Country star Jo Dee Messina on Saturday gave what many fans would call her best performance ever: an acoustic concert in an intimate venue where audience members talked with her and directed the show.
For Messina's Music Room Series Tour, which she brought to the Carnegie Library Music Hall in Munhall, the stage was decorated just like a living room, with a big sofa, mock windows and curtains. Her band played simple strings and piano in the background, while Messina alternated between singing her best hits and answering questions from the audience. The atmosphere was fun, laid-back and informal, where people simply piped up with their questions and requested songs. Messina says the purpose of her tour was to let her fans get to know her as a person, and not just know the music. It felt as though we were all old friends.
"If you love me, then why did you get here so late?" Messina joked with an audience member.
Messina answered the questions with her trademark sass and off-the-cuff wit. She opened the concert with a stanza from the Christmas song "Let It Snow."
"As you can see, this is not going to be a serious show," she said, laughing.
By Kellie B. Gormly, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, March 15, 2010
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