Granger Smith//Earl Dibbles Jr.
In the Venue // SLC, UT
February 26, 2015
Concert Review
Let’s start this
review off with the people who are Granger fans, if you know Granger you know
that Earl Dibbles Jr. is his alter ego. You know whom I’m talking about // the
guy with his overalls tucked in some boots, a white tank, barbwire tattoo and
who the ever so popular motto; YEEYEE!
To the other “fans”
(you know who you are), they are NOT two different people!
(I did hear people
debating about this at the venue.)
With that being said…
Thursday night In the
Venue (literally) the bus pulled up with YEEYEE on the front window, parked out
front and the line wrapped around the building with 90% of the attendees in
camouflage, boots, overalls and baseball caps, you know who pulled into town.
The COUNTRY BOY himself.
First show that
Granger has ever done in Utah and boy, he did not disappoint.
Before the concert even started, Granger was bumpin’ George Strait from his bus & the crowd was getting their dip in their lip and their cold ones cracked.
Before the concert even started, Granger was bumpin’ George Strait from his bus & the crowd was getting their dip in their lip and their cold ones cracked.
But we have to have
an opener, right? // Mr. Sam Shupak took care of that duty for us with a lot of
great cover hits such as Boys Round Here & Cop Car, along with some of his
own stuff. This was actually the first time I had heard Sam Shupak and I would
say, I definitely recommend his stuff!
Onto the man of the night,
GRANGER FREAKING SMITH // I have been a fan of Granger’s for years and I was
beyond happy he finally decided to stop in Utah.
He put on a crazy
show to a SOLD OUT crowd. (The good
kind of crazy!)
With singing his hits
such as “Bury Me In Blue Jeans” “Silverado Bench Seat” and my favorites
“Country Boy Song” and “Country Boy Love”
His amazingly talented band also brought the house DOWNNNN with some guitar solo’s where I thought I was at a rock concert for a minute with all of the moshing. Props though. That was some amazing stuff, gentlemen!
What I wore: I sadly didn’t get a picture BUT I had just gotten off
of work so I kept it simple with some dark blue jeans, boots and a black tank.
I bought a YEEYEE beanie at the merch table and paired it with the outfit to
complete.
Gotta keep it simple
for a simple man’s concert, right?
The only downfall I
would say of this concert is, should have had it held on the big stage instead
of the little stage. (Venue, I’m directing that towards you, not Granger!)
If I had to rate the
show, it would be a solid 12/10.
Granger, you and your
band are welcome back to Utah WHENEVER.
& Please don’t take too long to come back!
& Please don’t take too long to come back!
(loading shotgun)
YEEYEE!
Xox, Carly