 |
| Image found here |
Before the Thanksgiving holiday, I went to two country music concerts two days in a row! It was actually going to be three in three days, but the Kip Moore concert at the Fillmore got postponed. I'm glad I could still go to the other two!
The first one was the Brothers Osborne at the Anthem. I had seen them before at WMZQ's Stars 'n' Guitars in 2016 and when they opened for Dierks Bentley at Merriweather Post Pavilion in 2018. But this time they were the headliners!
The first opener was Travis Denning. I hadn't heard of him before, but he was having so much fun up there! I loved his energy, and he is a GREAT guitarist. I would definitely see him again in concert!
Here are some of his songs:
After a Few (I love this song, and I had no idea he sang it!)
ABBY (so funny!)
Call It Country (I always like country-pride songs!)
Tank of Gas and a Radio Song (catchy!)
After he was done, the next performer was Tenille Townes, another artist who was new to me. I didn't like her music as much. To me, her sound is more indie than country; her voice reminded me a lot of Patty Lynn in The Wind + The Wave. And her hair extensions were so distracting; hair was everywhere!
Somebody's Daughter (her only song I knew)
Then we got to the Brothers Osborne. They sounded great, but since we were so close to the stage (standing room), we could see all the sweat, the funny faces, etc., which I think detracted from the show. I would have been content not to see all of that! Halfway through the show, T.J. Osborne was talking about the hard times he had been through and how happy he was to have acceptance; I didn't realize this, but he came out this past February. I felt like I had been living under a rock! Then they took a break, and they came back and sat down on some couches to play a chill acoustic set. That would have been fine, except at that point the standing room became uncomfortable. No one could see anything because the performers were sitting down, so everyone was pushing toward the front. At that point my friend and I left; even though the Anthem requires everyone to wear masks when they aren't eating or drinking, fewer than 10% of the people there wore their masks EVER. My friend and I were nearly the only ones. I liked the music, but it's not worth getting COVID for. No way!
I did get to hear some of their biggest hits, as well as some of their newer songs:
Stay a Little Longer (my favorite song of theirs!)
Burning Man (usually they sing this along with Dierks Bentley)
Rum (They claim this is their "local" song, having grown up on the water in Maryland.)
Younger Me (They played this after T.J. was alluding to coming out.)
---
 |
| Image found here |
The next day, my boyfriend and I went to the Hamilton to see Carly Pearce. I had already seen her twice as well (both times in Baltimore, actually): once opening for Brett Young in 2017 and then again in 2018 with Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, and Brett Eldredge. My boyfriend doesn't like country music, but I appreciate that he was willing to go to this concert with me. He had been to the Hamilton before, and he suggested that we didn't need to reserve seats, since there's usually plenty of bar seating. But this Carly show was sold out (she was Female Vocalist of the Year), so we ended up standing; I've been to many standing-room only shows before, so it kind of felt like that. Next time though, I would reserve seats!
 |
| He doesn't look this young in real life. Image found here. |
Anyway, the music was very good. The opener was Andrew Jannakos; certainly didn't know who he was! I enjoyed his set, but I will admit I was just waiting for Pearce to take the stage!
Gone Too Soon (This song was familiar, though!)
Somebody Loves You (I thought this song was cute.)
Like Yesterday (I really liked this song! So romantic!)
Pearce then came on with her rhinestone-covered mic stand and she was ready to go! She played her entire new album called 29: Written in Stone, and she played the songs in order, too. I thought that was a really cool way to celebrate a new album. She's been through a lot this year (her divorce, her producer passing away, etc.), so she had a lot of inspiration for her music. There was so much feeling in her songs, especially her lyrics. I'll list the videos here in the same order:
Next Girl (the only song from her new album I had heard)
29 (I loved the line in this song, "The year I was gonna live it up/Now I'm never gonna live it down")
Never Wanted to Be That Girl (performed with Ashley McBryde, and the only song I knew of hers was One Night Standards)
Your Drinkin', My Problem (probably the only song I wasn't sure really fit with the rest of the album)
Messy (This song really hit me thinking about past break-ups.)
Show Me Around (She wrote this song thinking about her producer in heaven. He was only in his early 40's, and he left behind a wife and three little girls. It was such a sad story. I was ugly crying; thank goodness my face was covered with a mask!)
Day One (Another great break-up song. So many feelings!)
After playing all of the songs from her new album, she played a few of her well-known hits, too, which I enjoyed:
I Hope You're Happy Now (which she sang with Jannakos)
She did a really good job, and I immediately bought her CD on Amazon. I would love to see her again in concert!
I think my next country music concert isn't until March. That seems so far away!
:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-992908-1470297256-6709.jpeg.jpg){kind=link}
