This was the first concert I remember that everyone (all sections of the building) stood on their feet the entire evening and Kix obviously felt it, ‘‘Greenville South Carolina, you guys are bringin’ it like you are, man this stage fells like heaven up here right now!” by DAve (Concert 665) Greenville, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena For the encore ‘Only In America’, there was a salute featuring military members on stage ending with a blast and a red, white and blue streamer drop. On ‘Mama Don’t Get Dressed Up’ and ‘Rock My World’ Kix played himself some killer harmonica. On the final note of ‘Hard Working Man’ five guitar(ists) lined up together in sync front edge of stage putting some drive in their country. There was an arena wide sing-a-long on ‘Neon Moon’ with a challenge from Ronnie to hold the note on ‘beams’, after which showcasing his own vocal range, he showed us how it’s done. Greenville girls dressed for business this evening too aren’t cha, Oh-woo’! The songs themselves contained the evenings highlights. Kix addressed the audience, ‘Ahh, hell yeah, good to be back in South Carolina, y’all got your little party stirred up this evening ungh. Ronnie who turned 69 this month and Kix 67 in the forefront of a 7 piece band kicked off the hour and a half set with ‘Brand New Man’. Four stair risers (two of them double sized) to the upper part of the stage indicated lot’s of motion was about to take place. On either side of the stage were two illuminated flags in American style, gray and white with stripes, again with their logo where the stars would be. The stage featured curved lighting rigs on either side plus two overhead, sandwiched in between were three rows of lateral lights plus a large video screen, this was geared up to be a bright one! There was a pedal steel stage left, and a piano stage right with the classic B&D steer head logo which was also showcased on the bass drum and the on gong, yes there was a gong. Branded the ‘REBOOT Tour’ it promised a greatest hits event without the bells and whistles of time past, although there were one or two! It was my first time seeing the duo and their first major tour since 2010. “Ronnie Brooks and Kix Dunn brought their brand of old school country into the city for a whole lotta Friday night fun in Greenville SC.
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