Story of My Life: Straitintire!!!!

Last night, my dear sweetie and I had a once in a lifetime experience. It was the celebration of my birthday present from him.

George Strait, Reba McIntire and LeAnn Womack!!

Best show I've ever been to...and it wasn't even a big show! They just sang!

The difference between these and other "country" music stars these days is for one, that they sing COUNTRY music. It's not pop, it's not rock, it's country. Pure and simple. They don't have to put on a show or use all these fancy screens and props, all they have to do is go out there and sing.

And it's totally worth it!

LeeAnn Started. That woman can SANG.

Yes, SANG. S-A-N-G. Taylor Swift SINGS (and not very well at that.)

LeeAnn's not the most popular, but she is a super star in my book. Such a talented lady.

And then...THE queen.

REBIZZLE!!! (as Barbara Jean calls her...)

And GUESS who was there? Melissa Peterman, Barbara Jean herself!!! I don't have any pictures...I was too busy taking video....funniest thing ever. I love that woman.

But yes...Reba. The woman looks dang good for her age. I don't even know how old she is, I can't even guess cause she doesn't look it!

AND...she can SANG too. She ain't called the queen of country for nothing!

Reba's last song. She was "Taxied" out to the stage in a cute little retro taxi and had on a scarlet dancing dress. Can you guess which song she sang?

That's right, Fancy :)

The best rendition of Fancy I do believe I've ever heard.

Then there was an intermission.

I got my King George T-shirt, then Jojo and I decided to walk around the civic center just for kicks. About halfway around through all the drunks and numerous people in line for beer, we came upon a large crowd gathered around something. Get up to it and turns out some crazy drunk woman was throwing punches at another crazy drunk woman and a security guard had the first crazy drunk woman on the ground in handcuffs. (whew!! So many crazy drunk women!!)

There were many more crazy drunk people than I usually like to see in one place. Really, I don't like seeing ANY crazy drunk people, but they'll always be there.

THEN just as we got back to our seats, the lights dimmed and then BANG!! THE KING.

He's such a cowboy. I love it. :)

He doesn't put on a show, he's just there. And somehow it's better than anything I've seen. he doesn't need to put on a show, he's just George and he sings. That's all he has to do.

The stage was in the middle of the auditorium and there were 4 corners with mics. Did he walk around the stage and sing and point and wave and everything? No! He goes to one mic, sings a few songs. Next mic, sing a few songs. Next mic, sing a few, next mic, next mic, etc. etc. etc. It was great!

His band was fabulous too. The average age for them all was probably over 55. No young guys here! There was one younger guy who played the keyboards. The best thing about having all those older men is that they know what REAL country is. Over half of them were wearing cowboy hats too and all but the backup singers were from somewhere in Texas. Pure country.