Concert: Chris Lane at the Fillmore Silver Spring

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A few weeks ago I saw Lauren Alaina and Spencer Crandall in concert at the Fillmore Silver Spring (read that blog post here). And then last Friday I saw Chris Lane at the same venue for his "Fill Them Boots" tour!

I had not heard of either of his openers before. Lily Rose certainly doesn't fit your idea of what a "female country star" looks like, but I love that country music is becoming more welcome and inclusive of all people (She recently got engaged to her girlfriend, Daira Eamon.). I couldn't understand a lot of what she sang, but I did like her vibe. Some of her songs were okay!

Villain (This song reminded me of Carly Pearce's "What He Didn't Do," just about how each person has their own side of the story and how someone always seems to come out to be the "bad guy.")

Stronger Than I Am

Remind Me of You

The second opener, ERNEST, wasn't much better in terms of enunciation. I thought his show was kinda boring. The only good songs he performed were ones that he helped write with Morgan Wallen (I was surprised that both he and Lily Rose gave shout-outs to Morgan after he's gotten bad press from using racial slurs and breaking COVID-19 restrictions; probably NOT a name you want to drop when trying to make a name for yourself.). 

Cheers (He's patriotic, which I think is a good thing...?)

More Than My Hometown (one of Morgan's songs)

Sugar

Somebody's Problem (another one of Morgan's songs)

Photo taken by Mike Davis

And while Chris Lane's energy was better, and I knew a couple of his songs, I wasn't even impressed with him as a headliner. He worked the crowd, which is fun, but I'm paying HIM to sing, not listen to my fellow concert-goers belt it out. He also sang some songs from the 90's to engage the crowd (like Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee" and Montell Jordan's "This is How We Do It," but again, I wanted to hear his music. He did sing one song with his brother, who is also his drummer, and his brother sounds JUST like him! Here are some of the songs Chris sang that I recognized:

I Don't Know About You

Ain't Even Met You Yet (Kind of sappy...)

Big, Big Plans

Take Back Home Girl

Here's a bonus video of Chris singing with his brother, Cory:

Chris Lane sang to a little girl who was a big fan! Photo by Mike Davis

Unfortunately this is one of the worst concerts I've been to. I really didn't have that much fun, and I wasn't interested in buying merch or learning more about any of these singers. Needless to say, if any of them come back to town, I won't be rushing to buy tickets.