Bo Bice: Unplugged

OK, now I never imagined I’d write one blog post about Bo Bice, let alone this one, which is my third!

But I’ve got to say: What a show!

A couple nights before Friday’s show at The Chance, I actually went to a Bo Bice message board (yes, I was that bored!) and read that he was doing some acoustic shows on his current tour. Seriously? I thought. No big rock show? Just Bo, a guitar and a mic?

Man, was I surprised!

Standing in the front row, my GF and I enjoyed almost 90 minutes of southern rock, culminating with Bo’s show-ending rendition of “Sweet Home Alabama” with his ol’ pal and opening act, Gary Nichols. (Check out his Web site here.)

I actually recorded that finale on my brand-spanking new digital camera, but the fine folks at YouTube only let you uploaded videos that are less than 100 MB, and the file was 124 MB. (I know … “Like we care, geek!”) Anyway … I was able to post this lil' jam session of him and Nichols:


Admittedly, the YouTube videos come out a lil blurry in the blog, so feel free to click here and watch it with better resolution.

While he only did two songs from his debut CD, "The Real Thing" — that was the CD that I was trying to memorize for two weeks — he also did some new songs he's been working on for his upcoming release, a cover of the Eagles' "Take It Easy" and even a lil' "Wheels On The Bus" while expounding the virtues of the Doodlebops. (Ya had to be there.) In between, he conversed back and forth with the crowd and really seemed to enjoy his night in Po-town!

All in all, it was a great show and he came off as a really down-to-earth guy.