Kip Moore Concert

 

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I bought tickets to see Kip Moore at the Fillmore Silver Spring months ago, probably over a year ago actually, because the show was rescheduled due to COVID-19. And yet my go-to country buddy STILL forgot and scheduled himself to work! So I dragged my boyfriend (a good sport!) to this show last night. 

We braved the rain and made it in time to see the opener, Dillon Carmichael. I had never heard of him before, but he gives off Luke Combs vibes (i.e. big country dude singing fun songs). He was very charismatic and engaged the crowd well. And he had a lot of funny songs, which I really enjoyed!

Country Women (He changed this to "Maryland Women" for the show, and I'm sure he changes it everywhere he performs!)

Hot Beer (so funny!)

Sawin' Logs (I'm glad my boyfriend told me that "sawing logs" is slang for snoring. Otherwise I wouldn't have understood this song!)

Big Truck

Son of a (This was his one serious, touching song.)

After a break between sets, Kip Moore's band came on stage. Now, I had not seem him perform since the summer of 2015 (read that blog post here), so my memory of his stuff was fuzzy. But he has a very rock 'n' roll sound, which isn't what I was expecting at a country concert. I honestly didn't recognize any of his songs except Beer Money. I was actually pretty disappointed in his show. The rock 'n' roll vibes really threw me off, as did his Mel Gibson-à la-The Patriot ponytail. I mean, one of his guitarists was wearing a Fleetwood Mac shirt! Not only did the performance not feel country, but Moore's attitude was not great, either. I understand that after not being able to perform for so long due to COVID-19, he was ready to put on a show. But it seemed like he lost some social skills during the pandemic from being cooped up for so long. While Carmichael was engaging the crowd wanting us to have fun, Moore just seemed to be focusing on himself having fun. He even admitted to being drunk on tequila and I thought, "You think? You're acting so weird!" He wasn't even fun to watch, honestly; I didn't even bother trying to take any pictures of him while we were there. We ended up leaving mid-way through his set. I was sure there were other songs that I would have liked to hear (not that I remembered them), but I just didn't want to sit through any more of the show. 

When writing this blog post, I was reminded of a few of his hits that I actually really like that I didn't hear him sing:

Somethin' 'Bout a Truck

Hey Pretty Girl (I LOVE this song! How did he not play this song in the first 90 minutes of his set?!)

Here are a few songs he did play that I enjoyed:

That Was Us

How High (similar sentiment to Brett Eldredge's Drunk on Your Love, which I like better, but anyway...)

Fire and Flame (This song and much of his show made me think of Bruce Springsteen. I like Bruce, don't get me wrong, but again, I wanted to see a country concert!) 

Needless to say, I would not see Kip Moore in concert again. I mean, sure, maybe if he were part of a country music festival, but I'm not going to buy tickets to see him as the headliner. What a bummer, especially after such a long wait!