Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Carrie Underwood for the 4th time in concert. And this was the closest I've been at one of her concerts-5th row!
The only bad parts about the concert were having to sit through the opening acts. Sons of Sylvia were first, and although they are quite a talented trio of brothers, there were some issues with their set. First was that they didn't feel like they fit at a country concert, except for the couple minute bluegrass breakdown they did. A couple minutes after doing that the lead singer (who to me looked and acted like some sort of drug addict) was doing moves on the stage that I'm sure made some parents cover their young kids eyes. A guy with spandex looking pants kneeling on the floor and making gyrating moves is something I did not want or expect to see going to a concert such as this. The 2 girls next to me and I kept laughing at all his crazy "moves". At one point he was in front of us singing and we were trying so hard not to laugh since he could probably see us only being 5 rows out! I think they are better suited opening for perhaps another American Idol alum like Adam Lambert.
Billy Currington was pretty good and for the most part stuck to playing all his hits which easily filled up his time slot. I was stuck in a dead part of the crowd so nobody stood during his entire set. I would have liked to a couple times, but I was told by an usher once at that venue to sit down because nobody around me was!
And of course the highlight of the night was getting to see Carrie perform. Just like the last time I saw her (ok the last time was CMA Fest, but the time before that) there were lots of costume changes and vocals were spot on. Some of the highlights were her entering from the floor while sitting on a couch. At one point she was singing while swinging on a swing. And then there's the part that she's above the crowd in the back end of a pickup. She sang 2 songs while in it and between the 2 songs she said she wanted a way to get to the back that was simple and said that she was very afraid of heights. So she ended up with something not very simple and up high in the air. If she was scared, she sure didn't show it, except for maybe holding on almost the entire time to the microphone stand which I'm sure was very securely attached to the pickup bed. Probably the greatest vocal part of the night was when she performed Jesus Take The Wheel. Just like she had done when I saw her at CMA Fest this summer, at the end she broke out into the song How Great Thou Art. It just gives a person chills at how well she does that inspirational song! I'm looking forward to the next time she comes around, hopefully next time she'll have some better opening acts.
Here are a few pictures, more can be found at my Facebook page
