{"id":3596,"date":"2010-03-26T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T18:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2010-03-26T14:32:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T18:32:06","slug":"cma-writers-series-at-joes-pub-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/26\/cma-writers-series-at-joes-pub-9\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA Writers Series at Joe’s Pub"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night was our (lucky?) 13th time at a CMA Songwriters Series show at Joe\u2019s Pub<\/a>. There was a very special guest star, announced well in advance, which made them sell out even sooner than they usually do (and they always sell out!).<\/p>\n

In order to give the special guest, Dierks Bentley<\/a> a little more time with the crowd, they only had four performers rather than the more typical five (though I\u2019m just guessing at the reason).<\/p>\n

For the first time in our experience, Bob DiPiero<\/a> (the host of the series) sat at the left end rather than the middle.<\/p>\n

\"DavidLeeMurphyDierksBentleyJimBeavers\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Going from left to right:<\/p>\n

Bob DiPiero is always a crowd favorite. I\u2019m convinced that he could show up himself, and most of the people that attend these shows would come anyway. There\u2019s no doubt that he\u2019s written huge hits, and that many are great songs, but for as large a catalog as he has, he doesn\u2019t vary it all that much from show to show (for my taste). I don\u2019t blame him, as every morsel gets eaten up by the audience, so he\u2019s playing to the heart of his fans.<\/p>\n

\"BobDiPiero\"<\/a><\/p>\n

David Lee Murphy<\/a> played guitar and sang. We saw David Lee once before on September 9th, 2008 at one of these shows. He was excellent that night, as he was last night again. He\u2019s a polished performer with a lot of hits. As I mentioned in my post the last time we saw him, he\u2019s funny, but lower key than many of the others who come to this series.<\/p>\n

\"DavidLeeMurphy1\"<\/a> \"DavidLeeMurphy2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dierks Bentley played guitar and sang. We saw Dierks at Madison Square Garden<\/a> on October 21st, 2009 when he opened for Brad Paisley<\/a>. I covered that show in this post<\/a>. If you read that, you know that Dierks was great that night. We were extremely excited to see him at our favorite club, in an intimate environment.<\/p>\n

\"DierksBentley1\"<\/a> \"DierksBentley2\"<\/a> \"DierksBentley3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t disappoint that expectation, in that he was amazingly personable, funny, and he played a nice selection of his hits. Unfortunately, it wasn\u2019t magical, since he was fighting some sort of throat condition (cold?) and as he himself pointed out, his voice wasn\u2019t coming out as he and we all know it to be (he really has an excellent voice).<\/p>\n

Jim Beavers<\/a> played guitar and sang. Jim is incredibly funny in a totally self-deprecating manner. He was the target of both Bob and Dierks the entire evening, and he held his own both pushing back and piling on himself. He has written a number of hits and performed them well last night.<\/p>\n

\"JimBeavers1\"<\/a> \"JimBeavers2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was a fun show, with a slightly higher banter-to-music ratio than normal (something we both appreciate) with a very appreciative crowd. The energy and enthusiasm of the crowd alone would have made it an event you wouldn\u2019t want to miss, but for my money, the quality of the music itself last night was below the norm for these shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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