Last night we went to the Kenny Chesney Concert and spectacle in Tulsa. When we walked into the BOK Center there was a sign stating that the opening act, LeAnn Rhimes, would not perform due to illness. In her place would be Miranda Lambert. Miranda is best known for her country hit: "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend". In her 40 minute set she went out of her way to portray just that. She acted like every drunk red-neck girl that ever attended a music show. To say it was not my kind of music would be understated, but I did witness something never seen in all my concert experiences.
When she finished singing her previously mentioned hit, one of the stage crew brought her a pink electric guitar, and she launched into another song and playing with the band. I was watching with binoculars and at first thought I was not seeing correctly. She was strumming the guitar, but most of the time her hand did not get within three inches of the strings! As she got into the song, she actually strummed lower than the strings for a bit. THEN, when that song ended the roadie exchanged her pink electric guitar with an acoustic one. She can play air guitar with either! Later in the show she had the moment when the spot light was only on her and her guitar setting on a stool. She faked that too! I noticed that one of the guitar players in the band always played whatever type of guitar she pretended to play. In her solo I could see him playing out of the spot light. At one time in her "solo" she actually quit moving her arm as she was in the moment, but the guitar kept playing!
In her defense, later in the show she actually strummed the guitar! Whether it was amped or not is a guess! She acted like an air head to match her guitar prow less!
p.s. Her fans seemed to love it!
LeAnn Rhimes would have been so much better! She has talent.
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