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I've always respected him as one of the old-school outlaw country artists and have been wanting to catch one of his shows before he dies. My friends were opening up for him last night and they invited me to come hang out.
What a piece of shit show. It's obvious that he's just doing it for the paychecks these days (allegedly to cover a bad gambling habit). His kid plays lead, and puts ZERO effort into his playing. He was the definition of going through the motions. The rest of the band were pretty good and decent guys.
While I do respect him as a singer/songwriter, I was never into all his bullshit racist crap. I'll admit I found a degree of humor in it when I was younger, but now I think it's just stupid. He has this big following of bikers and rednecks that like all that shit, but he doesn't play it anymore and sticks to all covers and his few mainstream hits. I'd give him a little more credit if he stuck to his guns and played his own shit, whether people liked it or not.
He opened with a song I couldn't recognize. He sounds straight-up elderly (probably appropriate given the fact that he's almost 72yrs old). From there, he went into Toby Keith's "How do you like me now". I tried to get a pic of the biker standing up with both middle fingers raised, head-banging to it, but he was too far away. He wrapped that song up and went into an awful version of Uncle Kracker's "Follow Me". That's when we left.
He played for exactly 1hr and walked off. No encore. Worth the $35 ticket?? Fuck no. Even though I only stayed for 2.5 songs, a couple of buddies hung around and came back with tears of laughter in their eyes telling of other songs he butchered.
What a disappointment. I had a blast hanging out and can now say that I've seen him, but for others out there hoping to see him and catch a glimpse of what he used to be, save your money. At least he was entertaining to look at.
What a piece of shit show. It's obvious that he's just doing it for the paychecks these days (allegedly to cover a bad gambling habit). His kid plays lead, and puts ZERO effort into his playing. He was the definition of going through the motions. The rest of the band were pretty good and decent guys.
While I do respect him as a singer/songwriter, I was never into all his bullshit racist crap. I'll admit I found a degree of humor in it when I was younger, but now I think it's just stupid. He has this big following of bikers and rednecks that like all that shit, but he doesn't play it anymore and sticks to all covers and his few mainstream hits. I'd give him a little more credit if he stuck to his guns and played his own shit, whether people liked it or not.
He opened with a song I couldn't recognize. He sounds straight-up elderly (probably appropriate given the fact that he's almost 72yrs old). From there, he went into Toby Keith's "How do you like me now". I tried to get a pic of the biker standing up with both middle fingers raised, head-banging to it, but he was too far away. He wrapped that song up and went into an awful version of Uncle Kracker's "Follow Me". That's when we left.
He played for exactly 1hr and walked off. No encore. Worth the $35 ticket?? Fuck no. Even though I only stayed for 2.5 songs, a couple of buddies hung around and came back with tears of laughter in their eyes telling of other songs he butchered.
What a disappointment. I had a blast hanging out and can now say that I've seen him, but for others out there hoping to see him and catch a glimpse of what he used to be, save your money. At least he was entertaining to look at.
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