Country Music Experience of a Lifetime-Part Two

There was a free concert on Fremont Street, featuring country music artists that were in town for the Academy of Country Music Awards. They had all just been on a 3 hour bike ride up Mt. Charleston, and it was a pretty warm day, but they were ready to play! To go along with the price of the concert, we had to deal with some annoying drunk people, but it was mostly worth it. The pictures in this gallery feature some antique rods that were leaving Fremont Street to make room for all of the country hullabaloo that was about to begin. The rest of the pictures are of the various artists and, of course, the crowd (guess which people were annoying!). I know it’s hard to tell, so I’ll give you the names of the artists that I remember. First was Montgomery Gentry. Troy Gentry is the one with the batman t-shirt (and bat-cycle!). Next came Dierks Bentley (black t-shirt, red bandana). Incidently, the guys with the red t-shirts were the band that backed all of the artists. To continue—the next group was Little Big Town (‘Boondocks’). Then, a new one to me, Rockie Lynne. What a nice guy—and talented, too! Hubby and I noticed how truly nice he was to the fans earlier in the day at the Harley thing. The next person’s name was Melody, I think--I hadn’t heard of her before, either. I think that the next one was John Nicholson—he was entertaining and I hope he’ll go far. I think the guy in the tan bandana was James Otto. After that was Trick Pony. There was an hour break, then the music started up again with members of the Muzic Mafia (stands for Musically Artistic Friends In Alliance). Notice the artist onstage on the left. She painted, twirling her canvas, the whole time the Mafia was on. You’ll then notice some unavoidable crowd shots. If you look closely, past the butts, onstage you’ll see the “Redneck Woman” herself, Gretchen Wilson (yellow cap). The rest of the pictures are of Big And Rich, with Gretchen singing with them towards the end. That was the first time I had heard Big and Rich’s song, “Eighth of November”. The concert started at about 2 pm and was over at about midnight!

It was during this concert that the local radio station’s mascot-dude, “Stunt Runt” was said to be amongst the crowd, giving out tickets to the following Tuesday’s ACM Awards. Suddenly, he appeared next to Hubby and we got two tickets! Those pictures will be on the next post.

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