On Saturday night we went to the House Of Blues to see Dierks Bentley. This is the second time this year we’ve seen him, but he was so good the first time, I definitely wanted to go see him again. Man, am I glad we did. We got there early and ended up getting to stand right behind the mixing board. We had a good view of the stage and didn’t have to fight through hundreds of bobbing heads to see the show.
Before the show, I heard several people in the crowd talking about the opening act saying that they are likely not even going to stay for Dierks as they’ve come just to see the opening act. Well, this got my attention. Makes you wonder just how good somebody can be if you have never heard them on the radio, or, never even heard the band name before… I had no idea what we were in for.
The name of the band, Cross Canadian Ragweed. And, even though this was a “country” show, I’d say this band is more of a flat-out Rock n Roll band. They are from Oklahoma and they tour extensively in Texas and Colorado and apparently their video gets some air time on CMT. But their sound is more of a rockin’, not quite heavy metal sound. Great guitar work, the singer has a great “Rock” voice and they have a BIG following. I was amazed at how many of the people in the audience knew all their lyrics.
Turns out they have 7 albums they’ve put out over the past 11 years. I’ll definitely be picking up a few of ‘em. You should do the same!
Cross Canadian Ragweed is an EXCELLENT band. I discovered them last year. You should definitely check them out.