If you look at the photos from this show and Keith Urban's show, you'll notice the picture quality is much worse. That is due to the fact that my digital camera that I took with me to see Brooks & Dunn's show decided to die on me. So, it was either use throwaway cameras or have no pictures. Luckily, I had a second row seat, so they could have been worse. ;)
This was my first time seeing Craig. I have both his albums, and have enjoyed his music, so when I heard he was opening for Keith, I was excited to be able to see him.
The show started at 10:30 pm, and Craig ran out on stage, wearing a long sleeve white shirt, jeans and a cowboy hat. The first song was his first single, "Something To Write Home About," and you could see Craig was having a great time performing. Unlike most artists, Craig talked to the audience a lot. He asked if anyone was from Texas, saying he married a Texan. He said that sounded funny saying that, but his wife is from Texas. Then he kidded saying that means he also has a father-in-law who's a Texan too.
The next song was "Look At Us," from his new CD, I Love It. After this, Craig said he doesn't usually slow his show down a lot, but that he was going to do that next. He then sang his latest single, the touching "Every Friday Afternoon."
Craig made mention of his hat, saying that people ask him if he's a cowboy, which he says he's not. He said "A hat doesn't make you a cowboy." He says that he's a hillbilly, and most of all he's country. This lead to his song, "I'm Country."
Craig talked about his high school sport of cow tipping, and then said he was kidding. He didn't really do that. He then thanked everyone for giving him his first Top 10 song, and sang "Almost Home." During the song a woman came to the front to take a quick picture and the guard came over and made her go back. Craig saw this as he was singing and he unstrapped his guitar, all the while still singing, jumped off the stage and went up the aisle to the woman and hugged her and took her camera and took a photo of the both of them while he still was singing. Everyone cheered, and I think that it really showed how much Craig loves his fans, and wants them to have as much access as possible. After the song he removed his hat and tossed it into the audience.
The last song, I'm unfamiliar with. I believe it was called "Love." Craig was very entertaining, moving all over the stage and waving at members of the audience. I'll definitely be seeing him again. Hopefully, with a camera that works!
Set List:
- Something To Write Home About
- Look At Us
- Every Friday Afternoon
- I'm Country
- Almost Home
- Love ?
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