This Skin and Bones is a Rental

At the age of 21, I can say I've experienced my share of heartbreak, but I was no way prepared for the hurt that came when I found out my favorite band was going to be in town, and I wasn't going to be able to see them. Call it being dramatic, but I can say I was feeling devastated.

What band was I missing out on, you may ask? A small band, called Switchfoot. Before you roll your eyes, or say, "I've never heard of them", go to YouTube and type in either "Dare You to Move" or "Meant to Live", go ahead, I'll wait.

If you actually did YouTube those songs, kudos to you, and you'll have realized that those songs were featured in "A Walk to Remember" back in 2002, and it was because of this movie, that Switchfoot really went mainstream.

It was also back in 2002, while watching "A Walk to Remember" that I was first introduced to Switchfoot, and I fell in love. It happens all the time, a person will find a band, and something about that band just makes everything else fall into place. It's the music, it's the lyrics: it's the magic.

I've been lucky enough to see Switchfoot live three times already, and every time it's like hearing them for the first time all over. Any concert go-er can tell you that hearing a band live is a completely different experience than listening to their CD.  That, and every concert I've gone to, lead singer/guitarist Jon Foreman always climbs into the crowd. Every. Time.  Finding a musician that wants to in the crowd during his songs, now that's something else.

The big question I get a lot as a Switchfoot fan, is that most people didn't know that Switchfoot is still around, let alone on tour. Well they are, and they released their ninth album "Fading West" earlier this year, and are currently on their Fall Tour, hence why they were in Bourbonnais, Ill on Friday. Which I missed out on, and am still upset over.

I'll have to settle with listening to their CD on repeat...again.
Which really isn't punishment, but still isn't as great as hearing them live.

I highly recommend giving "Fading West" a listen, or any of their other albums, (Particularly Hello, Hurricane, it won a Grammy after all).