I'm Alright

So tonight was AWESOME!

Worth every penny.

Every second was jam packed with awesomeness.

It was something I've been waiting for ALL SUMMER...

KENNY LOGGINS! 

No, I did not take this picture. :) 

If you didn't know that I LOVE KENNY LOGGINS... now you know. It's one of my many secrets, but one that I am not afraid to shout to the world. I do it in a high pitch slur... 'KENNYLOGGINS!' Just ask Josh or Teri, my sister-in-law. :)

I have my mom to thank for instilling this undying love for Kenny Loggins in me. I've been hearing his sweet tuneage since before I can remember, and I've held onto it into my adult years. 

While I was at BYU, Loggins & Messina performed at UVSC/UVU/whatever, and I bought two tickets and made Jason Jones come with me because he was the only one I could think of who would appreciate it. It was fabulous! But of course it was all Loggins & Messina songs, and everyone in the crowd would periodically yell "Danger Zone!" ... "Footloose!" 

In the past four years, Kenny has come nearby at least three times, and every time I couldn't go, due to whatever job I had at the time. LAME! And then I saw the schedule for the Davis Arts Council's SUMMER OF THE STARS and BOOM! I had plans for September 10th. 

Teri and I went this evening, and it was GREAT! He has a new band called Blue Sky Riders, comprised of good ol' Kenny and two awesome songwriters from Nashville. They are so good and the songs were beautiful-- great lyrics and great messages. What more can a girl ask for?

Then Kenny sang THE JAMS. Man, can that guy SING! His voice sounds just the same as his records, and just the same as it did years ago. He sang all of my favorites-- "Whenever I Call You Friend," "Conviction of the Heart," "I'm Alright," "Footloose," and "Forever." Did he sing "Danger Zone" you ask? Heck yea! And it was AWESOME! 

So the evening was already fabulous, but the guy next to us was HILARIOUS! He kept yelling "YEAH!" in the style of Lil Jon in Usher's "Yeah"... and this guy did not look like someone who would be doing that. We ended up dancing with him to "Footloose," he yelled 'ROCK ON' at the top of his lungs, and "FOREVER" during "Forever"-- oh man, I almost peed myself. I LOVE when people get passionate and excited at concerts-- that is what they are all about! Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one screaming, but I don't care. I sing along and cheer to my heart's content. But man, did this guy have me beat. In his Harley-Davidson shirt and scraggly beard, he was a Kenny Loggins fan through and through. 

And that is why I LOVE LIVE MUSIC and love Kenny Loggins more than I ever did before. He can play a guitar til it falls apart and riff with the best of 'em. 

Oh, and did I get a shirt? YOU KNOW IT! 

Worth every penny :)

Thought of the week:  

"Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand." ~Stevie Wonder.