Another great part about these small town county fairs is that it is pretty easy to get a good spot if it is somebody you really want to see. At the Wayne fair, they have one half sectioned off for sitting area for lawn chairs & the other half is standing only. I easily got a spot right up front against the stage in the standing area, only an hour and a half before Kellie started (half hour before the opening act).
Despite being surrounded by quite a few young and impatient girls (the concert did get started about 20 minutes later than it was supposed to) I had a great time. Kellie put on a great show from start to finish which was somewhere between 60 and 90 minutes long.
Kellie came out right away singing one of her sassy hits, "Things That Never Cross A Man's Mind" and seemed to be in the fair mood by wearing a simple white tank top and ripped up jeans with a ponytail in her hair. She packed in all of her singles, including her new one "Tough" from an album that she said would be out later this year. Besides all of her singles, she tried out a few songs from her new album, but told the crowd that if they didn't like 'em to let her know 'cause the album isn't done yet! She also did a few covers which included Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" and Dolly Parton's "Jolene".
Besides "Jolene" the only time she slowed down the song tempo was during "I Wonder". She told the crowd that she hopes the song helps bring healing to anyone who may have went through what she went through, like it did for her when she wrote it. Kellie came back for an encore of another Dolly cover of "9 to 5" and her first single "Red High Heels", which some young kids had been chanting for half way through her set.
At one point towards the end of her show she said that she didn't have anywhere to go right away and would do autographs and pictures afterwords. As soon as the show was over there was a huge line since some went over in line as soon as she mentioned it. I ended up being 3/4 of the way back in the line and as I figured there was a guy that came along and said only autographs, that no pictures could be taken with her. Well apparently when she came out she wanted to stick with what she had said on stage and did pictures with almost everyone as well! And what was great was that she even seemed to take a lot of time with people, almost as if it were a regular meet and greet before a show. There was a little girl in front of me with her parents. When they got up to Kellie, she asked the little girl how old she was, which she replied she was 5. so then Kellie asked her if she was gonna be in kindergarten and when she said she was, Kellie was asking her if she was excited about it.
When I had my minute with Kellie I told her that she should be on Ellen like once a month. If you've ever seen a Kellie Pickler appearance on The Ellen Show, you know what I'm talking about. Here's a couple of my favorite appearances-
Here are just a few of my pictures from the concert, including my picture with Kellie.
