Thank you!

The concert was part of the The Rock & Worship Roadshow.

This past week I had the opportunity to listen to Jeremy Spring, of Abandon Kansas, perform at a friend’s house during his Living Room Tour 3 concert path.

I wasn’t familiar with Jeremy or Abandon Kansas up to this point. After finding out that I was going to the concert, my son looked them up on iTunes and let me listen to some of their songs. Although hard to get a real idea of what they sounded liked as I listened to my son’s iPod while standing in line at Moe’s Southwest Grill, what I did think was that I liked what I had heard so far.

My friends have hosted a number of these concerts in the area but this is the first one I’ve attended. You can’t get much more of an intimate experience with your favorite artist or group than with this type of event. I found out from our host, Rob and Jane, that these concerts take place all of the country a lot more frequently than I would probably expect, but digging into that is probably better suited for another post all-to-itself.

So, let’s focus on Jeremy Spring and Abandon Kansas.

For this concert it was just Jeremy and it was an all acoustic set, something I really enjoy. For me, it doesn’t really matter what genre of music I’m listening to, if there are lyrics and I can’t understand them, I’m not enjoying your music. Lyrics are very important to me and I think they should be heard and legible.

Jeremy weaves his lyrics like a mighty poet. The themes are fairly simple, but the meaning and emotion behind each of the songs really comes out. I think hearing these in an acoustic format first, and in the intimate settings of the living room, really connects the audience with the music and lyrics. What was really nice about this experience as well is that Jeremy shared more of the meaning and motivation behind the words he incorporated into each of these songs.

You can get a little bit of a feel for what the concert was like from the photos and the playlist of videos I put together from four of his songs he performed. You can also still catch him in the next few stops as he wraps up The Living Room Tour 3.

If like me you’ve really enjoyed what you’ve heard, be sure and touch base with Jeremy and the rest of the group by finding them online and letting us all know what you think.

Catch Abandon Kansas and the rest of these guys online in all the cool places!

• Abandon Kansas Official website (www.abandonkansaslovesyou.com)
• Abandon Kansas on Facebook (www.facebook.com/abandonkansas)
• Abandon Kansas on Twitter (twitter.com/abandonkansas)
• Jeremy Spring on Twitter (twitter.com/akjeremyspring)
• Jeremy Spring on Tumblr (jeremyspring.tumblr.com)
• Brian Scheideman (twitter.com/akbrians)
• Brad Foster (twitter.com/brfoster)

Now you can easily share your fun photos, share that photo opp of you with your favorite Christian singer and group and share it with all your friends.

Just use our Reader Photos page to upload your concert photos and tell us a little about your experience.

This is from the Hillsong United concert at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN on Monday, June 20th. This photo was taken by Cheri Herron with her phone. Not too bad.

For this song, Jeremy had his dad come on stage and play harmonica for his performance of “Jesus Loves Me”. I thought it was great. Let me know what you think after the video.

Jeremy Camp’s Dad Rocks Out the Harmonica from Jason Bean on Vimeo.

This is Jeremy Camp performing last night at the Eagle Center concert. Jeremy Camp is from Lafayette, just north of Indy, so he had lots of family in attendance for the concert. For this song "Jesus Loves Me", he had his dad come up and play harmonica, which he did and ROCKED IT!

This Saturday night, October 30th, Jeremy Camp will bring The Conversations from the Red Chair and Worship Tour to the Eagle Center (Home of Eagle Church) in Whitestown, IN (just north of Indianapolis off of I-65). Jeremy won’t be coming alone though, also performing will be Carlos Whittaker, John Mark McMillan and Three Union.

I’m excited because Jeremy Camp is one of my favorite singers and songwriters and I’ve never seen him in concert. I’m also really excited to see Carlos Whittaker (or as I know him more accurately as @loswhit on Twitter). I’m not familiar with John Mark MicMillan and Three Union, so getting some exposure to some new music is always a good thing too.

I’m hoping I’ll be able to meet all the acts and get some good photos to share with everyone after the concert.

1:23 Conversations From the Red Chair w/Jeremy Camp, John Mark McMillan & Carlos Whittaker from Integrity Live on Vimeo.

I’m also excited that this will be the first of hopefully quite a few concerts and promotions I’ll be helping with in the future with Chris Linhart and The Upper Room. Chris has an amazing heart for ministry to use Christian music to reach kids and anyone else that may never step foot in a church or attend some other Christian event.

For more information and to purchase tickets visit Edan Concerts and iTickets.com

Even better is when Brandon Heath ends up touring with one of my favorite groups, Jars of Clay. Hopefully they’re going to be coming to a city near you!

10/08  Lancaster Bible College – Lancaster, PA
10/09  Great Lakes Christian College – Lansing, MI
10/10  Honeywell Center – Wabash, IN
10/12  Bethel College – Mishawaka, IN
10/14  Akron Baptist Temple – Akron, OH
10/15  The Underground – Cincinnati, OH
10/16  Westbrook Church – Hartland, WI
10/17  Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church – Elmhurst, IL
10/21  First Baptist Church Ocala – Ocala, FL
10/22  Victory Church – Lakeland, FL
10/23  Countryside Christian Center – Clearwater, FL
10/24  South Florida Community College Auditorium – Avon Park, FL
10/28  Stonegate Fellowship – Midland, TX
10/29  The Church at Quail Creek – Amarillo, TX
10/30  Emmanuel Baptist Church – Enid, OK
11/05  Grace Covenant Church – Austin, TX
11/06  Tulsa First Baptist Church – Tulsa, OK
11/11  Alma Performing Arts Center – Alma, AR
11/12  First Baptist Church Lafayette – Lafayette, LA
11/13  The Orchard Church – Tupelo, MS
11/14  Central Baptist Church -  Jonesboro, AR

Now he’ll be back in my home state of Kentucky and performing at the Carson Center in Paducah, KY on June 18th. You can still get tickets for this event where he’ll be filming his next DVD release.

10 Days ’til Paducah!

Be a part of Tim’s new live concert DVD at the world-class Carson Center in Paducah, KY, on Friday June 18. Experience an outrageous night of comedy with Tim and special guest John Branyan in this gorgeous $40 million theater. The event will sell out, but tickets are still available at www.thecarsoncenter.org.

We would love to see you there. Join us