I got to see my first real concert last night since I saw Sturgill Simpson and Tyler Childers at BJCC last winter. Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser in an acoustic set, playing together and having a good time. They are good friends, and they were in Atlanta for a three night stand at the new Roxie at Battery Park by the Braves Stadium. Social distancing was the order of the evening, and our table of four was surrounded on three sides by a double row of crowd control fencing, no cash could change hands and you couldn't stand in line for a beer - all automated and cashless. Every table was full, but a sparse crowd compared to most press-the-flesh honky tonk events. They were just having a good time, Johnson opened with a Tom T. Hall classic, "Faster Horses", and said at one point, "we're playing in my living room, and we decided to invite you guys in." Randy Houser had some success eight or fifteen years ago, he has a Brooks and Dunn type voice, but stronger and better, and he can play. As a casual listener of contemporary country, I learned songs I'd attributed to Brooks/Dunn were actually him. What Whiskey Does is a keeper. My son opened for him at the Grizzly Rose in Denver last winter, so I was a little more familiar with him than I would've been.
What a great show. Things are getting better. Hang in there.
RTR,
Tim
