Brad sounded great, and there was a ton of energy from the crowd. Probably the most attended show I've been to.

Looking out on the crowd (lawn and pavilion), there were people EVERYWHERE. No sound complaints at all from me.īrad came on around 9PM to some insanely loud ovation. I think we stood up about half way thru their set. They also did Tom Petty/Beatles covers (zzz) and a cover of Queen's 'Fat Bottomed Girls,' which sounded pretty good. And the girl was def the attention grabber/hoarder. I believe that we stayed seated for their set, I woulda enjoyed it more if I knew any of his songs. Still a ton of people, and they were mostly happy/agreeable.Įaston Corbin came on first and he sounded good, but I didn't recognize any of the songs he did. The girl n front of us recognized that my 1349 shirt was a 'metal shirt.' TLDR rowdiness in the parking log, but brawl was averted.Īfter some more misadventures including Andrew puking, a girl a car up relieving herself next to her car (covered by blankets), Bret showing his pocketknife to the staff and asking if that would be a problem to be let in (we went back to the car of course), we went in. We were talking with the people in front of us and I said I was told that country fans are more rowdy than metal fans. He mentioned that it was his first country show. After a minute or so of heated 'discussion' aka shouting, the hillbilly was escorted away by his woman and then the black guy went to use the portajohn. No idea what the situation actually was, but someone had to intercede between the two. The other side is that no one was going, so he went. Apparently the black guy had allegedly cut in line is one side. A few seconds later, out steps.a black guy!? So as you may guess, all eyes were on what is going to happen in this alcohol infused brewtality. All I saw was some long haired hillbilly stomp over to the first portajohn and give it huge smack that shook the entire frame. The rowdiness was at its peak when we were in line for the portajohn. And the troupe of people carrying flags- American, Stars n Bars, and a pole with red solo cups dangling off of it (fastened to a string?). And of course the guy with overall shorts w/ no shirt or shoes and his buddy with jorts n boots.

A couple butterfaces, and I am pretty sure we saw the same guys in jorts n boots that were at the KISS show. I told John and Andrew that we'd be as kings down there. There were so many cute girls (shorts n boots!), and a bit of the southern Maryland syndrome- pretty girls w/ tore up guys.

But in either case there was a ton of drinking. We def saw some people get checked for IDs. Jiffy Lube Live's tailgating policy is a bit like don't ask don't tell, with a little bit of inquiry into underage drinking. and 3 Indian people! The rain let up by the time we parked and set up for tailgating, thankfully. There were several Asians, some Hispanics and some black people. There were a TON of people there, so many white people. We still arrived around 4, with plenty of time to tailgate. However, the ridiculous rain put a dent in that plan. We left pretty early, to begin tailgating and to try to beat traffic. Went with Andrew and Bret to see my first country show- Brad Paisley (With the Band Perry, Easton Corbin, and some others).

Long haired hillbilly rock stars