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Happy Mother’s Day Ihearties,
Okay so Danny must have read our posts yesterday talking about him wearing a black t-shirt at the concerts lol. Looking mighty fine.
The pics look great. I haven’t gone back and read last night’s thread from the Ihearties that were there.
Danny is still up in spins this morning on mediabase – 52 – numbers look the same as yesterday but the date changed so he still looks good. His album is #31 on Itunes country and song up to #69.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the iheartie Moms out there
. More nice reviews for Danny’s concert last night. I ddin’t realize how many ihearts were there. Great job everyone 
. Danny looked great last night. He sure is good looking. I really hope his appearance on QVC isn’t cancelled 
. It will be such great exposure for him. Danny is up early today. He already commented on twitter. Thanks Lizzy for the update on his mediabase spins. Have a great day everyone 
Hey everyone just wanted to let you know Danny’s twitter comment is on people.com already. Yay! Nice to see he’s becoming more popular
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all I see on mediabase is from ~8 pm last night with same info as yesterday morning. hope Danny is in good shape for today as the chart cuts off
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copying Toni’s recap from last night, since I think she was planning to sleep in. I had the same plan, but not quite managing it.
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some tweeters after the Colorado Springs show (not including the ihrtie frequent concertgoers)
@dannygokey i just saw you in colorado springs!!!..you were amazing!!..God Bless
@dannygokey The cancert was Amazing tonight!!!..Thanks for signing all those autographs & taking Pic!!!..Thanks again!!! #HappyDannyGokeyDay
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I cant wait to see @dannygokey perform tonight. Had a blast talking with him earlier today!! Thanks Danny.
Had a blast at the @Sugarlandmusic Concert with them & @juliannehough & @dannygokey It was an AMAZING show!!! One to remember <3
@dannygokey Thank u so much 4 everything today! UR the best & that is why ur going 2 go far~Keep in touch & take care~From mom & me!! <3
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from radio station twitter
925TheWolf: @missbrookediaz is about 2 pass out from excitement – hangin at the sugarland concert with danny gokey n julianne hough openin
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missbrookediaz: Brooke in the house! so excited – danny gokey, julianne hough, and @sugarlandmusic – I’M LIKE A LIL KID ON CHRISTMAS MORNING!
I’m LOVIN the beat to this #dannygokey song ‘everybody wants 2 b somebody’ NICE!
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just got to meet Danny Gokey my 14yr old daughter is in love
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there was a second radio station there, forget what it was. but a man in a tshirt from the station was walking along the line where we were standing to get in, and someone mentioned Danny. he seemed very familiar with Danny, and said something like what a great guy he is. awww.
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So Stepph since you are up we will expect your recap in oh 20 minutes
You don’t need no stinking coffee!!
Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there.
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Danip, lol. But thank goodness for room service and their monster coffee pot on the way
Hi everyone
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers here.
And lol at Danny’s comment, I noticed that people.com have quoted him at least two or three different times.
I had saw that Danny’s album sales were going up yesterday on Amazon and Itunes. They are still going up today on Amazon.
Not that streetpulse has really been reliable regarding his album sales but they currently have him at a 18.2% from last week.
Yesterday they had him down 14%. We’ll see what percentages they list for him the next few days before sales come out. Because they do keep changing the percentages daily and they haven’t been that reliable in predicting sales for Danny.
But I did notice that a lot of country artists are listed as going up on streetpulse, including some that are touring. They have Sugarland listed with a 57.9% increase in sales.
I meant to say in my last post that streetpulse currently has Danny UP 18.2% from last week in album sales.
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I see most or all of the band are heading to Miami. They have that appearance tomorrow night. Maybe they get some free time if there’s not a private gig on their schedule.
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Here are some comments from the show. And of course it was great to meet and have dinner with (in alphabetical order) Jan, Michelle, Pam, and Toni as well as Lori who I had met before.
Songs–Danny sounded strong on all of them, voice was in great shape
Life on Ya
WHTM – was hard for Danny to do the crowd interaction here in such a big venue with the crowd still rustling around. Maybe move this later in the set if Danny wants to do that, or just sing it straight?
Be Somebody
Short break, Danny spoke about the Nashville floods and what he wants to do there with SHF, asked for donations by text message. I wasn’t able to do that yesterday as I had done three to SHF some time back. Someone said there is a way to reset that?
IWSNG—did great. I’ve had an impression lately perhaps they have dropped that one big power note down a peg vs. going as high as originally. Whatever the case, it’s been getting much more reliable than earlier on.
MBD—most of the crowd seemed to know this, a lot more clapping and singing along than I would have guessed from a Sugarland crowd. Maybe radio here is playing it, or of course people also may remember it from AI9 or seen the video on GAC/CMT.
M&G took place at 6:45 before the show was due to open at 7:30. Funny as none of us except Lori were that comfortable with the m&g idea. Me in particular, ha, but I did go in. Toni mentioned to Danny that I’ve been posting things at ihrt, he grabbed me in a big hug (ooof!) when I went to shake his hand and say hello. Danny thanked everyone at ihrt several times for our support to him.
Show started pretty much on time. The arena was pretty full when it started, but there were some stragglers coming in off and on for a while.
Danny got a really nice response, lots of cheering when he came in and again later when he asked if people had seen AI. For those who were making the wardrobe suggestions yesterday, you’ll also be happy to hear Danny got big applause when he took off that jacket
No sign at all that I could see that he was anything but well-accepted by the Sugarland fans. Man behind me was singing along to Danny’s new songs (not even MBD), clearly had heard or owned his whole album. He also had his cellphone out and seemed to be cellcasting it to someone else. Aww.
