The Concert

Garth Brooks was...just wow. I can't really put it into words. I've tried for the last couple days to describe the experience that was his concert and I am struggling to find the words.

It really is so much more than a concert. It's an absolute experience. There was a concert at 7:00 and one at 10:30. We had the 10:30 tickets. The 7:00 concert went long so we waited outside, in 34 degree weather, until about 10:45 when they finally let us in. We were cold, wind blown, and had numb feet but it was all worth it.

He took the stage at midnight and didn't stop playing until almost 3:00 am. He gave 3 encores. He played his old stuff, the stuff that made him the star that he is. He only did 3 of his new songs. When he did the new songs, he put the words up on the screen so we could all sing along.

Trisha came out. She did a couple of songs. One of their back-up singers, who has this beyond amazing voice, did a number. He stood in proud support, and back up vocals, of both of them. He kissed his wife and you could feel their love.

Garth laughed with the crowd. He encouraged us, well demanded really, that we sing along. He never tried to outdo the crowd. He became a part of the crowd. He knew we'd all stood outside in the cold waiting to see him and he delivered to us like it was it was his first concert of a tour and not his second of the night.

One of the coolest things about Garth is that when he opens his mouth to sing, he sounds EXACTLY like his albums. He actually sounds better live than he does recorded. We've seen a lot of performers and they're not all like that. If you closed your eyes, it'd be hard to tell which was live and which was recorded. Except that with the live version, you feel this energy that is so hard to describe.

Someone asked me what my favorite song was that he did. I can't pick. I really can't. Each song felt like "THE BEST". Every time he'd start a song, I'd say to Steve "omg...I love this song!" "The Thunder Rolls" gave me goosebumps, "The Dance" made me cry, "The River" took me back to my high school graduation. Hearing Garth sing "hello Samantha dear I hope you're feeling fine..." (Callin' Baton Rouge) was...beyond cool...

So...apparently, I could the concernt into some words. It truly was an amazing experience and I would love to see him again and again.