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Accomplished but self-taught on the acoustic, amplified-acoustic and electric guitars he plays, Mraz confides, "That's the scariest moment ever."Ĭonfessional and contemplative, Mraz loves sharing stories, on stage with his audience, on his blog with fans and in his "Grati-Tube" videos on YouTube (the latest shows him nude but for a shower cap, revealing the many sources of songwriting inspiration he finds in hotel rooms). He's settled into a lawn chair, sporting a narrow-brimmed hat and flip-flops, but he's anxious about a new guitar solo that he's adding to the show.
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garnered Mraz a Grammy nomination for song of the year and recently broke Billboard's record for staying on the Hot 100 chart longer than any other single in its 51-year history.īut right now, Mraz is just two hours away from stepping onto the Merriweather Post Pavilion stage in Columbia, Md., to kick off his Gratitude Café tour in front of 10,000-plus fans who range in age from elementary schoolers to octogenarians and include his parents and aunts, uncles and friends who have driven up from Richmond. The reggae-inspired confection "I'm Yours" - written in 2004 but finally placed on last year's We Sing. Sunshine lyrically, a hint of melancholy is creeping in (take a listen to the torch song "If It Kills Me") and a bit of naughty (the song "Butterfly" is open to playful interpretation).Īnd then there's that love-it-or-hate-it tune he wrote. And sure, while he's considered a Little Mr.
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It's been a journey marked with palm readings and palm trees cigarettes and avocado smoothies self-doubt and self-realization and, of course, plenty of triple-word-score moments for the avid Scrabble player - opening for the Rolling Stones, platinum albums and his first outdoor-arena tour, which will end at the legendary Hollywood Bowl on Oct. It's been 10 years since Mechanicsville native Jason Mraz left Virginia to find his bliss out on the West Coast and seven since the release of his first album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come.