Concert Stories

I had purchased tickets thru ebay in January 2005 for Josh's pretty much sold out concert in New Orleans. We had some real sad stuff happen in our life so seeing Josh was our "looking and moving forward" event. My daughter Kait was graduating and this was part of her graduation gift. We had "nosebleed" seats so I had written Josh a letter telling him about our circumstances and how awesome it would be if we could somehow get an upgrade on our seats. Well, there we sat and Chris Botti was performing and I was feeling like nothing was going to happen. My husband was sympathetic but thought all along it was a "reach". Well, lights came on and here comes this guy running up the stairs and says, "Okay, whose the big Groban fan?" Everyone around us starting shouting, "We are, we are!" And then he looks in our direction and says, "No, who in these seats is the big fan?" My heart stopped and he handed me 4 floor seat tickets. I couldn't believe it. As we were making our way down he said, "Happy Graduation!" This was so un-freaking-believable! Concert was amazing and unfortunately, we had to drive back to Pensacola right after the concert.

So, I was 17 when I saw my one and only concert. I was a huge dork about it too! I geeked out even before Josh was on the stage and when he finally came out and started saying how happy he was to be there that night, I screamed "I love you Josh," he looked in my general area and said, "I love you too." If that wasn't enough I laughed so hard when some guy close to me said that he loved Josh and he just smile and said, "Thanks". I'm not sure if it made me a bigger dork for saying it then, or being 22 years old and still reliving that moment and loving it! LOL
I just can't wait for the next album... soon I hope!

Words can not express what an awesome performance Josh gave at the Orlando Arena. We are so hoping to se Josh in Central Florida this year.

Dear Josh,

I am writing this in letter format as if I were writing to a friend. If you were my friend I would write you this letter because I might not have the courage to tell you all that your music and the person you are has meant to me.

I discovered your music in 2004 after I went to see the movie, “Polar Express”. I loved the song and your voice.

I had just bought a new imac laptop and had downloaded itunes. When I started listening to little snatches of your songs, I realized what a gift your voice was to the world.

I am a pianist, singer and music teacher. I played music for twenty years with my husband, Jack. We played all kinds of music from Bob Dylan to jazz standards. My background is classical.

My husband passed away suddenly of a heart attack in 2004. Needless to say, I was devastated. I had a really hard time playing the music that we used to play together. That’s where you come in. After I started listening to your music, you gradually inspired me to play again. The more I listened to your music, I started to feel a feeling of serenity and comfort.