Yeeeeee-Haw! I'm still floating on Kenny Chesney Cloud 9 after a colossal country cavalcade!
Leann Rimes is gorgeous in her flouncy eggshell dress (she looked dressed for a business interview with her jacket on, but turned instantly sexy with it off). We all know she can belt and 
croon better than any other female artist. Hot, hot, hot!
Kenny is simply awesome. Vocally, there is no one better on stage. I know there are commentaries out there claiming he can’t, but lemme tell ya, the boy can SING. Disarmingly cute—yah, he's a little guy, but HUGE in personality--I was way too far away for my satisfa
ction, but always felt he was singin' to me, too. (Okay, so he was singing only to me, if you must know. Allow me my fantasy). Blue muscle shirt, black felt hat, flashy white teeth, and kickin’ guns, Kenny entertained and courted his fans for a good 2 hours +.
The Clark County Amphitheater was packed to the hilt, spilling out fans along the hill, across the grass. Cowboy hats, muscle shirts, beer, the salt of the earth—the only way it could have been better would have been out in the open, warm sky right next to the stage, with a hot date doting on me…that said, the rain did stop for the duration of the concert, we had covered seats rather than the wet ground (with beer holders, no less!) and my little sister was with me—the next best thing to a hot, doting date!
Last night, in my quest for countrification, I learned a few minor things that I shall pass along in the spirit of country music education:
1) Make sure chicken strips are cooked before eating them.
2) If the concert shirt seems too small, it is.
3) The aisle is great for dancing in the aisles and getting out to the restroom 2,782 times during the show after enjoying a Corona or two, but be aware that the heftiest drinkers will sit in the middle of your row, needing to leave for the restroom 5,782 times during the show.
4) Those heeled boots make a cowgirl’s legs and backside look lovely, but 4 hours standing on sloping concrete can make even the most ardent cowboy (wannabe) boot-lover long for Uggs.
5) Always add an hour to the real start time of a concert.
6) Opening act who?
7) It is well worth the extra $25 for VIP parking. The walk to the venue isn’t bad, but the hour in line to leave is not a lot of fun at
midnight.
8) Free shirts from Axe are about as impressive as Axe commercials. 9) Always a good idea to take little sister to country concert--when she wins an Emerson Drive CD, who better to give it to but big sister?
10) Where was Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker?
11) Don't sit on your camera. 12) If you order a Mexican palm leaf cowboy hat like on Kenny's album covers to wear to his concert, make sure you measure the circumference of your head to get the right size. I went with my military hat size, which turned out too small, which seems strange when the website says the hats run big...so has my clueless brain grown? Try as I might, I could not get that hat to fit, so I just wore my faded black straw. Ah, well. He wore black, too.
13) Never, never, never assume the camera batteries are still good. I could only snap a few pics before mine quit on me. Pretty basic stuff, right? At least I remembered the tickets this time...
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