So, Kriste Goad and I decided to take a stroll down Commerce this afternoon to check out the rumored concert and free Hot Diggity Dogs thinking it would be a few folks and a the city’s best beef franks. It actually turned out to be hundreds of peeps, Hot Diggity sans coleslaw, and some of the best people watching I’ve done in a while.

We turned the corner and saw Jamey Johnson on a huge stage smack in the middle of 5th and Commerce. His faithful masses had apparently camped out since early morning just to get a glimpse of this bearded wonder. They knew all the words to every song, did a lot of WOOOOOOOOOOOO! ing, etc. And I was all, “who the heck IS this dude?”  Then I heard him close the show with this tune, “Give it Away,” which I remember hearing George Strait sing years ago. Johnson wrote it, so that made me feel a little better.

Anyway, here’s an itty bitty recap in case you missed it:

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