Although I’d signed up to run the Vegas marathon months ago, I was very on the fence about it. Vegas really isn’t my kind of town- too much money, too excessive, too superficial. I did really want to see some of the amazing national parks outside Vegas & we’d been talking about seeing Garth Brooks since he started playing again in Vegas. Once they announced that he’d be performing the same weekend as the marathon, I booked our hotel & bought concert tickets. We got all dressed up & had a delicious dinner before the 10:30 show at the Encore theater.
Now- there was a no photography rule, but I just couldn’t help myself and sneak a few blurry photos in when the crowds stood up to yell, hoop & holler. Going to this concert, I was obviously already a Garth fan & loved his music, but his show was AMAZING!! No band, no fancy lights, no dancing. Just him & his guitar, belting out tunes in his magnificent voice for over 2 hours.
Not only is he a talented songwriting & singer, the guy can tell stories & entertain a crowd. He walked us through his life from childhood telling & singing snippets of all the music he grew up listening to over the years- occasionally throwing in one of his own songs & showing where he got his influences. This man has got some lungs on him & his voice was just astounding- we were totally blown away and loved it!
We were shocked when his wife, Trisha Yearwood, joined him out on stage- they sang a few duets, joked with each other, she sang one of her favorite songs . Watching them together was just adorable & their making music together was magical.
Garth brought up the lights, took questions from the audience, played a few requests & even autographed his guitar and gave it to a very overly-excited young girl. Although I loved the U2 concert, I have to probably say Garth was my favorite concert ever. The intimacy of the venue, the pure vocal & musical talent that he has, his gift for telling jokes & sharing stories, and talking a stroll down musical history was one of the most fabulous shows I’ve ever seen.
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ZOMG. I don’t think I’ve ever been so envious of anything that I’ve seen on a blog. Holy crap, what an amazing experience! I’m glad you broke the rules and took a few photos!
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It totally lived up to the hype- I was ready to be disappointed, but all the rave reviews were true. Hopefully you can get out to see him too!
So jealous about seeing Garth!!!!!!!!!!
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