Eric Paslay // [2.12.2015]
Toby Keith’s I Love This
Bar and Grill // Woodbridge, VA
If you don’t own
Eric Paslay’s self-titled album, you should. Each song on the album is
passionate and deep --- your ears deserve to listen. The only thing better than
listening to his album, is listening to him live. Eric Paslay rocked the stage
for a little over an hour, but before that was a bit chaotic.
Because of
issues with the venue or with the opener’s equipment, there was an hour delay
to the start of the show. The opening act originally came on stage at 8:00 as
scheduled, but after one song, they left the stage. When the issue was
resolved, the opening act, The Jerry
Wade Band, came out and played what I believe was the whole set. Although
JWB was a decent local band that had two catchy original songs and several
covers, their set should have been cut short in order to put the schedule back
on track.
My anger and
annoyance from waiting for the opening band to play was quickly alleviated as
soon as Eric made his appearance on stage. I have such a strong, emotional
connection to his music and for some reason, I felt like he could tell.
From the moment
Eric walked on stage to the moment he left, he owned the room. He thrilled the
audience with his quirky attempts at sexy dancing and he made purposeful
connections with his fans.
Paslay played
several of songs from his self-titled album, including his hits Friday Night, Song About A Girl, and most recent, She Don’t Love You. Paslay also performed two of his original songs
that were released by some of his contemporaries such as Love & Theft’s, Angel Eyes and Eli Young Band’s, Even If It Breaks Your Heart.
As stated
earlier, Paslay’s album is packed with passion. Two of these emotional songs on
his album are Less than Whole and Good with Wine. If you know these songs,
just imagine them live. The passion flows from the stage right out to the
crowd.
Best
moment //
We all have that
one song we need to hear when we see a live show. For me, that song was Good with Wine. I have seen Paslay a few
times, but I had never heard him perform that song. As soon as the first chord
was played, my knees gave out and I was short of breath. The affect the song
had on me, both physically and emotionally, did not go unnoticed by Paslay. It
is the connections like this one that make shows so special for me.
Please, go see
this man perform live as often as you can.
What
I Wore //
Because this
venue was in a bar and we were planning on getting there for dinner, I knew I
wasn’t going to have to wait in a freezing cold line. I wore a short, black,
sleeveless, cotton dress with my red plaid duster vest over the dress. My
arrowhead necklace from Knot & Bow really popped on the black dress.
xoxox
Megan