Band was same five we’ve seen recently. Ivan, Brandon, Greg (on his last night with Danny), Mike, and the mysterious steel guitar/banjo/etc player whose name hasn’t surfaced yet. Thought it was interesting that Greg had an acoustic guitar out for the occasion. There wasn’t room on stage with all of Julianne’s setup for Mike to have his full drum kit, or for Danny to move around very easily. Perhaps when they go to the next round of shows where it’s Jake Owen there will be more room. I can’t imagine Jake up on a platform swinging on a swing, or making like a pole dancer, or doing quick outfit changes in a tent
(I could see why someone the night before was tweeting about JH’s “hoochie” act.)
Nice line for Danny signing after the show. Went back quite some distance, and even after some of our group had gone through, the line was still filling up as far back as I could see. We were there for a while, and eventually it did finish out. Easily a couple of hundred people though, probably more. A fair number had copies of Danny’s glossy pic, CD or one of the new tshirts. All ages, and like many of the shows I’ve seen, a fair number of men were going up to take pics of Danny or try to meet him. Both men accompanying females and on their own or there at the show with other men.
Danny didn’t come back out to play with Sugarland, but Jennifer mentioned him twice at least. Not sure if we will see Danny back on stage later in the tour when they are more used to touring together. Julianne briefly appeared when Jennifer was singing a Blondie song as part of the finale. Can’t see that being a good fit for Danny, or for Luke Bryan or Jake Owen for that matter. Maybe the girl singer for Little Big Town, don’t know her name… Kristian sang with Jennifer for Who Says You Can’t Go Home, the song Jennifer did with Bon Jovi. Kristian isn’t the best singer, couldn’t help but think maybe they should have grabbed Danny back stage to handle that part instead
Sugarland was great, big big enthusiastic crowd response throughout their set.
Thanks for the recap steph. I am glad that you and the other Danny fans had a nice time at the concert.
And that Jennifer mentioned Danny twice. I do think that Danny could do Bon Jovi’s part on “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”.
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See Steph you really are a morning person
I had read that Julianne’s set was about an hour long, does this sound about right?
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Danip, I saw that. I think it just felt like an hour to the person who tweeted it
Maybe half an hour, I think, not more than 40 minutes although tbh we went out to the concession stands for her first few numbers.
She has a stronger voice than I thought, but there was something annoying to me about it especially with kind of tinny-sounding arrangements from her backup band. And she seemed to be another of those artists who sings with their hair, and the hoochie stuff didn’t do a lot for me either.
Wow Steph…great recap! I think you answered all the questions I was thinking
So glad Jennifer Nettles mentioned Danny….I am really hoping that at some point he ends up getting to come out at the end and sing with them. How amazing would those two power house voices sound together!!
Thank you so much for bringing us these details and info about the show to us here…you SO deserve that hug!
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Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there. Hopefully you’ve get a well deserved fullfilled day with your families.
I know that Pulse sales predictions haven’t been right. I don’t thing that they have been once that I can recall either way. I hope they are right around his this time. I do think the tour caused some people to pick it up in stores.
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I’m hopefully they’ll get the duet soon maybe somewhere along the way.
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not sure who hatin’ on whom came to Adam’s attention but good quote from Adam to save for when the occasion requires…
he made that nice glambert Danny fan happy, anyway
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this is cute from girl in the Philippines
He’s so nice! he greeted my mom a Happy Mother’s Day… 
I don’t have anything to give her 
@dannygokey please greet my mom a “happy mother’s day” please please please danny!
@dannygokey and oh, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO YOUR MOM!
@DannyGokey THANK YOU SO MUCH DANNY! My mom was jumping with joy…
I need to brag about this.. Danny Gokey DM-ed me! Haha
Still in cloud 9… Danny Gokey.. DM-ed me! he DM-ed me! he DM-ed me! Slap me.. please?!…
now she’s trying her luck with Adam, lol — do Adam or the other more popular AI people on twitter DM their fans as much as Danny? I rarely hear of it if so.
@adamlambert Hi! Could you please Greet my mom a “Happy Mother’s Day ? Please please please Adaaaam!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing Iheart Moms
Steph, Thanks so much for the recap. I was smiling the whole time I was reading it. I even had to go back and re-read the part where Danny grabbed you for a hug. AWWWWW He’s just so Sweet!
Thanks to Toni for the pictures. So Toni attended two concerts? What a lucky lady. Gotta love a Danny Fan that’s that dedicated. Way to go Toni!
Danny could do a great job singing that song with Jennifer, “You Can’t Go Home”. I loved watching Jennifer and Bon Jovi sing that on the concert that aired on TV.
Danny looked so amazing last night. Loved that he wore the black shirt when it was discussed her. What a coincidence
Wow, thanks Steph for the awesome recap
. I have to give praise to Adam Lambert for a really appropriate quote. We all have our favorite artists. I wonder if kris’s fans will see his quote. Danny is lucky to be going to Miami today- great weather I hear. Let’s hope he is on QVC this next week!
Danny is such a thoughtful guy. Sending out Happy Mother’s Day greetings. I’ll bet he wishes that he could be with his mom today. And I’ll bet she misses him so much. He’s a busy guy these days.
That was nice of Adam to send out that tweet. It was kind of funny too, “that was so last season.”
The weather has gotten a bit nicer here in Northwest Florida. The humidity finally dropped. It’s a lot more comfortable. Last week it was unbearable with the humidity. I wouldn’t even walk my dog. Hopefully it is nice and comfortable in Miami too. It will be great if Danny and the guys can get outside to relax and enjoy themselves.
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Comments from a family who went to see the Sugarland show in Utah
http://ericbarkerfamily.blogspot.com/2010/05/sugarland.html
Another with a pic of Danny
http://julesjohnson.blogspot.com/2010/05/sugarland.html
Cherie
Pulse normally isn’t right in their predictions about Danny’s sales, but I did notice that they had a lot of Country artists going up on streetpulse.
