Kid Rock on GMA

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One of the things I love about New York are the limitless opportunities. For example, in Albuquerque, I never had the opportunity to stop by a Kid Rock/Skynyrd concert on the way to work. Thanks to Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series, this was made possible.

I showed up at Bryant Park around 7 (when they wanted us there, per Kid's email) to find that the concert wasn't much of a concert. Skynyrd played Sweet Home (which never gets old) at 7:30:


Kid Rock came out about 45 minutes later, and played All Summer Long, his latest smash hit, which has picked up sales of his latest album Rock and Roll Jesus months after it first dropped:

Having seen these performers multiple times, I'd put this at the bottom of the list. The sound was awful (the poor sound quality on the video clips isn't solely the product of my camera, at the end of Kid's performance, he makes a comment), and only getting to hear one song a piece (although Kid played All Summer twice while I was there) was kind of a let down. Also, there were only about 500 people there, which was a surprise (but you wouldn't know it from the way ABC shot it).

That said, good for ABC and Good Morning America for doing this. I'll never complain about the chance to catch Kid Rock or Skynyrd, another reason to love this city. I mean, seriously, where else does this stuff happen on a weekly basis?

Also, I left before I had the opportunity to catch Kid sing along with Skynyrd on Sweet Home (I had to go to work), which they closed the show with, here: Skynyrd and Kid Rock Sing 'Sweet Home'.