Fan Review: Brooks and Dunn Tribute Concert!!!
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We are very excited that one of OCR’s readers was at the ACM Brooks and Dunn Tribute Concert on Monday night after the ACM Awards on Sunday. Allison was kind enough to tell us about the show and her experience in Vegas during ACM weekend. Enjoy!
My friend, Shawny, won a trip to Vegas to see the Kenny Chesney Movie Premiere “Summer in 3D” and Brooks and Dunn: The Last Rodeo Tribute. I was so excited to go to both, but mostly the Brooks and Dunn Tribute. It was at the Grand Arena and we were sitting center, but almost to the top. I was sitting next to this guy who was the Program Director for KISM in Idaho and he had mentioned that at the ACM Awards the night before, Matthew McConaughey was there for that and I was like, “OMG do you think he will be here tonight?”
Well before the show started the spokesman said we had to tape applause, so he would say something like “so and so just won for something” and then we would all erupt in cheer. That went on for a little bit. Then Taylor Swift came out and told a funny story about how Ronnie does an impression of her by tossing her hair back and forth and then Kix says, “That is the only time in 20 years I have ever seen him mess his hair up.”
Faith Hill was there and blew us away, again, with her stellar vocals on “The Long Goodbye”. She started with a funny story of how Brooks and Dunn put a thawing Eel in her bed when she was on tour with them and how she always checks under her covers now before sleeping. She mentioned that after that happened to her, one time the immigration detained them for over an hour one time and wonders how that happened – she ends that with, “you’re welcome”. During the commercial break 2 butler types came out with fried eel for Brooks and Dunn to eat.
When George Strait came on (eruption, and screaming) and says, “When people ask me what I listen too, I tell them 3 words – Brooks and Dunn,” and then sang “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” – that was incredible. Standing O.
It was interesting that after every performance we would wait like 1 – 3 minutes and then the announcer would count us down to come back and we would applause. Totally new perspective on a show we see on TV like this now and how the process is completed.
My favorite performance of the night was Rascal Flatts singing “It’s Getting Better All The Time”. They harmonized so unbelievably that I am praying that they release this version to buy on iTunes or something after the show airs. It will bring anyone to tears.
Lady Antebellum sang a flawless version of, “If You See Him, If You See Him” – only to have Reba and Ronnie come in half way through and sing the 2nd verse and then the 4 of them finished it out taking their perspective turns on the lines. Definite highlight in the evening.
Carrie Underwood sang “Neon Moon” – Perfect as always.
Reba’s version of “Indian Summer” with some video was beautiful.
Jason Aldean sang “How Long Gone” (twice, reported that there was a technical difficulty or something)
Darius Rucker sang “Hard Working Man” – amazing.
Tim McGraw sang “That Ain’t No Way to Go”.
Brad Paisley sang “My Next Broken Heart”.
Taylor Swift sang “Ain’t Nothing Bout You” (jumping and hair tossing as usual) introduced by iCarly’s Miranda Cosgrove.
The most impressive performances of the evening were Jennifer Hudson’s version of “Believe” and Sugarland’s “Red Dirt Road”. First Jennifer Hudson: Can you just say Another League. She is unBELIEVEable. I mean she killed it. We were all silent and in awe of this pure beauty and perfection. Then after she sang it the announcer said that we liked it so much that she was going to sing it again. What? Well I don’t know the real reason that she sang it twice, but how lucky for us that we got to hear her sing “Believe” twice. We all cried and I thought the first time she sang Believe that it was incredible and couldn’t have been better – I was WRONG, she was even better the 2nd time. Man wait till you see what she does with that song.
Second Sugarland’s Red Dirt Road. They sang the song soft and rearranged it a little bit, playing with only the piano and then light guitar. Harmonized, slowed it down, and it was just really beautiful.
We were really exhausted from all the screaming and oh yes, Matthew McConaughey did come and introduce (I forget who, because I was screaming so loud) , but he was so cute and it was an awesome surprise. I think that was everyone. It was cool to just see the artists sitting down and watching the show like us, watching the process and seeing all the cameras and lights. What an incredible night. I will never forget it.
I think all of us are excited about May 23rd after reading about this amazing experience. Thank you Allison for sharing with us.
If you are attending a concert, we would love to hear about your experience. Email us at bigpapa@ourcountryroad.com and tell us your concert story.
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