Including ones that are touring. And Danny is still going up on Amazon and Itunes. So maybe he might have an increase this week in sales, even if it won’t be as big as what streetpulse is predicting right now.
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Thanks for that quote from the family in Utah, it allows me to get this in from Danny this morning without being to OT
From the Crook and Chase show this morning, they were asking him about what AI had taught him and he said “I learned its important to catch them with the music but not lose them with the performance” (paraphrased)
That quote from Adam followed a total melt down on MJs yesterday about tweets. It was a mess and luckily Danny was only mentioned in passing in a slightly positive way.
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Funny that the Colorado Springs online newspaper lead there pictorial article from the concert with a large picture of Julianne. Thare are no pictures of Danny included.
http://soundboard.freedomblogging.com/2010/05/09/get-a-better-look-at-sugarland/2637/
I had heard that Adam’s Tweet might be about some of his fans hating on Christina Aguilera and saying she was copying him.
Happy Mothers’ Day to all the mothers on here! I haven’t been as active as I’d like but I keep up with the posts.
I am really enjoying the recaps, videos, pics, and everything else so many of you are sharing here! Loved hearing your stories, Jan, Toni and Steph….looking forward to all the rest. Like GokeyGuy said yesterday, I’m most curious about the Meet & Greets and how that works since I have one of my own coming up in Columbia, MD next Sunday….and I’m a little nervous!
I may have missed it but I do have a question. Why did so many ihearties fly way out to Utah and Colorado to see the Sugarland concert with Danny, when you can see him right in your own areas? Steph, you live in MD and you’re seeing the show NEXT Sunday too!
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Happy Mother’s Day
It’s so good to see everything is going right with Danny.Keep asking his song on stations,that will help.
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Shirl, ha. Sightseeing
It’s really pretty here in Colorado. Heading out for a little more tourist-y stuff then on home.
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Paula,If you are still here,what do you mean when you said you hope his appearance on QVC isn’t cancelled?Is there a possibility he will cancel it?
Steph, yeah it is really pretty in Colorado, for sure. Now I can understand combining a concert with a vacation to do some sightseeing….that totally makes sense!
I do have another question ever since seeing Toni’s pic of the shirts for sale at the merchandise stand. Are those chains attached to and part of that one teeshirt? Or are they sold separately? Yeah, I know…..I ask the dumbest questions!
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Mr. Bing there seems to be some concern that the QVC shows may be cancelled as they no longer show on the Network schedule. Several of us has sent email to confirm but no answer yet.
Shirl, Good to see you here today.
I was wondering the same thing when I saw the picture of the shirt with the chains hanging on it. But it could just be where they displayed the necklaces. Did anyone mention there were necklaces for sale?
I sure hope that Danny is still doing the QVC shows. If not, then maybe it just interfered with some other things that he has scheduled. Maybe they will reschedule, if that is the case.
Steph, Hope you ladies have a fun time sight seeing in Colorado.
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Danip,thank you.Now gotta sleep.Have a nice weekend !
I just checked the program guide for QVC next week. It doesn’t show anything the whole week that any idols will be performing
. I’m guessing it got switched. Maybe Danny will be somewhere in its place. Nice to see Danny still going the extra mile for his fans 
. His mom should be so proud.
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I just called QVC and according to the rep I spoke with the show is still on at 10 on the 13th. She was unable to explain why it was not on the guide we could see.
I am glad that Danny will still be on QVC. I think he could get a nice boost in sales from appearing up there. He’s still going up on Itunes on the album and songs chart, and Sugarland’s album is going up as well. Plus some of Sugarland’s songs are charting.
Good morning & Happy Mother’s Day!! Really excited and happy for Danny opening for Sugarland, he sounded great and looks like he was well received.
I have to agree with Steph that it may be a bit of a challenge to have the crowd sing along with you when you are the first opening act, and it’s just the second song into the show. In fact I would prefer him to sing Crazy Not To or another uptempo song like Like That’s A Bad Thing instead of WHTM. I think Be Somebody is a good choice, it’s actually a pretty demanding song on the vocals, as you pretty much has to sing high the whole song, but the crowd seemed to love it – you can hear the cheers from the crowd when Danny hits the higher notes.
I think being the first opening act might have some disadvantages, as some people might have missed the first part of the show due to traffic, etc. I also think some reporters might not be there when Danny was performing, hence there was no photos of Danny on their articles.
I am glad the line up for Danny’s autograph was long. I have a question, my understanding was Danny had this signing autograph set up immediately after his performance, (and Julianne Hough performed after his set), and NOT after the whole Sugarland concert, right? Does it mean some of those people lining up (seems well over 100) to get his autograph will miss some of Julianne’s set? If that’s the case, then I think the line up is even more impressive – that so many people are willing to leave their seats during intermission and risk missing some of the performances of the second opening act to meet with and get an autograph from Danny.
Thanks for the recap Steph, Sounds like you all had a fantastic time and Danny was his usual awesome self. Glad the crowd really liked him. I suspect that he will be the first opener next week with Jake Owen too since Danny is the newcomer but that’s okay, little by little he will make his way to the top. Also, the first thing I noticed this morning was Danny in the black t-shirt. I swear he must of read Josie and my posts about it yesterday. He better wear it again next Sunday in MD (got that Danny).
I noticed that streetpulse has Danny’s album up 18%. I wouldn’t be surprised if he sold a little more this week with 3 concerts and with Mother’s Day.
Yesterday I requested Danny’s song from my two local radio stations for Mother’s Day and at least one of them played it for me (WMZQ). I will be requesting it a lot next week because the Sugarland tour is coming to my area next weekend and WPOC is giving out tickets again. That is the perfect time to request Danny’s song since he will be coming to the Baltimore/Washington DC area.
Danip,
Thanks for making that call to QVC. At least we know that Danny is still scheduled for those two shows. That’s great!
