• Concerts,  Family

    Blue Like Jazz

    I had the opportunity to go and see my brother Jerry and a good friend of ours – Kay Miller – perform for a benefit function at Madisons a few nights ago. Kay plays in lots of venues around the area, including Poblano Grill , Sugas Deep South Cuisine and Jazz Bar and our church, Christ Community in Beaumont. Jerry, who usually works for the Beaumont Fire Department and in real estate with Coldwell Southern Homes, has performed in many places over the years, but I hadn’t seen them together yet. That night, with a full house looking on, they killed it. 🙂 With the lights turned down low, sax…

  • Concerts,  Family

    Carrie Underwood

    I don’t get to go to many concerts since our little one’s birth, but since Melanie’s birthday was coming up fast, I decided a couple tickets to multi-Grammy winner Carrie Underwood’s concert would be a nice gift. Held in the local Ford Park Arena, the venue was packed with thousands of rabid Carrie Underwood fans: The price of concert tickets these days is crazy, but we weren’t disappointed in the performance Carrie Underwood put on – Amazing! The band and backup singers are the best in the business – young and talented. The lightshow and “laser beams” really added to the atmosphere. 🙂 She rocked all her #1 songs and…

  • Concerts,  Family

    Point of Grace and Selah in Concert

    Melanie and I attended a concert recently at Second Baptist Church opened by: Selah with Point of Grace headlining: I saw multi-Grammy winning Point of Grace in a Christmas concert maybe 10 years ago. I had forgotten how many great songs they sing. LOTS of number one hits, their most recent topping charts and entering the country charts – “How You Live” They really sang well that night, backed by a husband or 2 and one of the guys from Avalon. Opening for them (and closing) was a group that’s been singing nearly as long as POG – Selah. I had heard of them but really didn’t know anything about…