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OAKLAND — “I’m really sorry it’s Monday,” country star Zach Bryan said at the outset of his show at Oakland Arena. “If it was up to me, no one would have to go in to work tomorrow.”
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The Oolagh, Okla. native and Navy veteran—whose music career was jumpstarted some years ago when a video of him playing at a campfire while he was still servicing went viral—brought his surprisingly intimate Burn Burn Burn Tour to the Bay. String lights extended out from the stage and over the crowd, which gave the cavernous room a cozy atmosphere. He performed in the round, roaming the stage and taking turns performing to each part of the audience. There were also a number of honeycomb-shaped lights suspended between the screens that were often lowered during the slower songs and provided a nice ambiance when they pulsated.
At times, the performance, which came at the tail end of a tour that began in May, felt more like a campfire show than one in an arena.
Giant video screens above the stage flipped back and forth between Bryan and his bandmates bouncing around to touring life reels.
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During “Highway Boys,” which Bryan dedicated to his bandmates, the screens flashed footage of tour buses, state lines and the band’s merrymaking. “Oklahoma Smokeshow,” which had most of the audience singing along fervently, featured clips from the song’s music video.
Zach Bryan filled his performance from top to bottom with fan favorites, as well as some he said he hadn’t sung in years. Midway through the set, most of the band sat down and taok a break as Bryan, a violinist and bassist performed “Sweet DeAnn,” a song from his 2019 debut album that he wrote about his late mother.
A rowdy rendition of “Condemned,” which also riled up the crowd, came toward the end of the show as Bryan neared the two-hour mark even as he and the band continued to dance around the stage. Other tunes from DeAnn included “Snow” and “God Speed.”
A soulful rendition of “Something In The Orange,” during a slower portion of his set, proved to be a fan favorite. Bryan also played a portion of “Dawns,” a single he recored with pop singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers. Each of these popular songs brought out the singer in many of the attendees, who provided backing vocals or harmonies. There were often moments where Bryan would stand back and let the crowd sing while he just stood smiling.
Another of the highlights of the evening was a 15-minute rendition of “Revival” during the encore. Bryan brought not only opening act Trampled By Turtles back to the stage, but also members of his touring crew and Oakland Athletics outfielder Brent Rooker, who’d just finished a game next door with a walk-off home run to beat the Kansas City Royals. Rooker must have been in a big hurry to make it to the concert.
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That incited a massive singalong. Bryan also used the song to introduce his band, each of whom took a solo—the epic drum solo and the fiddle solo where the best ones.
Trampled By Turtles were nothing short of amazing. The Duluth, Minn. bluegrass sextet moved like a well-oiled machine throughout a circle of microphones as the members wove in and out of one another, jamming on their respective instruments like a band that’s been together for two decades, as it has.
It looks like most of the band, led by singer-guitarist Dave Simonett, also had time to take in the A’s come-from-behind victory, before its set.
The band was captivating to watch despite playing only a couple of songs in all. You don’t often see someone playing stand-up bass (Tim Saxhaug) while hopping around on one foot and bouncing the instrument up and down as he plays. Fiddler Ryan Young was also a revelation.
Singer-songwriter Levi Turner kicked off the evening. Turner, the first artist to sign with Bryan’s label, Belting Bronco, was accompanied by a quartet and the group performed a handful of slower acoustic and melodic country tunes that focused attention to his vocals and guitar playing.
Follow writer Piper Westrom at Twitter.com/plwestrom. Follow photographer Sean Liming at Instagram.com/S.Liming.
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