Jeff's Review of Carrie with Alan Jackson at Summerfest, Milwaukee (07/08)

this is my second carrie concert in a row, and i went with don and sara again.

i was really excited to see this concert since carrie was opening for alan jackson, one of my favorite country stars.

a few notes:
1) i didnt bring my cam since there were signs all over saying that cams were not permitted. since my camera is pretty big and i have a case that makes it pretty obvious im carrying a cam, i decided not to take the risk. sara, being a lady with a purse, snuck hers in so she does have an awesome set of photos for you guys later. i am so mad cos in the end everyone was taking pictures! im bringing my cam in no matter what now!

2) AJ cracked a cute joke about carrie. i didnt quite get it so i'll leave don and/or sara to fill ya all in on that. [B]ETA: Shortly after taking the stage, Jackson quipped, "Carrie Underwood would be a great singer if she just wasn't so ugly."[/B]

3) carrie did almost a full set! her usual full set minus patience and the night before. the omission of both songs was a huge disappointment to me since TNBLGO is one of my favs of the album, and i really love love love her rendition of patience.

4) carrie got pretty huge responeses for SCOM and JTTW. she got a very long ovation for JTTW, and as usual she didnt know what to do! DFTRM and one more i think wasted also got a nice response from the crowd, which was clearly predominantly AJ fans.

5) the lady next to me had her hands over her ears throughout the concert! i thought maybe she found carrie too loud, but she did the same for AJ's set. or maybe becos i was singing too loud since i know carrie's and AJ's songs and was singing along!

6) AJ's set barely lasted longer than carrie's. carries was about an hour. AJ not more than an hour and 15 minutes. AJ puts on a really really great show, and he hardly moves around the stage. wow what a seasoned pro! everybody needs to see him live in concert at least once in their lives.

i'll leave it at this cos im pretty tired, and i have a 5 and a half hour journey back to michigan!