{"id":37131,"date":"2019-07-31T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=37131"},"modified":"2019-07-31T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T20:08:59","slug":"itlm-otrs-presents-fireworks-and-90s-country-day-featuring-sawyer-brown-and-diamond-rio-at-the-138th-porter-county-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=37131","title":{"rendered":"ITLM OTRS Presents: Fireworks and 90\u2019s Country Day Featuring Sawyer Brown and Diamond Rio At The 138th Porter County Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Angela Urban<\/span><\/p>\n

What started out as a very wet Sunday at the County Fair, turned into a night to remember with both Diamond Rio and Sawyer Brown performing while Fireworks were going off during Sawyer Brown\u2019s song \u201cMission Temple Fireworks Stand\u201d. Lead singer Mark Miller\u2019s response was \u201cwell, they said there were going to be a few fireworks\u201d, then it turned into a full blown fireworks display lasting for at least 5 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I first saw Diamond Rio live in 1994 with Tim McGraw as an opening act debuting his song \u201cDon\u2019t take the Girl\u201d with Sawyer Brown closing the show in Moline, IL. <\/span>Diamond Rio consists of\u00a0 Lead singer, Guitar Marty Roe, Dana Williams on bass, Jimmy Olander on Guitar, Banjo,\u00a0 Brian Prout on drums, Dan Truman on Keyboard, and Gene Johnson on guitar, mandolin. They<\/span> have become one of the great recognizable country music groups that you can hear their songs will be instantly taken back to the original time you heard it.\u00a0 They released a cd called \u201cMade it\u201d in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

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They did some cover tunes but in a bluegrass\/rock medley that consisted of “Layla”, “Walk this Way”, “Wayward Son” and “Born to be Wild” and had everyone rocking out and<\/span> on their feet. They continued with the song \u201c In God we still trust\u201d and as Dana said, \u201cIt sent chills up his spine looking out at the crowd and seeing the (American) flag waving in the distance as they sang that song.\u201d <\/span>Dana even mentioned Chicago, as he is fan of Chicago PD and cast of that show and how nice it was to be so close to it all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After Diamond Rio finished their set, it was Sawyer Brown’s turn on stage and they did not disappoint. <\/span>The crowd was on their feet for, “Some Girls Do”, “The Race is On” and “Six Days on the Road”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To say this was a perfect 90’s country music night is an understatement as both of these bands are phenomenal at making you feel like it is twenty-five years ago, when mullets ruled and country was the coolest music there was! <\/span>Porter County Fair did their best to bring back that 90’s scene and they definitely succeeded for this event.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For more on Diamond Rio, click here<\/a><\/p>\n

For more on Sawyer Brown, click here<\/a><\/p>\n

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