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Good Afternoon Ladies!!
Happy Mothers’ Day Gokeymoms here at iheart!!!
Hey Im with Shirl here, I really want to know how these M&G works?
Steph, are you saying the M&G only last less than 30mins??? did he talk to all DG M&G attendees??
Franktastic,
That’s a good question. I’d like to know the answer to that one too. That did seem like a lot of people in line to get Danny’s autograph if Julianne was on stage singing at that time. That would mean that they were more interested in Danny and getting his autograph than in seeing Julianne perform. Well, we all know that anyone who sees Danny just loves him. I certainly would be in that line too. No offense to Julianne.
Lizzy, That’s funny
Put your order in early, for what Danny should wear. He was looking mighty good last night in that black shirt.
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I have a question to Franktastic, Is that ok? that Danny is in the autograph area while an other artist is performing? I mean, when I was on the Winterblast, Danny and Mallary Hope was pulled out to the autograph area just before the next artist is going to perform which was a real Boo to me cuz I never met Danny in person…
Hi Gokeyguy, that’s my question to the I-hearties who attended the concert – I am not sure how the signing autograph thing works, I didn’t attend the concert, but have the impression that the autograph signing was set up just after Danny’s performances, there might be intermission time I had no idea how long, but the line up seemed pretty impressive, and we knew Julianne was the second opening act, but as I said I had no idea how long the intermission time between the first opening act and the second, so I could not say for sure people waiting in line to get Danny’s autograph would miss Julianne’s performances.
Actually I have another question to those who attended the concert, did Julianne and Sugarland had M&G with fans and autograph signing after their set? I would imagine the answer is yes but would be nice if someone could confirm.
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franktastic – on my Danny concert experience together with other artists (this is similar to the Winterblast Event), Danny was pulled off to the autograph table cuz they said to pay respect to the next performance so thats why they have to stop the autograph signing session. I don’t know if thats the case on Sugarland concerts…
I saw in Steph’s earlier comment that the Meet and Greet was at 6:45pm, before the concert was supposed to start at 7:30. So, I don’t think it interfered with Julianne’s perfomance. Glad to see Danny will still be on QVC
. I can’t wait to see how many cd’s he will have sold. I wonder how you go about finding that out? Call the show?
Paula thanks for the info. I hope the CDs sold at the concert will be counted by Soundscan hence helping his sales charts ranking. I noticed that his album ranking on Itunes country album sales has been steadily rising from around 50th 3 days ago to currently at 30th. There had been some upward movements on Amazon’s but they were pretty short lived, however I think iTunes has a much larger market share than Amazon with respect to albums sold so I am not too concerned.
I think the autograph signing session is different from the meet & greet session.
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Arrived home safely from Colorado Springs! Hi Everyone
Questions first:
The chains are pictures of chains only on that tshirt, not actual jewelry.
The autograph session is held after the whole concert is over, out in the concourse. Danny sits behind a table, people line up and get autographs. No pics with him, but you can take pictures of him sitting there. Danny was the only one who announced he would sign. Didn’t see any other lines, so am thinking the others didn’t sign
The meet and greet (for those who purchase one from SHF) are held about an hour before the concert. You get a pic from Danny, a hug if you want and can briefly ask him something or talk to him. There was another group going up in the elevator before we did, so I know there were other meet and greets for the other artists.
Shirl, as to your question why we would fly somewhere to see Danny, my question to you is Why Not?
A road trip with friends, a chance to meet other Danny fans, and of course hearing Danny again- seems win win to us
Recap next…
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Hello peeps!
Quick comment before school… QVC told Danip that the 5/13 show is still scheduled to go on but to me they gave another answer.
E-mail from QVC:
I checked the 5/25 at 10pm schedule and they have listed something called ‘By popular demand’… Sigh…
I think more people should call/send e-mail to see what they say and to show interest.
To send e-mail, click HERE.
To call: 800-367-9444
Also, Steph, so happy that Danny squeezed you in a big hug! Awww…
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Glad you’re back home safe, Pam!
If I’m not mistaken, Sugarland has M&G too.
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thanks for all of the answers. So at least an hour is given for the M&G for Danny and a relative amout of time is given on autograph sessions… Hmm on M&G, since you purchases a pass from SHF, are they given a room/place full of Danny M&G pass holders? So they mean the autograph sessions are helf after the whole concert? after Sugarland performed??? so no “hurry ups”?
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The other recaps were pretty informative, so I fear I won’t add anything new, but here goes:
I laughed out loud when I just read yesterday’s conversation about the black Tshirt just now. Do you think he read that? He certainly looked quite fine, all in black, with a little scruff growing back. Michelle has a great picture of him taking off the jacket. I don’t think I will post mine, because they didn’t turn out that great. Hers are really good though, and she promised to send them to post here.
It was great to finally meet Steph! If I would have known she was sightseeing I would have gone earlier; as it was Michelle and I flew there and back in 24 hours because of schedules and Mother’s Day. Steph, Jan, Toni, Lori, Michelle and I had dinner at a Mexican place and fortified ourselves with Margaritas, since some of us are a little shy with Danny
) and also went through the autograph line again for Michelle to get a signed picture for Michelle to donate to the SHF auction on June 6.
before we went to the Meet & Greet. Steph was a great sport; she is less fangirly than the rest of us but indulged us by attending the meet & greet (and Danny rewarded her with a hug
Jan made an incredible “Danny Book” with pics and concert memories for Toni on her birthday. Danny looked at it and signed it- a long script, something about “Happy 18th Birthday AGAIN, Toni”. He certainly recognized a lot of us ihearties , took great pics. I was brave enough to spontaneously hug him (I didn’t ask first, oops!). I picked one question from you ihearties and asked him “Is Crazy Not To” going to be the 3rd single? He said the label completely picks the single, but he wanted it to be. I said I did too
We were lined up in kind of a backstage hallway area for the M&G.
