I’m sooooo excited that I am somebody’s living room!  It says so on Jon Troast’s website in the Upcoming Concert List!  That living room that he is scheduled to play tomorrow in Phoenix, AZ is mine!  Want to see for yourself…well go visit his site.  Don’t know who he is or why I am screaming from the roof tops?  Okay, let me back up.  This is Jon Troast…

Jon Troast

The story goes like this…

Four summer’s ago, Travis, Brook and I went to Lake Geneva, WI to go hang out and grab a bite to eat for lunch.  It was our first summer at our lake cabin in Burlington, WI and we were exploring nearby towns.  We went into the sandwich shop Potbelly and chilled out with a few sammies.  While we were there, Jon Troast was playing some awesome cover music plus a few songs of his own.  We were quite impressed with his talent and couldn’t believe that he was playing in the sandwich shop instead of a record studio.  I bought his CD, Second Story and thanked him for entertaining us and we were on our way…

If CD’s were anything like the old tapes, I would have worn it out I listened to it so much.  He really has a unique song writing voice and it’s real and heartfelt.  I love this CD!

Now honestly I didn’t follow him on the internet or anything.  I just was happy having his CD in my collection and telling my friends and family about this local Wisconsin artist…

Then last year when Travis and I went out to see a movie at the Showboat in Lake Geneva, we noticed that he was going to preform a concert and we said to ourselves…”Let’s go!”

And we did…We had no idea that it was the special 100th concert from his 100 concerts in 100 days tour.  Basically he drove himself around the country and played in peoples homes for $100.00 for 100 days with one concert each day.  And the concert that we went to was his 100th.  It was amazing, but I must tell you that I kinda felt like a fraud fan since I didn’t know much of his music other than the one album.  Nonetheless he had an amazing performance and I bought another album A Person and a Heart.  Yup, fell in love with that one too!  My favorite part is that Brook loves to sing to Track 2, What We Become, and nothing is cuter than a 4 year old singing!

So now I am jealous that 99 people had Jon Troast playing at their homes and I wasn’t “with it” to be one of those people.  I instantly became a fan of his on facebook and on his website and wrote a handful of times begging him to come to Phoenix.

And then he sent out an email saying he was doing another living room concert tour and he wanted to know if he could stop by my house.

Is HELL YEAH enough of a yes for you!?

Okay, so I didn’t say hell, but I did accept and now after some planning, he is coming here tomorrow!  I have invited all of my local friends and family and we are going to cram in this house to eat some yummy pasta and listen to some amazing music.  I can’t wait.  I will fill you all in later but for now, please go and take a listen to his stuff….He is really great and he just wants to play music and be heard.  Here is a youtube video of one of his songs for those interested….Love it!

I’m just so passionate about people who go after their dream…that live their lives knowing that today is the day to make it happen, whatever it is.  And to be witness to that, is an honor…so Jon if you read this, thank you for letting us witness your talent and passion.  We are happy and honored to have you in our home.

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