Mason’s 4 Live Videos on Pandora Radio!
Feb 10, 2009Enjoy Mason Jennings Live on Pandora Radio! This show was recorded at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA, and Jason Blalock directed the videos.
Though he now lives in Minneapolis and spent early years in Honolulu and Pittsburgh, Mason Jennings also lived in New Orleans for a spell, and the song “Jackson Square” comes from stories he heard in the Big Easy. Mason is a songwriter’s songwriter, and among his fans are Jack Johnson and Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse.
The universal themes that Mason Jennings touches on in “I Love You And Buddha Too” make this song exist outside of time in its way. He also explains why he chose to set this song in the key of B-flat.
3) Nothing
Yes, even an artist as talented as Mason Jennings was broke when he started out. In the song “Nothing,” he remembers his salad days, when he could scarcely afford salad. Or salad dressing.
4) Soldier Boy
I was surprised to hear that Mason Jennings wrote the satirical “Soldier Boy” at the White House. You can’t predict when inspiration strikes, can you?