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CMA Music Festival - Saturday Coliseum Show



On Saturday June 7th 2008, Bachelor Bob hosted the 3rd night ofconcerts at the LP Field during the CMA Music Festival.

In what has become a tradition for the festival, our troops were honored with a short video and fighter jets flying overhead.

The crowd was given the opportunity to experience Jason Michael Carroll's true vocal talent with an acoustic version of "Living Our Love Song," and his latest single " I Can Sleep When I'm Dead."


Next, we were presented with a bit of trivia before our next performer took the stage. The trivia question was: which act has served in the military for 10 years, has 5 children, performs 200 tour dates a year and has a new CD being released from a new record label this year?

The answer, Craig Morgan ran and jumped on the stage singing "International Harvester" and "Little Bit of Life." He slowed thing down for his new single "Love Remembers." The energy quickly rose again when the audience heard "Redneck Yacht Club." Halfway through the song he jumped off the stage and ended his set in the middle of the floor seats.

Little Big Town followed with "Fine Line" and "Firebird Fly" from their new album, Long Road to Here. They continued their set with a cover of "Go Your Own Way" and closed with fan favorite "Boondocks."

Jamey Johnson took the stage with an acoustic version of the CMA winning song that he co-wrote with Bill Anderson for George Strait called, "Give it Away." He finished his set with his new single "In Color."

The fans swayed, clapped, and proved to Rodney Atkins that CMA Fans were his people, as he sang "These Are My People." After the crowd sang the chorus of "Watching You" back to Atkins he pondered how to follow that song. He decided on a song he calls a cross between "Butterfly Kisses" and "A Country Boy Can Survive." That song was "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)," and it seemed to put a grin on every father in the stadium. The fans at the CMA Festival immediately fell silent as Rodney belted out his latest single "Invisibly Shaken." He bent down at the front of the stage and shook hands of all the people in the photo line before he left the stage singing "If Your Going Through Hell."

Then, Darryl Worley introduced us to his new single "Sugar and Spice and Tequila on Ice" as he took the stage for the final acoustic set of the evening. Country music fans showed their patriotism as they helped him sing "Have You Forgotten" as his closing song.

Next, Trace Adkins had the crowd singing along to his hits "I've Got My Game On" and "Swing." His recent number one song "Your Gonna Miss This" had everyone wanting more. When he was in New York City for one month filming Celebrity Apprentice he told us the most valuable thing he learned was "Ladies Love Country Boys." Of course Trace couldn't leave the stage before closing with "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk."

During Alan Jackson's performance, we were treated to a perfect blend of classic favorites such as "Gone Country," "Little Bitty" and "Small Town Southern Man." Jackson tipped his hat to the audience as he sang "Don't Rock the Juke Box."

When Alan sang "Good Time" and "5 O'clock Somewhere" everyone was on their feet dancing and singing along. Then, his ballads, "Remember When" and "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" had everyone pulling out their lighters and their cell phones swaying along. "Chattahoochee" and "Where I Come From" was an excellent way to end his incredible set.

Kenny Rogers ended the night with a medley of hits "My Condition," "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town," and "Through the Years." The audience showed their enthusiasm by singing along to "Coward of the County" and "Daytime Friends and Nighttime Lovers." Falling silent, the audience enjoyed "Buy Me A Rose" and "The Gambler." Rogers ended the night with fan favorites "Lucile" and "Lady."

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