Monday, January 1, 2018

2017 Musical Recap

It was a bit hard for this music blogger to get to as many shows as she would have liked thanks to an unavoidable hip surgery, but it was still a great year music wise.

Concert Summary
January - Chris Young
February - Drew Baldridge, Dylan Scott, Jerrod Niemann
March - William Michael Morgan
May - Jesse Joice, Casey James. Cannan Smith
June - Jon Wolfe, Sunny Sweeny, Tyler Farr
July - Kane Brown
September - William Michael Morgan
October - LANco
November - Midland

Favorite Full Band Show
- William Michael Morgan at the OKC State Fair
Favorite Acoustic Show
- LANco
Best Community Give Back Show
- KVOO Can Jam

Best Musical Moment
- William Michael Morgan dedicating Vinyl, my favorite song of his, to me the night before my hip surgery and wishing me good luck.
Best Musical Souvenir 
- My KVOO t-shirt
Best Meet and Greet
- Catching up with Stephen Whitfield the guitarist from Cannan Smith's band at my sixth Cannan show

Most Anticipated Performance
- Hearing my first steel guitar live (William Michael Morgan's band)
Most Anticipated Concert
- William Michael Morgan (Full Band)
Most Noteworthy Concert Moment
- Kane Brown, all I can say is the explosion from YouTube viral videos to a record deal is total warranted
Most Anticipated Album of the Year
- 27861 by Parmalee

Social Media Discovery of the Year
- Carter Winter
Breakout Artist of the Year
- Brett Young

Noteworthy Song of the Year
- Road Less Traveled by Lauren Alaina
Noteworthy Album of the Year
- Brett Young's Debut Album
Noteworthy "Life Lesson" Song of the Year 
- Drunk Girl by Chris Jansen