On Saturday Feb. 11, Kyle Park played at City Limits in Stephenville, to a crowd that was ready for a good concert the moment they walked through the door.

The Cody Johnson Band opened up the show and got the crowd pumped for a night of dancing and partying.

Then, Park and his band’s turn came up. The crowd anxiously anticipated the Texas country songwriter while he was being introduced. Park’s first song was “Don’t Look” from his album “Anywhere In Texas” that was released in 2008. From the first line of the song, the crowd was fist pumping, singing, dancing, and having a good time, which was just the reaction that Park was looking for from them.

One of Park’s first radio cuts, “Day By Day” came later on the set list. From the first few notes from the lead guitar, the crowd was singing right along with the band. While the band was playing this song, it did not take long for dancers to pack the dance floor.

A few songs later, Park said that the next song was a song written about a little town called ‘Stephenville’. The crowd knew exactly what song it was. It was “Leavin’ Stephenville” which is Park’s newest music video and was shot throughout Stephenville and on Tarleton State University’s campus. The heavy twanged country song is about living in hotels, being on the road, finally getting to go home and getting “lost in my own bed, my own sheets”. During the song, the crowd sang along word-for-word with the band.

A few songs later, Park admitted his love for the “King of Country Music”, George Strait, and started to play one of my favorite songs, “Fit for a King.” “Fit for a King” is a song comprised of the titles of Strait’s songs.

After that, Park slowed down the show by playing “Yours and Mine” a song off of his album “Big Time”. From the opening line of the song, once again, Park had the dance floor packed with two-steppers. As the night went on, Park played another one of my favorites “Anywhere in Texas” which is a song about playing shows in Europe and wishing he could be back in Texas. Finally Park concluded his set with a song called “Baby I’m Gone.”

Once the set was over, Park told the crowd that he would soon return with Johnson for an acoustic third set. Johnson and Park came on stage for what they call the “Johnson Park Tour.” They started out by playing songs they had written on the road and they even played one about being in Stephenville. After they had played their new songs, they once again, broke out the old faithful Strait songs. Joined by Jody Bartula, the fiddle player for the Cody Johnson Band, the two went back and forth while playing songs that the crowd knew every word of and loved.

I am not the biggest fan of Park. He has a few songs that I like, but I have never been a huge fan of his. Although I have to admit I did like the energy that Park’s fans brought to the concert, which in turn made me like Park’s set of the concert. Whether they were dancing or singing, Park’s fans were there in full force which made the concert much more enjoyable for me.

I had never seen an acoustic set, and I must say, I absolutely loved everything about it. The way that Johnson and Park joked with each other, the new songs they played and the Strait songs they played that reminded me of my childhood, I loved every bit of it. If at all possible I would try to see the “Johnson Park Tour” again.