All I can say is FREAKIN’ AMAZING!!!! The guys were ON tonight in Tampa and we rocked the house! They started with “You Don’t Belong” which is so powerful live and Chris came out in the cowboy hat! THUD! The crowd response was excellent, despite the talking losers behind me! We had a couple in their 50s next to us whom came to see Bon Jovi, but told us they’d purchased the DAUGHTRY CD recently just because they knew they were openers. And, they LOVED it! So, we all rocked it together! Woo Hoo! Oh, and the hoochie mama’s were out in full force!
The set was loud and hard and fabulous. In no specific order, we got “You Don’t Belong”, “Home” with “Home Sweet Home” intro, “TABA” with “Hey Man, Nice Shot”, “It’s Not Over”, “Over You”, “What About Now” with “Walk the Line”, “What I Want”, and “Breakdown.” BUT, we got a bonus track!!!! “Feels Like the First Time” by Foreigner!!!!! Yes, I recorded it! Joey gave me the scoop on this later! So apparently they actually went into the studio and recorded this one, but this was the first live performance. It’s for something on CNN (I’m not sure what) that will be airing next month. Joey said it likely will be available on iTunes at some point and might possibly be released this summer! He also said they are officially releasing “What About Now” soon. So, with these two being released, it’s going to push the next album/CD into next year! He said they haven’t completely decided what’s going on it anyway and will start recording it in June. But, pushing the release into 2009 will give them time to relax and get the CD the way they want it! Joey is hoping to get his own disc of music out this year. He recorded around 20 tracks for himself in January.
I met up with Suzie (suzieq15cd), Lori (redhead), Robin (imajagfan), Kimberly (head of Joey NE street team), Mary, Brenda (bbelg614) and many others! Sorry girls, I can’t remember all the names! We all hung by the buses post show and Joey came out to hang with us for a long time. Josh Paul sped off with someone in a hot little sports car, so we didn’t get any time with him. (Apparently he has friends or family in the area). Joey was social and spoke softly as usual. We all talked about the show, the new song, the bomb threat, politics, George Michael (yes, he’s a fan too), the Beatles, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora (“Just trying to stay outta jail man!”:lol: ), anonymity, “man tits” , quadruple platinum, the new CD and his CD. There’s probably more, but it’s such a blur I can’t remember it all! David and Joey became fast friends. David never left his side during the hour plus Joey was hanging with us! So, I guess they are BFFs now!!!
Chris and Carter came on over and hung out for a bit. I told him that we LOVED the Foreigner cover and he said “Yeah, we did that for CNN. That was our first time live. You like it?”. Absolutely I liked it, yes, yes, YES!!! There were only about 10 of us at this point so Chris went down the line and took pics and exchanged HUGS with ALL of us. I told him I needed two because I had several girls from DAUGHTRY Official that missed out, so he obliged me!!!!!!! So, ((((HUGS)))) for all my girls!
At this point it’s super duper late and almost no one is around except the roadies loading the trucks. Chris and Joey are over by the buses goofing around, but Steely and Brian are nowhere to be found. I was beyond beat, so David and I said goodbye to our new found but old friends. It was bittersweet and so, so memorable. Our hour ride back to Kissimmee was long and of course no way could I sleep with lovely thoughts of DAUGHTRY in my head!
The bestest by far!!
All I can say is FREAKIN’ AMAZING!!!! The guys were ON tonight in Tampa and we rocked the house! They started with “You Don’t Belong” which is so powerful live and Chris came out in the cowboy hat! THUD! The crowd response was excellent, despite the talking losers behind me!
We had a couple in their 50s next to us whom came to see Bon Jovi, but told us they’d purchased the DAUGHTRY CD recently just because they knew they were openers. And, they LOVED it! So, we all rocked it together! Woo Hoo! Oh, and the hoochie mama’s were out in full force! 
, quadruple platinum, the new CD and his CD. There’s probably more, but it’s such a blur I can’t remember it all! David and Joey became fast friends. David never left his side during the hour plus Joey was hanging with us! So, I guess they are BFFs now!!! 
The set was loud and hard and fabulous. In no specific order, we got “You Don’t Belong”, “Home” with “Home Sweet Home” intro, “TABA” with “Hey Man, Nice Shot”, “It’s Not Over”, “Over You”, “What About Now” with “Walk the Line”, “What I Want”, and “Breakdown.” BUT, we got a bonus track!!!! “Feels Like the First Time” by Foreigner!!!!! Yes, I recorded it! Joey gave me the scoop on this later! So apparently they actually went into the studio and recorded this one, but this was the first live performance. It’s for something on CNN (I’m not sure what) that will be airing next month. Joey said it likely will be available on iTunes at some point and might possibly be released this summer! He also said they are officially releasing “What About Now” soon. So, with these two being released, it’s going to push the next album/CD into next year! He said they haven’t completely decided what’s going on it anyway and will start recording it in June. But, pushing the release into 2009 will give them time to relax and get the CD the way they want it! Joey is hoping to get his own disc of music out this year. He recorded around 20 tracks for himself in January.
I met up with Suzie (suzieq15cd), Lori (redhead), Robin (imajagfan), Kimberly (head of Joey NE street team), Mary, Brenda (bbelg614) and many others! Sorry girls, I can’t remember all the names! We all hung by the buses post show and Joey came out to hang with us for a long time. Josh Paul sped off with someone in a hot little sports car, so we didn’t get any time with him. (Apparently he has friends or family in the area). Joey was social and spoke softly as usual. We all talked about the show, the new song, the bomb threat, politics, George Michael (yes, he’s a fan too), the Beatles, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora (“Just trying to stay outta jail man!”:lol: ), anonymity, “man tits”
Chris and Carter came on over and hung out for a bit. I told him that we LOVED the Foreigner cover and he said “Yeah, we did that for CNN. That was our first time live. You like it?”. Absolutely I liked it, yes, yes, YES!!! There were only about 10 of us at this point so Chris went down the line and took pics and exchanged HUGS with ALL of us. I told him I needed two because I had several girls from DAUGHTRY Official that missed out, so he obliged me!!!!!!! So, ((((HUGS)))) for all my girls!
At this point it’s super duper late and almost no one is around except the roadies loading the trucks. Chris and Joey are over by the buses goofing around, but Steely and Brian are nowhere to be found. I was beyond beat, so David and I said goodbye to our new found but old friends. It was bittersweet and so, so memorable. Our hour ride back to Kissimmee was long and of course no way could I sleep with lovely thoughts of DAUGHTRY in my head!