Yesterday. The day was crammed from start to finish with anticipation, excitement, great music and friends Every hour was filled experiences that fed my memory.
I believe that really good things happen for really good people, people who go out of their way for others, who are continually kind and generous. This is true for one of my concert friends. She has amazing concert karma and shares this very deserved good fortune with many.
I've spent the days surrounding our concert with this and other friends who are Gavin DeGraw fans. N, who has opened her home to me and shares her great karma had arranged for ten of us to attend a private show and lunch with one of the night's artists, Michael Franti. The show and lunch were sponsored by the local radio station 94.9 The Point. The Point had also sponsored the previous night's Sister Hazel concert.
Up close and personal, it doesn't get much better than that. Michael brought with him his guitar player, Jay Bowman and singer, Gina. They performed the upbeat songs with messages of love and peace that he's known for. N's and R's daughters went up on stage to join him on one fun number. From his new single, I'm Alive to the hit The Sound of Sunshine and several others, we were treated to the positive vibe and joy created by Michael and his friends. They generously posed for pictures with everyone and chatted for a few minutes. 
It's really pretty special meeting these creative people who fill the world with their gifts of music and message. Michael's unique humanity that shines through both his music and his character inspires one to want to put that type of attitude into the world too. Oh... and dancing. We should all be dancing.
After lunch N managed, with her legendary contacts, to get us all in as guests at the radio station for a private performance with Gavin DeGraw, Billy Norris (guitar) and Ian O'Neill (drums). Gavin sang his new single, Best I Ever Had and his hit from last year, Not Over You. A woman in the audience was taking video of him singing Not Over You so he took the phone and continued to film himself. It's a great video, now on YouTube. She must have been beyond surprised and thrilled.
Up close. Personal. Acoustic. Amazing. He, too, stayed and posed for pictures. Meeting Gavin is a lovely experience. He's incredibly warm and friendly to each individual whether a fan or a station executive. He puts you at ease (well, not me; I'm nervous even though I've had this pleasure a few times now). You're not aware of the other people around you because you're concentrating so hard and his focus is solely on chatting with you. I don't have a clue what I said to him.
Are you still with me? That was two private performances by my favorite singer and a newer (to me) amazing performer.
And this is all before the concert.
And this is all before the concert.
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