On March 17th 2009, Blue October played an acoustic show at the Hard Rock Cafe in Sacramento. They were on tour promoting their new CD which was about to be released. Janicca found out about the show through the local radio station. We rushed down that night and bought 5 tickets at $10.00 a piece, with the proceeds going to a local charity. Janicca got ticket number 1 and I got ticket number 2. Our friends Valerie and her husband Nick decided to drive up to see them and my friend Tracy decided to tag along.
We were told the band would play 3-4 songs, do a Q&A and then a meet and greet afterwards. They played Dirt Room, Into the Ocean, and Hate Me. Then they did Q&A. After that, we were ushered through an assembly line type meet and greet. Here are some pictures from the show.
This is why!
After the first three songs, they had the Q&A session. He answered about 4-5 questions, including one of mine. The last question was from someone who had seen them the night before in San Francisco. She said Justin had promised her he would sing Quiet Mind. He thought about it for a second and then commented on how yeah, he did and proceeded to sing Quiet Mind. It was BEAUTIFUL!
Here is the Acoustic Version of A Quiet Mind from the Hard Rock Cafe Acoustic Show in Sacramento.
After the show, they did a meet and greet. We got to meet each band member and get as many things autographed as we wanted to. They were lined up at a table and we were ushered through. Janicca and I actually broke the rules and went through twice. The boys got a kick out of it! LOL!
There is a story behind having this shirt autographed, too. I will post that as a different post another time.
We were told the band would play 3-4 songs, do a Q&A and then a meet and greet afterwards. They played Dirt Room, Into the Ocean, and Hate Me. Then they did Q&A. After that, we were ushered through an assembly line type meet and greet. Here are some pictures from the show.
Janicca was VERY excited!
This is why!
After the first three songs, they had the Q&A session. He answered about 4-5 questions, including one of mine. The last question was from someone who had seen them the night before in San Francisco. She said Justin had promised her he would sing Quiet Mind. He thought about it for a second and then commented on how yeah, he did and proceeded to sing Quiet Mind. It was BEAUTIFUL!
When asked about Dirt Room, Justin told Matt he needed to explain the background behind that song....
Here is the Acoustic Version of A Quiet Mind from the Hard Rock Cafe Acoustic Show in Sacramento.
After the show, they did a meet and greet. We got to meet each band member and get as many things autographed as we wanted to. They were lined up at a table and we were ushered through. Janicca and I actually broke the rules and went through twice. The boys got a kick out of it! LOL!
Here is Justin signing autographs.
These are some of the things we got autographed...
There is a story behind having this shirt autographed, too. I will post that as a different post another time.
The show was an awesome experience! It was the first time I had ever seen them perform. Tracy was able to record some footage from the show. I will try to upload it another time.
I will never ever forgive myself for not attending this concert!!!! This is the cruel reminder of my poor judgement! I could've hopped on a flight and been there in a mere 2 hours. Dang it! Dang it to heck!
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