Enjoy a live version of “I Love You And Buddha Too” with Jack Johnson & Matt Costa.

Chad Weis is like a brother to me. He and I have traveled the world together. He has been my sound engineer and tour manager for 5 years. He is hands down one of the most kind, compassionate, loving, talented, and positive humans I have ever met. I feel blessed to know him.

Two Months ago he underwent emergency surgery to remove a rare fungal mass in his sinuses that had slowly broken his nasal bones and the bone protecting his brain. Without going into details, the surgery was massive.
It was a total success and he is now on the mend. But, his health insurance only covered a tenth of the bill. So, on top of the fact that he has been laid up and unable to tour this Fall, he is also now saddled with an enormous hospital bill.

That is where we come in. Let’s help get Chad back up and running! Please come join us for a wonderful night filled with music, love, and hope at First Avenue on January 17. All proceeds will go to a foundation my friend Myles Kennedy started to help musicians without insurance. The foundation will put all the night’s proceeds towards paying down Chad’s bills.

Joining me will be my (and Chad’s) good friends Haley Bonar, The Pines and some special guests. We will also have some cool auction items available. We hope to see you there!

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Love,
Mason

A train is roaring past our hotel room through the desert of Tucson. What a sound. This town is alive!

Here is an article about the singing black hole. The one I have been talking about on stage. The one that is in Bb. (I Love You and Buddha Too is in Bb. So is Sorry Signs On Cash Machines.) The article is incredibly scientific and hard for me to focus on but, for those of you that love science, here it is!!! 

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/universe/black_hole_sound.html

I just love the part about the Bb. Why B flat? Why do songs in B flat often open your heart? Hmmmm.....

Some people were asking about the verse I have been adding to “Buddha”.  Here it is:

When Prophets say they’ve heard the one and only Word and every Word is different God becomes an argument and we are left to choose a side or to refuse the whole thing in its humanness or learn from each with tolerance. 

All right, all right, all right I love you and Buddha too all right.

Someone gave me a copy of the book Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts and I am loving it. Just finished The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Adam lent it to me. It won the Pulitzer last year. I really enjoyed it. Diaz’s voice is really refreshing and bright and the book begged to be read quickly.

I have been having a great time on the West coast. Such kind people coming out to the shows.  Thank you so much everyone! Now we are heading north and east. Three shows to go.

(This picture of me was taken by my friend Danny Modor last March in Patagonia, Chile.)

Love,
Mason
Tucson, Arizona
10/18/08