{"id":23846,"date":"2013-08-15T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=23846"},"modified":"2013-08-15T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T23:00:14","slug":"diamond-rio-and-restless-heart-on-same-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/15\/diamond-rio-and-restless-heart-on-same-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Rio and Restless Heart On Same Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Diamondrio\"<\/span>DIAMOND RIO<\/b> – RESTLESS HEART – THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF EACH GROUP<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0This past Friday, August 9th<\/sup>, in Lancaster, PA at the American Music Theatre, I witnessed two of the best entertainment shows that I have seen in many, many years.\u00a0 First of all there were no problems, no ego\u2019s back stage, and no demanding management teams.\u00a0 Just plain camaraderie with old friend.\u00a0 And when it comes to harmony, believe me when I say it was awesome.\u00a0 Remember that old saying \u201cBeauty is in the eyes of the Beholder,\u201d<\/b> well on stage this night \u201cHarmony is in the ears of the Beholder.\u201d\u00a0 DR & RH put on an exhibition of what true harmony should sound like and it was truly some of the greatest I have ever heard, if not the very best of the best.<\/b>
\nThe day started off a little scary when Diamond Rio\u2019s bus stopped running about 80 miles from Lancaster, PA.\u00a0 They had a service man come out and fix the problem, and they told us they should be there in about an hour.\u00a0 Sure enough there pulled and the production staff who were already set up for DR loaded in their equipment, set it up, and begin running cords and duct tape to all of the amps and instruments.\u00a0 Restless Heart were already in the building waiting their turn to set up, sound check and get ready for the show.\u00a0 No one got frustrated, everyone worked like busy bee\u2019s and by 600PM we were ready for the 8PM show.\u00a0 These two groups know each other very well, so it was a pleasure not to see or hear anyone getting out of hand because of the late set up times, which in all fairness, there were really no late times.\u00a0 TWO SUPER GROUPS IN ALL WAYS.
\nThe people that travel and work with both of these groups know their jobs and made sure that when the band members arrived for their sound check, everything would be in order.\u00a0 Remember, the original members of both Diamond Rio and Restless Heart were on this show.\u00a0 It was clockwork, and \u201cGit Ur Dun\u201d boys, and that is exactly what they did.
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\nRestless Heart<\/b> opened the show and proceeded to sing hit after hit after hit for 60 minutes of exciting and professional entertainment geared towards their fans.\u00a0 Larry Stewart still sings his butt off and the 5 part harmony was absolutely phenomenal from the first note they sang until the last.\u00a0 Their show was set to the tempo of them having fun on stage and making sure their fans were a part of every song.\u00a0 I never realized how many hits Restless Heart really had.\u00a0 When I was touring with my band \u201cyears ago,\u201d I remember singing most of their hits, especially \u201cWheels.\u201d\u00a0 I promise you that there was no dead time on stage and none in the audience.\u00a0 They did a medley of great songs by other groups, and believe this or not, but I felt they did a better job than the original record.\u00a0 THAT IS REALLY GOING OUT ON THE LIMB, BUT THAT IS WHAT I DO BEST.
\nRestless Heart finished their segment of the show with a rousing 3-4 standing ovation and could have done another 15 minutes, but they are so professional, that they knew the show had a time limit and they needed to enjoy the moment, and they did, along with all of the fans in attendance.
\nA 25 minute intermission for band change over, and we were ready to go with Diamond Rio <\/b>right on schedule.\u00a0 Both introductions to the groups were done with video screen and my job was so easy.\u00a0 Diamond Rio\u2019s intro took me back when they first got together as a group.\u00a0 I have always known Dana Williams and when the band came onstage after the intro, the audience went wild, as they did for Restless Heart.\u00a0 Diamond Rio begin a string of hits that was unbelievable.\u00a0 These two groups had more known hits than I have heard in many years.\u00a0 DR was like a tank roaring through the woods, not stopping for anything but to make sure that everyone was ready for more, and as you probably know, the audience was ready and waiting to hear more of Diamond Rio.\u00a0 The guys don\u2019t make this a job, because it would lose its glow, and so it is their love of the music that they have been so successful with.\u00a0 Diamond Rio speaks their true feelings through their music, so all of their songs had a special meaning to each member of the band.\u00a0 It was non-stop, sing another song, and listen to the heartbeat of their millions of fans who love this group so much.\u00a0 They gave the crowd a full 80 minutes of hit songs, stories, and great music and once they started, they never looked back.\u00a0 They were energized by the crowd and fed off of their response which was loud and clear on every song.
\n\"martymartel02\"When their show ended, they took their bows, and then both groups went out to the front lobby to autograph, take pictures, shake hands with their many friends and fans, and to sell their merchandise.\u00a0 These two groups are the meaning of what true professionals are to our music industry.\u00a0 Remember what I said early on, no ego\u2019s, no problems, and great people working for each of them.\u00a0 They are both the banner that is waving when they step on stage to perform.\u00a0 Even though they were not the steel guitar and fiddle, they were country with their harmony, their stage presence, and their true love of what they do, and do not think there is one of them in both groups that doesn\u2019t know the reality of what traditional country music is, so when I hear such beautiful harmony such as Diamond Rio and Restless Heart sang, I know they are for real in every aspect of country music.
\nIt was a great evening and everyone was thrilled with both shows.\u00a0 Impressed with Diamond Rio and Restless Heart, yes I was\u00a0 and I hope I can work with them again, and again.\u00a0 Makes a show so much better when the artists care for what they are doing and they make sure that everyone involved in make the show a success, know how much they appreciate the effort put forth.\u00a0 If you have never been lucky enough to go and see a show with Diamond Rio or Restless Heart, or together, make it a point to get their schedule and when they get close to your area, buy yourself a ticket and go and enjoy some great artists and great music, with many, many hit records.\u00a0 You will have treated yourself to a special concert that you will not forget.\u00a0 I PROMISE YOU BOTH SHOWS ARE AWESOME.
\nMarty Martel
\nPres., MSP
\nPres., BKD Promotions
\nPh.(615) 822-6713
\nFx.(615) 824-3830
\nhttp:\/\/www.bestdamnshows.com<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.bkdpromotions.com<\/a>
\nEmail:\u00a0 martymartel@bestdamnshows.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DIAMOND RIO – RESTLESS HEART – THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF EACH GROUP \u00a0This past Friday, August 9th, in Lancaster, PA at the American Music Theatre, I witnessed two of the best entertainment shows that I have seen in many, many years.\u00a0 First of all there were no problems, no ego\u2019s back stage, and no demanding management teams.\u00a0 Just plain camaraderie with old friend.\u00a0 And when it comes to harmony, believe me when I say it was awesome.\u00a0 Remember that old saying \u201cBeauty is in the eyes of the Beholder,\u201d well<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}