Taylor Swift concert!

Hello, lovelies! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! I sure did. My sister, my niece, and I motored down to Music City for a visit with this cutie:

We had such a good time!

Swifty put on an incredible show. I had read an article online that said her concert was nothing but lots of hair flipping and faux disbelief, and while there was some of that, it was still a great concert. I don't think anyone alive can argue that she's a great musician, and this was a true display of that talent. The concert wasn't a major theatrical production (see a Cher show if that's what you're into). It was mostly her singing and playing guitar (with a minimal amount of hair flipping). She sang THE WHOLE TIME! You know how most concerts will have an intermission, or play a video in the middle, or they'll have a super long guitar solo, or some other kind of stall tactic? None of that here. She was on stage pretty much the whole time. She did just a few wardrobe changes, and she honestly had to be wearing those outfits all together and just peeled one off real fast underneath the stage. She was only off the stage a split second, it seemed like! Amazing! 

You know what's ever more amazing??? 

Guest apprearances!! 

Whoo Hoo! 

She said something about how great it is to be in your hometown because you can invite your friends to your shows. I look at the stage, and there comes Kenny Chesney! I couldn't believe it! It was so cool. 

I sooo wished they had sang more than just one song. Luckily, she wasn't done!

Later in the concert, she brought out new pop star Andy Grammar to sing along on his hit, "Keep Your Head Up". I really like that song, but it's even better live! You can really get a feel for how upbeat it is. Taylor said she listens to it whenever she's having a bad day, and I think I'm going to add it to my running playlist! 

And that's STILL NOT all!!!

For her encore, Taylor comes up from underneath the stage on a long Victorian sofa (you can see it in  her "Sparks Fly" video). Guess who was sitting at the other end of that sofa? Tim McGraw!! 

Swoon...

Yum. Break me off a piece of that. 

Faith Hill is a lucky woman. 

Rawr. 

Anyway, I was so impressed by the concert anyway, but the bonus stars were so awesome! My only complaint is that they just did one song each. I would've loved to have seen them sing more together!

I heard that Friday night's show had Hayley Williams from Paramore and Ronnie Dunn as special guests. As much as I like both of them, I'm glad we were there Saturday!!!

Nashville is always a lot of fun, and it was PACKED on Saturday. Not only was Taylor performing two shows that weekend, but the Titans were playing a home game against the Baltimore Ravens. Every where you looked, there were Ravens fans! I couldn't believe people go that far (and in such numbers) to away NFL games. It was nuts! 

Here are a few pics from that weekend.

Unfortunately I don't have any pics of Kenny, Andy, or Tim. My phone AND my camera died! Grrr!

This tree came down from the ceiling, Taylor went out into the audience, and sat there and played a bunch of songs. Super cool!

This is obviously out of order. This is Charlie Worsham, one of Taylor's opening acts. 

And this is NeedToBreathe. They were great! I think I'm going to check out iTunes and see if I can find some of their songs on there.

 Sis and TT before the concert

Me, TT, Sis

 We truly had a fantastic time. 

Not only was it fun, but I also learned something about myself. If I have a drink too many, I become that girl who tells you a story about 5908908 times, and totally expects you to think it's sooo funny/touching/life-changing each and every time.  I also like to play a game called "six degrees of separation from me," where I try to convince you that I have a connection to pretty much every one who's ever taken a breath in the United States. 

Yeah, I'm that girl.

Totally obnoxious. 

Total fail. 

Lesson learned. Hopefully this lesson will come to mind when I'm celebrating Oktoberfest with a bunch of people Hubs works with this weekend. Eek.

I'll let you know how that goes....