October32009
Childhood Dream
Honestly, the last few days have been AMAZING. Sure, I’m exhausted and running on little to no sleep but I have had the privilege of getting to see some of my favorite bands of all time perform the last couple nights.
Wednesday was the first date of Hanson’s Use Your Sole tour. My favorite fellow Hanson fan was on her honeymoon in Cabo so I flew solo to this show. It was kind of cool to go to a show on my own.. had never done that before and really, once the music starts, I’m so into the show that it doesn’t really matter if I’m there with people or alone.
But earlier in the day… Hanson hosted one of their walks. For those that are unaware of what “taking the walk” entails, it’s a 1 mile walk open to anyone and everyone. For every person that participates, Hanson donates $1 towards fighting poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Everyone who participates fills out a card with their information and which of the five causes they would like their dollar to go towards (providing shoes, medication, clean water, etc). It’s a very cool and worthwhile cause. (Find out more information or find a walk near you by visiting www.takethewalk.net)
Back to the Tulsa walk… I had the privilege of participating in the walk.. And actually ended up walking with Zac Hanson, my childhood crush. And you know what? The dude is pretty effing cool. Totally down to earth, every day kind of guy. Loved him. Talked about work, Tulsa, life, their cause, a battle of the bands I hosted for AIDS prevention/awareness/education when I was in high school in St. Louis, and so on and so on. I ended up carrying on a conversation with him for about half of the walk and honest to God, it really fulfilled my childhood dream of meeting Hanson as lame as that sounds. I’ve met them quite a few times — backstage at shows, etc — but never had the real opportunity to talk to them for an extended period of time. They’re some pretty cool guys who really WANT to help those less fortunate. Too bad they’re all married now.
Here’s a few photos from The Walk:
As for the concert.. absolutely amazing. Hellogoodbye opened and they were great.. And then Hanson came on.. They played a lot of old stuff (Yes, they played MMMBop, haha) and all in all it was excellent. They actually closed their encore with Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’ with Zac singing. I’ll post a video but really, that boy can sing. They all can.
Photos from the show at Cain’s Ballroom:
Thursday Night I went to Citizen Cope with Meredith at Cain’s Ballroom. Cope is absolutely amazing. Love him. Love all his songs. He was so freaking out of it though but at least acknowledged how great the crowd was and where he was (vs. DMB). Here’s a couple pictures of the sexy man Citizen Cope aka Clarence Greenwood.
Apparently Cope was at Arnie’s on Wednesday night.. Meredith saw him.. I was at Hanson otherwise I totally would have been there. Boo.
Friday Night Meredith and I went to Willie Nelson & Dave Matthews Band.. Incredible as always. Dave and Willie doing “Gravedigger” together — even more incredible. Sadly there were no cameras allowed at the BOK Center at all per their request so the only photos I got were on my iPhone and not so hot. The thing that always has bugged me about Dave is the only interaction he really ever has with the crowd is to say “Thank you” — he never acknowledges what city he’s in, etc.
Debated driving to OKC for the Kings of Leon show tonight for a little. Then I realized that I’m already exhausted and I don’t need to make it even worse.
Tags: /cain's ballroom, /hanson /use your sole tour /tulsa /Take the Walk /hellogoodbye /citizen cope /willie nelson /dave matthews /dmb /gravedigger /kings of leon
