Brad Paisley – Weekend Warrior Tour
Last Friday night, I traveled to my old home town to photograph Brad Paisley‘s Weekend Warrior Tour. In addition to photographing Paisley, I also photographed Dustin Lynch, Chase Bryant and Lindsay Ell. I reviewed the concert for Stereo Embers Magazine, so this post will mostly include photos with links to photo galleries.
In the concert review, I mentioned that Paisley included a visual tribute to Salvador Dali on one of his album covers. The Time Well Wasted cover was inspired by Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory.” The Dali album also included a duet with Dolly Parton and, for surrealism, excessively corny outtake tributes to Hee Haw.
Paisley is married to the actress and author Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Kimberley wrote the best-selling book “Where the Light Gets In” that discusses how her family struggled with her mother’s rare form of dementia. When Brad Paisley performs, it is easy to forget that he is part of a family too.
When I grow up, I want to sing like Dustin Lynch. In 2012, Lynch’s released his first single “Cowboys and Angels.” He seems as if he has always been singing.
Here are photos from his concert.
If any performer has ever looked as if they have walked off Springsteen’s Born in the USA album cover, it was Chase Bryant.
Photo Gallery of Chase Bryant’s performance.
Lyndsay Ell, who was born in Canada, opened the show. She had enough stage presence to fill the entire arena. She joined Paisley for a duet during his set, and as she left the stage, he said, “there’s the future.” We need more allies like Paisley and more musicians like Ell.