Wooo! Last night was our long awaited Kenny Chesney concert! And it was awesome, y’all. And, yeah, I just said “y’all”. What??Let me tell you a little story first: We parked, we’re walking, we buy cowgirl hats, we’re walking, I say “Oh no! I forgot my sweater. Let’s go back to the car.” But then I instantly decided that I did not need a sweater, it IS the end of June and all. So, we keep walking, and thank God we did because we’re just walking along, not knowing really where we’re going and these security guards are all “Ladies, over to the side, get out the way” so we move over to the side, out of the way and we’re just standing there because like I said, we didn’t know where we were really going or anything. So, anyway, all these people are camera-ready and I turn to the lady behind me and ask “Why are we all just standing here, out of the way?” and she tells me that they’re hoping Kenny comes through, so we’re waiting and dont’cha know, here comes Kenny effin’ Chesney on a golf cart. So, we’re all screaming “Kenny! OH My GOD!! Ahhhh!” and he rode.right.by.me and I.SQUOZE his BICEP, I squoze his bicep, people!!! I touched Kenny Chesney! With my bare hands.
Take a lookie at how close he was to where we were:
Can you say "starstruck"?!! Bliss.
Then we went in, got situated and Lady Antebellum started the show. They were soooo much fun and even though the stadium hadn’t really filled up yet, they really worked with the crowd and it was a super good performance.
Next was Miranda Lambert. I just HEART Miranda Lambert; I probably have a girl crush on her. She’s so feisty and, well, I just love me some angry girl music. She was soooooo cool, she told stories, she had a bright pink guitar and I love her little southern twang. She rocks.
Montgomery Gentry took the stage after Miranda and they were very impressive. Eddie worked the crowd like no other, they were funny, and they played a lot of good songs. And T-roy looked really good. I’ve been very excited to see them for months and they totally delivered.
Sugarland. Ah. What can I even say??! There aren’t even words. They are one of my absolute, all-time faves and they were a.maz.ing. They way they interact with each other and feed off each other is incredible. Jennifer’s voice is so pretty and I just LOVE Christian so very much, he seems like THE coolest cat. And they did this really cool thing where they got into these giant clear plastic balls and rolled over the crowd and they were reallllllly close to us. (In that video, we were just over to the right from Jennifer.)
Kenny Chesney was okay. I mean, don’t get me wrong, he puts on quite a show but it seemed really short and kinda low-energy. I don’t know if it’s just that the build-up was so big, maybe too big, and I was left feeling let down or what. He came down from the “sky” which was really cool and yes, okay fine, he was good and lots of fun, I don’t know why I’m saying anything bad about him. I guess I just enjoyed the rest of the concert SO very very much, I wasn’t as impressed with the Big Guy.
My hands still hurt from clapping so much. I still have NO voice from all the screaming. But, I’m still smiling! I’m going again next year for sure.
Photos courtesy of Amanda. I didn’t bring my camera, of course. And do I know how to get to the pictures I took with my phone? Nope.
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