Hello and welcome to David The Concert Kid! This blog was developed to share the stories of David’s concert experiences and the bands he has met since the age of 2. We hope you enjoy reading about David’s experiences as much as we enjoyed living them.
Since he was a baby, David has enjoyed music. When he was fussy, his Dad, CJ, would put David in his swing and play a Depeche Mode live concert video that would keep David quiet for hours. As time went on, we needed more music videos, so we started playing “Here Come The ABC’s” and “Here Come the 1,2,3’s” DVDs by They Might Be Giants. When he was old enough to walk and move his stuff around, David would gather anything that looked like a drum and create a make-shift drum set that he would play as he watched TMBG drummer, Marty Beller, in videos such as “Robot Parade” or “D is For Drums” They Might Be Giants and Depeche Mode were David’s first favorite bands.
In May of 2009, when David was 2 1/2, we drove from Fort Worth to Kansas City to take David to his first music festival: Jiggle Jam. Jiggle Jam is a family music festival with kid-friendly and family-friendly bands and music activities. It was here David got to see his favorite band, They Might Be Giants. We saw They Might Be Giants a second time later in 2009 when they came to the Dallas House of Blues for a kiddie show. David was a little scared (it WAS dark in there after all), but I still think he enjoyed it.
This wouldn’t be the first and only Jiggle Jam we attended. We also went in 2011 and 2012 where we saw and met The Verve Pipe (yes, they have a kid’s album!). Other kid’s bands David met were Justin Roberts and Choo Choo Soul.
Jiggle Jam was an inspiration to David. Here is David jamming to a band with his paper guitar.
And here is David at 4 years old singing Willy Was A Whale by Justin Roberts
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