Secondhand Serenade!!

Friday night, Corky and I met up with my sister, brother, and their spouses in Las Vegas for the Secondhand Serenade concert. If you know me really well and have spent lots of time with me in the last year or so, you will know I have quite the obsession with Secondhand Serenade. Something about all the songs that he writes always get to me. I have been a huge fan for a couple of years, before he was signed big or had any songs playing mainstream. (That just proves that I used to browse myspace for new music all the time! I am so cool, right?)

Corky and I were going to go to the concert in Vegas last month but it was cancelled only 3 days prior. I was quite bummed. So when I found out the new tour dates and the first stop was in Las Vegas, we jumped on it. Oh yeah, Corky is a fan too. Not obsessed like his lovely wife, but he listens to the music, plays the songs on the guitar, etc. etc. My friend Heather W. knows my obsession and heard about the concert. I didn't even have to try to find someone to watch the girls, she called me up and said she'd watch the kiddos. Everything was just coming together.

On our drive to Las Vegas I was so excited! I told Corky that all my dreams were coming true. I felt like a little kid on Christmas. I hadn't been this excited in a long time.

One of our conversations on the way,
Me- "I am going to tell you something, but you can't laugh."
Corky- "uh, okay. Right!"
Me- "I am so excited for this concert, I am on the verge of tears. I said not to laugh, but I know you will but it still felt good to get that off my chest!"
Corky- "How am I not supposed to laugh at you for that?"

I didn't even care, nor did I really cry. On to the concert. It was SO FUN!!!! It was at the House of Blues, standing only, and only about 2,000 people, if even that. We worked our way to the middle and had a really great view of the concert. The first band was Rookie of the Year. They were pretty good, but we had just gotten in when they were playing so we weren't totally into it quite yet. The next band was "The White Tie Affair and they were a blast! Very entertaining and totally good! They made instant fans out of all of us. The next was Meg & Dia. They were good, but not nearly as entertaining as the White Tie Affair. Can't deny the talent though.

Now don't laugh (though I know you will) I am finally admitting openly that there is something about those Emo boys in their skinny jeans that I really like, but only if they are in a band. They HAVE to be in a band. If they aren't in a band....eeewwww!

Then it was on to Secondhand Serenade! I felt like a little girl. I was SO EXCITED!! I should add, I am not obsessed with him (John Vesely, the lead singer and the guy who writes all the songs) I am in love with his songs, his music, and the talent. He did not disappoint! He sang my favorite songs from his new album and some of my favorite from his old album. It was such a fun set, I really didn't want it to end. It did of course end all too soon. I could have stayed for hours. I snuck in my camera and snapped some pictures.
After the show, most of the bands were hanging out at the merchandise tables so we got some pictures there. The dark haired guy making the funny face was the guitarist for White Tie Affair. He was really fun to watch on stage and seemed to have a fun personality. Meeting him was fun but I sure am glad he's not my husband. He was super flirty (with everybody...I am not flattering myself by thinking he was with just me) and seemed to be all about the ladies. The longer haired guy was the guitarist/piano player for Secondhand Serenade. In fact, his name is Luke Vesely, John Vesely's (lead singer) brother. He was really nice and I made sure to compliment on how talented he was on the piano instead of saying "I think your brother is the bomb!"
Now every bit of pride in me is telling me to NOT post this video, only because you can hear my hideous singing voice the entire time and I am so embarrassed! I couldn't hear myself singing because it was so loud in there, I didn't even think that the camera would pick it up. (I am so stupid...but I was in the moment!) In my defense, I had been singing and yelling for over 2 1/2 hours at this point. I still sound awful. Thanks to this video, I now have a serious complex. But the song was just too good to not share! And you can also see how close we were to the stage.