

Russell Dickerson told The Tennessean he was excited to host "the largest RD Party yet" at Nissan Stadium. However, in the singles "Pretty Heart" and "To Be Loved By You" being directly impacted by him being a recently married man, the 29-year-old vocalist has found a way for his lovestruck anthems to resonate more directly. The "Gold Chain Cowboy's" rise from Conroe, Texas, to being the Academy of Country Music's Best New Artist of the Year in 2022 was unexpected. The country music industry agrees with the Ohio native's statement.įollowing King, Parker McCollum took the stage. "Country's where it's at," King noted to The Tennessean on Saturday evening. This performance was followed by Ashley McBryde joining a banjo-picking King for her 2015 breakout hit "Ex's And Oh's" it was much more the final part of King being officially claimed as a country-first artist than it was anything else. Its excellence in that realm was apparent at Nissan Stadium. "Drunk (And I Wanna Go Home)" features Miranda Lambert, but as a solo King performance, it hits like a harder-edged 80s country-rock anthem. Elle King's arrival as a country star gets an assist from Ashley McBrydeĮlle King's adaptation of her brash demeanor and 70s rock-star attitude to modern country music is the most delightful, yet unlikely peanut butter and banana-style combination in country music since the last sandwich Elvis Presley ever ate. Nearly 70,000 country music fans have been "drunk as a skunk eating lunch with a cross-eyed bear" and were proud to proclaim this fact at extraordinary decibels. However, as a lead-in to their finale - one of CMA Fest 2022's expected, epic sing-alongs, it made sense. Gary Glitter's four-decade-old "Rock and Roll (Part II)" as a lead into "I Was On A Boat That Day" is unlikely but comes from the two songs sharing similar bass drum kicks. Then, in a kind gesture, the band performed a cover of his 30-year-old classic, "Chattahoochee." As one would expect, it was met with hollering, whooping, and a boogie-woogie party in the Nissan Stadium floor seats. Prior to closing their set, Ramsey noted that Old Dominion was a late addition, replacing Alan Jackson - who was a last-second lineup scratch. However, as previously noted, the group's hard embrace of being down with earnest fun allows for performances like these to honestly connect. The skill in taking the irony out of a song written with such a peculiar level of high-grade music adoration is hard. "Song For Another Time" is well regarded in Old Dominion fan circles as a tune comprised of lyrics that are actually 20 other song titles.

Their 2021 album title track "Time, Tequila and Therapy" offers "no hard feelings and no bad vibes," and locks into very particular energy directly between Chesney and Bobby McFerrin 1989 hit "Don't Worry Be Happy"-style vibes - in the most crowd-moving and enjoyable way possible. Old Dominion's subtle evolution from country rockers to a heavyweight jam band has become stronger in recent years. "Nights like this are what country music is made for" screamed the band's lead vocalist Matthew Ramsey prior to launching into the five-year-old countrified soul groove "No Such Thing as a Broken Heart." It's playing with the perennial country chart-topper that informs their ability to craft hook-driven hits like their 2019-released CMA Fest set opener "Make It Sweet." Old Dominion recently played Nissan Stadium as an opener for Kenny Chesney.

Old Dominion deliver jam-band country entertainment Yet, for as much as country music welcomes difference, it will honor the best of what it was and what it is before it embraces and evolves into what it is to become. Notably, in an era where country music has graciously embraced every sonic and social inspiration, it is notable to hear the genre celebrate its hard rock core on its most celebrated commercial stage. 1 singles that feature drums and every manner of guitar and guitar-style instrument. Dierks Bentley has nearly 20 country radio No.
