5.8.15
Dusty Armadillo || Rootstown, OH
A Thousand Horses – SOLD OUT
I was so excited to find out that not only had the
show been sold out, but that it was their very FIRST sell out.
I had come to know of the guys when they opened for
Frankie Ballard on his Light ‘Em Up Tour. But this show at the Dusty was all
them, 100% A Thousand Horses. There were no openers or fillers to warm up the
crowd. Their set consisted of the majority of the songs off their new record Southernality
[you can preorder your copy on iTunes].
They also threw in a couple covers of classic songs to get the crowd rockin’
even harder. A Thousand Horses only has one song currently out at radio, but
you wouldn’t know it from the involvement of the crowd Friday night. There were
folks singing along to every song that the band has released on iTunes as a
part of their album preorder. I’ve gotta say I was pretty pumped to see that
people are diggin’ the grooves from this group, since I’ve been a fan since
that first show. They take me back to my
childhood, growing up on Lynyrd Skynyrd records. I’m willing to make the
assumption that anyone in the crowd who wasn’t sure about this group definitely
became a fan after seeing them do their thing on stage. They know how to get
the audience goin’ and at one point in the set, Michael Hobby even came out
into the crowd to be more involved.
The guys have been getting their name out into the
spotlight a lot more lately as they just played on the Today Show and were just
nominated for the CMT Awards Group Video of the Year for their current single
‘Smoke’.
If you haven’t been to see them yet, they will be out
on the Southern Style Tour this summer with Darius Rucker, Brothers Osbourne,
and Brett Eldredge. I highly recommend taking a look at the tour dates and
seeing if there’s a stop near you. If so, I suggest that you go and check this
group out. Trust me, if you like country music [or if you’re a fan of southern
rock] you will be diggin’ the groove that A Thousand Horses gives out.
xox
Christy