Thanks to a busy schedule at my hard copy newspaper job and several allergic reactions to medications, my blog space has been dormant of late. Now of course, I’m baaaaaack!
In the category of catch-up news and notes, Sara Evans' headline debut at Harrah’s on Feb. 23 was fantastic. Sara, who played Atlantic City as the opening act for Alan Jackson two years ago, has seen her career on a steady rise, leading to her first headline tour beginning this past October.
Her tour is a family affair with older brother Matt Evans playing guitar and back-up vocals and little sister Ashley Evans Simpson singing back-up. In an 85-minute, fourteen song set, she covered all her hits including the soaring “Born To Fly,” “No Place That Far,” “Perfect,” “Real Fine Place To Start” and “I Could Not Ask For More.” The crowd really loved her heartstring-tugging ballad “You’ll Always Be My Baby” and her uptempo rock-tinged “Suds in the Bucket.” I really liked her final song of the night, a dynamic rendition of Carol King’s “I Feel The Earth Move.”
I hope Sara intends to make A.C. a regular stop.