“Brad Paisley Walks the Streets of Bakersfield”
By: Jason Gutierrez
Topics: music, Rabobank Arena, Brad Paisley, review, entertainment, Buck Owens
Posted by Jason1983 Tue Sep 29, 2009 08:46:05 PDT
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Brad Paisley rolled back into Bakersfield during his “American Saturday Night,” tour to not only rock Rabobank Arena, but to make Bakersfield and Country-music history.
If you’ve seen any of Brad’s live performances before, you know the gives a no-sitting down concert. A songbook spanning a decade of heart-felt, realistic music, Brad’s performance spanned his career and even touched upon a few Buck Owens classics.
Opening the show was Jimmy Wayne and Dierks Bentley. Both sang their hearts out to an audience that came to party all night long.
The crowd went wild as soon as Brad graced the stage with an acoustic opening of Buck Owens’ “I’ve Got a Tiger By The Tail.”
The 2009 six-time-CMA nominee paid beautiful tribute to his “good friend, Buck,” and took care of a little unfinished business for the late Buck as well.
In the middle of Brad’s set, he called Dierks back on to stage to discuss Buck Owens and Buck’s fondness for Dierks music and ambition on the country music scene. After hearing of Buck’s interest in Dierks, Dierks grew sheepish. From out of the blue, Brad announced one of Buck’s last wishes was to give Dierks one of Buck’s signature Red, White and Blue guitars. Although Buck wasn’t able to give it to Direks himself, the excitement of the crowd and the sincerity of Brad, Buck’s spirit was alive inside the arena.
Brad closed the show with true-to-heart cover of Buck’s “Streets of Bakersfield,” with the help of Jimmy Wayne and Dierks Bentley, donning his shinny new guitar!
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