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at Phoenix Convention Center

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#bluemesa #petrifiedforest #travel (at Blue Mesa in the Petrified Forest)

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Deep underground in the Carlsbad Caverns. Post coming soon. #carlsbadcaverns #wonderlustwednesday (at Carlsbad Caverns National Park)

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Nothing like a 3 mile hike up a mountain to let you know how out of shape you are... #wanderlustwednesday #carlsbad (at Carlsbad, New Mexico)

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Updates from Austin, Tx coming soon. It's been a crazy weekend. (at 6th Street, Austin, TX)

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Bearemy Mincey makes it from Gainesville last weekend to AT&T Stadium today! #cowboysnation #gatornation

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A while back I caught @emmykinney in Jacksonville, Fl. She was incredible. #acapella (at Jackrabbits)

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#streetperformers #livemusic #neworleans (at New Orleans French Quarter)

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The French Quarter (at New Orleans French Quarter)

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Wood sculptures cut from trees that used to overhang in the road. #streetart #woodcarving (at biloxi Beach Mississippi Gulf Coast)

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I don't plan on spending money on food too often, but I had to see what the fuss was about with this place. #theshed (at The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint)

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#battleship (at USS Battleship Alabama)

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Step one.

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I’ve long had a love for live music. There is something visceral about the whole experience. You feel the bass thump in your chest, the ground rumbles beneath your feet. Your body runs hot no matter the temperature. You don’t just hear the music, you feel it. The person next to you is a complete stranger, yet somehow life has brought you both to this exact place at this exact time as you sing along together like old friends. The artists who wrote the songs you love are standing 10 feet away, singing directly to you. You feel a sense of freedom amongst hundreds or thousands of people that you rarely even feel when you’re alone. You sing at the top of your lungs, your fists pump to the beat. You dance, without thinking, even when you know that you are a terrible, rhythm-less dancer. It’s a high without the drugs. It’s the feeling people describe when they talk of religious experiences. This is the sound that has the power to raise a temple and tear it down. Rock and Roll is my religion and this show was my baptism. This euphoric rush that a good rock show gives you, it is an experience that I’d search for from dive bars to big music festivals. That’s the beauty of Rock and Roll, of any type of music really… The right lyric, the right chord, the right beat, it can grab hold of you and take you somewhere else entirely.

- an excerpt from my blog, TheRockabout.com