AMY GRANT CONCERT


Diane and I listened to Amy Grant’s music back in the 1980s and enjoyed it. Diane still plays an Amy Grant Christmas CD during the Holidays. This Amy Grant concert took place 5 minutes from our house at the historic Rivera Theatre (1,100 seats) in downtown North Tonawanda. The concert sold out with mostly an aging audience. As most of you probably know, Amy Grant also released some Contemporary Christian CDs. She sang some religious songs and many in the audience chimed in. Amy Grant sang the songs we like most from her CDs: “Lucky One,” “That’s What Love Is For,” “Baby Baby,” “Every Heartbeat,” and “I Will Remember You.” All in all, a pleasant concert in friendly surroundings. We drove home in 5 minutes after the concert ended. That doesn’t happen very often. Are you an Amy Grant fan? GRADE: A
SET LIST:
Anywhere With Jesus
Curious Thing
Takes a Little Time
Lucky One
Stay for Awhile
Saved by Love
Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell cover)
Find a Way
Oh How the Years Go By (Simon Climie cover)
That’s What Love Is For
I Will Be Your Friend
Father’s Eyes
Better Than a Hallelujah
Thy Word
El-Shaddai
Sing Your Praise to the Lord (Rich Mullins cover)
Baby Baby
Every Heartbeat
Put a Little Love in Your Heart (Jackie DeShannon cover)
I Will Remember You

18 thoughts on “AMY GRANT CONCERT

  1. Deb

    Don’t really know much of her stuff, except “Baby, Baby.” I know she was one of the first Christian crossover acts and many people (on both sides of the divide) didn’t take kindly to that. Then—Heaven forfend!—she got divorced from her first husband and married Vince Gill (not sure if they’re still married) which I always found interesting because when he was the lead singer of Pure Prairie League they had a hit titled “Amy”—long before he met Amy Grant.

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      1. Steve Oerkfitz

        I just saw Willie Nile at a small venue last Thursday. He puts on a great show. He is originally from Buffalo.

  2. Jeff Meyerson

    Like Deb and Patti, I don’t really know her music. I am a fan of Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi,” however.

    Traveling five minutes to a concert can’t be beat! Only once, they had a doo wop concert at the local high school and we were able to walk there in five minutes. Otherwise, the best we’ve done was Barclays Center in Brooklyn. I drive to 36th Street and 4th Avenue (less than three miles) and we take the subway one stop. Then it is one stop back and a quick trip home. The best was the Jimmy Buffett New Year’s Eve concert several years ago, but we also did it for a Shania Twain concert.

    We’ve had a very good concert year. We’ve seen 11 shows and still have 4 to go between tomorrow (Steely Dan) and early December.

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    1. Jeff Meyerson

      Oh, as for Vince Gill, we’ve seen him in his new role as Glenn Frey’s replacement in the Eagles the last couple of times we’ve seen them. They’ve been married since 2000.

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  3. Steve Oerkfitz

    George – Willie Nile at Town Ballroom Dec 7th. He has a middle aged to older following. At 71 I didn’t feel out of place, but then he’s 71.

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