Lorrie Morgan

Lorrie Morgan is the pride of Tennessee. She’s been flogging out country and western hits for decades and is showing no signs of slowing. She broke out into the country charts in 1989 with the single ‘Trainwreck of Emotion’ and has been a mainstay in the Billboard Hot Country chart ever since.

She’s had three number ones: ‘Five Minutes’ off her debut, Leave the Light On (1990), the sassy ‘What Part of No’ off Watch Me (1992) and the later single ‘I Didn’t Know My Own Strength’ off The Colour of Roses (2002).

These days she’s no spring chicken, but she’s as charming as ever. She still pulls off the bell-bottomed, low-waisted jeans, the snazzy, silk-embroidered blazer, the oversized jewellery and glittery country guiutar to match. And she still has the warming classic country-singer smile, making happy banter with the audience in her cheeky Southern drawl.

Every song she plays is recognised and given a hearty reception; it is apparent that there are some real fans here. There’s a great amount of starry-eyed singing along and the atmosphere is just like old times.

Please come to Raleigh North Carolina, or Greenville North Carolina. We would love to see you in either place. We love your singing. We love you. This is Katherine Oakley from Greenville North Carolina. I was to late finding out about you going to Dunn North Carolina.We need to know early because we want 5 seats on the middle front row. The row right in front of you. Have a good night. Love you John Foster.

You can’t go wrong with this gang of cowboy crooners! They are still delivering a fun show after 42 years on the road. Ranger Doug leads you through a nice throwback to their NPR show and I’d see them again if they came to the area.

You Love Me Anyway is an incredibly catchy song, and hearing Dave Frey’s magically captivating voice ring out through the massive hall with the track was a wonderful start to the Sidewalk Prophets show. Listening to the recordings is wonderful, but seeing them live is another experience entirely. Each band member is incredibly talented, and the way that they all put backing vocals on the track in the live performance is something really special that gets missed from the recorded version.
Of course the message of the band is evident throughout their studio recordings, but listening to their Live Like That album from start to finish chronologically whilst watching their facial expressions and body language tell the story as well as the music was really magical. The entire band were great at getting us singing along in the audience, for instance the guitarists, Ben, would raise his arms when he wasn’t playing and sing loudly, getting everyone to sing along with him.
They’ve been lucky enough to tour extensively after achieving several awards, and having many of their tracks in the top 10 Christian charts, and it’s been a wonderful journey for them. They’re great song writers and performers, and the experience seeing them live trumps the recordings any day.