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| My only and truly awful picture of Jewel that night |
Roadhouse - Summerfest
July 2, 2002
Age: 19
Jewel was a really big presence during my teenage years. Pieces of You came out when I was twelve and like the rest of the country, I loved it. I will remember that album forever because I'm old enough to be one of those people that transitioned from cassette tapes to CD's. For my birthday I saved up my allowance and gift money and got my first boombox ever with a CD player in it. As additional gifts I got three albums: Jewel's Pieces of You, Metallica's Hero Of The Day (single release), and Eric Clapton's Change The World (single release). And yes, my music taste is really that diverse! Pieces of You got heavy rotation in that boombox, "Foolish Games" and "Amen" are probably my favorite tracks from that album.
Fastfoward to 2002, Jewel had come out with two other excellent albums Spirit and This Way. She was a pretty big star by 2002, which was why I was shocked that she would play the Roadhouse (a free stage) at the Summerfest music festival. This was the first time that I experienced such a an enormous massive crowd at a Summerfest free stage. I went with my sister and we got there a few hours in advance, yet we were still very far back with our seats. It was great to see such an amazing turnout and the crowd really showed their appreciation when Jewel hit the stage. It's always a great time when you know every song an artist has to offer and this was one of those shows. Jewel sounded great live and seemed really thrilled to be playing. I also remember her yodeling I believe. An odd skill but if I had that talent I would flaunt it too!
Here's "Foolish Games". Hearing it takes me back to my teenage years.
Here's one of my favorites from Jewel's Spirit album "Down So Long"
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