Cheap Seats Concert: Luke Bryan

Last nights small crowd can’t describe what kind of show was going on inside of Woody’s Main Street bar. 99.5 WKDQ is bringing Evansville some great entertainment at an unbeatable price. The first show they had a few months back featured James Otto, who is a new comer out of Nashville. 99.5 And Woody’s are trying to bring the honky tonk lifestyle to Evansville, which is great. Something none of us would be able to experience unless we drive down to Nashville.

Last nights show which was only 18 dollars to get in the door had 3 pretty great bands. First up was Red Eye Max out of Bloomington. They had competed in the Kenny Chesney “Next Big Star” competition and seemed to have a small following. I personally didn’t care for their country rock sound and was also annoyed when they bashed 99.5 for not playing their song on the radio. Maybe it is because it sounds exactly like Keith Urban’s , ” You Look Good In My Shirt.” It was awful.

Next up was local favorite Jason Clutter. This was my first time seeing him, but he seems to have a very large following in the area. He played a few of his own songs which were ok. His band was great and didn’t miss a note. He also played a long list of covers including sing along favorites, “Fishing in the Dark.”

The main man last night was Luke Bryan bringing down the bar. You may know some of his top 10 hits, “Country Man” “All My Friends Say” and “We Rode In Trucks” Bryan, who just finished up his summer tour with Kenny Chesney on the Poets and Pirates tour, was welcomed by Evansville’s favorite radio personality Lori Mae. Never having been to a small show like this I didn’t know what to expect. I must say it was awesome. He wanted to be there as much as all of us. His stage presence was hilarious, dancing around and messing with the band. He played a long list of great covers including “Mountain Music”, “Good Directions” and an awesome version of Collective Soul’s “Shine.” We also got to hear some of his forthcoming songs , which sounded great.

Luke ended up playing close to 2 hours. As the night was coming to an end he was dancing around stage with his Flip video camera filming the crowd and band going crazy. He ended the show with the Brooks & Dunn mega hit, “Play Something Country.”

The next cheap seats concert will feature, The Lost Trailers, November 20 at Woody’s.

Tickets are available at Woody’s and wkdq.com