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It’s amazing how music can characterize people; I like to think it doesn’t, but then that’s just me- just because I went to last night’s Toby Keith concert, and had a blast doesn’t mean I am a redneck. Just as Toby said at the end of his performance, hier soir, “It’s okay to be patriotic.” I am not so patriotic, but I heard ol’ Toby went on a tirade on his last tour during his Winnipeg stop how Canadians never supported the war; BS, however… We all know about Toby Keith and his Dixie Chicks fiasco, which I think was just something that happened in the heat of the moment
I love country music, I try to spend most of my free time playing it on the guitar. Last night in GM Place was packed with eager ‘patriotic fans’ having the time of their life, no bullshit, like a house music crowd- completely unpretentious. I had 3rd row floor seats, and had no trouble running into plenty of my old grade school pals on the floor (some right next to me, only in Vancouver!) Not to mention my main man with whom I grew up with playing guitar, playing baseball, and causing shit from grades 1 through 12. He is the lead guitarist for one of Canada’s up and coming Country Music sweethearts who opened for Toby: The beautiful Jessie Farrell. I guess that also had something to do with why I went, to see my brotha’ Tucker, and to tell Farrell to keep that beautiful hair of hers red: It’s a lot better then those dreads you had years ago, actually she never had dreads… This begs the question how did a folk/ rock singer like Farrell go country, hmmmm, $$$$???? I hope they hit Nashville, good luck to them, g-dspeed. It’s amazing that Vancouver and it’s environs manages to produce artist like Jessie Farrell (from Kerrisdale) and the other opening act, Aaron Prichett (Langley)- Who would have thought- we love country music too! Are we really a bunch of hicks, I think not!
I leave you with some great, shitty (real shitty) camera phone footage, and a few stills I got.
LL.
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