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Wow, where to begin, other than that this weekend was a BLAST. As most of you reading may know, I’m a booking agent for Contemporary Christian Music Artists and this weekend was the last weekend of the “Promise Remains Tour” w/ Todd Agnew, Building429 & newcomers Kimber Rising. I had yet to see the tour and just had to check it out on the closing weekend. I also know that my wife was just spent and I was feeling a bit guilty for leaving her with both of my boys while I go hang at the show, even though it’s my job. I had a wild hair to take my oldest son Nolan, now 4 years old, but my wife thought I was NUTS. I said, yeah, you’re probably right, not gonna do it! Oh about 10 minutes before I left for my trip, I changed my mind and said, NOLAN LOAD UP, it’s time for your first road trip with Daddy! We headed out on our 4 hour drive with the DVD player, IPOD, sunflower seeds, kiddos snack and a full tank of gas heading the the concert. My son was so excited. When we got there, trust me when I say, Nolan was fired up and ready to stretch his traveling legs. As we walked in to the venue he was chatting up a storm with everyone. Once he found out people’s names it was all over. Of course if you know my son, he can walk in to a room of 100 people and 10 minutes later he’ll come out knowing 99 of them. Needless to say, he fit right in with all the musicians and crew.
During the Building429 set, he just kept wanting to go front and center, so we did, hints the picture you see. He loved it! He remembered Jesse, the lead guitar player from catering earlier, and just kept looking at me over and over saying “that’s Jesse, that’s Jesse” as if he had known him for years and years. I love that about my son, he’s never met a stranger. When Jessy got off stage, Nolan ran straight over to him saying “you play guitar very good” and he went up to all the other guys telling them what instruments that they played. They were just amazed at how smart and friendly he was. As much as Nolan loves music and people, I truly think he was in heaven.
I wanted to check out my GOA artist, Todd Agnew’s set, so the girls of Kimber Rising graciously offered to hang out with Nolan. I took them up on their offer and went and checked out Todd’s amazing music and speaking set. He always has great tunes and very encouraging and thought provoking words of wisdom. Todd’s always great in what he does and didn’t disappoint this night either.
OH NO, I thought, what about Nolan? I ran anxiously back to the gym, not really knowing if Nolan had completely worn everyone out or not. Low and behold, he was just fine. He had already gone to hang out on the tour bus and was finishing up the night by playing basketball with the Building429 guys & the girls of Kimber Rising, and did I mentioned is was 10pm at night? It was way past his bedtime, but…oh well, we only live once and he was having a blast, but it was time to go. We bolted back to the hotel and crashed.
Thanks to the Promise Remains Tour for accepting my 4 year old Nolan and for such an amazing show. I can’t wait to take him back out to a show again soon, but his mom says I might want to work on getting him to bed a bit earlier next time……I said, sure honey, whatever you say (wink, wink)! I’m not sure who enjoyed the trip the most, Nolan or his Daddy. I can honestly say, I’ve never been more proud of my son and the fact that he loves people so much and he is also loved by those around him. He’s a special boy and I’m honored to call him not only my son, but my traveling buddy (aka: road dawg)!
Are Kings of Leon all hype or pure rock and roll icons? 
I had the opportunity to go to their recent concert at the Sommet Center here in Nashville, TN at the last minute thanks to my good buddies Brandon Edmonson and Brian Elliott. I had just recently been turned on to the music of Kings of Leon. I wasn’t real sure what to think of these guys at first. I knew the lead singer, Anthony Caleb Folowill had a very distinctive voice and the guitar riffs of Cameron Matthew Folowill were some of the most simple yet unique I had ever heard. I caught myself just going back in to my buddy’s office just listening when he would turn it on at the end of the day. It was a slow but worthy transition into the world of the “Kings of Leon.”
Driving to the venue that night to check out the show, I was preparing myself for what I was about to experience. Now you have to know, growing up around music all my life, I’ve been to a ton of shows and I very seldom purchase tickets at this point let alone go to free show unless it’s just something that I’m dying to see. Therefore, I was just unsure how all of this was going to pan out, but was glad to see what all the fuss was about. As we entered the venue of the Sommet Center, roughly 16,000 seat available for most concerts, there was a line to get in and people everywhere! I immediately knew, other than what I’ve seen on the Billboard charts, that these guys had a pretty amazing following and it was going to be a great show. We took our seats after the two local Nashville bands played we were ready to rock. I’ll make this story short. The band brought it, but not as I expected for an arena show. They were the most unpretentious band that I’ve ever seen play an arena. It was truly not about them AT ALL. Their stage set up was very minimal and their video screen was a wrap around V-shaped LCD screen. Very cool, but small for the venue size. The videography took getting use to, but as the show went on it’s psychadelic video production really fit the modernized 70′s feel to the music we were hearing. They also looked like they were holograms from a band that would have played Woodstock. Amazing how everything took it’s form and made perfect since to me half way through the show. I found it so amazing that a band of this stature could truly perform to a crowd of well over 16,000 people as they screamed their name and still convince me that it truly was “all about the music.” Well done guys!
I can now say, I am a true Kings of Leon fan and would gladly buy a ticket to their next show when they come to town and will definitely click “buy album” on their next itunes release. My answer to the initial question is that they are “pure rock!”
