Show 264 - 2014 CMA Music Festival - Sunday

You are listening to Concert Blast.

You're just going to meet a boyfriend down at the street fair.

And it's a French kiss, Italian ice, Spanish moss in the moonlight.

Just another American Saturday night.

Hi, and welcome to Concert Blast. This is Mike Arnold along with...

Tom Thompson. Last day of the CMA Fest.

And, man, what a great, great four days, man.

Well...

We're already getting ready. Somebody's about to take the stage.

I forgot who is going to be first.

Charlie Daniels, I think.

That's right. The Charlie Daniels band is going to be first.

Our hometown boy.

Yep. And Will Perry is actually in the middle of the photo pit right now as we speak.

And he's ready. He's got his camera ready. He's going.

He's ready every night. He's like a whirlwind coming around here.

Can't wait to get back to that photo pit every time they run you right through, man.

I think he's having fun. What do you think?

I know Will's having a good time.

Now, he might be...

He's a little tired, but that's okay. So are we.

Yeah, he's more tired than we are, though.

I know. That's what's so funny.

It is.

We were happy to be in the audience a while ago.

We ran into a couple of people from Orange County, California.

They are here at the CMA Fest because of us, because of our reviews.

To hear them say that the reason they're here is because of us is amazing.

Absolutely.

So listen to this conversation.

All right.

So Tom and I are roaming around the stadium.

We come across Section 113.

Row double E, seats 3 and 4.

We found some good seats.

We sit down.

Guess what happens?

A couple of people who has actually heard of us...

Yeah, we've only been here like five minutes.

I know.

...come runs us out of our seats.

Hello, Brian.

Hi, how are you?

Doing good. And this is Pamela.

Hi.

Hey.

Now, tell everybody about how you know about Concert Blast or about this festival.

You came across what? Our blog, right?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

And it was really interesting.

And I told...

Did y'all hear that?

Say it again.

Interesting.

It was awesome.

And you heard us talking about the CMA Fest or something.

And we...

It's when we covered it and said, you got to get to Nashville.

Yep.

Well, and you mentioned Beale Street, too.

That was the other thing.

It was like, oh, no way.

Okay, these guys know what they're talking about.

Did you hear that, Tom?

I did hear that.

Say that one more time for me.

So, Brian, you said, okay, honey, I'll do whatever you want.

Right.

I'll do whatever you want.

I bought in.

I bought in blind.

Yep.

And what do you think so far?

Amazing.

No.

Love Nashville.

Love the music.

You guys, Mike and Tom, are great and interesting.

Interesting.

Nothing wrong with that.

Yeah.

Having a great time.

Great.

So, you love Nashville?

Love Nashville.

Okay.

You going to come back now?

Oh, my God.

Yes.

Brian, is that all right?

Yeah.

Oh, with or without me?

Either way.

You're not coming.

Without him, I'm coming back.

And what about, did we steer you wrong in Memphis

when we said go to the Memphis Beale Street Music Festival?

No.

All right.

So, you like that, too, huh?

Yeah.

Yep.

So, what shows or artists have you liked the most so far?

I'm a bit biased towards the female side.

Miranda.

Well, here, Miranda, yeah, knocked it out of the park,

and then she had to bring on Carrie Underwood.

Really?

It don't get much better than that, does it?

Yeah, but outside, Caitlin Smith was great.

Oh, I love Caitlin.

What a soulful voice.

She was cool, yeah.

Yeah, she was cool.

One of our buds, actually.

Yeah.

We got an up-and-comer.

We saw it in the listening room last night.

Brianna Tyson.

She was really good.

What's her name?

Brianna Tyson.

Yeah, yeah.

Check her out.

She's good.

Gloriana was awesome.

We got to see her.

We got to get into one of her private shows.

Was that the HGTV ball?

Yeah.

We were invited to that, but we were too charged.

Yeah.

No, they did really well.

But Luke Bryan was my favorite.

That's what I'm saying.

But Florida Georgia Line trumped them last night.

My favorite so far, Little Big Town and the Van Perry.

Yeah.

That's my two favorites.

