came out. They played a lot of the songs on the radio because he is from Hawaii and if you think Texans have Texas pride Hawaiians take it a step further with Hawaiian pride. And, of course, it was played a lot because his music is just so awesome. Jack Johnson grew up really close to Laie (where BYUH is located) My surf instructor's son played in one of Jack Johnson's early bands. His music sounds like Hawaii to me, relaxed, cool, simple and beautiful. Man, I miss Hawaii. Anyway, I bought the album. I was a fan. I liked future albums. Then he wrote and sang the music for the Curious George movie (Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies for the Film Curious George (Jack Johnson)
). I am a big Curious George fan, have been since I was a child and the music was awesome, it catapulted him to my favorite artist ever. When I was pregnant with Jovi I found out he was playing a concert in Dallas. While I normally don't want to go to concerts because of the cost, I felt this concert would be totally worth it. Unfortunately we were unable to get tickets. I vowed that if he EVER came back to Dallas I WOULD be at that concert so... I found out in May that Jack would be playing at the Superpages Center in Dallas in August. Now, the Superpages Center in August would have to be my least favorite venue ever, a huge outdoor concert in the worst heat of the summer, yuck! I would likely turn down free tickets to see anyone else there during the heat of the summer, but it was going to be Jack Johnson playing. So, I told Juan that I wanted tickets for my birthday, Juan is not such a big fan that he was willing to brave the heat and crowds, but my sisters were happy to go with me. So, last Tuesday I got to go and see Jack Johnson live. It was awesome, totally lived up to my expectations. He played for 2 hours, 2 hours of really great music. I was totally glad we splurged for covered seating because it rained rather hard for a while before the concert started, I didn't envy the people with lawn seats. He played some old stuff and some new stuff and had some really great musicians with him that helped make the concert great. My sisters and I had a really great time. Here are some pictures and a taste of some Jack Johnson music if you've never heard of him.
In the car, right before we went to the concert.
At the concert
Jack!
NOT from the concert I went to, but close enough :)
SO excited I found this one. Paula Fuga wrote this and they sang it at the concert, love it!
