We got there and only missed one song by Jaron and the Long Road to Love because of the lines to get in. The place was packed. It was unbelievable actually. Now, for those of you who don't know Jaron and the Long Road to Love, he has a single out called "Pray For You" and it's kind of brilliant. It's a song all about the bad things he wishes upon his ex but he sings it in such a playful way that you can't really be offended by it or judge him too harshly. I personally love it. Does that make me a bad person? Well, I hope not. Jaron performed with a keyboard alone on stage for the first twenty minutes of the concert. He sang a song that I happen to love called "That's Beautiful to Me". He described it as being a song about the little things in a relationship that sometimes may be annoying but that he finds make it even more beautiful. It's cute. 
After Jaron came on, they set the stage for Trace Adkins. Now, I love a lot of Trace Adkins's songs but I can't say I'm one of his biggest fans. I'll listen to them on the radio and I have them on my mp3 player, but he's not one of those artists I'd immediately turn on when I pick up my mp3 player like, say, Rascal Flatts. However, he was awesome. There's something to be said about a 48 year old guy with an extremely long ponytail walking around on stage with his cowboy hat and partly unbuttoned black shirt opening with a song called "Whoop a Man's Ass" and going on to sing a song called "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk." He's just a badass. It's the only way I can describe him and I never use that word. And his voice!! When he first started speaking to the audience my friend and I looked at each other and just had to laugh. He has an awesome speaking voice. Picture his singing voice...except talking. It was just the kind of voice I wouldn't mind listening to for a while, deep and classic country. He was a lot better than I expected and if it hadn't been for two older women dancing in front of me and blocking my view, I probably would have enjoyed it a lot more. As it is, he got the crowd more than enough excited to see Toby Keith. Some of the songs on Trace Adkins's set list were: "Marry For Money", "Brown Chicken, Brown Cow" (which he described as a love song), "This Ain't No Love Song" (which actually is a love song and it's amazing), "Hillbilly Bone", "Hot Mama", and more. The whole performance was great and I think I'm going to have to start listening to him a lot more now.
Then there was Toby Keith... ah, Toby Keith. What to say about Toby Keith? ... He's amazing. He knows how to get a crowd pumped up and he did. The man is awesome. From the moment he appeared on stage riding in a pickup truck that was raised on a platform high above the stage, he caught and held the audience's attention for the rest of the show. Out of the insane amount of songs he has, I think he picked a lot of the best ones to sing for his set list. Including: "As Good As I Once Was", "Who's Your Daddy?", "How Do You Like Me Now?", "Trailerhood", "Whiskey Girl", "American Ride" (of course. It's the name of the tour), "God Love Her", "I Wanna Talk About Me", and more. Along with these he sang "Weed With Willie" which was good except for the fact that in my opinion it was a little inappropriate given the two very young boys sitting behind me wondering what he was referring to when he exclaimed that he "could smell it now". But hey, it's a concert and it's to be expected I suppose. Speaking of Willie! Toby Keith sang the song "Beer For My Horses" that he originally sang with Willie Nelson and didn't disappoint when he played clips from the music video of Willie Nelson singing his parts. I was quite excited about this seeing as how it's one of my favorite songs and it just wouldn't be the same with out Willie. Along with the songs I listed, he sang "I Love This Bar" after introducing his bar that is soon to be opening in Foxborough, Massachusetts at Patriot Place called "Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill". He mentioned that some of the New England Patriots players promised him that they will be stopping by every now and then to have a few drinks. Did the crowd go crazy? Absolutely. He ended the concert with his encore singing "American Soldier" and finally, the song I had been dying to hear, "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)".
Toby Keith is known for his patriotism and his performances for the men and women stationed overseas. Trace Adkins came and joined him for this song and the crowd went wild. The reason I was so excited wasn't just because I love the song so much (though I do). It was because I could *not* wait to be there to feel the energy that goes along with hearing that song performed live. I watch the music video and I always imagine being there to hear him sing it, but it was different when actually being there. I know I use this word a lot...but it was amazing.So that was the last concert of Toby Keith's tour and it happened to be the last on my list of summer concerts. It would have been nice if I had started this blog before most of the other concerts so I could have talked about them, but what can ya do?
See ya!
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