It’s always a great time to listen to live country music on a Saturday night in the natural state! The country music artist, Cody Johnson came to town, along with Dillon Carmichael and Chris Janson to perform a wonderful sold out concert on The Leather Tour at the Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock, AR!
The opening act was rising country music artist, Dillon Carmichael. “Hi Y’all! My name is Dillon Carmichael. It’s nice to meet y’all!,” said the Kentucky native. He performed six songs during his set including Family Tree, Drinkin’ Problems, Hot Beer, Pickin’ Up Girls, Son Of A and Big Truck. “Thank you so much to Cody Johnson for giving us the opportunity to play and make some fans. We are so grateful,” said Carmichael before the end of his set.
One of the most energetic entertainers in country music, Chris Janson was the second act of the night! “I was an OG Cody Johnson fan just like y’all and so proud that the tour actually finally came to fruition.” Janson continued, “Very grateful that you are here tonight, thank you for coming, thank you for being here,” the artist shared with the audience.
The 215th Grand Ole Opry Member, Chris Janson performed several of his big hit songs including Redneck Life, Fix A Drink, Good Vibes, All I Need Is You, Say About Me, The Reel Bass Pro with his son, Jessie, Drunk Girl, Done and his first number one hit, Buy Me A Boat.
He also performed several cover songs including Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis, East Bound and Down by Jerry Reed, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Louisiana Saturday Night by Mel McDaniel, Mountain Music by Alabama, Get Up Offa That Thing by James Brown, Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey, Little Rock by Collin Raye and closed his set with a fantastic tribute to Toby Keith performing his song, Courtesy Of The Red, White and Blue.
The crowd was excited as country music artist, Cody Johnson made his grand entrance to the stage opening the show with his songs, Me and My Kind, Dance Her Home and With You I Am! “Tonight, we got a whole bunch of brand new music we want to play for y’all if that’s alright here in Arkansas,” said Johnson.
Cody Johnson performed the title track to his latest album and the name of the tour, Leather, along with several songs of his including Dear Rodeo, Nothin’ On You, People In The Back, Fenceposts, Work Boots, Double Down, On My Way To You, Human, Dirt Cheap, The Painter, ‘Til You Can’t and Diamond In My Pocket. He also performed two cover songs including Long Haired Country Boy by Charlie Daniels and Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys by Waylon Jennings.
This concert in Arkansas was a sold out show for Cody Johnson! He comes to the natural state quite often to perform in concert. Johnson during the show reminisced about performing in Arkansas during the early days in his career and appreciated where he’s at in country music now. “I remember one of the first times we ever came to Arkansas. It was a long time ago and I think we had about 75 people in the bar. In case you ain’t noticed, this is a lot more than 75 people, y’all look good in here tonight!” said Johnson.
Along with that, Cody Johnson made sure to give a spotlight to the members in his band. “I want you to know something about this band. There’s no tracks on this stage. What that means, is there’s nobody over there pushing a computer playing you stuff, that’s not actually on stage. What you’re listening to tonight is seven men up here pouring their heart and soul into country music for y’all tonight.”
One of the biggest songs in Cody Johnson’s country music career has been one of his recent singles, ‘Til You Can’t. Right before performing the tune, Johnson shared how grateful he was for this song and for what’s to come with the crowd. “I want to thank everybody in country radio for giving me this song. Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers, the guys that wrote this song changed my life and I hope this song has changed your life too.”
Johnson continues, “If you didn’t take anything away from this concert tonight, I want you to listen to this, if you got a chance, take it! This was my first # 1 on country radio. And honestly after hearing you guys sing The Painter and Dirt Cheap, I don’t think it’s going to be the last!”
One thing is for certain, Cody Johnson will always perform an amazing show, no matter how many times you have seen him in concert! He continues to release remarkable traditional country music and is one of many reasons why country music fans keep coming back for more. Dillon Carmichael and Chris Janson were fantastic additions to the show as well! If you like Cody Johnson’s music, be sure to see him live in concert!
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