Chicago, IL.

Today, black clothes were a bad choice. It was much hotter than I thought. But, it worked out fine because tonight's concert was right on the water here in Chicago. It was one of those perfect settings, with the city in the background, the water in the foreground, and thunderstorms out on the lake. Some of our band went to the Cubs afternoon game and they won, which is great since our home team (the San Diego Padres) is not winning much this year. The night cooled off, and the bands heated up! Jars of Clay gave a phenomenal performance of "Love Song for a Savior" with a tasteful rhythm loop played with a marching band bass and snare drum. Sorry to Jeremy, the drummer, as he cut his knee on the way back up to the drums and bled all over his white pants...gross. Robert Randolph brought into his epic jamming set a rendition of "Jesus is Just All-Right With Me" which was classically delicious! We (Switchfoot) decided to rock more tonight with a heavier set list that included "American Dream," "We are One Tonight," "Stars" and "Meant to Live."

It felt really good to be playing outside tonight. After our set, Mac from Third Day heard us saying that we played the "only Beyonce cover of the night" so they decided to give us a run for our money by covering another Beyonce song. Touche.

Well, that concludes the first weekend of the "Music Builds Tour," where diverse bands are united in raising awareness for Habitat for Humanity and The One Campaign while serving up some great music!  See you on tour.

High Fives,
drew
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