subject: Gary Allan Tickets - Tour Gives Fans Reasons To Celebrate [print this page] Performance after performance, Gary Allan's tour has been receiving rave reviews. Part of the reason for the tour's success is Allan's understanding of what makes a great concert. One of the biggest decisions to make was who to bring along with him, and he chose up-and-comer Jack Ingram as well as the Eli Young Band, both of whom have sounds that complement Allan's gritty, rough-edged style. The buzz around their show has made Gary Allan tickets top sellers, and fans can get theirs online.
Allan also knows that giving fans a great concert experience means learning how to interact with his audience. In fact, it may be even more important at a country concert than in any other genre, as country fans expect a good storyteller along with a talented musician. Allan told The Boot that he has always loved performing and feels a certain responsibility on the stage. He said, "You can make 'em laugh, you can make 'em cry, you can piss 'em off - you have so much control with music. You're talking to them. It's basically telling stories." His fans likely agree with him.
Jack Ingram also opened up to The Boot about his experience on tour with Gary Allan. Ingram revealed that he has been a fan of Allan's long before he became a star. He said, "I actually had a record deal about the same time he did [in 1996], and he obviously went on to grand success a lot earlier than me, but I always knew that he was doing this whole thing in a style that I would be proud of if I was him." Ingram is known for his hits like "Wherever You Are," "That's a Man" and "Barefoot and Crazy."
Gary Allan didn't have the traditional upbringing for a country star. He was raised in La Mirada, Calif., and he was already discovering a love for music at a young age. By his teens, he was playing the honky tonk circuit, leading to a record deal while he was still in high school. Allan turned down the deal, but he later signed a contract with 1996 with Decca Records. That year, he released his first album, Used Heart for Sale. In 1999, he followed with Smoke Rings in the Dark, which made him a more well-known name on the music scene thanks to the the single "Right Where I Need to Be."
Allan continued his upward climb with his next two albums, 2001's Alright Guy and 2003's See If I Care. Those albums featured his signature raspy sound and yielded the top singles "Man to Man," "Tough Little Boys" and "Nothing on but the Radio." In 2004, tragedy struck for Allan when his wife committed suicide.
Instead of giving interviews about his grief, however, Allan started penning songs. The result was 2005's Tough All Over.
The album featured raw emotions, and fans responded by pushing songs like "Best I Ever Had" and "Life Ain't Always Beautiful" high on the charts. In 2007, he showed he was ready to move on with the album Living Hard, which gave him another hit with the single "Watching Airplanes." More recently, he has released the single "Today," which is set to appear on his next album.
by: Brent Warnken
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