So you may not know this, but I pretttty much have a direct connection to the Fray. And by that I mean that my boss’ - daughter’s – husband went to high school with the drummer. See what I mean? Direct.

Sooo, when I got a text last week that said “Do you  guys still like the Fray?”. My response was “Uh…yeah!”. A few texts later, my wife and I are going to see the Fray with some backstage access. w00t!

It helps that I’m a huge fan of theirs. Dare I say they are my favorite band. Their second CD came out 2 days before my birthday which I like to think that they intentionally planned on me behalf…thanks guys! Needless to say, my wife got the special edition for me that came with background videos, etc. We also went to see them when they came to Dallas a couple of years ago.  We had the same ‘direct connection’ hookup for that as well.

This time around was a little different in that there were a lot more people backstage. Mostly high schoolers with their parents scrambling around for autographs and pictures. Truth be told, we wanted to act like that, but had to play it cool since we were supposedly a part of the inside crew. Also, the whole band wasn’t back there. Particularly Isaac (the lead singer). We caught him at the last minute as we were leaving, but only Chris (the guy that actually knows them) stopped to chat with him real quick. We did get to sit with Ben (the drummer) for a few minutes and chat with him about his wife and their dog. He showed us some pictures on his iPhone…that’s right…I use the same phone as the Fray. Oh yeah, and I heard him say at one point that his wife is a runner. A runner!? Sweet! At that point I wanted to go superfan on him and ask him more questions about that, but I refrained.  

So yes,  the concert was awesome. I thought I’d be sneaky too and record some audio with the handy voice recorder app on my phone, and then looked around to see about a dozen other people doing the same thing. So from all the concert goers out there to Apple, we send you a collective Thank You. If nothing else the wife and I got a chance to go out with friends while Brandon was at the babysitter. That in itself was golden. Here are some pictures… 

Mandy and I before the start of the concert.

We opted for the lawn seats. Definitely the way to go to just chill at a good concert.

During the concert.

The crowd and very bright lights.

Ben, the drummer and I after the show. I’m not sure what he’s looking at…

Chris (the hookup) is the only one that talked to Isaac (the lead singer) because he was in a hurry to leave. He’s a real nice guy though. He took the time to sign something for a friend of mine.

Also, in case I’ve now piqued your interest–The Fray is going to be on Conan tonight on NBC!