nashville/garth/flight home

snow day catch up pt. 1

My finals went really well on the whole. My gpa for fall semester raised my cumulative gpa by 0.15 so that is wonderful!

We hit up the Country Music Hall of Fame before the Garth concert. The building itself was super cool as were the exhibits.

The big display was on Hank Williams and his troubled life and then the rest of the very talented Williams Family-- Hank Jr- complete with his Monday Night Football Blazer.

 I really liked the room where the Hall of Fame is located- it is the round tower-y thing above. Inside it has "Will the Circle be Unbroken" written around it and then bronze plaques with the names and faces molded into them with the likes of : Minnie Pearl, Alabama, George Strait, etc. Awesome.

     

 Blue Yodel for Grandma and Garth's guitar

Garth Brooks. is. THE. man. His show was phenomenal. He is exactly the same as I remember seeing him on the "Garth: Live in Central Park" special when I was in elementary school. Missing a little hair and gaining a few pounds, he still runs around on stage, singing with so much passion. My throat was sore for a few days after because I screamed the lyrics along with everyone else for the 2.5 hours he was on stage. AWESOME

Coming on stage for the "Rodeo"

Garth
Note: the line is a little screen thing that got in the way of a lot of pictures : (

 

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The Thunder Rolls

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Steve Warriner (one of the best guitarists in Nashville) joined him onstage for "Longneck Bottle."

His wife, TrishaYearwood was also present and sang a duet with him ("In Another's Eyes"). Trisha also sang "She's in Love with the Boy," my favorite of hers, EVER and then dedicated "How Do I Live Without You," to the servicemen and women as they were recording the show for them as well. Several Marines were there collecting Toys for Tots and joined her on stage and sang with her. Goosebumps galore and a few tears too!  

  

Garth introduced his band- all of them had been on the road with him since the early 90s, though his show in Vegas is just him and his guitar. After he was done introducing, he says something like, "These guys are the true talent. Me? It's all smoke in mirrors. All I have to know is one little broken cord (cue: beginning of "Friends in Low Places")" .... the place went balllistic.

It was awesome. Sore throat, 3 hours of sleep, I boarded a flight home only to deboard because a the radio didn't work on the plane and waited in the terminal, but it didn't matter. I saw Garth and was flying home.

More posts to come. Time to go sledding!