That's a pretty good one.

It's really hard to say.

Yeah, there's...

And right when you see somebody, you see somebody else,

and you go, oh, man, I like them, too.

Yeah.

You know, so it's all the time.

Little Big Town.

I was at that photo line for you for Florida Georgia Line.

Yeah.

So I missed them.

I heard they were good.

They were good, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

All right.

Well, it's great talking to you people.

I'm finally getting to meet somebody from California.

I know.

Exactly.

We've got that reputation.

Well, actually, there's several California people down the floor

who know about us, too.

And there's people from Australia and all over the world

who actually listen to us and read our stuff.

Awesome.

Well, good talking to you.

Y'all have a good time in Nashville.

Yeah.

Nice meeting y'all.

Absolutely.

Same here.

Was that fun or what, Tom?

That was fun.

I mean, just to be able to know that somebody wants to find out more

because they feel like we know what we're talking about.

I'll agree to that, though.

Absolutely.

Okay.

Festival people, you hear that?

We're about to get ready for the Charlie Daniels Band.

That is usually his intro music, the Tennessee Waltz.

Oh, yes, yes.

So he's coming right out.

Stay tuned.

We're going to have a good time tonight.

I love that intro music Charlie has.

Yes, he does.

Every time.

From Mount Juliet, Tennessee, the Charlie Daniels Band.

Well, it's easy for a country boy to be pushing the string

When the honky-tonks are coming in

Girl, they're looking good

Yeah, I get excited

Some people think I'm rude

It's the way my daddy read me

It's my rebel attitude

And I was rolling hard

So I'm falling away

Like I see a home Alabama

Pushing all around in my head

I'm running home

Yeah, down the Carolina

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I may have been in bed

But you don't miss a kick tonight

He was newly born

And a Spanish boy was born

And the boy's scar on his head's a mess

And he stood like a prince

And he had every sense

He had grandly walked into the night

But the girl suffered three

Tonight won't be beer

But tomorrow he must fight once more

But boy, he never gave up

He would dance with them all

Cause he was self-torturing now

When the devil met his judge and said

You know, you're a pretty good old son

Well, you flopped down in that chair

I'll show you how that's just done

I don't like my mom

You're the best

You're the perfect

I want you to love life

I want you to know

You'relord

You're the perfect person

And I'll show your daughter

You want a job

I want you to know

That I'll redress your debt

I want you to know

And I'll reward your desires

And I'll pledge on you

There's a time

That Austathelikable does not do the right thing

The Charlie Daniels Band

Any thoughts guys

He can play the fiddle

He can play the guitar too

Yes he can

He ended the set with Devil Went Down to Georgia

I wanted to hear

Sal's Gonna Do It Again

I thought he should have started with that

You read my mind I thought the same exact thing

Yeah but he didn't do it

That would have been a great way to start the whole festival

For the last night here at the CMA Fest

But he did play

One song off the new album

Which is a tribute to Bob Dylan

And guys you gotta get that album

He did Tangled Up in Blue and I love that song

Charlie Daniels is Mount Julian boy

Where we are from

And we've had him on our show

And we've reviewed his concert

So Charlie's a good old boy

You did good Charlie

Yes sir

Alright coming up next Thomas Rhett

He's a wonderful performer

Super excited to have him join us

At the second line up tonight

Last night at the CMA Fest

2014

Somebody said about Thomas

It's as if Roger Miller has been reincarnated

And gone on a songwriting retreat in the hood

So what better way to welcome

To the CMA Hood

Mr. Thomas Rhett

A strange unique

Intro music in the time for Thomas Rhett

Very strange

Very very strange

There he comes out

What's happening at the CMA Fest

Y'all feeling good?

