{"id":7173,"date":"2019-11-10T11:43:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T11:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/?p=7173"},"modified":"2019-11-10T11:43:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T11:43:55","slug":"zac-brown-band-lucas-nelson-woodlands-pavilion-woodlands-tx-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/10\/zac-brown-band-lucas-nelson-woodlands-pavilion-woodlands-tx-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Zac Brown Band \/ Lucas Nelson – Woodlands Pavilion – Woodlands, TX – Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Dave Clements – Oct. 27, 2019<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Who\u2019s on first, what\u2019s on second, I don\u2019t know is on third. And that is the way it went all evening of the Zac Brown Concert in The Woodlands this Sunday night. So confusing\u2026<\/p>\n

I hadn\u2019t even left the house yet and the confusion began.<\/p>\n

Do we blow off one of the best touring bands across America and stay home and watch the Astros try to win their third World Series away game in a row in DC against the Washington Nationals?<\/p>\n

And if we go to the show do we record the game and watch it later, or do we try to watch it on our phones during the show?<\/p>\n

Do we try to at least keep up with the score or do we keep our heads in the sand so to speak and avoid hearing the score until we get home?<\/p>\n

Do we watch some of the game and miss the concert opener and then haul butt down to the venue? And just arrive as Zac is going on?<\/p>\n

Decisions, decisions, decisions\u2026 Okay, our plan, leave in time for the opener having recorded the game and do our best to not hear about the game during the evening. Good plan, unlikely to be properly executed.<\/p>\n

What factored in the most about going early was that the OPENER was Lukas Nelson. He is outstanding and has been each time I\u2019ve had the opportunity to see him. Same this night.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The guy is amazing. He has so much range in his vocals you can\u2019t believe it unless you hear him sing a full set of his songs. He can sound better than Willie (Willie Nelson, that is, his Dad) to better than Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top fame, to \u2018better than\u2019in a variety of other vocal tones, plus he can kick butt on the electric guitar (and acoustic) and his song selections are very diverse interesting and always entertaining.<\/p>\n

So\u2026 we made it through Lukas and the intermission with no word on \u2018the game\u2019 and are, so far, pleased with our plan.<\/p>\n

Zac and the rest of his seven band mates, after an interesting \u2018behind the scenes\u2019 video of the guys before a show, hit the stage with Toes, Cost Of Freedom and Charlie Daniels\u2019 Devil.\u00a0 All three collectively had the near capacity audience in a near frenzy.\u00a0 Or was it the Astros\u2019 game status thus far?\u00a0 Given that I didn\u2019t know the score, nor even what inning they were in, I\u2019m sticking with \u2018it was Zac\u2019<\/em> revving up the crowd!<\/p>\n

And I was at the sound board trying to get you some good shots of the guys for our \u2018photo gallery\u2019. You can decide how well I did by going there and having a look.<\/p>\n

After the 3rd<\/sup> song I had to get my camera equipment put away and didn\u2019t even touch my cell phone so that I would stay in the dark. I also didn\u2019t make eye contact with any folks on the move because I was certain that if I did they would want to somehow talk about what was going on in DC vs \u2018The Show\u2019!<\/p>\n

Back in my seat a few minutes later, ready to slide into the Zac Brown Band (Zac, by the way, is evidently spending his down time in the gym and tattoo parlor) and enjoy the show designed to impress and thrill the very enthusiastic crowd. It was obvious to me that those of us who were indeed paying attention were very<\/em> impressed. Others? Hey\u2026Go \u2018Stros!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I was beginning to get confident that I\u2019d be driving home \u2018score free\u2019 while Zac was sharing on stage that they had a new record coming out . They proceeded to play it for us, Boys In The Band.\u00a0 Great tune!<\/p>\n

Soon after, Zac brought out Lukas Nelson to share the stage with him. Damn, I should have known that \u2018the plan\u2019 working this far into the night was too good to be true.<\/p>\n

Rather than a quick introduction of Nelson and moving right on into Find Yourself, Lukas started whispering into Zac\u2019s ear for way more than a quick second to make sure they were going to be in the same key (or so I thought).<\/p>\n

Then all of a sudden like the crack of a bat Zac belts out \u201cAstros Four National Nothing in the bottom of the sixth\u201d!<\/p>\n

BAM, best laid plans have been hit out of the ball park.<\/p>\n

In retrospect I guess his announcement was better than Nat\u2019s 4 Astros Zero but none the less so much for \u2018plans\u2019.<\/p>\n

Page Two of the story was Zac put on one hell of a show and Astros put on one hell of a show. It was delightful to watch and made for a late night but worth every minute.<\/p>\n

For Zac it was the last night of their tour, and for The Woodlands, it was the last night of their season. For the Astros it was a 3 games to 2 lead coming back to Minute Maid.\u00a0 And hopefully it was the end of this \u2018home teams losing at home\u2019 trend when JV takes the mound Tuesday night!<\/p>\n

We will likely know the answer before this review goes on line and remember \u2018I don\u2019t know\u2019 is on third, \u2018what\u2019s\u2019 on second and \u2018who\u2019 is on first!<\/p>\n

Until next time please support live music every chance you have\u2026unless the Astros are playing!<\/p>\n

dwc<\/p>\n

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Written by Dave Clements – Oct. 27, 2019 Who\u2019s on first, what\u2019s on second, I don\u2019t know is on third. And that is the way it went all evening of the Zac Brown Concert in The Woodlands this Sunday night. So confusing\u2026 I hadn\u2019t even left the house yet and the confusion began. Do we… <\/p>\n

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