Last night Evan played the Time Warner Cable Vision Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC and had the greatest success thus far! I am measuring success on multiple levels; (1) the number of CDs Evan sold, and he sold out of his newly released "South" album (2) the number of people who wanted to shake his hand, take a picture with him, or get his autograph, and the crowds didn't stop from 7:50 PM to 9:30 PM when we finally just left (3) and finally celebrity endorsements, Ann Wilson told the crowd of nearly 18,000 people that they needed to keep Evan on their radar because he was going to be a big star.
Evan had a lot of family at the show on Friday night as many of them live in the Raleigh area; Uncle Danny and Aunt Janice, Aunt Carolyn, Evan's parents Jamie and Dwight, cousins Mindy, Rich, Will and Ashley and Evan's brother Matt. Evan switched up the playlist for both of the North Carolina shows to include a shout out to his grandfather Ellis Watson with a Little Feat's song "Willing". Ellis was a truck driver before he passed and Evan and I feel like truck drivers living out here on the road so it is an appropriate cover. The Watson family are mainly from North Carolina and Evan made sure to mention this family tie. The crowd applauded in honor of their home state.
After Evan had enough of being pulled in every direction by the crowd, we all went to Boylan Bridge Brewpub which over looks downtown Raleigh. We enjoyed Boylan summer brew and ate duck reuben, nachos with beer cheese, soft pretzels, pickle chips and thick slices of smoked bacon. We ate hearty and laughed through the many Watson family stories. It was a nice reward to follow the success of the show.
We headed back to the hotel room that we were sharing with Evan's brother, mother and father and quickly fell asleep. We woke up this morning determined to swim in the Atlantic ocean at Virginia Beach, VA. Evan has another show tonight at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater and then we are off to NJ the following morning. Hoping for success again tonight!
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