It had been four years since I had last been to a Trisha Yearwood concert, and I was so looking forward to hearing her live again. She has a voice I never get tired of. After Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband left the stage, there was about a 20 minute intermission, and a little after 10:00 pm, Trisha took the stage. She started her show as she started her career with her first No. 1 song, "She's in Love With the Boy."
From there she sang some more old favorites, with "(XXXs and OOOs) American Girl," and "The Song Remembers When," one of my favorites. She chatted with the audience, making fun of her moves, saying she only has three of them; left, right, and center. Then, every so often she throws in the microphone stand. She also said that going through her catalog of songs, she has a lot of depressing songs, but that she had a few happy ones too. From there she sang, "Thinkin' About You."
Yearwood makes the audience feel like a good friend, and you're sitting in her living room together, chatting over a good cup of coffee. She's warm, and often funny, for example she said that usually when they play two nights in Las Vegas, the second night usually is the quieter night, and they sometimes will make the road crew dress like showgirls. She then adds, but we don't say anything about it when they come out to exchange instruments with the band, dressed in their headdresses and high heels. Then, teased, "Maybe you'll see me dressed like a showgirl." Then chuckled and added, "Not a chance."
Looking back, Trisha said she's glad she now has hits to fill a show, saying it was much harder back when she only had one hit to her name. She then talked a bit about the new album, saying she wanted to sing a bit from it. She said she doesn't like when she goes to see someone and they have a new album out and they sing all the new songs. She says she likes to hear all the hits, along with some new stuff too. The audience responded positively to that, and Trisha then said she'd like to sing one of the new ones, "Who Invented the Wheel." I love that song. It really reminds me of something Patty Loveless might sing.
Earlier in the show, someone had yelled out "Down On My Knees," and Trisha said "Is that a request or a statement?" A few songs later she granted the request and sang the song.
Trisha sang her newest single, "Georgia Rain," and then took us back to one of her first singles, "Like We Never Had a Broken Heart." Garth Brooks sang backup on the original recording, but was nowhere to be found that night. The song sounded a little empty without his harmonies, but nothing Trisha sings is bad. She followed it up with another album cut from Jasper County, called "Gimme the Good Stuff."
The final song of the show was the wonderful Grammy-nominated ballad, "How Do I Live." Trisha left for a short bit, then returned for a one song encore. She teased that she thinks there should be something different for encores, cuz everyone knows that if the audience yells loud enough, the artist will come back.
Her encore song was one she said she sang for an upcoming A&E special, where the audience requests the songs and she sings them. Paying tribute to her Georgia roots, she sang an awesome "Midnight Train to Georgia," apoligizing to "Gladys Knight and all her Pips." Those were Trisha's words not mine. I loved her version.
All in all, she performed about one hour and 20 minutes, which is an average length concert. I'm so glad I got to see her again. Her voice is better than ever, and I will always go and see her if she comes near me.
Set List:
- She's in Love With the Boy
- (XXXs and OOOs) American Girl
- The Song Remembers When
- Thinkin' About You
- Who Invented the Wheel
- Georgia Rain
- Gimme the Good Stuff
- Down On My Knees
- Perfect Love
- Walkaway Joe
- Pistol
- Wrong Side of Memphis
- How Do I Live
- Encore
- Midnight Train to Georgia
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