Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours: Stevie Wonder Concert

December 1, 2007

Recently I was having a conversation with Sonny Cheeba from Camp Lo. He says, “An outstanding album is one where every single song is great. Most musicians only have two to three good albums in them in a career. The exception is Stevie Wonder.” I happen to agree with Cheeba’s statement and tell him so.

A few days later, I received a phone call from my good friend Paul. Almost by divine providence, he offered me four FREE tickets in a private suite, to see…Stevie Wonder! Naturally, I accepted and I thought to myself, “I must be living right!”

Now here’s where I could give you a review of an amazing show, but really, David Menconi’s review in the News and Observer says it well.

Music is the soundtrack to my life. As an artist, it plays an integral, influential part of my design and fabrication process. As a musician, Stevie Wonder transcends beyond pure music and art to a place of social responsibility. He chooses to use his voice to spread a message of peace and universal love. By doing so, he shines a little light into the dark corners of the world.

He used the concert as a platform to talk about what really matters to him. He opened the concert by saying that war, weapons of mass destruction, global warming, poverty, the lack of universal healthcare and discrimination are all unacceptable. He closed the concert by talking about ending hate; and he told us that our hearts are for loving the whole world. Best of all, he challenged us to do something about the injustices in the world that are unacceptable to us.

I attended the Stevie Wonder concert because of a conversation, and the kindness of a friend. I could tell you that concert was about boogeying down to “Superstition”, but I left a bit more inspired and with my heart a little more open. Perhaps I will rise to Stevie’s challenge.

Stumble it!

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