DIERKS BENTLEY WITH MIRANDA LAMBERT, RANDY ROGERS BAND
Saturday November 18, 2006 @ NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb, IL
RANDY ROGERS BAND - As the opener of the show it is the performers job to get
the crowd warmed up and ready to go and The Randy Rogers band did just that.
Rogers seemed surprised to see an almost full arena as he hit the stage with
"This Time Around." As a veteran of the music industry Rogers knew that since
the crowd really didn't know who they were that he had to keep the songs
coming and he did just that by rolling into "Tonight's Not The Night," before
pausing to talk about briefly about their new album "Just A Matter of Time,"
as they went into the album opener "Better Off Wrong." Rogers took a moment
to thank everyone for coming out and introduced his band before they rolled
into the title track of their new album "Just A Matter of Time," and quickly
followed with a jumpy tune "You Could Change My Mind." Rogers again took note
of the crowd and thanked everyone for coming out early to see them play as
they played their latest single "Kiss Me In The Dark," before closing out
their 35 minute set with "Down and Out." Rogers did the job and motivated the
crowd and I am sure that with the catchy set list, they gained some new fans
in Illinois.
FULL SET LIST
1. This Time Around
2. Tonight's Not The Night
3. Better Off Wrong
4. Just A Matter Of Time
5. You Could Change My Mind
6. Kiss Me In The Dark
7. Down and Out
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MIRANDA LAMBERT - If it was the job of the Randy Rogers Band to get the crowd
warmed up, then it was Miranda's job to get the crowd fired up for the
arrival of Dierks Bentley. A tag that has been placed on Miranda, even when
announced on this night is "the hottest rising star" and I think it's safe to
say that after watching her performance, that tag will change into "a star is
born" upon the release of her forthcoming album.
She hit the stage to a huge ovation from the packed house and broke into her
set opener "What About Georgia." She maintained the center portion of the
stage strumming her guitar and smiling at the crowd. She asked everyone to
sing along with "Me and Charlie Talking" and they did as asked, but I was
surprised to see Miranda really staying put in the center of the stage. If
you have seen her on TV you know that she has a ton of energy and likes to
jump around and smash things, and once she put down her guitar for "I Wanna
Die" she did just that and never stopped. She bounced around the stage from
left to right, and got pretty close to the crowd on either side making
everyone scream with her. Miranda introduced a new song to the crowd that as
she stated "this is for you girls that have been mistreated by a guy." The
song is another upbeat, rocking song with some country twang like only
Miranda can do and while the crowd had no idea what song this was, that
didn't stop them from jumping along with her as she stomped around the stage.
She closed out the first half of her set with the only slower paced track she
played, the second single from "Kerosene," "Bring Me Down."
She continued to play the songs people knew with her latest radio hit "New
Strings," which she again encouraged the crowd to sing along with. She had
put her guitar back on for this one, but her band commanded the crowd on
either side of the stage this time around. At this point in the set they
seemed to being having a whole lot of fun and the crowd continued to soak it
in as Miranda put down her guitar and ran around the stage as they played a
cover of CCR's "Travelin' Band." Her energy continued to come at the crowd
full swing as she broke into her hot, new single "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend." She
pounded the stage and walked with a cocky swagger as she pounded her chest as
she sang "I'm a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend." As the song came to a close the crowd
erupted bringing a smile to Lambert's face and letting her know that the
right song was picked to kick off her mainstream success of her sophomore
album. The band broke into another cover of Steve Earle's "Hillbilly Highway"
and tied it into the set closer "Kerosene." As Miranda bounced up and down
around the stage the crowd continued to jump right along with her. They
shouted out the lyrics as Lambert held out the microphone and with a quick
wave to the crowd she exited the stage after an exciting, 40 minute
performance chalked full of energy, and she more than did her job getting the
crowd ignited. She will be a headliner really soon if all of her performances
are like this one and the crowd on this night was certainly pleased with her
show.
FULL SET LIST
1. What About Georgia
2. Me and Charlie Talking
3. I Wanna Die
4. New Song
5. Bring Me Down
6. New Strings
7. Travelin' Band
8. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
9. Hillbilly Highway
10. Kerosene
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DIERKS BENTLEY - The lights went dim and the crowd went crazy as the
silhouettes of Dierks Bentley and his band walked onto the stage. Amongst the
flashes of cameras, the opening notes of "Every Mile A Memory" began and the
crowd erupted. The lights stayed pretty dim until the first chorus kicked in
and a splash of light let the crowd see Bentley jump into the air as the
crowd sang along with him. As the final notes were hit they tied it directly
into an older song called "Forget About You," before he took a moment to say
hello to the crowd. Dierks went to both sides of the stage and encouraged the
crowd to sing with him as he said "I guess the lord made me hard to handle,"
and the crowd screamed and sang along with him. Back and forth they went as
the band kicked into "A Lotta Leaving" and made the crowd erupt. Another
track from "Modern Day Drifter" came next with the rocking tune "Cab of My
Truck."
