only reason I was
includes a song definitely had a lot more in it, but be- there,” says Justin.
Janet details the event a little
fore you know it you had a 15-minute
called ‘Best Friend’ song, so…” more. “We met backstage at a Vixen
“It went on and on forever,”
– their song for laughs Janet. show. We were playing with Lita Ford
at the Arcada Theatre in Chicago and
each other. The song begins, ‘Never before in Justin was backstage. That’s how we
my life had I seen someone so beauti- met. I walked back to get some tea and
JANET GARDNER