Let's go back to the days of when I still had 21 to look forward to and felt like I had the world at my feet and 2 years of college left. That's the last time I went to a Corey Smith concert. Now, I am 25, 3 years out of college and trying to figure out what to do with my life while juggling the weight of financial responsibilites (No more daddy's money to play around with). I've never been a huge Corey Smith fan, and pretty much stopped listening once my last relationship crashed and burned along with extracting from my vocabulary, The Dave Matthews Band, Oasis, Journey, Kenny Chesney and pretty much all country, and of course, Corey Smith. Even more so Corey Smith because my ex introduced me to him. However, once my good friends Courtney and Jordan expressed they were going I jumped at the chance to visit Athens and relive my college glory days at the new Georgia Theater (the first venue I saw him play).
I started off my night by eating at my old haunt Little Italy's and ordering my usual, cheese slice with green olives. Add a Mich Ultra and the whole thing costs $5.
Once I met up with my friends we went to Walker's Pub...usually an older crowd bar, but I'm pretty sure I saw some freshman in there. It is the first week of school after all. After we were nice and toasty we headed to the Georgia Theater. The venue was packed, and sold out I believe, not surprising since Smith is an Athenian celebrity. I even ran into some friends that either had never left or revisiting their youth like me.
As Smith took the stage, a few things had changed. He had a band, banners, better sound quality, and a snazzy new style. He was starting to blow up around the time I stopped listening to his music, and apparently got richer.
Smith played some of his new stuff, which being out of the loop for 5 years, I didn't know any of it. I was waiting for the good oldies. Singing drunkenly and doing a "Remember When" with "21" (I now know what it feels like on both sides of the coin of that song and I DO remember when 80s Bar was Chasers), "Every Dawg" (Perfect for the upcoming football season), and of course "Someone To Lose" (hits home the hardest).
Apparently, there is an official video out this year for "21," which was filmed in Athens appropriately:
Thank you, Corey for letting me retrace my steps of those early years of young love, foolish shenanigans, and pride for timeless football traditions.
This is a video of Corey Smith playing "Every Dawg" at The Georgia Theater in 2006. Not the best quality, but I'm pretty sure I was at this show, so it's going up.
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