Adventures: First Country Concert

Last night we headed down to Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill in Woodbridge to meet up with our friend, Mike.  Mike has been working with bands for about 15 years, and is out with Chris Cagle right now.

We haven't seen Mike in forever and about 2 weeks ago, he messaged me to see if we wanted to come.  We both are NOT into country music, and really didn't think we would stick around that long.  We figured we'd go have dinner and maybe head out even before the bands started.  Like I said, we were there to catch up with Mike, not for the music.

It was an adventure just to get there and then into the restaurant.  We kind of took the long way to get to the place, then when we got to the shopping center, we drove all around looking for the restaurant.  We finally found it and parked.  By that time, the line to get in was out the door and around the corner.  We stood in the cold for about an hour.  Luckily, it was just cold and not windy. 

Finally, we got to the door and said, "We are on the guest list."  First person, checked her printed list and nope, not there.  Second person, had us written on the top of his list.  We got in and asked about getting a table.  The list was about 10 names, and they said they would try to get us a table, but it probably wouldn't happen. 

So we walked around.  I went into the restroom and when I came out, Dan was by the merchandise table where Mike was.  We hung around the merchandise table for a good hour or so, chatting.  Mike asked if we were going to hang out and stay for a couple of songs.  I mentioned that we hadn't had dinner yet, because we couldn't get a table.

Next thing, he's taking us to the "VIP" room and set us up with a table and food.  The only other people in there was the opening band.  Then when the opening band was on stage, they cleared out the room, so that they could do a meet and greet..  Everyone lined up and we were just sitting at our table.  Right before the meet and greet line ended, Mike asked one of the bar employees to get us and we got to meet Chris Cagle.

When Chris was on stage, we were the only ones in the "VIP" area.  It was a good experience.  Chris is a really good singer, just not our type of music.  The place was sold out.

It was nice to get the VIP treatment!  Thanks Mike!