Jack Johnson: A Weekend At The Greek / Live In Japan

Product Description

This two DVD set encompasses two separate films, A Weekend at the Greek ( at Berkeley's famed Greek Theatre at the beginning of his US tour to promote his latest album In Between Dreams) and Live in Japan ( in Japan at the end of the worldwide tour to promote his second album On and On) as well as over 30 minutes of bonus footage. Directed by The Malloys, both films blend concert performance with interviews and backstage footage.

Live in Japan captures Jack's band in its original trio form, with Bassist Merlo Podlewski and drummer Adam Topol touring Japan in front of rapt Japanese audiences performing selections from Brushfire Fairytales and On and On as well as an early version of “Banana Pancakes” which appears on In Between Dreams. Donavon Frankenreiter and Money Mark make guest appearances.

Shortly after the completion of the Japanese tour, the band convened in Hawaii to record his new album In Between Dreams, with Zach Gill from Animal Liberation Orchestra adding piano and accordion. A Weekend at The Greek captures the band's expanded sound and 4 piece lineup ( Gill joined as a touring member of the band) as well as sit ins from the growing Brushire Records family (G. Love, ALO, Money Mark and Matt Costa ). Filmed over two nights at one of the band’s favorite venues, the film captures the magical connection between artist and audience, as well as providing glimpses at the creative process that yielded those crowd favorites. The total running time of the two disks exceeds 3 hours, and both feature stereo and 5.1 audio .

From the Contributor

A Weekend at The Greek features live performances of:
In Between Dreams Medley
Never Know
Taylor
Sitting Waiting Wishing
Flake
Breakdown
Bubble Toes
Ste It Together
If I Could
Rodeo Clowns
Mudfootball (For Moe Lerner)
Fall Line
No Other Way
Better Together
And much more....

Live In Japan
features live performances of:
Banana Pancakes
Gone
It's All Understood
Cookie Jar
Pirate at 40
Heading Home (w/ Donavon)
Wasting Time
Horizon Has Been Defeated/Bad Fish
(live w/money mark)
The News
Inaudible Melodies
Times Like These
And more...