Friday, February 26, 2010

What a Week So Far

This has been one heck of a Country Radio Seminar, especially with music. Yesterday, we had the fortune of seeing Universal Music Group's entire roster perform, at least, one song on stage - Easton Corbin, Mallary Hope, Ryan Bingham (up for Oscar for song from "Crazy Heart"), David Nail, Lee Ann Womack, Gary Allan, Billy Currington, Vince Gill(!)and Sugarland. George Strait and Shania were the only no-shows. David Nail was awesome and what a thrill to see Vince Gill. Then., I had the chance to sit with Jason Aldean in an intimate setting in his suite with just a few folks. He is the next superstar for sure. Today, at lunch, Danny Gokey gave me a preview of what we will see at Eagle Winterblast 2010 on March 21st at Hampton Coliseum. You won't want to miss him. (BTW - He will perform on next Thursday night's American Idol show). Following Danny?....Alan Jackson who played for a good half hour including a new cut off his forthcoming album about the working man - typical AJ, of course!
Then, tonight, we were on the General Jackson for a show put on by the Sony Music folks. Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Josh Thompson, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood performed...then Brooks and Dunn got on stage and were joined by 80's superstar Bryan Adams for "Summer of '69". Then Bryan did a solo of his hit "Run To You". He and Carrie Underwood sang his hit "It's Only Love" and, finally, Brad Paisley jumped onstage for "Cuts Like a Knife". Another great night.
We also found out that Brad's concert at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater will have a "water" theme with some water "events" around the venue. Also, on the show will be Josh Thompson, Darius Rucker and Justin Moore. WOW!!!
More to come tomorrow night.

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