We headed to the concert, very happy after our Meet & Greet.
Lori had her own seat, way up front. Four of us sat in the original seats, and there was one up front further that we could have rotated if we wanted. Toni bought it as “extra” for that purpose, but when someone paid her for it she donated the entire amount to the Erika fund; sweet and generous person that she is <3.
My thoughts on Danny's set echo the others. I think he should ditch WHTM and forget about any big audience participation songs. That seems more suited to a smaller venue of more dedicated Danny fans- it did result in a very disjointed song.
Be Somebody was an unusual choice IMO, but I think what someone mentioned about time constraints may be true. At any rate, the audience seemed to really like it! The guy in front of me with a big cowboy hat was actually bopping his head a little, lol.
I think for the rowdy, rock oriented Sugarland crowd that Bad Thing or Get Away would be better choices than WHTM- I would say to Danny to keep the ballads to a minimum for a 5 song set; IWNSGB is a must and if he wants to do a cover, Life Is a Highway would be perfect- I agree with you guys!
His voice sounded great, he did a great job and had a good crowd response (the arena was prob. only 2/3 full when he was on- people still coming in)- I would say his response was better than Julianne's- the crowd was very lukewarm toward her.
I can't say anything nice so I won't say anything else about her set…. But then again, some of us were out getting a "cold drink" during part of hers.
Greg Hagan played for Danny and Julianne. He walked by Michelle and I at the Denver airport with his guitar on our way back
Sugarland was very energetic and I enjoyed their set. I have to say, IMO, for all the haters talk about Danny not being country, I thought Julianne sounded the most classic country, then Danny, then Sugarland. To me they were pure Rock n Roll sung by a female lead who has a twang. Jennifer even dressed the part- tight black jeans and black tshirt with a bare sleeved vest with studs on (kind of like Danny's ACM concert look). Kind of funny they covered Michael Jackson and Neil Diamond and Blondie, lol. They were loud, and rocked it.
I think Sugarland is a perfect tour for Danny. Jennifer is a soulful, very energetic singer; she actually reminds me a lot of Danny in that respect. Definitely not your traditional country.
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Ok, I want to cry. The site just ate my big long recap
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Don’t cry, Pam. It’s free now. Ok, gotta go! TTYL!
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Mediabase final for this week shows Danny maintained his spot at #23.
Erika I should have put a Codicil on that post about QVC. I think that the rep that I spoke with may have been reading the previous guide that we all saw, but she did seem very sure and even put me on hold, so who knows. The “by popular demand shows” are kind of a mixture of popular items and really a place holder kind of show.
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I just checked my email and here is the response I received.
In answer to your inquiry, the show American Idol Fan Shop is currently
scheduled to air on 5/25/2010 a t 10:00 p.m.ET. We hope you enjoy the
show!
So 5/25 it is !!
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Big Breath; here we go again:
Gokey Guy- Yes autographs after concert- they do push you through, but Danny signed for everyone.
Meet & Greet, only about half an hour; I would estimate each person gets a minute! Doesn’t sound like long, but it’s long enough to get pic, hug and ask question. And it benefits SHF. It was held in a hallway in a private area. There were about 30 of us. I’m sure it varies venue to venue.
Not sure what I can add to others but here I go:
Very happy to finally meet Steph! Steph, Lori C., Toni, Jan, Michelle and I had dinner at a Mexican restaurant and fortified the less bold amongst us with Margaritas for the meet & greet.
Steph was a good sport; although the least fangirly of us she attended the M&G with us and also the autograph section after (and even had a pic signed so Michelle could donate it to the SHF raffle on June 6).
Danny looked so fine
I laughed so hard at the clothes comments today from yesterday when I was catching up, knowing that what he wore will please Josie and Lizzy (and others) immensely! My pics didn’t turn out well, but MIchelle promised to send hers to post; they are great, esp. the one of him taking off his jacket.
Danny obviously recognized a lot of ihearties. Jan made a great book for Toni’s birthday of pics and concert recaps of their Danny adventures for Toni’s birthday. Danny looked at it and signed it something like “Happy 18th birthday AGAIN Toni”- what a true sweetheart.
I had my pic snuggled up to Danny and I guess my Margarita was working because I spontaneously hugged him after (without asking
). I picked a question from your requests here (thanks!) “Is Crazy Not To the 3rd single?” He said the label completely picks the single, but he wanted it to be. I said I did too 
Happy with our M & G, we headed to the concert.
I agree with others that WHTM should be dropped from his set list. With a rowdy rock crowd like Sugarland and his short set, I think one ballad will do (IWNSGB) and audience participation just doesn’t work in that big venue as people are still walking in to see the concert (sold out crowd of 8k. Prob. about 2/3 of them were there when Danny sang).
Life Is a Highway is a perfect substitution, I had been thinking the exact same thing, whoever mentioned that.
I thought Be Somebody was an odd choice, but have to say, the crowd seemed to like it. The older guy with the big cowboy hat right in front of me was bopping his head along, lol.
Danny sounded great and did great. The crowd gave him a good response; IMO better than Juliannes. Definitely lukewarm toward her. I didn’t like her outfits or sets, but then again, was out in search of a “cold drink” for some of it.
Sugarland was great, very high energy and the crowd adored them. I have to say, for all the hater talk about Danny being not country enough; he sounded more country than them (J. HOugh was the most classic country). IMO, they are rock n roll with a lead singer who has a pronounced twang. Michelle, who had never heard them before said “This is Rock n Roll!”. Jennifer reminds me a lot of Danny; soulful and very high energy.
I think Sugarland is a perfect tour for Danny because they are so high energy, popular and definitely not traditional country.
Twitter: pjgvet
Sorry! I started writing again before I refreshed.