Awesome

We wouldn't reach

We wouldn't pull

Lift on the cold

Or sing

Till my parents divorced

That's what I had me down for

Baby what can I say

I grew up in a hot lane

They say take it loud and frank

I make a lot of noise

But I'm all in the air

Middle class white boy

We got the middle class white boy

In the house tonight

Y'all sing it with me

Something like

Do what I would

Do what I would do

And it goes like

Your heart puts a rap on my arms

Baby all around you

And it goes like

Hey girl don't wait

Yeah it starts on a smile

And then it ends with all that long slow kiss

Girl, it goes right this

15, 16, 17, 18 all through college

Me and my buddies sat right up there in those nosebleeds seats

and I watched every single year

year. So for me to be on this stage playing for y'all is such a huge honor. Thanks so

much for having me tonight. This is the second song I ever put out to radio. This song's

called Beer with Jesus. And look, if you feel like taking out your lighters and your cell

phone and lighting this place on fire, it might make for a good Instagram, Twitter picture

if you know what I'm saying. So this song right here is called Beer with Jesus.

Beer with Jesus. That looks so pretty out there. Yeah.

Beer with Jesus.

How about y'all tonight? See if it makes sense.

Beer with Jesus.

Thomas Redd just came off the stage. Any thoughts?

Well, I think he's definitely one of the best newcomers out there. He's got

a lot of history.

good stage presence vocals sound good i see him growing slowly yeah i'm agreeing with tom he's

got great stage presence i was talking with tom while we were in the photo line i wish you'd move

to the sides of the stage a little more but i mean he's definitely somebody that's going to

keep your attention with him stay just in the middle pretty much but he never stopped moving

he moved i didn't notice that till you said that but he's a young guy i figured he'd be bouncing

from one end to the other especially you know with his energy and you know well he came there

sat on a stool during his hit a beer with jesus yes that's what you think about that it's very

unusual i don't know how to really take it you know you would like that it's really about the

conversation i was gonna say yeah because if you don't think you'd have a beer with jesus you

wouldn't be drinking beer anyway exactly exactly you don't need a beer you know but tom you

wouldn't have a problem having a beer with jesus if jesus said hey drink a beer with me

i

would you have to go to him and say that i hope not so it's okay for you to do it here okay we'll

take this conversation somewhere else edit that having fun here at the cma fest all kinds of

conversations who's coming up next does anybody know coming up next i believe is lady antebellum

one of our favorites they'll get this place singing they'll get this place dancing they'll

get this place rocking speaking of sunday night there is a lot of people here i was surprised

it is

almost packed yeah usually sunday night's uh kind of thinned out and when i parked my car i mean it's

so much less crowded over there and i got over here and i was like wow there's so many people

over here but two major draws tonight one lady antebellum but the second one hunter hayes hunter

hayes a big draw especially for the teenage girls yes you'll hear the squeals and the screams when

he hits the stage and like last year will and i witnessed a young teenager crying her eyes out

while he was singing the whole time the whole time the whole time the whole time the whole time the

whole time not one song the whole time and even afterward we saw her like 10 minutes afterwards

she was still crying it was hilarious actually we had some pictures of that that was funny

but anyway coming up next lady antebellum

here is the three-time cma vocal group of the year

lady antebellum

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Thank you.

Sincerely honored

to be here for our third year in a row

at LP Field.

Wow.

It's just really, really, really cool

of you guys to invite us back this year.

Thank you so much.

You sound so beautiful tonight.

I love it.

And I just wanna

make you feel wanted.

You're the one

You're my love

I always wanna make you feel wanted

I don't wanna go

You might want

To be out your nap forever

But I won't let you forget it

Maybe I just wanna make you feel wanted

Maybe I wanna make you feel wanted

Yeah, I just wanna make

You feel wanted

And baby I

wanna make you feel wanted

That's what I want

Yeah, yeah

I hope for the rest of my life

That I'll always make you feel

Wanted

Cause you'll always, always be wanted

Thank you for my first ever number one. God bless you.

So as you guys may or may not know, we like to get crazy. It's our thing.

We don't see anything wrong with getting crazy because quite frankly the idea of going to a concert is to be crazy

and to not be jealous.

So I got an idea. It's just an idea, but hear me out.

This next song is brand new, so in order to sort of remain crazy,

feel free to get your cell phone down and just wave them all around and just be absolutely nuts on this one, alright?

Get the cell phone lights going or whatever you guys want to do. Let's just be absolutely nuts.

