Last night I was blessed enough to be able to go see City and Colour and The Color Fred for free in Chicago. I have to admit I was a little nervous that me and my friend wouldn’t be able to get in because there would be so many people there, but we lucked out, got in and had amazing spots! The show was amazing to say the least, and intimate with only a guitar and mic in between us. Definitely a great way to start off the year concert-wise.
The show started off with The Color Fred, and he was wonderful. He has this great energy and all of his songs sounded great even though it was an acoustic set. I have to say, the man can play the guitar. I got so distracted watching his fingers I forgot to take pictures during one song. The man knows how to interact with a crowd too. “You guys are truly awesome!” He said at one point, with someone quickly responding back,” No man, you’re awesome!” The conversation then quickly became comical, with Fred saying,”Okay well if you guys know how awesome you are, I won’t tell you anymore!” He was so funny and really took time to converse with people while he was up on stage. Everyone loved his goofy comments and big smile. He handled some obnoxious drunk dudes quite well also. And he is one chill dude to meet, so grateful to everyone he met and talked to.
City and Colour played next and even though there were some very rude people up front, Dallas Green was absolutely phenomenal. He left the set up to crowd, which brought on chaos, but the show was excellent. This was my first time seeing Dallas play live and I was excited to find that he really can sing as well as he does on his cd’s. Most bands sound different, sometimes strained when singing live, but Dallas has an incredible talent. He hypnotizes the crowd with the way he radiates with emotion during each song. You could really tell that Dallas doesn’t look at himself as some huge rockstar, but as someone who is really doing the one thing he loves. His presence on stage wasn’t a cocky, “I’m the shit” presence, but a calm, relatively shy, and entrancing presence. He was soft spoken and funny, and quick to admit that he didn’t remember how to play certain songs. (Which he actually did play a song that he at first didn’t remember, but worked through it for the fan who requested it. That’s pure awesomeness in my eyes.) Dallas’ voice and guitar playing is beautiful to say the least, and his music is definitely something everyone should experience live.
Meeting Fred and Dallas was just the icing on the cake. They are both extremely chill guys and really do take time out to talk to all of their fans. Instead of just taking a quick picture or signing something quickly, they converse with people, make phone calls for fans who couldn’t make it. Dallas and Fred truly awesome guys, amazing musicians and really care about the music and their fans!
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