Time to use the scroll button, lol!
I’ve been saying for a while now that Jennifer Nettles is a female Danny Gokey. But maybe it would be more tactful to say that Danny is a male Jennifer Nettles! Either way, Jennifer actually reminds me of what Danny might sound like is he were female and had a twang . . .
* IF he were female and had a twang . . .
Happy Mother’s Day everyone!
Thanks Steph and Pam for the great recaps! You both answered so many of the questions we had.
Pam, thanks for asking Danny about CNT. I guess it may be quite a while before we know for sure if it will be the 3rd single.
Steph, so glad you got that unexpected but well deserved Danny hug. Erika better get ready for that when she gets here
Sounds like all the ihearties had a great time before, during and after the show.
Danny not only gives us great music but has connected some of the best fans from all over the world. How cool is that!
IvanSantiago
Getting ready to eat a great Cuban meal in Miami, and the sun is about to set…what a great evening! 1 minute ago via twidroid
I guess Danny and the guys are having Cuban food tonight. Hope they had a nice relaxing day.
Well, it sounds like Danny will be on QVC on May 25th now. I wonder if he will be doing something else this week. Otherwise, he is free for a few days. Maybe he will perform at another radio station. Although, I’m sure he will enjoy the break if he gets one. Steph and Pam- thanks for the recaps
. It will be interesting to see Danny’s sales this week. I hope he is right around 4,000 again. I wonder if Julianne is a little nervous performing in front of so many people or if she is just new to performing. It’s great that Danny is so comfortable in front of a lot of people. That’s probably from his church days. It would be nice if his label makes CNT his third single. I think it is a catchy song. I saw Kris Allen’s song truth is out. I believe it was about 5 months before it came out. I wonder if they will wait that long for Danny’s second single.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Hi everyone! Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms!
Love it that Danny did the black Tshirt, that’s funny! Maybe his stylist is a lurker, you never know!
Great to hear that the usual wonderful time was had at the show. I’m so glad to know that Danny’s getting a good response from the crowd and that so many people are wanting to meet him after. I thought that’s exactly how it would be, but it’s always nice to know!
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
A couple of vids have been uploaded, Be Somebody and MBDAAOM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh_jwlj3Mao
Twitter: jancute
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Pam – thanks for answering my questions! <3 a minute would be fine and as you said it depends how many DG fans are there in M&Gs hmm… well really really really hoping Danny comes here with Sugarland on the 9/24!!! I don't care if hes opening for Tim Mcgraw or other country artists just want Danny to come here YAY!!!! Oh wait wait I have one more question, did someone told you where this M&G will be held??? I mean, how are they informing fans on where this will be held? and what would you advice DG Fans having M&G passes on how or what time should they go prior to M&Gs???
Twitter: jancute
hey wheres my posts? LOL!
Twitter: jancute
Pam – thanks for answering my questions! <3 a minute would be fine and as you said it depends how many DG fans are there in M&Gs hmm… well really really really hoping Danny comes here with Sugarland on the 9/24!!!
I don't care if hes opening for Tim Mcgraw or other country artists just want Danny to come here YAY!!!! Oh wait wait I have one more question, did someone told you where this M&G will be held??? I mean, how are they informing fans on where this will be held? and what would you advice DG Fans having M&G passes on how or what time should they go prior to M&Gs???
Twitter: jancute
ok lets see if this works:
Pam – thanks for answering my questions! <3 a minute would be fine and as you said it depends how many DG fans are there in M&Gs hmm… well really really really hoping Danny comes here with Sugarland on the 9/24!!!
Twitter: jancute
ok here is the 2nd part reply LOL!
I don’t care if hes opening for Tim Mcgraw or other country artists just want Danny to come here YAY!!!! Oh wait wait I have one more question, did someone told you where this M&G will be held??? I mean, how are they informing fans on where this will be held? and what would you advice DG Fans having M&G passes on how or what time should they go prior to M&Gs???
Twitter: pjgvet
GG, when you buy a meet and greet it will say on it. Ours said pick up no sooner (at the will call window) than 2 hours ahead of doors open. When you pick the passes up at the will call window it will tell you where to go and what time
Thanks for the videos Josie. In the MBD video, at the end, Danny did say that he would be signing autographs after the show. So that means after Sugarland, which is what Pam had said earlier. I wonder what he does during those times that Julianne and Sugarland are on stage. Maybe he gets some rest before doing all that signing. I don’t know how he signs his name that much without getting cramps in his hand. He’s just so sweet to his fans.
GokeyGuy, I love your gravatar. That picture shows Danny’s adorable personality.
dannygokey tweeted:
I just saw some people posing on a fire truck and taking pictures while the firefighters were responding to an emergency. That was so hood!! 6 minutes ago via Twitterrific
What does hood mean?
Pam, thanks for answering my questions! I was kinda hoping some of that jewelry was real and was for sale.
Also, please know I wasn’t finding fault or trying to ridicule with my question as to why so many fans were flying to other places to see Danny when they could see him close to home. I couldn’t justify that due to health issues and lack of funds personally. But hey! If you don’t mind airports and flying and have the means to DO IT, then by all means GO FOR IT! So nice that some of you can take off from work and do it
And I think meeting up with other ihearties is almost as much fun as seeing/meeting Danny too! My one real disappointment is that I won’t be able to meet Erika when she comes to the USA 
So looking forward to your recap, Pam, as well as all the other ones we have to look forward to, PLUS videos, PLUS pics!
Twitter: jannworth
where did my post go?
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
VC “hood”, short for neighborhood, similarly to how sometimes people will call something “ghetto”. Basically not a very refined type of behavior.
