We got to Will Call and the lady started questioning me about the tickets. She asked me who arranged them for me. I replied "Ken Church." She said "Who?" with a confused look on her face. I said, "Ken Church, you know, Eric's dad?" LOL! Once she realized who it was that arranged it, she found mine right on top of the pile with my name and Ken Church's name on them! Classic!
Eric was running very late that night so we didn't get a chance to chat or even get a legit autograph - we got pre autographed photos but that's okay. We did get THIS:
When I met Eric, I told him Jamie Parsons said hi and his response was "Oh, okay." Then after the pic, he tapped me on the back (like the light bulb went off in his head because, really, why would he expect someone in Jax to know Jamie) and said "Tell Jamie I said hi when you see him!"
Jamie is a friend of my dad's. My parents went to Israel with Jamie and his wife Wilma. I got to meet them at Christmas, a year ago. As we were talking, he asked me what type of music I listen to and of course I answered, Christian and country. He then asked who I like in the country genre. On the top of my list were Jason Aldean, Eric Church, ZBB, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, etc. Come to find out that Jamie's son and Eric grew up together. His son asked that Eric sing at his first wife's funeral and had Eric sing again at his second marriage to Wilma years later. When I met Jamie and Wilma they had just had dinner at the Church's (with Eric's parents) the night before!
When I was with my dad over spring break, I strongly hinted that I'd love Meet & Greet tickets for my birthday. Well, my daddy delivered! I was hoping for the M&G last June when Eric was in town for Country Superfest but Jamie was in Israel at the time and there wasn't a way to communicate with him. I'm so thankful to the effort my dad and his buddy made to make this happen for me!
We had awesome seats! When I saw him with my friend Amy, we were in the pit dancing up close, but this was a bit better. No one was bumping into me!
These Boots...Fabulous song. All three times I've seen him, he takes a boot or two on stage for the song and then autographs it before sending it back through the crowd.
Devil, Devil - a great song about the evils of the music industry
A great guitar player on top of awesome vocals!
Sissy use to walk around our kitchen in Utah singing this song. Not one of my prouder mothering moments, but secretly I loved it!
This song holds great memories of a very dear friend who I miss terribly. She's someone I love and wish I could see more than once a year.
Of course he had to end with Springsteen.
We had so much fun. I love going to concerts and seeing the artist play their music live - the way it was intended. I'm so lucky that I've been able to attend a lot of different concerts in my life. I've seen A LOT of country and Christian concerts, as well as some rock, pop artists. Andy and I both love music and it feeds our souls. Funny how a melody sounds like a memory, like a soundtrack to a July, Saturday night...
Thanks Daddy for the best present ever!
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