Prior to leaving for Europe, I happened to look on ticket master in search of a concert I could attend once in Europe. The person that stuck out at me was Jack Johnson. His music is very acoustic and relaxing. I brought up the idea to Ashleigh, and we felt like Munich would be a good choice to see him. However, the price tag and class schedules got to us, and we decided to wait. We waited so long in fact, so that we could no longer purchase tickets. So, two weeks ago when some of our friends brought up the idea of seeing Jack Johnson in Paris (which is only a 1.5 hour TGV from Metz), we took a few more seconds to decide… YES! So on Wednesday after my classes, I boarded a train in hopes of seeing my favorite Hawaiian guitar player rock out and say a few French words. Jack was performing with G. Love & Special Sauce, and Mason Jennings. Everyone in our group seemed to like G.Love a lot, but I liked Mason Jennings more. G. Love was too funky for me, whereas Mason’s music was acoustic, which I love! Jack performed most of his new CD, and of course a few of his old favorites off his famous one from 2005, In Between Dreams (The on Raf introduced me too so long ago). The most amazing thing about the whole concert was how many people were there. I figured it would be kind of like Chastain Park, an outside amphitheater in Atlanta where you sat on a lawn. However Palais Omnisports de Paris @ Bercy, was comparable to Philips areana. We guesstimated about 7,000 in attendance. Every seat was filled, and more people were piled on the floor. I wouldn’t have guessed that the French liked Jack Johnson that much! Well… he is awesome though. I’m really glad I went! Enjoy these pictures. Hopefully I can upload the videos to You Tube, and post them soon! If I had known cameras were going to be allowed, I would of brought my SLR… oh well, next time.
