

And it catalogued a lot of old songs that would have probably never ended up on a studio album. It got us a lot of attention, a lot of engagement. So we made a little recording, a little bootleg and we’re just tickled that 20 years later that that little recording is such a treasure that it - and it really got us to where we are today. Jason Mraz: It’s been 20 years since we made our first ever little bootleg live recording, which at the time was really just to serve a purpose - to help us pay our rent and to fill the many fan requests we were having about, ‘Hey, do you have any CDs for sale?’ ‘Cause we didn’t have any in those days. LEO: Hi Jason, Tell us about the re-release of Live & Acoustic. He just wanted to know if it was the “Geek in the Pink” singer on the phone. Apologies Jason, Martin was just excited to hear your voice.

LEO caught up with Mraz a few weeks before his scheduled show and asked him about touring, his old blog, the reissue of his Live & Acoustic record made in his early career while playing in coffee shops, and introduced him to the LEO arts “bork bork,” Martin, which sent the interviewer scurrying to the shelter of the nearest bathroom to finish the job. Mraz’s music is positive in a way that elevates the mood and honest in the way that it doesn’t just live in the sugar but also in the flaws and desires of being human. It spent 76 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100, longer than any other single in the magazine’s history. , the single “I’m Yours” quickly became a fan favorite. This album included popular tunes, “The Remedy” and “You and I Both.” However, when Mraz released We Sing. Then, with the release of Waiting for My Rocket to Come, ” Mraz saw his star rise. Mraz, a former cheerleader and chorus kid, got his career start in the coffee shops of San Diego. 5) was supposed to happen like any other but as anyone with kids or dogs knows - that’s not likely. This interview with singer Jason Mraz (who is stopping in Louisville at the Palace Theatre this Sunday, Dec.
