Country Music and man crushes.

So I got to go to my first ever live concert! Well, I've been to TSO, but I guess that doesn't count by the order of hadji, sanction 36, part 401k.

We saw Blake Shelton play at the Huntington Center last night. Also playing was Dia Frampton and Justin Moore. I learned a few useful tidbits of information along the way all while enjoying an amazing concert.

First, man crushes are awkward, especially drunk redneck man crushes. But more on that later. Dia Frampton, who was the runner up on The Voice from team Blake, opened the show. She had an excellent voice but she lacked the power to overcome the bass in the arena setting. She has some growing up to do in that regard but overall she was excellent for a tour opening act. One odd note was that she performed bare foot, which was strange but cool.

Second act was Justin Moore, this is where man crush happens. There were a few drunken redneck frat boys sitting next to us. One of them had serious, man crushtasticness for Justin. He was singing every song, banging the railing so hard, and out of time I might add, that I'm pretty sure he would've lost feeling had the alcohol not already done that. We were also sure that he was going to fall over the railing, but oh well can't win em all!

Now onto Blake. One thing I love about country music stars is that they have true singing talent. Blake proved his by sitting on a stool for a few songs to play guitar and sing by himself. This was my favorite part of the night because he sang my new favorite song, Toledo. The video of this can be seen here. The song was fracking hilarious. What I really liked about Blake was that he had a lot of humor as well as music in his show.

All in all it was a fantastic night and I recommend seeing his show, even if you're not a country fan.

-Minos