Love Brad Paisley!

Last Thursday, Shannon, Holly, Scott and I went to one of the best concerts I have ever been to! We went to the Dierks Bently/Brad Paisley Concert. "The Paisley Party!" It was fantastic!

Shannon and I drove into town together and parked at the arena and walked through the park to meet Scott and Holly for dinner. It was a beautiful walk and reminded us of our last concert adventure when we went with Jackie to see Carrie Underwood. We had a lot of fun that night, too.

A Spokane Landmark.....

Obviously we haven't started "the big melt" yet, but the river is still running pretty well...

We met Scott and Holly at the Olive Garden. We thought we might beat the crowd but we didn't. We had about a 45 minute wait but it was still very yummy!

We got to the concert just in time for the opening act, Crystal Shawanda. Scott and Holly found our seats while Shannon and I bought our shirts. Shirts are a tradition!! Next came Dierks. We didn't miss a minute of Dierks! This was my second time to see him in concert...love, love, love seeing him live in concert!
Finally, Brad Paisley! For some reason I thought Brad would be a great performer who would stand on stage and sing all of his #1 hits.....boy was I wrong! He puts on one amazing show!! He has a huge screen divided in three sections behind him and there is almost always something amazing happening on the screens......

He had 3 runways that he was always running up and down so everyone could see him!

He took time to include some "local flair"....this is a picture of "Heroes and Legends" but he pictures of a lot of other local hot spots, too....

.....and....can you guess which song this was the background for?

One of the biggest highlights of the show was when a surprise visitor (Allison Krauss) stopped by to sing her duet, Whiskey Lullaby, with Brad....simply amazing. (Sorry for the picture quality..it was off the screen)This was from one of my favorite videos running on the screen. It was to the song "Alcohol"....
If you get a chance to catch a Brad Paisley concert...do it! I will definitely be there!