X-ALT! Made it's way to the Music City KOA last night expecting another fun night of music and praise in the music barn. Were we disappointed? In a word "NO!" In fact we were blown away!
The evening started out as we expected with a small crowd. Shows at places like the campground are always slow to fill up simply because people don't start to file in till they hear the music start and that was just what happened. Through the first three or four songs the crowd slowly filed in, but the cool part is that once inside they stayed, they yelled, they clapped and danced, the more the crowd got into it the more the band turned up the heat and before long a full grown party had broke out.
We put a lot of new material into the mix last night which brought about a much higher energy show than we have done before, a trend I think we all want to see continue! Along with playing every cut off the CD, we brought out some of our favorites. A re-worked version of the Sam and Dave classic "Sooth Me" brought cheers from the crowd as did the rockers "More Love, More Power" and "Ain't No Rock".
Tommy was in rare form last night as we did one of the hottest versions of his song "Piggy Back Ride" ever, I've been working with Tommy off and on for 25 years now and I have never seen him get as fired up as he does when he sings this song. It truly makes a difference when your singing for the Lord and spreading his word through your songs. That was evident last night, we felt God's presence in that room and it could be seen in the smiles on the crowd and in the smiles of those of us on stage. It was just fun, there's no other word for it. What could be better than spreading the love of Jesus Christ to a great crowd and flat out having a ball doing it?
Look at these faces and tell me that these people aren't filled with the spirit of Gods love...
Mark put his voice to the test throughout the night last night hitting all the high notes only to turn around and sing bass on "Down To The River". Bryan played the sax like a man possessed (in a good way) and his guitar playing is not to be believed.
If you have not been to an X-ALT show you should really make plans to see one soon, you have plenty of opportunities so there is no excuse!
And lets not forget the hardest working drummer I've ever worked with, Eddie came into the night not feeling his best but he didn't let it slow him down!
Your next chance to catch X-ALT LIVE is Friday August 11th at the TBG Coffee House on the Square in Ashland City, The Show starts at 8:00pm.
Then on August 19th X-ALT headlines a great night of music at the world famous 23rd Psalm Cafe, the night begins with their famous open mic night followed by our old buddy Chris Warren then X-ALT hits the stage around 8:00. You don't want to miss a minute of either of these shows. God has blessed us and we want to share those blessings with you.
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Psalms 150 - The Message Translation
Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship,
praise Him under the open skies;
Praise Him for his acts of power,
praise Him for his magnificent greatness;
Praise with a blast on the trumpet,
praise by strumming soft strings;
Praise him with castanets and dance,
praise Him with banjo and flute;
Praise Him with cymbals and a big bass drum,
praise Him with fiddles and mandolin.
Let every living, breathing creature praise God!
Hallelujah!
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