{"id":4466,"date":"2021-08-07T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/315music.com\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2021-08-07T13:26:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T17:26:36","slug":"concert-review-luke-combs-at-cmac-august-5th-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/315music.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/07\/concert-review-luke-combs-at-cmac-august-5th-6th\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Review: Luke Combs at CMAC – August 5th & 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Luke Combs<\/a> made a triumphant return to CMAC<\/a> on Thursday and Friday night.\u00a0 The concerts,\u00a0 originally scheduled for June 2020 were 100% sold out.\u00a0 The mood in the amphitheater was celebratory. Fans flooded into the general admission pit area,\u00a0 jockeying for the best spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Combs was recently named one of the top earning country artists of 2020 along with George Strait. While COVID slowed most of the world down,\u00a0 it gave Luke Combs time to write.\u00a0 And write he did… He brought a batch of new songs with him. Thanks to the power of social media,\u00a0 the fans knew every word of the unreleased material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He opened his set with “Cold As You.” The new track features two familiar themes for Combs, heartbreak and beer.  He quickly launched into “1,2 Many.” The song has become a highlight of Luke’s concerts.  Halfway through the song,  Combs walked to the end of the stage and shotgunned a beer before launching the can into the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The touring band behind Combs is one of the tightest that I have seen.  There is the triple guitar attack of “Rowdy” Rob Williford, Tyler King and Dustin Nunley.  The rhythm section of Delaney Baker and Jake Sommers keep everything in pocket.  Neil Tankersley plays keyboards.  The band is rounded out by the Swiss Army Knife of musicians,  Kurt Ozan.  Ozan plays just about everything. At different points in the set he plays pedal steel, lap steel, dobro, mandolin and lead guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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