Jagarbombs Anyone?

Last night we went to the Class of 2011 hosted by FM106 in Milwaukee and was at the Northern Lights theatre in the Potowatami Casino. We scored 4th row seats and it was a very nice place for a concert! The lineup included The Band Perry, Brett Eldredge, Josh Kelley, Frankie Ballard and Sunny Sweeney. Amazing show!!! I love these kind of shows because they all sit on stage together and it seemed like last night they all had a great time being there together.

The first artist they brought out was Brett Eldredge.
I admit I was very excited to finally see him in concert. After seeing his music video for Raymond on CMT I instantly wanted to know more about him. He came out and sang his first song which I don't remember the name but it was very good. After he sang Raymond in the 2nd round, Josh Kelley said he plays that song all the time on his ipod and his bassist didn't know that Brett sang that so he stared at him in awe the whole time!
Next up was Josh Kelley!We've seen him open before for Miranda Lambert back in November but last night I felt we got to see him true personality show because it was such an intimate show. He started off with his single Georgia Clay, he starts playing it then had to stop because he remembered a story about his dad's old pickup truck and how him and Charles siphoned gas out of a yamaha jetski for it one day. He had to start the whole song over but that story was pretty good!
Time for The Band Perry!!!

Love this band!!!! They started off playing their latest single You Lie :) They played my fav song in the 2nd round called Independence with a little Tom Petty Free Fallin thrown in there. They also covered Rolling Stones Fat Bottomed girls in their last round which was very very cool!
Time to get your faces melted off.....it's Frankie Ballard!I wasn't too sure what to think of him at first but he is very good! His voice and his look just don't match for me. But he was there to have a good time :)
Last but not least....Sunny SweeneyShe was kind of a deadringer of Gretchen Wilson to me....her songs mainly being about divorce and her attitude just kind of turned me off. She looked bored or nervous throughout the whole show......just not too sure about her yet!

Needless to say there was a lot of fun and jokes the rest of the show. Frankie Ballard told a story about when he almost got to play the drums for The Band Perry. There was talk about party panties between Sunny and Frankie. Frankie made fun of the members of TBP saying they weren't old enough to drink. The lead singer Kimberly asked how old Frankie was and she said she had him beat! ha! The show went on for about 6 or 7 rounds of them taking turns playing. The last round Frankie used his turn to play a blues song with everyone, it was amazing!

Frankie bringing out some Jagarbombs!

All in all what an amazing show!!! Love seeing artists interact with one another and tell stories about their songs!

Life's a dance you learn as you go: Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow

So I did promise a concert review for every concert we went to in 2011......last night wasn't the greatest one though. We left for Joes Bar again yesterday and when we got there, there was a steelers game going on and it was PACKED. The back room where the concert was going to be was packed too so we went to Starbucks for a bit then decided to head back to Joes and grab a bite while standing in line. Doors we supposed to open at 7 for the concert.....it was more towards 8 when they opened. We were first in line and yet they didn't kick anyone out of the concert area....so we get in and it's already 2 rows deep. My parents came along with us and my dad stayed in there after he went to the bathroom and was saving a spot for us by the stage. I follow my mom up to the front by him and Dave just stayed back behind me. I told him to come up by me but he wouldn't budge....this is where the fun begins......Two old ladies stand in front of him, they were soooo drunk! They proceeded to ask me what was wrong and why I was depressed. I told them my boyfriend was standing behind them and I wanted him by me. So then they start pulling on him to get him up by me. He gets pissed and starts to leave, I hang onto him and abandon the front row. I don't want to sugarcoat everything that happened after that........he said I embarrassed him and he was trying to be nice and that everyone was making him out to be an ass. Then he wanted to go home.....and I still feel like shit for everything that happened last night. We eventually calmed down and stood in the back by the coat check to watch Jason Jones. We left before Josh Thompson even made it on the stage. I feel so bad for everything that happened last night..........We are never going to Joes that early again.......we talked a lot last night after we got home and I feel a little better about it but still feel like shit.

Roll with it: Easton Corbin at Joes Bar!

So I've decided that since it's a new year I can start things off right by writing a concert review for every single concert I go to in 2011! First concert of the new year was Easton Corbin, The Janedear girls and Eric Paslay at Joes Bar in Chicago on Friday January 7th!
I started out the day by going up to the WI/IL border back home to get my hair done, picked up my mom and headed down to Chicago for the show! As soon as we got to Joes we sat down to have supper and drinks since there was no one in line which is kind of unusual since it was a sold out show! We got in line behind 3 ladies and when they opened the doors to the back room we got right up front no problem!
First up was Eric Paslay, a guy I've never heard of but at first glance he looked a lot like Dierks Bentley. He said that he just recently got signed to Capitol Records in Nashville too. I have a feeling people are going to mix him up with Eric Church too with the voice similarities. He was really good though! He wrote a song that the Eli Young Band just put on their new album coming out soon. I got really excited of course because I really like the Eli Young Band and have heard the song before! During his set we were literally right in front of his mic stand so my neck kept getting sore from looking up at him. My mom started to not feel well and we switched spots during his set so she could lean on the stage. After his set was over he bent over and asked us if he was spitting too much! haha! Nope mom just didn't feel good!
Next up was The Janedear girls! I was kind of worried about them because I've seen pictures of them before the show and the girl with the black hair and red lipstick kind of freaked me out lol.In person they weren't too bad! They did have a pretty wild set and had some great crowd interaction. During the song Saturdays in September they brought 3 couples up on the stage to dance behind them. They said everytime they sing the words Saturdays in September everyone had to scream and the couples had to make out! Then during their medley the blonde girl made a guy come up on stage and dance with her....during alejandro....



I thought that was pretty funny! After their set I ended up getting a setlist! pretty cool!
Yay finally time for Easton Corbin! I've only seen him once before when he opened up for Gary Allan at Joes so it was nice to actually see a full show of his! I'm not exactly sure of all the songs he played but it was a good mix of his songs on his debut cd and cover songs. I especially enjoyed when he covered Kenny Chesney's Just Don't Happen Twice and the George Strait covers at the end. Other songs he covered were Brooks and Dunn, Gary Allan, Alan Jackson and Merle Haggard!





The funniest part had to be when Easton noticed my mom staring off into space. I'm sure she's tired of me telling this story by now but....it was funny! He pointed at her and the guitar player in front of us got her attention the he asked her if she was bored! Then later Easton was running around the stage with his guitar, he stopped right in front of my mom plopped down on both knees and played right in front of her. The smile on her face was priceless!
The show was amazing! He signed mom's ticket at the end and said he had to sign it just for her! I can't wait to see him again!