D.J. Coffman – Sequential Artist, Thinker

So my wife and I traveled up to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio for the Jack Johnson concert on Tuesday night. Was a great show. We were smack dab in front of the mic, so my wife got  good view. I think I caught her drooling and fawning a few times.

I was digging the organ player who was a cheery guy, played all the cool instruments like those little blow into mouth organs and stuff, and generally would get up and dance and have a good time. He would also be there poking at Jack when he forgot the lyrics a few times, it looked like they were having a lot of fun playing. At one point, said organ player go up with an accordion and they played “Girl I want to lay you down”, which I think they said he wrote, but it was dedicated to his grandmother who was sitting over in a wheelchair on the back of the stage.

I couldn’t believe just how packed the Blossom Music Center was, I mean, I like Jack Johnson and all, but had no idea he draws these types of crowds in Ohio, it was nuts. A different kinda crowd though then the concerts I’m use to going to, pretty mellow and no moshing around or crowd surfing. I kept looking around over the tops of everyones heads thinking “Shit, I’m the tallest guy here.” Which felt odd.

Got a cool picture of the opening act guy, Mason Jennings. Have never heard of him before but he’s from north of Pittsburgh I guess. I’d say his music is reminiscent of Tom Petty or Bob Dylan in their primes. In fact, if Tom Petty and Bob Dylan could have had a baby together, it might have been Mason Jennings. Pretty catchy tunes he was slinging, but yeah, this photo came out pretty neat. Looks like either a portal is opening up next to him, or Bob said that it looked like Jesus had ascended to rock out…

I love how cameras catch things you don’t see.

Here’s a pic of Jack playing ukulele…

He rocks a nice Kamaka Tenor Ukulele with koa wood. Wish I could afford one of those, the tenor runs about a grand over on Elderly Music.com It would be the prize of my uke collection if I ever snagged one.

It was only about a 2.5 hour drive so we decided to just drive home overnight, but we didn’t end up getting home until around 4am. SUCK. It was nice to get out of town with my lady though. She needed it. It’s been a rough year for her.

So yesterday was a bust of playing pickup kids, grocery shopping and catchup. Playtime is over now, gotta get to work serious like now. Prepping envelopes for shipping the rings out–lots of things to do here.