Concert Review – Brooks & Dunn, Gary Allan in Bristow, VA – August 1, 2010
14 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Concert Review – Brooks & Dunn, Gary Allan in Bristow, VA – August 1, 2010
Brooks & Dunn came to Bristow, VA on August 1 to present their Last Rodeo Tour before they part ways. It was a rousing, fun-loving, charming, and bittersweet performance for the duo.
Adding some edge to the country sound for the evening was opener Gary Allan. Mixing rockier tunes such as, ‘Get Off On the Pain’, ‘She’s So California’, ‘Learning How to Bend’, with tender ballads like ‘Best I Ever Had’, and ‘Today’ Gary seemed to enjoy seeing and hearing fans sing his songs back to him.
However Gary was upstaged by his own dog, Lucy, when he brought her on stage for his final number. I was amazed at how well Lucy obeyed her master, sitting close to his feet at the end of the catwalk amid thousands of cheering fans. I could only shake my head and imagine how my dog would react in that situation, possibly doing some serious damage to someone.
The crowd enthusiastically received Brooks & Dunn apparently forgiving them for postponing their originally scheduled show June 19 when Ronnie Dunn had vocal problems. During the concert both Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn took the opportunity to thank their fans for making their ride to country music fame and fortune possible. In return they did something daring in the middle of their set – they let the audience pick a song for them to sing that was not already on the set list. With Brooks & Dunn’s deep repertoire that was a risky move but when someone called out ‘That’s What She Gets for Loving Me’ they sang it flawlessly although Ronnie certainly breathed a sigh of relief when it was over.
There was a lot of humorous banter between the two men all evening long. At one point in the show Ronnie Dunn bemoaned the fact that he never got to wear a cowboy hat like popular country music artists Tim McGraw or Kenny Chesney, purposefully leaving his hat wearing partner, Kix Brooks, off the list. Ronnie said that in order to show he’s a real cowboy he had to do something drastic and proceeded to show us his arm with a “tattoo” of the word COWBOY in big black letters.
As always Brooks & Dunn made sure they honored the various branches of our military. Servicemen stood at attention during ‘Only in America’ as celebratory streamers fell reminding us of the cost of the freedom we enjoy.
When Brooks & Dunn sang ‘You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone’ – I thought, “We sure will, country music won’t be the same without you guys!”
Brooks & Dunn Set List:
1. Play Something Country
2. You Can’t Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl
3. Momma Don’t Get Dressed Up For Nothing
4. Hillbilly Deluxe
5. Put A Girl In It
6. You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
7. Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You
8. Last Rodeo
9. Lost and Found
10. That’s What She Get’s For Loving Me
11. It’s Getting Better All The Time
12. Cowgirls Don’t Cry
13. My Next Broken Heart
14. How Long Gone
15. Red Dirt Road
16. Believe
17. She Likes To Get Out Of Town
18. Neon Moon
19. Rock My World Little Country Girl
20. Only In America
21. My Maria
Encore:
1. Brand New Man
2. Boot Scootin’ Boogie
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Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Her main influences are coffee, cats, and Alexander Hamilton.
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