Have you ever seen a group of thirty photographers holding thousands of dollars of equipment and sprinting through a massive festival crowd? That was the case for us as a security snafu blocked our entrance for Shinedown, and we all earned marathon medals (and probably a bottle of water) for making it through the entire crowd in under a minute and getting to the stage just as Shinedown came out playing “Fly From The Inside.” Knocking out their popular hits such as “45” “Second Chance” and their cover of “Simple Man”
Shinedown is an all-around great live band, with singer Brent Smith hitting every note, guitarist Zach Myers bouncing around on stage, Eric Bass jumping up and down to the beat, and Barry Kerch banging out the drums they definitely put their all in their performance. It was my first time having the pleasure to see Shinedown live, but I’m definitely hoping it won’t be the last.
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