Chris, Jack and Martina

Friday night Nut and I went to see Chris, Jack and Martina. I was so excited to finally see the 2 opening acts. We had seen Martina at fan fair before as well as the E center. I like her, but don't LOVE her. I was mainly interested in Chris and Jack. We had seen Chris at fan fair, but I don't recall ever seeing Jack live before. We went with Robert and Carla, Nut's brother and his wife. They had seats in a different section than us. We had noticed that during the opening acts the 2 seats on the 3rd row right next to us were free. They came and sat by us. Luckily, no one ever showed for their seats so they were able to stay with us for the show.

First up was Chris Young. I just love him. We won Nashville Star a few years back, but for some reason he never mentioned that. He played 5-6 songs. I really liked his new song Voices as well as 21. His new album will be out this fall. I will definitely get a copy. We waited after the show to meet him. He remembered our chance meeting in Nash a few years back. He even remembered that he was wearing a straw hat. WEIRD!

Next up was Jack Ingram...

I must say that I was a bit disappointed. I can see how he could be great in a smaller, bar type venue. His songs all started to sound the same after a few. It was obvious (blue solo cup) that he was WASTED. He played for about 40 minutes. He struggled to get the crowd on their feet. Most of us weren't feeling it.

Finally, it was time for Martina. She was great. I'm always on the fence about her, but she puts on a good show. She sang for about 90 minutes. She has so many songs that she can't fit all her hits in during the show. She is so tiny! It always surprises me how small she is. I could fit her in my pocket. Nut had managed to sneak in his Nikon camera. Martina had sung for about 15 minutes when security came over and had him put it away. Of course I had no batteries...THANKS KIDS! So we were left with not too many pics of Martina. It could have been worse, we could have had no pictures of Chris. We were too close to record anything as well. Man, I hate security!