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Eric Heatherly's set ended around 9:20 pm, and Sara didn't start 'til 10:10 pm. They seemed to be having a lot of problems getting the sound set up correctly.

Sara came out wearing a white top and black denim pants with red embroidery in front. She looked fabulous!

She sang "Let's Dance" to start things off. Most of the songs she sang were from her Born To Fly album, but she did sing her hits from her previous albums as well.

She followed up "Let's Dance" with "I Keep Looking," and "Four-Thirty," again from her latest album.

She then told us that when she was recording what would become her second album, she was asked to write a "positive love song." She said, "I don't know if I can do that," saying that she was a drama queen, and a big fan of sad songs. But, write it she did, and a good thing too, as it became her first No. 1 song, "No Place That Far."

Next, from the same album, she sang "Fool, I'm a Woman." Then, she mentioned how she wasn't used to using a microphone with a cord. She's used to cordless mics. She quipped that she'd need to do her Loretta Lynn stance, and she stood with one hand holding the mic and the other holding the cord up to the side, and she bent her knees and sang the first line to "Coal Miner's Daughter." The band kept playing the music, so she completed the whole song, which she sang really well, except she forgot the last line. She then told us that they never do that song live.

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Sara said that the favorite songs off her new album are those she didn't write, and the next song was her favorite, "Saints and Angels." From new to old, her next song was the title cut from her debut album, "Three Chords & the Truth."

Here is the total set list:

Audio Clips courtesy of Barnes & Noble

Before I forget, I want to tell about the story Sara told before singing "Born To Fly." She was introducing the band members and the last person, the bass player, was her brother, Matt. She said "If you've seen my video for "Born To Fly" you might recognize him." She said, "He played the scarecrow." And he even caught her off the fence. They had to do that scene 12 times though, she teased. She said she'd been performing since she was four years old, and she was raised on a tobacco farm in Missouri. Her husband, Craig was raised on a peppermint farm in Oregon. She then kidded, "Together we make menthol cigarettes."

I have always enjoyed Sara's music, and thought she really had a great voice, especially on many of the songs from her latest album. I didn't realize just how truly wonderful her voice was until she did her acapella version of "Sweet Dreams (of You)." I got chills listening to her sing that.

The last two songs are pop/rock favorites by Fleetwood Mac and the Doobie Brothers.

Sara is great! If she's coming your way, do not pass go, do not collect $200.00, go directly to your local ticket agency and buy yourself a ticket. She's a real treat for fans of all ages. There were fans in their 70s and 80s and fans as young as 5 and 6, and everyone had a fantastic time.

Including the encore, Sara played for an hour and 15 minutes, total.

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