Kevin Montgomery and The Road Trippers

Denmark - 1st February 2005

By Mal

On Tuesday the 1.st feb 2005 I saw my first (so far) gig with Kevin Montgomery and The Roadtrippers.Being a fan for over a year, I was so excited to see them live. It was a long time dream coming true. Al Perkins was featuring with them with his guitar and pedalsteel guitar.Two Danish performers rock/pop star Soren Sko and country singer Ester Brohus were their special guest stars. I knew a little bit about Ester Brohus, and Soren Sko who are pretty famous here in Denmark. Many of the people who came to the gig came because of either Soren Sko or Ester Brohus. I got to talk with two couples, and they told me they came without knowing who kevin Montgomery was, and ended up being the ones who clapped the loudest (next after me, of course!!) and bying two-three of his cd's and joined his mailing list.Kevin and the Roadtrippers surely made a lots of new fans that night!

Kevin started the gig with "I Don't even know your name". After that Soren sko and Ester Brohus joined him and jammed throught some of Esters songs. She was amazing. Kevin and Ester sounded SO great together. Their voices fit so fine. As far as i know, they are friends, and that was easy to see. They had a blast on that scene. Soren Sko voice was deeper than Kevins and it gave me thrills to hear all three of them plus the Roadtrippers singing together. Truely a great show!!! The Roadtrippers are so talented.

After some few of Sorens and Esters songs, Kevin performed four of his own songs. Among them was Tennesse Girl (one of my faves). Then there was break, and kevin came out to his "booth" to sell cd's and say hello to fans. I was one of the first to join. I was pretty nervous, because he's one of my absolutely faves, and it was a dream coming true to meet him. Sadly the Roadtrippers were not joining us on the booth. I would have loved to meet Robert, Mike and Paul and of course Al Perkins. Well, maybe next time. Kevin was so nice to me and took his time to talk with me and signed my 2.30 am booklet. When I asked him to have my piture taken with him, he said "Yeah, OF COURSE" and he took his time to make sure that it wasn't too dark, and we had a right background. After he posed for one pic, he asked the photographer (a nice helpful man from the audience) to take another one:"One more, one more" he said. I asked him if he was going to sing more of his own songs and he was. He sang a couple of other songs with Ester and Soren and among them was Kevins "Wreckless" (I think) and Las Vegas. (A fantastic upbeat song sounded even better live!!), They rock!!!! Robert was one big grin the entire gig and was joking with Kevin. Kevin was cold and was sniffing now and then, but he sounds incredible as he always does, and even better live!!! Then Kevin and the lads did three more songs and the show was over. But the audience kept clapping and stamped and called: "Encore, encore encore" Kevin, the guys and the Danish Guest stars came back and did: "Tennesse Girl" again and left the scene. The audience started to clap and call again, and Kevin came back and winked the Roadtrippers in.."Come on.." he said..And the last song that night was another one among my many faves and the last track on his 2.30am: Fear Nothing. That sounded SO amazing. Kevin's clear and emotional voice was floating toward us and filled the room, and it was very touching. A perfect end on a perfect night.

Here's the list of the songs,(in no particulary order except from the first and last number)

I Don't Even Know Your name
Tennesse Girl
Las Vegas
Lookin' Out For #One
Way back When
Cherokee City
Melrose
Red-blooded American Boy
Wreckless (I think, can't remember)
Another Long Story
Tennesse Girl (again)
Fear Nothing

Plus 4-5 Of Soren Sko's and Ester Brohus' songs i don't know the names of them)

It was a wonderful night!!! These guys rocks!! It was great to see how much Kevin, Roadtrippers, the gueststars and Al perkinks enjoyed to play together. The only thing missing, was to hear Let's All Go To California, I Can't Drive You From My Mind, and most of all Stumbled. But of course there was a time limit for the show and the guys couldn't play all night..haha. This is definitely not the last time I go to see Kevin montgomery and The Roadtrippers live. Be sure to see me among the audience next time they vist Denmark or other countries in Scandinavia.