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The husband
and wife team are among the more popular duos in country music, having garnered five
top 20 singles, two ACMs and a CMT award over the last four years.
This was the first Inland
Empire appearance since a well-received spring 2013 slot
at Stagecoach Festival in Indio (read the review elsewhere on this blog).
Fans waited quite
a while for the late night 90-minutre show to begin and definitely weren’t
disappointed. Backed by a five-piece band, Keifer and Shawna Thompson got the
proceedings off to a high energy start with “I Got You,” off 2011’s self-titled,
double-platinum debut album.
The slinky “Just
Feels Good,” which name checks Tom Petty, found the couple singing in strident
fashion before seguing into a bit of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds.” The
brawny, infectious “Here’s to Being Here” was an early
highlight.
Fun and frisky
country riff rocker “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About” proved to be
another winner and incorporated a lick from John Mellencamp’s “Hurts So Good.” Current
single “I Can’t Outrun You” (a power ballad originally recorded by Trace Adkins
in ’08) was simply stunning as the Thompsons’ faced each other onstage and briefly
delved into A Great Big World’s “Say Something.”
More quiet vocals
followed with the emotional ballad “Glass” and some gorgeous guitar work from
RJ. Before a racing “Here We Go Again,” the Thompsons did a few liquor shots
and Keifer playfully imitated friend/songwriting partner Kip Moore.
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Big hit “If
I Didn’t Have You” was powerful as the singers slowly moved toward each other and
finished it with a kiss.
Shawna
gleefully beamed throughout the gig and had a fine rapport with Keifer,
who provided plenty of humorous between song banter.
Some band
introductions featured a few bars of Journey, Vanilla Ice (via Queen) and Led
Zeppelin during the intense main set closer, “One of These Days.”
Come encore
time, the duo treated everyone to a perfectly fitting take on Johnny & June
Carter Cash’s “Jackson” and finally, the chart-topper “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or
Not?” (where the audience sang along loudly) just after midnight.
See Thompson Square on Aug. 29 during Fox and Friends’ All-American Summer Concert Series,
airing on Fox News Channel.
thompsonsquare.com
stoneycreekrecords.com
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