Jars Concert!

As expected, the Jars of Clay concert was a blast! Of course I had to suffer through two other artists before they came on. Okay, I'm just joking, Derek Webb and Sara Groves weren't that bad. I like Webb's style quite a bit, actually. That's not surprising, though, as he was in Caedmon's Call for so long.

I guess there were only two real disappointments about the show. One, all my pictures turned out really crummy (I've posted some of the less crummy ones.) Two, they didn't play anything from my favorite album: If I Left the Zoo. Oh well, it was still awesome.

They started off with "They'll Know We are Christians by Our Love," which, I thought was an odd song to start with as it's the final track of Redemption Songs. When Dan (Dan Haseltine, the lead vocalist for those that don't know) came out I saw right away he'd grown a mustache. For some reason, that really bugged me... the whole night.

They mostly highlighted songs from Redemption Songs and their self-titled album, but they also threw in some from the Eleventh Hour and Who We are Instead.

They're quite a bit different in concert. I guess they'd get bored if they were precisely the same. It was really a great show. They're really good at getting audience participation.

The songs they played are (not in order, can't remember the order):

• They'll Know We are Christians by Our Love
• Show You Love
• Like a Child
• I Need You
• God Will Lift Up Your Head
• Hiding Place/Worlds Apart
• Waiting for the World to Fall
• All My Tears
• It is Well
• Nothin' but the Blood
• Love Song for a Saviour
• There is a River
• Liquid
• I'll Fly Away
• Flood
• God Be Merciful to Me

After the show they signed autographs. I got a poster and my favorite album signed. I think I may scan those in once I can get the scanner working. Of course none of the signatures are readable...