(not my photo! can't remember where i snagged this from)

so i went to see Jason Mraz in concert on Saturday night.
i managed to convince bludog to go with me.
(and now she's glad she did! she liked him well enough before, but now she's a fan!)

anyway, we get there and Eric Hutchinson is performing.
i don't know anything about him except that he's a local boy, but i'll probably check him out.
first, we head to the merchandise stall. (i love concert t-shirts)
then we went to get something to eat, because we were both pretty hungry.
as we were getting our food, it started to rain.
we rushed to our seats and we were so glad that i got actual seats and not lawn seats.
(the show was at Merriweather Post Pavillion)

it didn't just rain, it fucking poured.
and it rained for quite some time and more than once.
that is why i don't do lawn seats anymore.
also, i got rained on when i went to a Sting concert at Nissan Pavillion many years ago.

speaking of seats...we had awesome seats.
we were in the 4th row after the "orchestra"/pit.
we were a bit off to the left, but they were excellent seats.
i think they were better than the photo above.

anyway, after Eric Hutchinson performed, there was G. Love and Special Sauce.
they were pretty good and I will have to check them out, too.

as for Mraz himself...he was so fucking awesome!
he was energetic and very involved with the crowd.
i was a little disappointed that he did only 1 song from "Mr. A-Z"
(Life Is Wonderful) which is one of my all-time favorite albums.
and if i recall correctly, he did 2 songs from the 1st album.
and he did almost everything from the new album, "We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things".
in fact, he performed all but 1 song.
plus, he opened with a Chicago song and he did Lionel Ritchie's "All night Long" (!)


i swear i loved him before the concert.
now i love him even more!!
i cannot wait to see him in concert again.
which sadly probably won't be until the next tour,
since this is the 2nd time he has come through to promote the new album.
(i couldn't go last fall, being unemployed and all.)


next up - my review for Depeche Mode