A couple of Wednesday's ago..okay, last month (I know, so behind on the blogging). I was at another concert. Janet, Lynn, and I went to see Jason Mraz at the Schintzer. It was a great show!I admit that I'm not a huge fan of Jason Mraz, but I've liked what's been playing on the radio. This guy is a great performer and really engages the audience. Janet hooked us up with pretty darn good seats, on the floor in the center aisles.
Before the show started, they had this screen up that was encouraging people to take pictures and text them to a number and it would show up on the screen. So then people started just sending text messages and they were scrolling on the screen. Some were funny, others not. That was good entertainment before the show, it definitely set the tone for the remainder of the show..fun and quirky.
An Irish artist by the name of Lissa Hannigan opened for him. Different from what I normally listen to, very mellow, perhaps a little too mellow for me, because I was getting really sleepy. She did like a 30 minute set and then it was time for Jason.
He's really cute. I would not normally say this, but I think the hat and the somewhat scruffiness really go well together. He's got a great voice and I enjoyed all the different beats that came out of his mouth. He had this brass trio with him that were very good and entertaining.
I will admit that I was not familiar with majority of the stuff he played, but it all had great beats so it was easy to just jam along with him. He played "I'm Yours" and the crowd really got into it. He sang the song "Lucky" with Lissa Hannigan (originally sung with Colbie Caillet).
Overall, it was a good show. He had a great encore performance and he really made us clap! During the encore he was taking polaroids of all the band members as he introduced them and then flinging them into the crowds. I thought that was pretty neat. He made one girl happy who got to come on stage - it was her 21st b-day!
Anyway, he was the last concert for 2008 and it was a good way to go out. posted. whew!
