A Chain of Love: Bama Rising

    Kelly, Troy, Josh, and myself loaded up Tuesday afternoon and headed to the Ham for the Alabama benefit concert. In case you have been living under a rock since April 27, Alabama experienced lots of tornadoes that left parts of our state in sad shape. The band, Alabama, put together a benefit concert that included several "big names" in the country music industry.
    Let me start off with saying that we ate at the Cheesecake Factory before the concert. So if we had turned around and went home right after dinner, the trip would have been a success. I cannot tell you how much I wish we had a Cheesecake Factory in the area. I had to wait until I was 24 years old before I got to experience this restaurant. If ever there was a time I wanted to ask my mother, "Why????", it was when I had my first bite of a Cheesecake Factory dish. Why had she never taken me there?? (I can hear her sighing right now as she is reading this.)
    Anyway, after dinner we headed over to the BJCC for the concert. As we were walking up, we got to stand just a few feet away from Kellie Pickler, Darius Rucker, and the dude from Montgomery Gentry (sorry dude, it's not that you're not as cool as the afore mentioned people--it's just I just don't know your name). BTW, Kelly Pickler is way prettier in person and she is tiny.
     There's not much more I can say about the actual concert other than it was phenomenal. I have never, and doubt I will ever again, experience a concert this fantastic. Excellent cause; excellent line up. You know how some people just don't sound great, or even good, live? That was not the case for any of the artists performing that night. Everyone sounded phenomenal!! It was so exciting and so much fun!
     Even though each artists set lasted only two songs, the concert didn't conclude until 1:30 in the morning. They rocked it out for 6 hours! So great!
     I didn't get photos of everyone, but here's a few for you to enjoy.

Troy, Kelly, Me, & Josh: about to find out seats