Afternoon,
Guys…
So, in August,
Joey, Ashley, and I went to see Skillet at Rock the Desert. Now, if you told me
a couple years ago I'd be going to see a Christian rock band, I'd've told you
to go to hell…REALLY. I’d listened and
liked them, ignoring the Christian aspect, and applying the lyrics to everyday
life. But, I am a different person than I was then, and I was JACKED.
Anyhoo, this
brought up memories of all the concerts Joey and I've gone to. First off, it
seems a crip couple is like the main attraction at a freak show at
concerts...in other words, it don't happen.
Sad.
Our first
concert together was Orgy at Dos Amigos in Odessa. I, for one, was nervous in my excitement, not
knowing what to expect. So, we had it
planned to dress in matching fishnet tops, our hair down for proper
headbanging...we were sexy bitches.
When we go
to a show, my goal is to get Joey closest to the front as possible by getting
her in front of me, and slowly moving her forward until she’s at the gate. That
first concert, security didn't want us trampled, so they let us past the gate,
right stage, outside the right set of speakers. While the band's changed out,
we'd walk around, and a barista kept giving us free shot beakers saying we were
a cute couple. I think she wanted us to
flash some cash, honestly. That show, we
got to meet Down Lo, a Lubbock band at their booth after their set, as well as
Orgy in a meet and greet after the show. Later, we found out on Orgy’s DVD of
that tour that their frontman, Jay Gordon, was sicker than a dog, and damn near
played a two-hour set…and, then met fans well after 1.
Other bands
we've seen are Trapt, where we got a pick from the lead guitarist, The
Dreaming, who Joey knows frontman, Christopher Hall, personally. One of those times, Chris pissed off these
chicks to move them aside by crouching down while never skipping a beat, so
Joey could get up to the stage. NeverSet,
Three Days Grace, and Halestorm, who we've met a couple times. These were all at Dos with us meeting NeverSet
and Halestorm. We went to Lubbock to see
Staind, Chevelle, and Shinedown. I got a badass pic of Shinedown's frontman, Brent
Smith, pointing at me...couldn't've timed it any better. That was the first time we saw Halestorm…Lzzy
Hale…swoon.
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| Lzzy |
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| NeverSet |
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| Chris |
Skillet was
no different. When we got to the
festival, the ushers’d given us the number of one of the guys at stage side to
help us see better. Right before they
took the stage, I texted the guy, and he told us to meet him stage left, so I
led Joey there, and he led us where we could sit between the barriers. Sadly, there was only one other crip there,
she was just a leg cast. Still, we were
far back, but Joey, God bless her, I’ve trained her well, because she kept
creeping closer until someone saw us, saying it was for safety reasons. BUT then, that same guy came up to us during
the show to let us move up another six feet or so. The other girl didn’t follow. We were floored! So, we saw the band whose drummer, Jen Ledger,
is just a badass, and, after the show, frontman, John Cooper, pointed at us. But, Joey and I were too shocked to have our
cameras ready…damn the luck.
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| Skillet |
Good
times...and, hopefully more to come.
Be good to
each other.
-J-
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| Brent |
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