{"id":807,"date":"2008-07-18T23:25:47","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T03:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=807"},"modified":"2008-07-18T23:25:47","modified_gmt":"2008-07-19T03:25:47","slug":"2nd-row-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/2nd-row-center\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd row center &#8211; how sweet it is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/18\/dsc02277.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/18\/cleve4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Cleve4\" alt=\"Cleve4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/18\/cleve4.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>Steve &amp; I headed down to the beautiful Blossom Amphitheater near Cleveland, Ohio to get our summer dose of <a href=\"http:\/\/tryjm.blogspot.com\/\">Mr. John Mayer<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/18\/cleve3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Cleve3\" alt=\"Cleve3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/18\/cleve3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Being part of the fan club certainly has it perks.&nbsp; We landed the most amazing tickets.&nbsp; Seeing a large show this close and personal was such an incredible experience.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/18\/cleve1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Cleve1\" alt=\"Cleve1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/18\/cleve1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Some of my favorite moments of the evening included&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jEl5oJqc-OI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>a wonderful acoustic cover of the Tom Petty classic, Free Falling<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oun3yKye6B0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>a swinging soul tune that morphs into Peter Gabriel&#8217;s Sledgehammer.&nbsp; He gets a little goofy during this ditty.<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/D4kBLbp_o_M&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>and my favorite&#8230; In the middle of the song <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zzb-Pbtr1U4\">Gravity<\/a>, he breaks out with a little preaching about love and then does some incredible guitar soloing and literally comes right in front of us&#8230;. still gives me goosebumps!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/18\/dsc02277_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Dsc02277_2\" alt=\"Dsc02277_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/18\/dsc02277_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>He ended the show by autographing a few tickets and even though we didn&#8217;t get his Sharpie signature, it was a night we&#8217;ll never forget.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/2nd-row-center\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/2nd-row-center\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve &amp; I headed down to the beautiful Blossom Amphitheater near Cleveland, Ohio to get our summer dose of Mr. John Mayer. Being part of the fan club certainly has it perks.&nbsp; We landed the most amazing tickets.&nbsp; Seeing a large show this close and personal was such an incredible experience. Some of my favorite moments of the evening included&#8230; a wonderful acoustic cover of the Tom Petty classic, Free Falling a swinging soul tune that morphs into Peter Gabriel&#8217;s Sledgehammer.&nbsp; He gets a little goofy during this ditty. and my favorite&#8230; In the middle of the song Gravity, he breaks out with a little preaching about love and then does some incredible guitar soloing and literally comes right in front of us&#8230;. still gives me goosebumps! 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