After a rocking show at Red Rocks Friday night, Kim and I woke up fairly early Saturday morning for a flight to Kansas City and another O.A.R. show. Our friends Doni and Phil bought tickets for the show out at the newly reopened Sandstone and invited us to come along. We met up with them out at the airport, drove out towards the amphitheater and to our hotel near the Kansas Speedway. After some dinner and drinks we headed to the show and walked in just as Brett Dennen was finishing his opening set.

Obviously, for me, it was going to be hard for this show to live up to the night prior. The crowd was much smaller than the sold out crowd at Red Rocks, and obviously the scenery in Kansas cannot compare to the mountains in Colorado. With that said, I was happy to hear the band play mostly songs that they didn’t play the night before. Sure, there were a few repeats, but I have a feeling some of those are going to be played nearly every show this tour. “I Feel Home” opens us the acoustic set perfectly, while “On My Way” ends it just as well, complete with the full band coming back in full force for the end. The setlist may not have been as good as the night before, but we still got to hear some great tunes. “On Top The Cage” and “Risen” to name a few.

Unfortunately the wind nearly killed my recording. I tried to clean it up as best I could, but there are still some bad parts. I went ahead an posted it anyway, since I was the only one there taping. Better than nothing, right? Despite all of this, it was still a great show. I’d say better than most I’ve seen the past few years. Plus we got to hang with our old friends again, which is always a blast. Thanks guys!