Weekend Concert (a.k.a. Nathan Followill if I were single...part 2)

Thanks to my sister Kaitlin (number 5 of 6), Tom and I headed off to Cincinnati for the Kings of Leon concert on Saturday. That's Kaitlin in the navy plaid on the right next to my sister Ashley (#3) in the pit at the concert. And that's my foot showing the distance from me in ROW 5 (!!!!) to the stage.

And we can't forget my youngest sister Molly and her boyfriend Jacob who sat at the end of the row behind us. (Isn't she cute?) Jacob is a KoL fan. I never knew he had such great taste in music!

And we are. Tom doesn't like the Kings of Leon. Tom really doesn't like most of the music I listen to. But he likes me. So when Kate asked him to take me the concert, he said he would. :)The Whigs (from Athens, GA) were the opening act. I only knew one of their songs before the concert. They didn't sing that song! I liked them though. The lead singer was quite entertaining. The guy on the left had the prettiest hair I've ever seen on a man. The drummer was amazing, but reminded me of Shawn White the snowboarder. (My sister Ashley went home with one of his drumsticks!)I recently fell in love with the music of The Black Keys. LOVE them! I danced and sang (much to Tom's delight, I'm sure!) through their WHOLE set. It was pure entertainment. Did I mention that I LOVE them? I especially loved that they sang my favorite song, "Howlin' for You."

And "Next Girl" that I enjoy singing to Blake. And "Tighten Up" that I enjoy singing with Kevin.

Finally it was time for KoL to take the stage. Even though I saw them last September in Noblesville, IN, I had never seen them TAKE THE STAGE. (We got there late last time!)

Song number ten was my favorite KoL song, "Charmer." Poor Tom was probably wishing I'd lost my voice by then!Two more of my favorites were back to back, "Sex on Fire" and "On Call."

And FINALLY I captured a shot (although blurry) of Nathan blowing a bubble!

Sigh.And then I caught him singing that he could "Use Somebody." Like me? hahahaBetween every song, it looked like Nathan was putting an ice pack on his right shoulder. But from the sound of the music, you never would have thought anything was wrong. The show was great. The encore amazing. It was a good exit, too.

And then I left with my husband who was sweet enough to take me and listen to me for 3-1/2 hours.

Nathan Followill, if I were single...

I have to admit, I have a crush. Yes, I'm a wife and mother of two, but I am in love with the oldest Followill brother and drummer of the Kings of Leon - Nathan Followill.

My sister and I drove over three hours to see them at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana last night. Although we had a bit of "excitement" on the way (an hour and a half into the trip we realized the tickets were on her fridge AT HOME!!!), we FINALLY made it. (Thankfully the Music Center assured us over the phone, after we'd already turned around to head back, that they could reprint our tickets when we got there.)

We had to take quite a hike to get around to the box office, but we finally got our new tickets and entered the music center just as the first song, "Crawl" started. We got to our seats - in row AA in the LOWER LEVEL!!! - just in time to hear them start one of my most favorite KoL songs, "Charmer."
We had great seats!!!
And I took too many photos.

But hey, it was hard to get a good one of Nathan with all the moving around he was doing drumming! I liked this one though... He's singing "On Call" for me.

It was kind of hard to get a good shot with that cymbal in the way! Still, I'd swear he was looking right at ME in this shot. (He's probably wondering why that crazy 34 year old was taking so many pictures!) I told my sister, I would be a happy girl if I could see him blow a bubble - as in gum. He's a gum chewer and for some reason I get the biggest kick out of seeing him blow bubbles. Well, I saw several of them, but had trouble getting a photo of it! I think in all the excitement, I may have shaken my camera too much!Here's my version of "blue light special"...Oh and the grand finale after the encore...I got to see him stand up and walk off. Check out those arms....Sigh.OK...Now, I'm home and settling back into wife and mommy mode. And listening to KoL. And patiently waiting for their next tour.