By: Michael Mahnke
Seeing Jack Johnson in concert is a joy, seeing him from reserved seats, as I was fortunate enough to do 2 years ago, is fantastic, but seeing him perform while standing on the stage is incredible. Thanks to 105.5 Triple M, Live Nation and Jack Johnson I was able to experience this on Saturday July 24th at Alpine Valley as winner of the Jack Johnson- Best Seats in the House contest.
A Jack Johnson concert quickly turns into one big sing along and Saturday night was no exception. The only thing missing was a big fire for everyone to sit around or hearing the waves hit the beach. The Wisconsin humidty provided some of the heat and everyone singing along made up for the lack of the sound of the ocean.
After an opening set by ALO (Animal Libertation Orchestra) and an acoustic set by G-Love, and a quick glimpse of Jack himself backstage, we were led to the stage for an amazing view and an amazing time. Seeing a great artist perform up close and seeing a concert from their vantage point, especially at a venue such as Alpine Valley, was tremendous.
Jack started off his part of the night with his current hit from his latest album To The Sea, "You and Your Heart." The joy of the crowd, the singing, the dancing were only getting started.
The evenings set list, 29 songs in total, included many of his hits and fan favorites. The first half of the set list included many well loved songs from years and albums ago with songs from his newest effort mixed in. Older songs included The Horizon Has Been Defeated, Inaudible Melodies, Upside Down (for the kids in the audience as Jack commented), the big hit from his last album If I Had Eyes and Breakdown. As an introduction to his popular Bubble Toes, Jack gave a small glimpse into his catalogue when he said "The love songs are for my wife, the break-up songs are about my friends."
There were also some great live versions of new songs like To The Sea, My Little Girl (for his new daughter) and Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology.
The second half of the set list was heavier with past songs like Flake, Banana Pancakes and Sitting, Waiting, Wishing. There were sit-ins from Dan Lebowitz of ALO, Paula Fuga and G-Love as well. A real treat was Jack and his band covering the Steve Miller Band classic Joker.
The encore started with Jack alone doing acoustic versions of Do You Remember, Angel and Times Like These. To finish the evening Jack was rejoined on stage by his band, G-Love, Paula Fuga and the members of ALO for a wonderful version of Better Together.
An amazing night, an amazing opportunity and and amazing view. Jack's feel good music, the talent of the musicians and the energy of the crowd made everyone go home happy. It would have been a great concert either way but I was truly honored to have been selected to watch a concert in this way.
Again, I have to thank 105.5 Triple M, Live Nation for having the contest and Jack Johnson himself for allowing fans on the stage to experience a concert in a truly memorable way.
I totally agree with your review !!! The show was absolutely amazing !!
07/27/2010 12:45PM
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I think it was Bubble Toes that he went into what sounded like a Talking Heads song..... Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
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03/17/2011 3:07PM
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Are you going to have a follow up post or article about this anytime soon? :)
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