Crowder, Seay, and Two Other Guys

Last night, Emily and I went to see the David Crowder Band in concert at Anderson University. Of course, Crowder rocked the house! He was awesome! The highlight of his portion of the show may have been the use of the key-tar...you know, the famous 80's combination of the electronic keyboard and a guitar...Well, not really...it's more just a Casio keyboard that has a strap on it to wear like a guitar. Anyway, they were outstanding...a wonderful blend of their new music and the old standards. Oh, on the encore, they brought out members of the first two bands and had a nice little bluegrass jam!

The Robbie Seay Band (pictured) was an excellent surprise. The last time I heard Robbie Seay was probably five years ago at a conference where he filled in for someone that was unable to attend. I really enjoyed their set. It was a really nice, laid-back praise and worship feel. I'll probably go buy the CD today! His set was too short.

The second band of the night was Shane & Shane. I guess they are supposed to be good and a lot of people like them. I will say they are talented..I guess. But, I definitely don't like their music. I can only take so much of the same two-part harmony...Each song sounded like it was in the same key, the guy singing the harmony parts sang the same intervals in each song...I just wasn't into it. However, it seemed as though many in the crowd were...I simply sat back and sang funny harmonies along with them, imitated their voices, and clapped odd rhythms along with their attempted white man funk (which they didn't quite accomplish, but you could tell they were going for it at times). No sir, I didn't like it. Their set was too long.

But, overall it was a wonderful evening! Great music (except Shane & Shane...if they had done two or three songs, I probably would have said, "that was nice"), a great wife, and Dairy Queen after the show!