This is a brand new song. It's our brand new single. I hope you like it.

Sincerely, thank you so much for making this possible.

Here it is. The song's called Tattoo. Here we go.

Here we go.

I've been dreaming about getting to do this my entire life, especially this moment right here, you know, playing at a stadium and all.

This is kind of a massive dream come true for me.

And I grew up in love with music. I'm obsessed with music.

I've always been a bit of an outcast because I never really had a place to fit in

because I was so obsessed with music. What made me different for a long time kind of scared me.

But you guys have proven to me and now to the rest of the world the craziest dreams come true

and you've got to stick to yourself, believe in yourself.

And never change, right?

So, to you guys for making this song what you made it. You gave it meaning. You gave it a whole new life.

And man, I love you for it forever. Thank you so much for doing this.

This is to anyone who's ever felt invisible.

Here we go.

The crowded hallways.

The loneliest faces.

For our cast of revels.

Anyone who just dares to be different.

Trust the one who's been with you all this year.

I was with sticks and stones

Those words cut deep but they don't mean you're all alone

You're not invisible

Peer me out

There's so much more to life than what you're feeling now

Someday you'll look back on all these days

And all this pain is gonna be

Invisible

It doesn't make sense to anybody else

Who cares if you're all I think about

I'll search the world, I know now it ain't right

If you ain't lost your mind

I don't want easy, I want crazy

You with me, baby, let's be crazy

Unless I'm not a chicken

Or a lassen

You with me, baby, let's be crazy

If you make me a common rock

You'll end up on the road

You get up on the road

If you ain't trying to fly

You'll never know

That's right

Well, the wind blows the day you left

Out of that, out of it

Hold on to my ear, I'll just like all we did

Close your eyes, man, take a breath

Say my name and I'll be there

My love, my dear baby

Anywhere, my love, my dear baby

Anywhere, my love

Well, it was all that I could do

To keep from crying

Sometimes it seems so useless to remain

And you don't have to call me darling

Oh, you don't have to call me darling

You don't have to talk to me

You never even call me by my name

It's all the same

All you need to change

In every little thing

Seems we're wasting away

I'm a cowboy

On a steel horse I ride

And I want it

Take it all alive

I want it

Take it all alive

Sometimes I sleep

The days

The people I meet

Always go their separate ways

Sometimes you take the day

On the bottle that you drink

Time you're all alone

I'm a cowboy

On a steel horse I ride

On a one-way

Take it all alive

I'm a one-way

On a one-way

Take it all alive

When I close my eyes I see

No matter where I am

I can smell your perfume

Through these western pines

I'm with your clothes today

And it's a shame about the weather

I'm a cowboy

But I know soon we'll be together

And I can't wait till then

I can't wait till then

And you cut me down

Know the wind on a darted road

Made me think you were mine

And you changed your mind

I'm lost as a feather

And I heard you say

And I heard really it came

There's no way to measure

How far I am from okay

Okay to the dead

There's no good reason

Why we can't move on

Live a long life

Cold beer on a Friday night

A pair of jeans that fit just right

And a video of us

And a little bit of chicken pie

Cold beer on a Friday night

A pair of jeans that fit just right

And a video of us

When I see your smile

See the love in a woman's eyes

Take a touch of a precious child

Oh mother's love

No, let me pray

So my life

Soar the stars and stripes

Make freedom forever fly

And in it rain

Salute the ones we got

The ones that give their lives

So we don't have to sacrifice

All we can give up

And I got you

Cold beer on a Friday night

A pair of jeans that fit just right

And a video of us

As he took my clothes off

And all my friends

It came back and ran

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Woo!

Thank you very much.

Appreciate some love from my band.

We're the Zac Brown Band.

We love you.

Come see us.

Thank you.

We just had a good time watching the Zac Brown Band.

It was a good surprise.

Yeah, yeah.

They brought somebody out there.

Who did they bring out there, Tom?

A little bit of Richie Sambora, baby.

Oh, yeah.

A bunch of Obie.

Woo, woo.

That was great.

That was a great surprise.

