Sunday, September 18, 2005

Jack Johnson plays the Molson Amphetheatre

It was billed as the last show of Jack Johnson's "In Between Dreams" tour. Johnson announces to the Toronto audience " Why do you think I chose to have our last show here in Toronto?". Responding with a roar the crowd soaks it up singing along, sharing every word.

He starts out with "Banana Pancakes", easing us into what feels like sleeping in for the morning. Continuing with other well-known tracks from the album. Other notable songs like; Staple it Together,Never Knowing, Siting, Waiting, Wishing were interspersed with the lyrics such as Led Zepplin's "Ramble On". His voiced doesn't stray from the studio sound. And, Johnson isn't one of those performers, like Bono, who flail's all over the stage inches from the crowd. He's a street busker who plays to a larger audience without loosing the intimacy of this experience.

In the second hour Johnson turns to favorites from his second last album "On and On" like; Times Like These, The Horizon Has Been Defeated, Traffic in the Sky.

The encore consists of inviting all the band and roadies on stage while playing "Good People".

The 2.5 hour performance delivered everything the crowd was expecting. Serving up all the gems we have got use to while Sitting, Waiting, Wishing on docks this summer in cottage country. As the harvest moon rises overhead its' the close to another summer that fades into the horizon for another year.

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