Last night began like this:
You can watch HEAVY AND LIGHT from start to finish HERE, thanks to SyncLive.com. You’ll have to create an account but it’s free and super easy and honestly, it rules. It’s basically like a DVD. You can skip forward or rewind. You can watch specific parts. The sound is really good.
Here’s what a few folks had to say…
Jon Foreman: “My favorite night of the year so far! Good friends with incredible talents singing together for a night of validating the worth of the highs and lows of the human experience.”
Dustin Kensrue: “It was encouraging and life-giving to see so many people gathered with their guards down. It’s a rare thing in our culture to cultivate that kind of honesty and openness, and the way TWLOHA has managed to create that atmosphere was clearly seen last night. It was beautiful to behold.”
Aaron Gillespie: “It was my favorite show of the last couple years. It reminded me of how I imagine the 50’s in Nashville, with Johnny Cash and his friends learning songs backstage and then everyone playing together that night.”
My two cents: Last night was a dream come true on so many levels. A few years ago, we started imagining these nights that could be more than music, nights where you could fill a room with hope and honesty, nights where you could also point to community and treatment. It was unbelievable to see so many people willing to listen last night, people willing to engage this conversation. And then obviously, the music was incredible and to be able to do it in this venue that we love, in the city where this began… It was a night we’ll never forget.
We want to say thank you to Jon and Dustin for flying across the country to be there, Anthony and Zach for coming down from New York, Mr. Josh Moore for coming from Carolina, and Aaron Gillespie for making the drive over from Tampa, after being on the road for basically the last six months. Thanks to the House of Blues for having us, and thanks beyond words to everyone who came from everywhere to be there last night. It was seriously a beautiful night, and i needed it as much as anyone. More very soon, pictures and sounds and words.
Peace to you.
jamie
PS: You seriously need to watch the webcast. All i can tell you is that it’s safe to say there was some collaboration.
PS2: Here’s the link to the Intro Video on YouTube.