March 4th, 2010 - For the first time in about ten years I went to an Amy Grant concert at the Smother’s Theater on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu.  I didn’t know what to expect. I had worn my official “Friends of Amy” lacquered ID tag so I would be allowed to do the “meet and greet” and had come armed with the copy of The Victor she had signed, an extra copy (just in case) for her or her daughter (Corinna), Her “Father’s Eyes” album for her to autograph (which contained the song that inspired my book) as well as a copy of the Lesson Plan that goes with the book….just in case I had the time to mention it.

If only I could have made the sound check at 4pm that day but getting to Malibu from South Orange County on a Thursday afternoon made it impossible although traffic was pretty good (for L.A.). We ate at The Sunset Restaurant, a cute place right smack on the beach and then headed over to Pepperdine where I was informed that Amy would not be doing a meet and greet that day as she was flying out early the next am to Cabo San Lucas to meet up with Vince Gill her husband.

OH….BUMMER.

She doesn’t tour as much as she used to and probably won’t in the future either. We are all getting up there in age and I’m sure it’s exhausting. It was, however, a great concert in a very intimate setting. I sat only 50 feet away from her but it might as well have been 500 feet for I never even got a chance to shake her hand. I’ll just have to wait until we meet up in heaven!

Here below are the pics.

Tags: Amy Grant, concert, Pepperdine, Smothers Theater, The Sunset Restaurant, Vince Gill