Sanjaya Wishes You Were There To See Him on Tour

I had such a great time at Sanjaya's concert. Dave and I were sitting there and Sanjaya just walked right by. I did a double take and then said, "Hey! Sanjaya!" He turned and I introduced us and he got a big smile. We took pix (they're on my facebook page and well as VFTW's facebook page) and chit chatted for a bit, before he had to go backstage.

The evening started out with Chris Blair. He has a Beiber haircut and they teased him about being the Beiber of the tour. He sang 4 or 5 songs and was thoroughly enjoyable. At one point, some random dude came on stage. I thought he was going to check on some equipment or something, but then he began playing the Hammmond organ to accompany Chris. He really got into it and I can only describe it as this 20-something, white guy has 'black man soul'. He really impressed me.

After Chris played, I went outside for a smoke with Dave. Then the keyboard player walked outside to get something from their van. I complimented his skills and he introduced himself as Nick, the lead singer of The Brave Chandeliers. We had a great convo with him. Then walked back in for their set.

I was quite impressed with The Brave Chandeliers. They were really good. As they were performing, Darryl (CEO of All Digital Radio) came in. He commented to us that these guys must get pissed off listening to the crap they play on the radio because they're so good. (After the show, we met the band and Darryl told them that. They said they don't listen to the radio )

After they played, some of the band stayed on stage and backed Sanjaya up. It seemed like no one wanted to get out of their seats (as we were in the back), but I said fuck it and walked right up to the stage and started taking pictures.

I then started taking videos of his songs. Dave, Darryl and the most of the rest of the audience came up and began taking pix and vid on their phones. Sanjaya really responded to the crowd and got really into it.

If you want to see the videos, you can go to my youtube channel and watch the 5 vids I uploaded.

Sanjaya finished with his single "Tempted" and was quite taken by emotion from the crowd reaction. It was genuine and quite moving.

He then came out and mingled with the crowd. I grabbed Sanjaya and took more pix of him and Dave and Darryl. Next to us was this teenage girl with her parents. You could tell she was dying to meet Sanjaya, so I pointed Sanjaya toward her. She was quite shy, but Dave noticed her shirt said "Sanjaya's #1 Fan". We commented on it and Sanjaya took notice and spent a lot of time talking to her and taking pix. It was really sweet because you could tell it totally made her day.

We said our official goodbyes and I have to say, that was THE.BEST.$10.I.EVER.SPENT! Sanjaya is the sweetest guy. He's a bit reserved and shy, but once that initial awkwardness wares off, he's all smiles.

If you are able, go out and see these guys. Don't be afraid to go up and talk to them. They're regular people who're just trying to make it out there.