LOL! Pam, I responded at 9:02pm and THEN went back to where I left off, and read your recap and all the answers to all the questions! So I really did enjoy your story and explaining how the M&G’s go. I am hoping I have enough time to give Danny a gift bag, a scrapbook of clippings I made for him, get a pic signed, get a hug, and my picture taken with him. If you only get a minute with him, sounds kinda rushed. But with 30 or more people there, I guess it has to be that way.
Thanks Josie, That sentence makes more sense now. I learn something new everyday.
Twitter: jannworth
Well, I think my post must have got caught in the “filter”. But just in short I’ll say that Toni and I still touring Colorado Springs. We saw the Garden of the Gods with Steph earlier today.
The ihearties we saw this weekend are truly special people. And SO MUCH fun! Its a big bonus to being part of this fan site.
RE QVC–no Danny on the 13th? Just Danny on the 25th? Is Kris still going to be on?
I’ll check back later to see if my earlier post has been found and to see what you have all been up to.
Jan
Nice definition of “hood” Josie. I believe Danny was not too fond of the people’s behavior, when the firefighters were attempting to do their job. I see Danny will be busy at the end of the week with the tour, so after tomorrow it looks like he will have a little break. I hope Danny has a good turnout for his miami show tomorrow. Does anyone know, is that an outside venue at a mall? Any exposure will be good for him. Have a good night everyone
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Are we sure that Danny isn’t going to be on QVC on the 13th. I checked the schedule on my DVR and they have the American Idol shop on the 13th and 18th, no 25 yet because it only shows two weeks in advance. I have my DVR scheduled to record both the 13th and 18th.
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Lizzy
Both Erika and myself received email confirming only the date of the 25th, it is possible that the rep I spoke with this morning was mistaken, but the guide on their site also has something else scheduled for those times..see QVC.com.
Ok I usually
try to be good, but who poured him into those jeans yesterday-just saying 
Twitter: jevjos
It probably won’t hurt to watch the QVC on the 13th is case anyone is getting the wrong info about the show. It’ll be better to watch it and have him not on then to miss it and realize he was on afterwards.
I hoping alot of mom’s received his cd as a gift today. It would make a good present.
Danny moved down on total spins chart to #26, #24-#27 are all very close. Blake passed him by one spin on that chart literally. But his audience is slightly ahead of Blake’s on that one. It’s nice that he still held to #23 this week. The next week there should be alot of people that fall of it.
Twitter: pjgvet
Shirl, don’t worry; Danny won’t rush you; at the meet & greet I was just at, everyone uses their conscience and tries not to monopolize him. Of course, if someone is going overboard, I’m sure others will step in. But I think if you are efficient you will be able to accomplish everything you listed there
So start getting excited!
To clarify my earlier response to your post; the fans you see flying all over to see him usually do that in ADDITION to seeing him close to home; not instead of
Or rarely they can’t see him close because it interferes with work or family life, so they travel to the venue that fits their schedule the closest. I know some use their vacation time, combine with business trips, rearrange work schedules, and think of it as an adventure to meet friends, sight-see. Or, be really crazy like Michelle and I – we didn’t take any time off from work at all, but did the whole trip in 27 hours 
and were home for Mother’s day! Toni usually combines a Danny trip with a stop over to see her son, so it works out great for her.
Yes, call us groupies, but I prefer to think of it as “staunch
supporters”, lol. Does it require lots of foresight, energy, planning, group cooperation, juggling of finances and schedules? Sure does, but its fun, I don’t think anyone regrets the effort they put into it and like Danny would say; get some Life On Ya!
Jan; glad to hear you made it off the mountain; I heard through the grapevine you guys were ready to pass out!
Twitter: jevjos
Danny got his second #1, the first for the CMT pure for the video countdown
http://www.fm106.com/new2/discover/index.html?format=177
Pam, thanks again for responding to my jibber-jabber
It’s fum reading all the recaps, seeing the pics and videos, almost as good as being there. And finally I will get my turn to see Danny on Sunday, even if it is only 5 songs and probably my only time to meet him. Better once than not at all and that makes me happy 
Twitter: jannworth
Hi Pam, just back from dinner. The trip to Pike’s Peak was really great–we went from desert like surroundings with red rock formations/70 degrees to and elevation of 14,100 and 25 degrees and snow! I did feel a little “dizzy” at first at that elevation, but no problem with passing out!
It was so great spending Saturday afternoon/evening with Danny fans Michelle, Pam, Laurie, Toni and Steph. Besides, to the outside world it makes me seem more “normal”……I’m not a big fan of the “groupie” label, either. It conjures much worse images in my mind then the support we’re giving Danny’s career.
I’m REALLY serious about getting a good night’s sleep tonight. Gokey adventures leave me sleep deprived. Wish me luck. We have a really nice room–for unknown reasons (Toni’s charmed life?) we got upgraded to a suite for the next two nights!
Good news that Danny held at #23! Guess I better get voting. I slacked off the last day….
Lots of big shows on the horizon. How much time does each artist get on the mega shows? 45 minutes to an hour?
Jan
Twitter: jannworth
Shirl, it is so worth it to see Danny perform–and Sugarland puts on a great show! It’s icing on the cake.
Enjoy and tell us all about it, please!
Toni,
I just saw two videos that you took last night of Danny’s performance. They are great!
I saw them on youtube. I assumed that you were going to give them to Steph or Erika to put on the site here, that’s why I didn’t post them here. Great job on the videos, Toni!
At the end of the song when Danny took his jacket off, everyone was screaming. He was thinking it was for the song and it was but it was also because he took his jacket off. That was cute. He looked so sharp with that jacket and black tshirt and good looking jeans. I was trying to see what was on the chain around his neck. Was it a ring or something like that?
That’s great news Cherie, Thanks…
Twitter: pjgvet
VC, Danip, yeah, the jeans were really, really nice
Shirl, you will have to use a lot of concentration and focus to get through your list when you meet him, if you know what I mean
Michelle will have a nice pic of Danny taking off that jacket!
