I went to a great concert last night, Trace Adkins at the Saddle Rack in Fremont. I took a half day of vacation to make it on time and a day off for the day after so I could recover.
There was a lot of waiting around doing nothing because I went on my own and didn’t really get a chance to talk with anyone until after the opening act got off the stage. There is only so much people watching that I can do, 2 hours is over that limit. The country radio station that can reach Berkeley on a regular basis and was sponsoring the show switched formats at noon yesterday and no one had any idea what was up. That was the topic of conversation, what happened, when, why and all that. It was a bit of a pisser that the format changed, I miss it but I am glad to have found out what happened from others.
The Trace Adkins part of the concert was wonderful. The Saddle Rack is relatively small and there pretty much isn’t a bad seat in the house. It was interesting that everyone sat through the concert until the encore. Very civilized. I was at the front of the first rise near the middle. What I would call a great seat and comfy. Trace Adkins was absolutely dreamy; 6 ft 6 inchs, sleeveless shirt, tight black jeans, blond hair down his back, cowboy hat, strong hands, deep voice and that off-center smile…*sigh* And oh boy, he can move. Can I have one like him? Please? The music was great. By the end of the set I was rocking in my seat. I love Rough & Ready. The encore was Chrome and we all stood and I could not stop moving. It put so much energy into me, it felt like years dropped away. I was young again, I have energy to do things. Overall the sound was cranked up too loud but it did have a quality of vitality that is missing from the recorded music.
All in all, it was very much worth it. I am tempted to go up to the Lake county to catch another Trace Adkins show tonight or tomorrow night but I realize that is just too much.
I broke my DVD collection trend of only one of everything by buying Season one of Joan of Arcadia (the second TV show) from Amazon.com so I also bought volume 2 of Track Adkins videos and two of his cds. *sigh* Someday this infatuation will fade, but it doesn’t look like it is going to happen right now. I bought the tickets to the concert two months out and was worried that I would be uninterested by the time it came around. The concert just kicked it up a notch.
Earlier in the year, Trace Adkins was touring with Mongomery Gentry and Cleatus T Judd. I would have loved to see that line up. It was in the east and in the heartland but not out here. The downside would be that the venues would have been much larger and I am very grateful to have seen Trace Adkins at such an intimate show.
Since I need to be me and to also fit in, I was wearing my cowboy hat with a skull and crossbones on it, a country shirt with little skulls in lines in the pattern, and my black backpack with a read skull and crossbones. One person noticed and commented on it.
I was actually happy heading home. It has been awhile since I have felt that way.
Did he sing “This Ain’t No Thinkin Thing”? That is the only one I know.
Oh yeah, he did. And he moved good during that one.
I regret having missed the Big & Rich / Gretchen Wilson concert in December in Reno. They brought the whole Muzik Mafia with them. *sigh*
Ooh, Big & Rich are playing the Shoreline in October. Interested?
Mildly.
One of the things I loved with this one was how small a space it was. The price is another feature. I can’t find prices for tickets not on sale yet but I expect it to be more than the $35 of the Trace Adkins concert or the $25 of the Phil Vasser concert at the Rodeo club.
Gretchen Wilson is playing with Kenny Chesney at the Oakland coliseum if you are wanting to catch her.
At one point, it looked like Brooks & Dunn were going to be playing with Big & Rich and that would be a worthy concert. I wonder if they will have Cowboy Troy with them out here.
Toby Keith is also coming out to the Shoreline in August. Bill Envall will be in Sacramento in Sept.
I was looking into these a little while ago but I am not a big concert fan. I wasn’t sure I would enjoy the Trace Adkins concert as much as I did. I like the smaller venues but the artist I am interested in are all so big name, they go to the big venues. I was amazed that Trace was actually playing the Saddle Rack.
The web site lists the tour as “Deuces Wild”, but I haven’t researched what that means.
The Brooks & Dunn web site lists the same venue, same day. Similarly Cowboy Troy. Looks like it’s on.
It does look like it is both of them. That would be worthy. I had them down for Oct 6, not Oct 21.
Now the problem is that is the last day of a week Enneagram intensive I am think about attending. I don’t know if I am up to doing the enneagram thing and am planning on making that decision after my other Enneagram thing in Aug.
In theory, I could be coming back from Big Sur in time to go to the concert. But do I really want to go to a concert after something that could be really moving and opening for me? Doesn’t sound like a good idea.
But then again, I might give it a miss and then have nothing to do the day of the concert anyway.
Yay for teh Happy Gina!