He continued to keep the crowd singing along with him as he broke into "How
Am I Doin," dedicating the final portion of the song to everyone's exes.
After all of his running around, Dierks went back to center stage for a
breather. He held up and beer and encouraged the crowd to hold up whatever
they were drinking as the band rolled into "Domestic, Light, and Cold." He
said he was looking for the dance floor as they played the upbeat,
honky-tonk, influenced tune and halfway through the song he said he found it
as he pointed at the middle of the crowd on the floor. With a nod to Hank
Williams Sr. the first verse and chorus of "So Lonesome I Could Cry" was
played and tied into the hit song "Settle For A Slowdown. The crowd was
eating up everything that Bentley and crew were bringing as the final notes
were hit.
He kicked off the second portion of his set by mentioning a show that they
played in DeKalb with Cross Canadian Ragweed and that the next song was sort
of about those experiences as he went into a great new song called "Free And
Easy," which he followed quickly with another one from the new album called
"That Don't Make It Easy Loving Me." Bentley took a run to the right side of
the stage as the band kicked into "So So Long." During the song Bentley took
notice of the crowd on the left side of the stage rocking out with him and
screaming back the lyrics so as he watched them sing with him he took a leap
from the stage and jumped up into the crowd and sang along with them for the
remainder of the song. The crowd of course went insane and Bentley just had a
whole lot of fun with them. Whew! After that intimate moment with the crowd
Bentley and crew moved to the center portion of the stage to play a somewhat
newer version of "My Last Name," that included a heavy dose of upbeat, banjo.
He dedicated it to the troops that were fighting for us overseas.
Staying in the center portion of the stage, Bentley showed his bluegrass
roots with a cover of the Del McCurdy Band's "Train Tarvelin." The crowd and
Bentley took a quick breather as he introduced the next song, "Long Trip
Alone." He mentioned that this is the new single and that radio stations have
it now. I am surprised that this is the second single from his new album, but
I must say that live it sounds a lot better than on the album. He then took a
seat on the drum riser and smiled at the crowd as he began to strum his
acoustic guitar to the beginning of "Come A Little Closer," which made
everyone scream. During the song Bentley and the crowd played sing-a-long as
he held the microphone out and said to the crowd "You sing to me now." He
ended the song by saying "I fell like strippin' off that Little White Tank
Top" and the band broke into "What Was I Thinkin" to close out their set. As
he bounced around the stage and the crowd sang along with him tank tops came
flying at him from the crowd. With a quick jump in the middle of the stage at
the end of the song, Bentley and the band exited the stage leaving the crowd
wanting more.
With all of his hit songs now behind him, I had no idea what Dierks could
possibly encore with, but this crowd certainly wasn't ready to let him leave
just yet. With about 2 minutes of encouragement from the crowd, which
included a small "we want Dierks" chant that started up, Bentley hit the
stage. The band stood on the stage with the spotlight on them, grinning from
ear to ear and thanking the crowd before they picked back up their
instruments. Bentley said "this seems like a Honky Tonk crowd" as they broke
into an old fan favorite with "Bartenders, etc…" He was indeed correct about
the crowd as they danced along with him. He encouraged the crowd to be loud
and if loud enough perhaps they could persuade Miranda and Randy Rogers back
onto the stage as they played their set closer, a cover of Johnny Cash's
"Folsom Prison Blues." The crowd must have been loud enough because Lambert
and Rogers both came back out and rocked with Dierks and crew. As the song
came to a close Bentley ran across the front of the stage from left to right
slapping the hands of everyone in front and waved goodbye as he exited the
stage to a huge ovation.
FULL SET LIST
1. Every Mile A Memory
2. Forget About You
3. A Lotta Leaving Left To Do
4. Cab of My Truck
5. How Am I Doin'
6. Domestic, Light, and Cold
7. So Lonesome I Could Cry/Settle For A Slowdown
8. Free and Easy
9. That Don't Make It Easy Loving Me
10. So So Long
11. My Last Name
12. Train Travelin'
13. Long Trip Alone
14. Come A Little Closer
15. What Was I Thinkin'
16. Bartenders, etc…
17. Folsom Prison Blues
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