Aaron Lewis — Rock to country
Aaron Lewis
Photos and short review by Mary Jane Farmer
Aaron Lewis, the former lead singer with the rock group Staind, showed up on the country scene a few years ago, and apparently hasn’t ever looked back. He performed, for the second time, for Choctaw Casino in Durant Feb. 19, 2016, to a packed house, and then moved on to the Choctaw Event Center stage in Pocola, Okla. Saturday night. That was a sold-out show.
Lewis took time during his pre-show Meet n Greet with fans to talk with them, sign autographs, and pose for photos, which are available for those who were involved on ChoctawCasinos.com Website, as is the schedule of upcoming shows at the various facilities.
He brought with him four other musicians, all highly talented, and they played along with him most of the time. However, he also took time to perform several songs solo during the show.
Aaron Lewis
He opened it, as he said he always does, by asking the crowd to stand and the men to take off their caps or hats. He then led the 2,500 people in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. He didn’t quite chain smoke on stage, but he did chain light-up cigarettes often during the performance. Would take one drag, put it down, and re-light it between the next two songs.
In an interview found online, Lewis said that he had learned to love country music from his grandfather, then gravitated toward rock as he grew up. It was when he was touring with sometimes-country artist Kid Rock that his country took roots returned, and he decided to pursue it as a career. Hasn’t seemed to have looked back.
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