These are the Days Of Gold.....

On August 8th, 2014, Jake Owen brought his Days of Gold tour to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Ca! Dave and I made the 5-6 hour trip down to see Jake since his tour was not coming any closer to us. It was definitely worth the trip and we had an amazing time! Leah Turner and Frankie Ballard opened for Jake and it was great to see them both again. Did not take any videos because we were front row and it seemed like security was pretty strict on video takers......

Leah Turner was up first and we watched most of her set before it was time for Dave and I to go backstage to meet Jake! She sang many songs off her EP available on iTunes like "Take The Keys", "Pull Me Back", and "Bless My Heart". It was great seeing her with a full band in front of such a great audience.

As soon as we got back from our meet and greet, Frankie Ballard took the stage singing "Sunshine and Whiskey". One of my favorite songs this summer! 

Robbie, Frankie's bass player used to be in Dierks Bentley's band! It was pretty good to see him again too! 

Frankie really got the crowd moving and amped up for Jake Owen! 

Jake Owen!!! 

I was so happy to finally see Jake on his headlining summer tour and he put on one heck of a show! 

Beachin' :) 

Jake sang many of hit hits including "The One That Got Away", "Beachin", and "Barefoot Bluejean Night". He did a small acoustic set in the middle with songs that he used to sing back in the day when he was just playing on a barstool like "Chattahoochee", "Friends In Low Places" and even "Ice, Ice Baby". 

Wear an inner tube and water wings and you just might get on stage!! 

Mike Posner came out to sing a song with Jake! How cool! 

Cell phone lights during Jake singing his new single "What We Ain't Got". Absolutely love this song! 

Jake's band members even got in on the fun, his guitarist Derek wearing one of the inner tubes! 

One "Helluva" Show!

On March 19th, 2014 Frankie Ballard played the Rodeo Club in San Jose, CA joined by opening act Joel Crouse. Both of these up and coming country artists were fantastic at entertaining the crowd.

The opening act, Joel Crouse, has had a few singles to country radio. He played his first single "If You Want Some" along with his current single "Why God Made Love Songs". In his short five to six song set, he played most of his original songs along with a cover medley. I was pretty impressed by Joel and hope to see him again sometime soon!

Videos of "Why God Made Love Songs" and "If You Want Some"

We've seen the main act Frankie Ballard a few times within the last year and it was great to see him back in the San Jose area! He performed with a full band and it was interesting for me to see since I've only seen him acoustically before. Frankie just put a new album out so he played a lot of songs off the new album including the title track (which I LOVE) called "Sunshine and Whiskey". 

In about the middle of the show, Frankie had a moment where he got distracted by a female fan in the front row that was exposing some cleavage....I would like to call these kind of moments "Frankie Moments" because it seems like at every show he says or does something totally random that is pretty hilarious. Of course he commented on how nice her cleavage was, then proceeded to try to throw a guitar pick and make it in. He unfortunately missed and it ended up in her purse on the stage. I just thought I would share that because I was doubled over in laughter at this point! Too funny Frankie! 

Frankie just recently topped the country charts this week with his song "Helluva Life". This was the second time in KRTY history that they could personally give back the condiment bottle he signed about four years ago when he played the rodeo club for the first time. Congrats Frankie!