Believe it or not, before the stadium pageantry, country star and, perhaps more recognizably to the newer generation, television celebrity judge Luke Bryan was an unassuming (but hardly uncharismatic) boy in small-town Leesburg, Georgia. With a karaoke machine he got for Christmas and a guitar, which he taught himself how...
Believe it or not, before the stadium pageantry, country star and, perhaps more recognizably to the newer generation, television celebrity judge Luke Bryan was an unassuming boy in small-town Leesburg, Georgia. With a karaoke machine he got for Christmas and a guitar, which he taught himself how to play, he navigated the country music industry, eventually reaching colossal repeat stadium showings like the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Luke Bryan gave us the standard rodeo concert kickoff: fireworks, pyro, and a dramatic light show. He hopped out of the obligatory black SUV, grabbed the mic, and looked out to the tens of thousands of spectators, “What’s up Houston rodeo? How we feeling Thursday night?” His band played the first few chords of “Kick The Dust Up” and away we went, swept into the country western reverie of Luke Bryan.
A few numbers into his set, Bryan surprised fans with a song debut for his newest offering, “Love, You, Miss You, Mean It”. The crowd waved their phone lights back and forth to the beat but the song was otherwise presented somewhat unceremoniously. After he finished singing he uttered an understated, “thank you” and moved on.
It was the singer’s eighth number of the night, “Drink a Beer,” his 2013 single about coping with love lost, that hooked the crowd. Many fans stood up and sang the lyrics. And, yes, there were a few tears. “Y’all drink a beer for someone that you love tonight!” He insisted, over the song’s final guitar strums. Here the audience got the night’s first glimpse of that genre-defying stage presence, but it wasn’t the last.
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