Lee Ann Womack was the opening act, and she’s really good! I’d seen her in concert once before at CMA Fest, but it wasn’t the same! She sang a lot of her hits, including “I Hope You Dance”, and a couple others, and I thought she was great. She even waved to me at the end of her set. She only sang about 30 minutes, then Reba came out.
Reba’s set opened with a video of her achievements through the years, which was so cool! Reba is more than just a performer, she’s an icon that has succeeded in so many different areas, like broadway, TV, designing, and of course, country music. She sang some of her older songs like, “Is there life out there?”, “The Greatest Man I Never Knew”, and “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.” Then, she went into her newer stuff, “I want a Cowboy”, “The Bridge you Burn”, “Strange”, “Turn on the Radio”, and “If I were a boy”. She came back for her encore in a Taxi cab and a sparkly red dress, for her most known hit, “Fancy.” The other highlight for me was when her former co-star/best friend Melissa Peterman showed up, all decked out in her blinged out George Strait shirt. Her and Reba did a little comedy type skit for a few minutes, which was hilarious! I really think they should do another show together, just sayin… I wish I could’ve recorded it, but my camera was dying and I wanted to save it for George. She played for about an hour and a half I think it was. Reba is definitely a performer, she knows how to work and connect with the crowd like not many people do! One thing I did think was strange is that she didn’t wave to anyone. Everyone would be waving to her, and she’d look at em, but then she didn’t wave back. Not a big deal in the larger scheme of things, it was just strange…lol.
When they were setting up for George’s set, we had meet and greet passes for Lee Ann Womack, so we went to that. We weren’t there very long, we just basically said hi and got a picture. She seemed really nice though! :) We happened to be right next door to Reba’s meet and greet. We were like can’t we just sneak in to that? they won’t mind lol…but no such luck. We did peek inside, and saw her from the back, she’s so petite! By the time we got back to the main arena, George had started up.
George played for close to 2 hours, which is crazy! He played just about every hit song and then some, including my favorites: “Run,” “I cross my heart”, “Blue Clear Sky”, and “Check Yes or No”. Ya know, I’d never really been a huge fan of George’s…sure, I liked some of his songs, but I never saw what everyone thought was so amazing about him. Well, after seeing him on Saturday, my view completely changed! I’m a big fan of George now. He is who he is, and THAT’s why everyone likes him. He doesn’t have to put on this big production, because the music speaks for itself with him. He seems like a really nice guy too. There were a couple points in the concert, where people would walk up to the stage to get their picture in front of it, and he would try to duck into the picture or at least make eye contact with it, which I thought was super nice! The concert overall was amazing. He knows how to put on a show!
After the concert, we went down to the stage to see about getting his set list. Well, this one was pretty in demand I guess, because like everybody and their brother was trying to get it…it was intense. We ended up getting it, because one of the ladies that got it, was nice enough to get it for us! One of George’s band members was also handing out guitar picks, so I tried to get one of those, but he went in the opposite direction. Oh well, maybe next time. It was an amazing show that I’ll never forget, and I hope to see him and Reba again! If you haven’t seen them before, you should definitely check out a show! :)
