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thoughts and set list from the crowder show in albuquerque (10-9)

- opening band thouhgts...
the myriad: lame...radiohead wannabes
phil wickham: amazing...i've enjoyed some of his songs which were recorded with a full band, but last night he came out with just his guitar and blew the place away. his voice was amazing and i think he won over a lot of new fans.

- crowder...
first of all, it's been a while since i've seen crowder, and most of those times were at graceland or other "churchy" experiences, not so much a concert. this was easily the biggest venue/production i've seen him in. so, it was a totally different experience...less personal, but cool nonetheless.

the set:
- The Lark Ascending or (Perhaps, more accurately, I'm trying to make you sing)
- Glory of it All (soaring chorus and big sound...trademark crowder that is so much fun to sing in a big crowd)
- Can You Feel It (not one of my favorite songs, but it was awesome to watch them play with all the gadgetry and gizmos)
- Everything Glorious
- ...Neverending...(at this point i thought he might be playing through the new record song for song...for this song he brought out a modified "Guitar Hero" controller to play the main riff...pretty cool)
- Here is Our King (also a big chorus/fun to sing with a lot of people, song)
- My Joy (see above)
- We Won't Be Quiet (i was kind of hoping ted nugent would pop out for this one, but alas, it was not to be...if you are wondering what i am talking about, check out the liner notes in the new cd)
- Foreverandever, Etc ("Albuquerque, Behold the Keytar")
- Mario Brothers Theme Song
- A Beautiful Collision (as you can see, the set was pretty much about the last two albums...no "make a joyful noise," "our love is loud," etc)
- Never Let Go (Crowder plays the piano on this hauntingly beautiful song...one of my favorite from the new record)
- Remedy (this should be CTK-Durango's theme song)
- I Saw the Light (some bluegrass fun...called amy in the middle of this one to share)
- There Is No One Like You (finally, something from the Pre-Collision days)
- O Praise Him (All this for a King) (still one of the best corporate worship songs of all time...this is also just so much fun to sing at the top of your lungs with a thousand other people)
- Surely We Can Change (after a "wall of sound" night, he closed with this quiet number)

Conclusion: bottom line is that this was a totally different Crowder experience for me...no post-show hugs or literature discussions...always you want more and I would have loved older material as well, but when it comes to the Crowder Band there is still nothing like them in the Christian music world.