Forever and Ever, Amen.

I've never seen much value in investing money in music, especially concerts. It's never been something important to me. My sister on the other hand, is a music lover and definitely invests. Justin would invest too. I haven't been to many concerts. Here's my list:

Dolly Parton (my first; in elementary school)

Kenny Rogers

Nickel Creek (3x)

Robert Randolph and the Family Band (terrible)

Avalon

Yesterday at work I received an offer to 4 free Randy Travis tickets for Friday night! Now, as you know, I'm not one for concerts, but a free one to an old classic? Count me in. Randy fits right into my concert list. We invited our friends Eliot and Ashley Murray to join us and they remember listening to Randy growing up too! Justin's mama loved RT, so he was familiar with his music as well. The opening act was a local guy. He was, um...let's just leave it at that.

Ashley said once she heard "Diggin' Up Bones" she'd be set. I wanted to hear "Forever and Ever Amen." On to RT, opening song, "Diggnin' Up Bones!" This was such a fun concert because everybody knew all the words and sang along. I had forgotten just how many hits he had. It was really amazing. He sang 2 songs that weren't his and 2 songs of new material, but most of them were classics. He was great. He can't get as low as he use to, which I think is one of the reasons women were crazy about him...'cause he sure isn't good looking. Midway through the show he sang "My Love Is Deeper Than the Ocean." It was so good and I had to share with Mama on the phone. RT closed out with "Forever and Ever, Amen."

Of course he came back for an encore. He sang two more songs. While he was singing he shook hands and even gave his autograph! Once the encore was over he stayed on stage to shake more hands and give more autographs. I was really impressed; he knows who pays the bills...the fans!

There was a group of women two rows ahead that thought this was a rowdy, drunken concert. It wasn't. It was a intimate setting in an auditorium. They were so loud at one point you couldn't hear! I told them to be quite, and they didn't like that much. Ashley said she had money on me...but they did settle down for a while and then cranked back up again. She was so loud at one point that RT heard her and made a comment! Justin informed security, who were there within minutes and told them to settle down. Rowdy girl decided to take her beer home early, thank goodness. Our area clapped when she left.