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Willie Nelson Country Throwdown Eufaula Oklahoma

<h3>Willie Nelson&&num;8217&semi;s Country Throwdown Tour Hits Eufaula Oklahoma For A Party At The Cove&excl;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>If anyone knows how to throw a party it is <strong><a title&equals;"Willie Nelson" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSWNelson&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Fwillie-nelson-tickets&percnt;2F">Willie Nelson<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>and his friends&excl; This summer that rowdy bunch was Willie&comma; <strong><a title&equals;"Jamey Johnson" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSJJohnson&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Fjamey-johnson-tickets&percnt;2F">Jamey Johnson<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; <strong><a title&equals;"Randy Houser" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSRHouser&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Frandy-houser-tickets&percnt;2F">Randy Houser<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; Jack Ingram&comma; <a title&equals;"Lee Brice" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;lee-brice-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Lee Brice<&sol;a>&comma; <a title&equals;"Brantley Gilbert" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;brantley-gilbert-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Brantley Gilbert<&sol;a>&comma; <strong>Craig Campbell<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong><a title&equals;"Lukas Nelson" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;tour-dates-lukas-nelson&sol;">Lukas Nelson<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>&lpar;Willie&&num;8217&semi;s son&rpar; <strong>&&num;038&semi; Promise of the Real<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong><a title&equals;"Drake White" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;drake-white-tour-dates&sol;">Drake White<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Caitlyn Smith<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Erin Enderlin<&sol;strong>&comma;<strong> Adam Hood<&sol;strong>&comma;<strong> Dani Flowers<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong><a title&equals;"Brent Cobb" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;brent-cobb-extends-us-tour&sol;">Brent Cobb<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Tyler Reeve<&sol;strong>&comma; and <strong>Austin Lucas<&sol;strong>&period; The 2nd Annual <strong>Country Throwdown Tour<&sol;strong> was little over a month&comma; starting May 28 in <strong>Philadelphia<&sol;strong> and ending tonight&comma; July 4&comma; in <strong>Fort Worth<&sol;strong>&period; I was lucky enough to get my country fix in <strong>Eufaula&comma; Ok<&sol;strong> on <strong>July 2<&sol;strong> after an awesome day at the lake&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I regret to say I missed a couple performers&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m very sad about it and have made it my mission to catch them the next chance I get&period; My only excuse is I was trying to find Willie on the lake&excl; I spent the 4th of July weekend with a lifelong friend and her family on the water&period; As we were leaving the marina around noon&comma; we got word that Willie was just there&comma; the same dock as us&excl; I tried and I tried to see those braids catching some sun on a boat all afternoon but unfortunately was unsuccessful&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once we made it to the amphitheater I realized we had missed <strong><a title&equals;"Lee Brice" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;lee-brice-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Lee Brice<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; heartbroken I held my chin up in excitement for the artists I was soon to see&period; My group caught the tail end of <strong><a title&equals;"Brantley Gilbert" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;brantley-gilbert-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Brantley Gilbert<&sol;a>&&num;8217&semi;s <&sol;strong>show on the side stage as we were walking in and was pleasantly surprised in the very small window of time &lpar;I&&num;8217&semi;m talking minutes&rpar; until the next performer&comma; <a title&equals;"Randy Houser" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSRHouser&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Frandy-houser-tickets&percnt;2F">Randy Houser<&sol;a>&comma; took the main stage&period; He started off with his hit &&num;8220&semi;<em>Boots On<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; and never dropped his energy until after his last song &&num;8220&semi;<em>Whistlin&&num;8217&semi; Dixie<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In between &&num;8220&semi;stage&&num;8221&semi; performer was a group of songwriters from the &&num;8220&semi;<strong>Bluebird Cafe Stage<&sol;strong>&&num;8220&semi;&period; They were an awesome addition to the day&comma; keeping live music flowing at all times&period; I really enjoyed Caitlyn Smith&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;<em>Hank Drank<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; and the good-timing-party-having attitudes of <a title&equals;"Brent Cobb" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;brent-cobb-extends-us-tour&sol;">Brent Cobb<&sol;a>&comma; Tyler Reeve&comma; and Adam Hood&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Jack Ingram<&sol;strong>&comma; who only toured June 30 through July 3&comma; seemed to have a different look&comma; but the same voice&excl; He had the crowd going with songs like &&num;8220&semi;<em>Love You<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Barbie Doll<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; and &&num;8220&semi;<em>Barefoot And Crazy<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&period; <a title&equals;"Jamey Johnson" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSJJohnson&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Fjamey-johnson-tickets&percnt;2F">Jamey Johnson<&sol;a> was the last performer before Willie and he put on one hell of a show&excl; He was joined on stage a couple different times&comma; once with Lucas Nelson&comma; once with Dani Flowers&comma; and once with three little girls to sing his song &&num;8220&semi;<em>In Color<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&period; Another treat he had for the Oklahoma crowd was his cover of <strong>Don Williams&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong>&&num;8220&semi;<em>Tulsa Time<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once the legend took the stage all bets were off&excl; Nelson had the cove roaring with excitement as he famously opened with his classic &&num;8220&semi;<em><strong><a title&equals;"Whiskey" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;whiskeychick&period;rocks&sol;branded">Whiskey<&sol;a> River<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&period; It seemed like he never took a breath&comma; flowing from one song to another&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Mammas Don&&num;8217&semi;t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Beer For My Horses<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>On The Road Again<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Always On My Mind<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Crazy<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; and tons more&excl; A couple of my favorites were the songs &&num;8220&semi;<em>Me And Paul<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; a song he wrote about him and his longtime drummer and friend <strong>Paul English <&sol;strong>and &&num;8220&semi;<em>Flooding Down In Texas<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; which he performed with his son Lucas&period; When singing a party favorite&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Move It On Over<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; he threw off his hat and caused a bit of riot &lpar;all in good fun&rpar;&period; The last song of the night was a gospel mix of &&num;8220&semi;<em>Will The Circle Be Unbroken<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;<em>I&&num;8217&semi;ll Fly Away<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; with everybody from the tour on stage&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In true country music style&comma; there were some to the core fans&excl; Some were young&comma; some were old&comma; some were happy&comma; others were fighting&comma; some were eating&comma; some were drinking&comma; but they were <strong>ALL<&sol;strong> having a great time&excl; It really was an excellent experience worth every penny&excl; Fireworks filled the sky while some of my favorite lyrics were sang and made it an American Birthday I&&num;8217&semi;ll never forget&excl;<&sol;p>

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