I saw him once, when he was opening for Tim McGraw in 2001, at Glen Helen Pavilion in Devore, CA.

The way this came about was kinda strange. I was sitting in a chat room, and a girl appeared there and asked if there were any country music fans present. I said that I was, and she opened a private chat with me, and told me that she had two tickets to the McGraw/Chesney concert, but her friend was sick. At first I was sure this was some kind of scam, but she insisted that not only wasn't it a scam, she didn't want any money. She was going to treat me to the concert, and just wanted company!

The only thing she asked of me was that I would drive, as she didn't enjoy driving long distances. We both lived in Redondo Beach at the time.

I agreed to this, and didn't even care what she looked like. It was a free concert, and she seemed nice enough, so why not?

Anyway, I picked her up, and she was a few years younger than me, Guatemalan or something. Totally didn't expect someone like her to be into country music, but she was. She didn't have an accent, though, and was born in the US. Fairly pretty, but not really my physical type.

She was very sweet, softspoken, and fun to be around. The tickets were in a shitty location way back, but I didn't care.

Kenny Chesney did a good job with his opening songs, and then he turned it over to McGraw, who also performed well.

I was a complete gentleman the entire time, but the girl was actually making moves on me, first leaning on me, then taking my hand, and then kissing me. I thought to myself, "It's too bad she's not my type, because otherwise I'd totally be into her. Seems like she'd make a great girlfriend." At some point she told me that her type was tall white guys near her age, so that was exactly me.

At the end of the evening when I dropped her off, she told me she had a really good time, found me very attractive, and really wanted to see me again. I said I also had a good time and that I'd contact her, but I sent her like one or two messages through the chat interface, then ghosted. Very nice girl, but I just wasn't feeling it.

To this day, it's the only country music concert I've been to in my life.