Good tunes, great venue, annoying teenagers!
by anotsoordinaryname on 10/24/11House of Blues Dallas - DallasRating: 4 out of 5Went to see Ben Rector on Friday at the Dallas House of Blues, one of my favorite venues. Our actual intention for going to the concert was to see the opener, Andrew Belle. I fell in love with his music a long time ago and couldn't wait to see him live. He performed about 6 six songs and killed "In My Veins". I was bummed that there wasn't any new material from him, hence him opening. I hope he puts out something new sometime soon. We had never actually heard of Ben Rector before that night and I was pleasantly surprised. He has a very Gavin DeGraw/Jason Mraz feel to him and performs well live. We had really good seats in the balcony section and for only paying $15 a ticket, enjoyed a great show. The one thing that really bugged me was all of the loud, annoying teenagers at the show. I'm not sure if this is because of the venue or the following of Ben Rector fans, but it's obnixous to be at a singer/songerwriter vibed concert and only hear giggles and chatter throughout. Props to Ben Rector, he'll definitely be getting a few iTunes downloads out of me and Andrew Belle was great. I would definitely recommend this show for anyone in the future, maybe just look for an age-restricted venue.