"This is the nicest show I've ever been to. I just heard say someone say "excuse me."
Last night LA came face to face with country's greatest. Dierks Bentley hosted a private show at the Knitting Factory to celebrate his 4 grammy nominations.
The show started at 11:00PM . Dierks performed for close to 45 minutes. Showing LA what it's like to be a true artist. Dierks had announced that he had some surprises for the night but I could guarantee that no one in the room could have guessed what was about to happen.
As Dierks told the crowd that he had invited some of his friends, Miranda Lambert made her way to the stage. The crowd was in awe, completely shocked and excited. Miranda sang 2 songs with Dierks and then left the stage. Right as she made her way off the of the stage Dierks began to tell a story about how he had tried to get a hold of Brad Paisley to ask him to come perform with him tonight but that "Brad was too big of a star now." As he finished his sentence Brad Paisley made his way to the stage to perform a few songs with Dierks. The crowd went crazy, not really knowing what was going on and how it was possible to get such amazing performers on one of the smallest stages in Los Angeles.
After Brad left the stage anticipation grew stronger, everyone knew that the night had just begun and there were certainly more surprises in store. The biggest surprise of the night was Matt McCreedy of Pearl Jam to the stage. The crowd just went nuts. Everyone looked at each other and just mouthed the words "seriously." It felt like we were in some alternate universe. Under normal circumstances this would have never happened. Meaning, you could not get Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert in a 400 person capacity room in Nashville, TN. It's just not possible. Fans would take over the venue and the fire marshall would have to close the show down because people would have heard about it and demanded to get into the show.
Anyways, the show was not over. 2 big surprises made their way to the stage. The first being Haley and Josh from Paramore. Dierks knew them because they live in the same city, Franklin and he invited them to sing some Johnny Cash with him. Her bright red hair and powerful vocals caught everyone's attention.
The last surprise of the night was the legendary Dwight Yokon. A few of my friends saw him walking around earlier in the night. Never would they have thought that he was actually going to get on stage and perform with Dierks.
"What a night.." is what everyone said as they left the Knitting Factory that night. A rare night in Hollywood and definitely a night that no one will ever forget.
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