Fancy and The King

"The great thing about George Strait is that he’s being doing it since the early ‘80s, but he still makes every sound check, which is more than a lot of guys below him can say. He brings who he is to each town, which is really a Texas dance hall singer. He can make the biggest arena feel like it’s a honky-tonk, trying to take that crazy energy to the biggest venue and making it feel as small as possible. He still enjoys touring after all the years" ~ Dierks Bentley

So this weekend I crossed my first item off the bucket list for 2010. George Strait concert. Not only was it George, The King of Country, but he was touring with Reba. That's right, George Strait and Reba McEntire in concert on the same night. It was contry music heaven....and I was there!

Now, you need to understand why this is such a big deal for me (beyond the fact that it's a big deal for any woman to be in the same room as George). This was my first real concert. Seriously. Of course I'd gone to the ones after the rodeo at State Fair, but never saw anyone very big. And of course in college at OSU I frequented the Calf Fry stage, but again, not the same thing.
You know how your parents would tell you that you'd appreciate things more when you really want them for a while, work for them and pay for them yourself? I always thought it was a line because parents didn't want to buy you the mustang on your 16th birthday. Turns out, maybe there is something to the line. The fact that I've loved George (and Reba) for literally over 20 years and have always wanted to go to the concert made it all that more exciting to finally go. The fact I hadn't been to a million concerts to where this was just another one on the list made it that much more exciting. In fact, when George walked out, I was so excited my hands were shaking too bad to take a picture! I managed somehow to balanace the camera on my knees to get one.
Anyway, my point is, that even though it was just watching a concert, it was pretty cool to be able to do something I had wanted to do for so long. That's the whole point of the bucket list I think......it makes you think about doing these things, and reminds you that the clock is ticking, so when we get the chance, we better take it!

And now...finally.....pictures!

We will start with my favorite view. Whatever Wranglers pays this man for advertising and wearing their jeans is just not enough.

And yes, in case you were wondering, I did take some of the front view as well!

While he sang Troubador, they did a slide show of some old pictures....here is one of him and Norma.

I love these ones where you can see him on the jumbotron, and then down below as well.The song might be about a girl, but let me tell you....he'll leave you with a smile himself!

And Reba rocked as well...she's just awesome. Sidenote....her hair is SO red in person!

She had a couple of special guests....LeeAnn Womack (who actually opened the show) came out to sing "Does He Love You?"

And then Barbara Jean came by.....if you loved the show, you would have loved it! It was so funny!
Her finale was awesome. You thought she was done, she left the stage and everything. My cousin and I looked at each other and said "I can't believe she didn't play Fancy!" Well, about that time, the video for Fancy comes up on the jumbotron...you know where she's the rich lady in the cab going back to the shack? In comes a cab......and Reba in her red dress!
And I saved the best for last. Here is a video of George doing my favorite, and what he said last night was his favorite, song ever.....Amarillo By Morning!