And it was a great song for them to do because it kind of matched the environment and everybody

was singing.

Yes, they were.

And dancing and having a good time.

Oh, yeah.

But I also liked how he did the David Allen Coe song.

I did, too.

I love that song.

Yeah, so that was fun.

They did a great job.

I mean, Zac has it together.

They always do, don't they?

Big old nice.

Great.

Great band, you know.

And then there's always the big song, Chicken Fried, huh?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

That, I feel like, if it's played over the weekend, is always going to be the biggest

hit.

I mean, honestly.

Everybody knows it.

Everybody sings it.

You've got to end on it, and he did.

And most people can relate to it, too, so.

All right.

Stay tuned.

Here comes Brad Paisley.

Well, we're going through the audience, and we see a couple of Concert Blast friends because

they got their Concert Blast t-shirts on.

Yeah, but they're the only.

They're the only ones in the whole crowd that have Concert Blast t-shirts on, too.

What do you want to bet?

No, I saw about 15 others.

Uh-oh.

Anyway, we're here with Vivian and Aaron.

How you doing, guys?

Great.

Hey, Mike.

Good to see you again.

You're not passing out this year, are you?

No.

Lots of water.

Lots and lots and lots of water.

That's good.

Concert Blast's number one fans.

Right here.

And I'm rocking the shirt.

Throughout the whole week, who's the one besides Blaine?

Blue.

Well, and let's see.

I like Lady A.

Is Blake still number one?

No.

Luke is for her.

No, Luke.

Yeah, you're the Luke-alicious.

Yeah.

And you're the Blake steak.

I'm Blake, man.

Blake and Miranda.

Yeah.

I like Zach Brown because they sing one of my favorite songs.

Charlie Daniels was awesome.

He should have started off with,

Sal's gonna do it again.

That would have cranked his party.

Yeah.

Yeah, but Zach done David Allen Cole tonight.

Isn't that good?

My favorite song.

He did a good job.

Yeah.

That was a wow moment.

That was great.

Great.

Good show.

That was a definite wow moment.

So, y'all going home tomorrow?

Tonight?

When?

I'm going home tomorrow.

He's going to Colorado.

I'm flying back to Colorado in the morning.

She's driving back home.

Oh, well.

Y'all had a good weekend here.

Great week.

Beautiful weather, except the last night's rain.

Beautiful weather.

Well, the first morning was rain, wasn't it?

Yeah, but not bad.

Not bad.

We had nachos and country music, so all we needed.

Oh, and we're celebrating our 40th anniversary this week.

Congratulations.

Oh, great.

You looking forward to Brad Paisley?

Oh, yeah.

No.

Show me your favorite songs by Brad.

Oh.

I like Riverbank.

My motto guitars.

Come on.

My motto guitars.

Ticks.

Yeah, it's American Saturday.

You've got to have ticks.

I like them all.

Anything that comes out of that man's mouth is good.

All right, then.

We heard that.

Hope y'all have a safe trip.

Yes.

See you in November.

When you retire.

When I retire, I'll be back.

Again.

See you guys.

Good night.

That's all.

Bye-bye.

Are you guys ready to be thoroughly entertained and close out this CNA 2014 Festival of the

Bay?

Let's welcome in, let's welcome Brad Paisley!

We'll be right back.

When I was a little boy, my favorite memories are on that body of water.

We have a new single out.

We happen to be in the perfect location.

I think this is probably the most people gathered at a riverbank in the entire world at this

very minute.

As far as for concerts go.

So let's get out.

So we're starting to get there.

Yes.

It's so exciting.

So right now, I just got a new one.

Yes.

We'll be right back.

That's all for CNA 2014 Festival of the Bay.

We're out and about.

We'll be right back.

We're out and about.

We'll be right back.

We're out and about.

