Colt Ford Opens For Jake Owen

Last Saturday we made a last minute decision to go to the Crawford County Fair to meet up with a booking agent that hubby works with for entertainment for our fair.  When we got there we got a tour of their (newer) facilities and were backstage during load in for Jake Owen with opener Colt Ford.  Right away I noticed TWO of these semi-trucks with Jake's tour graphics on them!  Of course I had to snap a pic - moreso because of the 'Love Bus' you see behind me.

I know I keep saying I'm not much of a country fan.  Sometimes I like certain songs but I can't really say I'm a huge fan overall.  It's just that these opportunities keep popping up and with everything we do with work and volunteering for our fair I'm surrounded by country music.  (In case you didn't know I'm in radio and one of our stations is a country station).  I really like seeing the functionality of everything behind the scenes.  I like the stage area, the light, the sound...I guess that goes back to my theatre days in high school. Not only was I in theatre but I was with the stage crew, too!

So anyways...this concert was Jake Owen with opener Colt Ford.  It was entertaining.  Colt Ford does like rap-country mix.  More on that in a bit.

We had Jake at our fair about 4 years ago and he's a super nice guy and has only grown since then.

When Colt opened for Jake he really got the crowd going but there was over 40 minutes in between him and Jake which was excessive.

As you can see in these pics and videos the stage shows were very different...hence the 40 minute down time.



Colt Ford covered Eminem's Lose Yourself from 8-Mile.  That was pretty cool.
This short clip shows the Beach Ball Party going on!  From a sponsor standpoint this was a great way to get the sponsors name out there which was Toyota.
And JUST before my phone died...I got this short clip of Jake's stage and light show!

Confederate Railroad Concert

The last of the 4 concerts that took place during Warren County Fair Week was on Saturday and the band that performed was Confederate Railroad.

The band arrived earlier that day and I will say they were the most laid back bunch of guys I've come across in a while.

Rusty - who is pictured 2nd to the left - was joking around with Becki and I.  Becki was one of the few that took care of all of the food and beverage for the bands that week.

And the guy in the center was the leader of the band and he had a few lengthy conversations with my husband back stage, too.

The one in the faded blue jeans on the far left used to be one of the founding members of Sawyer Brown and he ended up buying Dale's uncle's Steel from him that day.

In the 2nd photo you will see a guy with long grey hair and a maroon jersey on he used to play with Dr. Hook.  The crowd really enjoyed their show and I've been told that attendance was UP not only for most of the days of fair week but the entire week of fair!

Cassadee Pope Concert

The 3rd concert at this years Warren County Fair was the Cassadee Pope Concert.

Here's a photo of Cassadee with my father who helped us back stage prior to the concert.

She put on a great show and really got the crowd into it.  She wore HUGE heels and later I found out she wasn't much taller than I am.  I'm not quite 5'2".

She was very nice and had a cute personality.

There were a few girls in their early 20s that must travel around from concert to concert.  They brought her gifts and had an extended meet and greet back stage with her.

One of the many things I did that evening was sell her merchandise.

Here are the 3 T-Shirts they had available for purchase and then she was selling CDs and Wrist Bands both of which we sold out of.

After the concert she come out front and signed autographs and took photos with the concert goers which was really nice.

Cassadee Pope was also on The Voice.

I have one more concert to blog about and that is Confederate Railroad but I don't have very many or any photos from that night really and the official Meet N Greets are up yet.

This past weekend hubby and I made a last minute decision to go to the Crawford County Fair which I will also be blogging about in the near future.

Question of the Day - What was the last concert you saw?

Which performer would you like to see live?

I always wanted to see The Monkees but since Davy Jones passed away I doubt it will be the same.  Of course I would have LOVED to see John Lennon on stage as well as Bob Marley so if I could bring 2 performers back it would be them.

I would love to see Bon Jovi as well as Lenny Kravitz.  I doubt I could afford a Bon Jovi show from what I have heard!  Eeeek!