2023-07-10 03:29:25
Listening to some quiet Zach Bryan songs, you wondered if it was to work on the Plains. We got the answer quickly. People knew the songs, there was atmosphere and the sound system was exceptional. The American author, composer and singer offered a huge evening of country music. A great evening.
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“Hello Quebec. My name is Zach Bryan”, he launched, without fla-fla, launching his 90-minute performance with Open the Gate, of the album American Heartbreak.
The U.S. Navy veteran, from Oologah, Oklahoma, was visibly impressed by the size of the crowd in front of him.
“It’s the biggest crowd I’ve played in front of. Thank you”, he said after the title Highway Boys.
They weren’t the huge ones of Imagine Dragons and Foo Fighters, but there were plenty of people on the Plains on that glorious July evening.
The 27-year-old artist offered his show from his tour Burn, Burn, Burn. The country sounds are present. The presence of violin and a trumpet are a little extra in his music. Him, in any case, we can affirm it, he plays country and he does it without hiding it behind rock.
It was a very first visit to Quebec for Zach Bryan. A first time he called totally crazy.
Didier Debusschere / Le Journal de Quebec
Zachary Lane Bryan must have been surprised to land in a French-speaking city that was unknown to him and see a large audience who knew his songs. It was impressive to hear this crowd singing the words of God Speedsecond title of the evening, and those of Condemned, of his album DeAnnd’Oklahoma Smokeshow, you EP Summertime Bluesand of Late July.
“We don’t deserve you at all,” he said, thanking the audience, between each song, with obvious sincerity.
beautiful magic
Every time he trusted the crowd to sing with him, like on Something in the Orange et Burn, Burn, Burn, she responded forcefully. Beautiful magic. He didn’t need to stall cans of beer to get the audience.
The communion between the artist and the public was, at times, to raise the hair on the arms.
When one of the six musicians played a few notes of Speak lower, you film The Godfather, on his banjo, the crowd began to chant “Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy!”. Atmosphere, there was. Even the quieter titles played very well.
Didier Debusschere / Le Journal de Quebec
Drummer Steve Clark, who wore the overalls, sang most of the lyrics to the songs, even though he didn’t have a microphone. A communion, they said.
“Music is the most beautiful thing in the world and it’s what brings us together tonight. You’ve been waiting here in the heat. I raise my glass to you, ”said the singer-guitarist, whose sweater with cut sleeves showed the tattoos on his arms.
Didier Debusschere / Le Journal de Quebec
At the end of the performance, after a few drops of rain, during Revival offered as an encore, Zach Bryan introduced his seven musicians and plunged into the crowd for a very short session of crowd surfing. Yes, a huge and crazy evening.
Tenille Townes
Before the arrival of the star of the evening, the Canadian Tenille Townes gave an energetic performance of almost an hour.
The 29-year-old singer-songwriter and her four musicians delivered a healthy dose of rock with hints of country. It was, all in all, a lot more rock than country.
A well-balanced performance where she managed to attract the attention of people on the Plains.
The artist with the long, tousled hair from Grande Prairie, Alberta, judiciously inserted a few covers throughout his performance. There have been Ironic, d’Alanis Morissette, I’m The Only One, de Melissa Etheridge, et Come Together, by the Beatles, with an audience singing the “Over Me” from the chorus. We even thought we heard a few bars of Baba O’Riley from The Who at the end of Girl Who Didn’t Care.
She offered a beautiful moment when she dedicated Jersey On The Wall (I’m Just Asking) to people who have lost someone. A song she wrote after learning during a performance at a New Brunswick high school that a traffic accident had killed a 17-year-old driver, who was the star of the basketball team.
“You are beautiful. THANKS! We can’t wait to come back and see the show of Zach Bryan with you”, she launched, before ending her performance with big guitar chords. Tenille Townes will offer, tomorrow, a pop-up in an undisclosed location.
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