Music, magic and make peace

Tuesday night was one of just that- music, magic and peace, all rolled into an organic joint of love.

No I was not getting high listening to my iPod while watching Criss Angel. I was seeing singer Jason Mraz and magician Justin Kredible in concert.

These two handsomely wholesome boys ventured out on a tour together with some other clean cut cuties earlier this year. Bushwalla and The Makepeace Brothers joined Mr. A-Z and JKreds on this journey to spread the love across North America.

The lights faded and the black lights glowed. All we could see was the signature glowing white hair of Everclear lead singer Art Alexakis. For those of you drawing a 1990's alt.-grunge band blank, these guys sang "Father of Mine", "Buy You a Garden" and "Wonderful". Talk about a concert bonus feature, these guys weren't even on the bill. This group of middle aged rockers may have looked old on the outside but the second their picks hit the strings, they looked like teens jamming in a garage.

Following that painfully long break at concerts between sets, the magic finally happened. The in-Kredible man gave my bf and I a wink then proceeded to make tables float in mid-air, 3ft canes appear from nothing and then he swallowed a balloon animal whole. Following Justin's latex late night snack, three young brothers in matching organic T's and khakis played some mood music for the next trick. These dewy-eyed dudes by the last name Makepeace (no joke) each carried one instrument- a ukulele, a bass and a harnessed wooden box.

Their trip down hippie lane ended with a tambourine jam by the concert headliner himself and then the audience, approaching the three hour mark of standing, was introduced to Buswalla. After a quick juggling session and a promise to "Funk your brains out", the original gangster from Cleveland stripped off his brown polyester 70's swag to reveal a one piece yellow spandex bodysuit. At this point, the whole tour is on stage singing, dancing and feeling the love.

Finally Mraz got his chance to go solo. Magically appearing from inside of an empty tent, he grabbed his guitar and the audience fell into hush. "The Remedy" morphed into "Wonderwall" and melodies transformed into short philosophical mentoring. Leave here and make peace with everyone. At the first strum of "I'm Yours", the whole audience in near perfect unison grabbed their phones and speed dialed someone they loved so Jason could croon the love song via long distance call.

Next came about four encores one from Jason, a couple with everyone including Justin and a final farewell from the curbside prophet. At this point, the numbness in the lower half of my body was subdued by the soothing soulful sounds and peceful good bye.

I've been to my fair share of concerts and this by far was the best ticket I've ever purchased. Six hours later, no feeling left from the torso down and a $15 JKred shirt, I left a happy girl with a few hundred other fans feeling the same.

Magic + Peace + Music = concert bliss.