Cherie, thanks for that link; I see Milwaukeeans (are those Milwaukee requests since that is FM106 site?) have 3 Danny songs in the top 20, lol.
Jan get some rest. I am headed there now. Last night concert night wasn’t even as bad as food poisoning night the night before! So I need sleep
Good night fellow Danny fans .
Twitter: steph6449
Hi all, finally got in. got to airport fine but flight was running an hour late
Those look like Lori’s YT videos. Toni did say she also had some.
I think Pam answered the other questions above pretty thoroughly. I’ll just say though, if Danny had signed during Julianne’s set he may have had a big increase in crowd willing / wanting to be out in the concourse
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GG – I released your earlier post from the spam filter. There were several copies of it in there, not sure what happened.
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Welcome to new poster Janet who posted on the ‘Pictures: Danny Gokey at World Arena (Colorado Springs, CO)’ article.
Twitter: tonicny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_8OecT8Z0Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixESLiA5LM
I am still working on the last video, I had a better view at the Colorado but during MBD the people in front of me came and sat during his set and I had to move around with the camera.
Twitter: jevjos
His song hitting #1 is nationally, it’s not just Milw but all Clear Channel stations. It’s weird because the ad went away on the main page and people are still listening to them. People like his music.
Twitter: jevjos
This is another example of another station. Will not say goodbye and Life on ya also moved up as well. He #1 everywhere literally.
http://www.ktex.net/new2/discover/index.html
Twitter: steph6449
twitter person, from her bio she’s a serious person (PhD student on a medical topic) and very pretty. Danny might like her, too bad she didn’t say hi…
Danny Gokey was on my plane to Miami. Don't think anyone noticed but me. Gorgeous guy, soft on the eyes… Wish I would have said something.
@dannygokey in Miami? Pretty sure you were on my plane today from Dallas to Miami. Wanted to say hello, but chickened out.
Twitter: BLfolsom
Happy Mothers Day to all!
Thx for all the great recaps, I enjoyed your stories about our guy.
Went and saw Danny I mean RDJr. in Ironman 2 for MD; it was really good, all you action fans will get your fill.
I so hope Danny comes back to Phx., you all sound like you had such a great time together.
Pam, so sorry to hear about the food poisoning. Hope you feel better soon.
Toni, I know that has to be annoying when people walk in front of you when you are video taping. You are a great videographer.
Welcome Janet
Twitter: steph6449
Toni, I added your two videos to the post I just put up with Lori’s two.
Another blogger talking about the concert. Still haven’t seen any negative comments at all about Danny
http://mikenmere.blogspot.com/2010/05/sugarland-concert.html
Twitter: jannworth
I’m glad you got home safe and sound, Steph.
You didn’t see one of my posts caught up did you?
That was such a neat tweet about Danny on their plane to Miami. Can you imagine having Danny near you on a multi hour flight??? Boggles the mind…
Jan
Twitter: steph6449
Jan, no, didn’t see yours. Just some weird spam. At least no porn spam tonight though (ick).
Danny was so cute when he was telling the audience to move their heads like this…..when starting the Be Somebody song. That song always makes me bebop my head too. It was cute to see him doing that. He is such a FUN performer.
Jan, If I were that girl on the plane I would want to kick myself right about now. What a missed opportunity,
Jan, if I can collect my thoughts, I’ll be sure to give my report from Sunday. I’m not familiar with Sugarland but our son and daughter in law are going with us, and she is a huge Sugarland fan.
Pam, I know what you mean about concentrating and staying focused. My problem is I’m really shy. I don’t want to just stand here and drool on my shoes while I babble incoherently at Danny! LOL! But whatever, I am so looking forward to it!
Twitter: jevjos
It looks like Lady A was pulled off. So Danny’s now at #22 on mediabase.
Twitter: steph6449
Cherie, yay for that
I hope Danny will benefit with some real increased airplay. We haven’t seen it yet but as he’s getting closer to the top 20 hopefully it will come.
I see Eric Church is still down, and also Martina and the Band Perry again.
Congrats to Chris Young on what appears likely to be a #1 song any day now. By recent standards, Joe Nichols had a decent run at nearly a week?
Twitter: jevjos
I’m surprised that Tim wasn’t pulled off. He’ll definitely be gone next week. I think Joe was #1 for around 2/3 weeks he knocked Lady A out of the #1 spot, he had a run. No one moved alot, there’s alot of people that were negative though so this next week so be interesting. Danny will definitely get passed this week though it might hold off for a few more days. Chris should definitely be #1 on Monday.
Twitter: steph6449
Carrie and Blake may gain speed but right now it’s taking them longer to move up than I would have guessed. Wonder if Danny could hold off another week possibly, especially if he does pick up some airplay.
In Carrie’s case, I wonder if there could be a saturation issue as at least here in Baltimore they are still constantly playing both Temporary Home and Cowboy Casanova, not to mention her older songs like JTTW. So Carrie in some sense is competing with herself for a new song this fast after her last ones.
Twitter: jevjos
Let’s hope he gets more airplay this week, since he was down part of the week last, he doesn’t need that much to gain alot. I hope got the bullet on billboard for the week, maybe he could hit #23 on that his week. Two more slots for a top 20 right now, we should request alot this week.
Twitter: steph6449
Didn’t have time to watch this with more than a quick look over the weekend. What in the world is Danny doing in the early part of this, checking his phone messages while on stage? Lol!
Twitter: jevjos
It does look like that, maybe it was an important tweet from someone. I know they can be sent directly to the phone.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Steph, I think that’s where he was asking the audience to text to SHF for Nashville flood relief, and he said something like “I’ll do it along with you”, kind of joking with them. He must not have done it at the CO Springs show?
I’m very happy to see Danny moved up a spot!