The Band. Perry. The Band Perry?

I have to give my sister credit for me being a huge fan of The Band Perry. She introduced me to their music this past summer before our trip to Nashville to see Carrie Underwood playing at the Grand Ole Opry. The Band Perry was one of the other groups performing. Up until that time, I had never even heard of them.

I quickly became obsessed with their songs, and memorization started! Well, back to what I am really wanting to talk about. The Tennessee Valley Fair came to town last week and they were scheduled to perform one night. My friend asked me if I wanted to go and I had no idea she even liked them. I obviously said "heck yeah!"

My friend, Sara, and I reserved our tickets online so we had better seats than if we just showed up. We got into place and I was themed out in my cowboy boots, fringe vest and Taylor Swift Wal-Mart dress. We sat in our pretty good seats and waited for the show to begin.

They played for a good full hour. At the Grand Ole Opry they only had time to play three songs, so it was great to hear lots and lots. They played all the ones I knew, plus several others from their upcoming album. One thing I love about The Band Perry is that they sound like the radio when they are live. Most musical acts sound COMPLETELY different live and most of time not as good, but they were amazing live!

Let me just describe what I saw on stage. Kim (the lead singer) was wearing the cutest boots which were over-the-knee boots. Reid has long shaggy hair and bangs which makes me think he should be from the Beatles. Neil played an accordion which I find fascinating and wore extremely tight pants. Well, Reid did also, but Neil's were tighter.

After the show, I noticed everybody going to stand in line. I saw that they had the t-shirt and picture table out so that was what that was. Sara and I went straight to their tour bus to wait for them to get on so we could maybe get a picture. Time went by and the t-shirt line got extremely long. After we heard screams, we realized they were at the table signing autographs and taking pictures. When I say that the line was long, I mean LONGGGGGG. I decided I wanted to stand in it anyway, because I never pass up an opportunity to meet a celebrity. Hello, have you met me?

I stood in line for about an hour or so, but it really did not seem that long. As I was getting closer, I noticed they were tall taking a picture with everyone and signing one item per person. I got my camera out, which was blinking because it was dying and I got out my ticket for them to sign. When I was up, I handed a girl my camera praying it would not die at the worst possible time.

The Band Perry- Kim, Reid and Neil- motioned me over and Reid took my ticket to sign first while Kim and Neil shook my hand and introduced themselves. Then Reid did, too. I introduced myself and told Kim, "I really like your boots, FYI." She said, "Thank you! They are really comfortable. And I really like your entire outfit." I think the fact that I can quote our conversation shows that I love them.

I was super excited that 1- she liked my outfit and 2- they were so nice and normal. They all stood for a picture with me and I was like a little kid at Christmas.