I've got a perfect place in

A little nowhere

When you get there

I feel the blood all the time

That's what I'm talking about

I feel the blood all the time

I was like maybe two feet away from him

I thought he was pretty cool

He got down in the crowd better

Let me rephrase that

Far better than any of the other acts

The crowd loved him

There were girls screaming

And hollering and hooting everywhere

He was great

Hooting and hollering

I agree solely with Will

He had the most energy

He was more interactive with the crowd

People love it

I like that kind of stuff

When you get out there and say

Hey crowd here I am

And he was right in front of us

He even took some of the fans cell phones

And took selfies of himself with their phone

I saw that

Lots of them

Not like one or two

Lots of them

He was getting dangerous

Says the security guy

Of course I would say that too

The other thing was

His set list

What do you think about that

It was okay

I feel like he played a couple old songs

A couple newer songs

Which is ideally what you want

I'm always going to say

I wish he played more older stuff

The greatest hits

That's me

A little bit more

That's me

I think his stage presence

And him getting in touch with the crowd

Getting so personal with them

Like the security guy said

Almost dangerous

I think that more than covered up

Any flaws his set list could have had

He did the best balance of new

Versus cover songs

And all that by far

And also

There was one song

I wanted to mention

Play American Saturday Night

I would like to see that

He didn't do it

I think it's the first time

He didn't play it

I love that song

I think it's well written

I would have liked to see him do

One slow song

For the crowd

Because I feel like

That would be a perfect way

To end out the night

Have one slow song for the set

Something like

When I get where I'm going

This place would have roared

I think

You know

He ended with alcohol

But that was probably

The slowest song he had tonight

Yeah

It was upbeat the whole time

Which is great

I just wish he would have done that

I wish he would have thrown

One song that was slower

Probably like the second

Or third song

Okay

Top three

Tom what do you think?

Tonight?

Yes

Brad Paisley number one

Really?

Yes

Now I'm surprised

I'm surprised too

Because I was like

Yeah he's alright

It'll work

But I like stage presence

I like getting the crowd going

And surprisingly he's my number one

Number two

Three

Zach Brown

Definitely number two

And Lady Alabama

Bella

Lady Alabama

Lady Antebellum

Would be third in my list

Well I'm probably going to disagree

With you guys a little bit

Alright

Number one

Brad Paisley

I will agree with that

With Tom

Number two

Lady Antebellum

And then

Third I got a tie

With Thomas Rhett

And Hunter Hayes

Yeah

They did a really good job

Of coming out and proving

They can

You know

Throw punches with the big guys

So

Well my favorite

To me is

Lady Antebellum

And my second

Zach Brown band

It was the same people

Just a different order

You know

I'll just give a shout out

He had it too

That we didn't even mention

Well that's true

I'll just give a shout out

To the Charlie Daniels band

Because they actually

They were here

They may not be in our top three

But they were here

They did a great job

And they could have been

The top

If they had a long enough set

Right

I agree

They cut them real short

Well they had the shortest distance

To drive than anybody

Probably

That's true

That is so true

Alright

Well I guess that wraps it up

I guess that wraps up

The CMA Fest 2014

Is that it guys?

Anything else you want to talk about?

I mean we had a great time

It was a great festival

There wasn't any time

Where it was boring or slow

Every time we got out here

You know at night

It was great

The crowd was hopping

It was a great time

Lots of friends from all over

Yeah I was going to say

Just the intermixing

With the country fans

Not just at the LP Field

But also downtown

And the Riverfront Stage

And the staff of the festival

It was so nice

All that

They were great

I mean they had a tough job to do

They had to be stern at times

But they ended up being our friends

And that's what I like the best

Absolutely

Thank you CMA Fest

Yes thank you so much guys

Yeah and I want to thank

All the fans and the friends

From California

Newfoundland that we met tonight

I mean let's see

Kentucky

We had Arizona

We had Indiana

California

And I'm trying to think

Yeah several from California

I mean I could go on and on

With the different states

And the people came in

And recognized us

And said glad to see

Oh Virginia

The Virginia crew

We can't forget about them

That's right

New York

Yep

All of our buddies from New York

Especially the New York City people

Love those guys

Right on

Okay until next time

This is Mike signing off

This is Will signing off

And Tom signing off

God bless you everybody

Woo

I want to thank you

For being here

Let me

Be myself

Again

I can get it

My voice is too rough right now

That was perfect