Third Day & David Crowder*Band --- What a Show!

I had never seen the David Crowder*Band in concert prior to this show. I must say I was very impressed. David has a way of getting an audience involved (and it didn't hurt here in Abilene that he is a fellow Texan...we support our peeps. ;) ). I had bought A Collision a couple of weeks prior to the concert, and thought it was a good record, but seeing them live, and being a part of a real worship experience was amazing. I loved the song You Are My Joy live and in person. It's definitely a standout on the record, but live it's one of those songs that just draws you in to worship.

After Crowder's set, Tai Anderson, Third Day's bassist, came out and spoke a little bit about his trip to Uganda earlier this year. Children there are being taken from their families in the middle of the night and forced into being soldiers in the country's war. There are some villages where children treck each night to a place where they can sleep safely, without fear of being kidnapped. The story was really moving, and he talked about the work that World Vision is doing there in Uganda for these kids. The AIDS situation there is bad as well.

Then, Third Day came out and rocked the house! They opened the show with Tunnel off of their latest release Wherever You Are. I love that song, and I think that was a great way to open the show, as the white curtain fell down. Their stage lights and what-not were pretty amazing as well...I loved the flames during Consuming Fire! I also loved that they did my favorite song off of the latest record, I Can Feel It, and that they did Consuming Fire and Thief. I Saw the Light with the Crowder guys was off the hook! In fact, the whole acoustic set was pretty stellar.

Here's the full set list, via the Third Day Blog:

Tunnel
Creed
I Got a Feelin'
I Can Feel It
Consuming Fire
Keep On Shinin'
Thief
I've Always Loved You (acoustic)
Your Love Oh Lord / Nothing but the Blood (acoustic)
I Saw the Light (w/ Crowder)
Blessed Assurance
You Are So Good to Me
I Believe
Show Me Your Glory
My Hope is You

***Encore***
Come Together
Cry Out to Jesus
God of Wonders

Overall, I think this was an excellent show, and if you have a chance to go, you should do it! Third Day does not disappoint, and neither does the David Crowder*Band!

I can't wait to see Third Day again. :)


My pictures of the show on Flickr...