Ladies Lock-In with Canaan Smith

Ladies Lock-In is an acoustic show put on by the Tulsa country station 106.1 The Twister.

The Twister is a great station and not just because they give free shows or have one of my FAVORITE radio personalities, Kristina Carlyle. I say they're a great station because they're actually true to they're tagline! They play some of the best new music including the newest single by Canaan Smith "Hole In a Bottle"!

So about the Ladies Lock-In. As mentioned it was an acoustic show and the way in was you had to win your invites. There was several different ways you could do this including the way I won. I was within a certain number of people who responded to a Facebook post. It was actually quite amazing because I had just said to a friend maybe I should give up going to concerts. Because I'm always getting canceled on and losing money on the extra ticket and Lyft rides. Then I sign into Facebook and bam I won invites to what I've dubbed a 2nd chance concert. You see I have a bucket list of musicians I'd love to see live before I go all the way blind.

Canaan Smith is my favorite solo artist and he was on my list. The first time I saw him, thanks to health issues, I passed out. I missed a large portion of the show. Honestly I remember hearing the last 2 songs. Then meeting Canaan and his guitar player Stephen Whitfield at the end and getting autographs from both. So the thought of getting to "see" Canaan Smith live again was my very own dream come true. All I had to do was get through my visit to a new retina specialist right before!

I proved yet again that night you don't need vision to enjoy live music. My tiny RP affected vision tunnel was blurred out thanks to having way to many tests and my eyes dilated.

Myself and Kayla 

But thanks to an AMAZING concert buddy named Kayla when we got to the awsome Riverbend Area I got inside with no problems! While waiting for the show to start there was food and drinks available for order. Yummy and once again thank you Kayla! Before the show I got to see one of my favorite radio personalities Kristina Carlyle and got a picture with her.

Me and Kristina Carlyle

Such a nice lady! I had met her before back in January and she remembered me.. by name! Kristina was not the only before show meet up that I was excited about. On Twitter I have two concert buddies that I had never met, but after the fact (several times lol) discovered we had been at the same shows. This time we figured out we'd all be at the same show BEFORE hand and agreed to meet up. They were so sweet!

Shannon, me, & Amanda

Now if the preshow was so awsome can you guess how great the show was? Uh, can you say fantastic?! Since it was an acoustic show it was just Canaan Smith, his guitarist Stephen Whitfield, and their guitars. 

Now don't take that "just" as a bad thing! Canaan is great on the guitar and has a phenomenal voice. Plus added bonus, Stephen is no slouch on the guitar either! They played the ENTIRE deluxe Bronco album except American Muscle and Gettin Into. Plus a few covers including a stunning rendition of "Run" by George Straight. Have a mentioned Canaan has a phenomenal voice?

A song from Canaan's album that deserves special mentioning, besides his number 1 hit "Love You Like That", is the title track "Bronco". Watch the video below

 "Bronco" is about Canaan's brother and the song is absolutely beautiful. Losing someone so close to you is life altering. (I lost my mom two years ago.) The strength to put that kind of loss into words and then share it with his fans is awe inspiring. Way to go Canaan!!

When I go to these shows I don't really see the artists performing, especially that night, my hearing is extremely good though. One of my favorite parts of shows is not just the name on the ticket/invite, but their band mates as well. Stephen is such a talented guitar player and really very sweet. It makes sense an artist of Canaan's caliber would need the same talent playing with him.

When I stepped up to ask for a photo with him he looked at me and said "Now you've been to a few of our shows before haven't you!" That took me by surprise lol. I've only had the privilege of seeing them once before. If I wasn't going blind and could drive it would be a WHOLE lot more (I'm trying to get to Lawton next month for another Canaan show, wish me luck!) They ended the show with what I'm sure was his first of many #1 hits to come, "Love you Like That". Then at the end of the night 106.1 The Twister gave everyone there the chance to not only meet Canaan, but also take a picture with him!

I was the first one in line. A little nervous but who wouldn't be?! He's very talented! He mentioned on his FB he tries to collected Starbucks coffee mugs from every place he visits and I couldn't find one. So the first time I met him I gave him a Oklahoma shot glass! He remembered it to! Such a great guy. He's headlining his own tour. Check here to see if he'll be visiting your #StompingGrounds! 106.1 The Twister's Ladies Lock-In was a night of amazing memories! A great night with great people and great music! Thanks 106.1 The Twister and Canaan Smith for the great show!