The Fray Beach Concert Report

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On Sunday, October 30th, 2016, I attended a rock concert preformed by a band called The Fray. They preformed in Austin, Texas, at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. I have been a fan of their music since I was about twelve years old and have always wanted to attend one of their concerts. Since I found myself in “the music capital of the world” for college, I decided this would be the perfect time to see one of my favorite bands preform in person. I purchased a relatively expensive ticket to attend this event, and got excited to see The Fray’s concert. The Fray is an American rock band that consists of four band members, Isaac Slade—lead vocals and piano, Joe King—rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Dave Welsh—lead guitar, and Ben Wysocki—drums. …show more content…

Occasionally, Isaac would pause between songs to give a shout out to the audience, and thank us all for coming out to watch them preform, which I felt made the audience feel closer and more connected to the band. The crowd was a range of all different ages, from ten to sixty, but regardless of age, everyone seemed to be enjoying and relating to the music just the same. From what I observed, there was no drug use, as people seemed to be at the concert solely to enjoy the music. Everyone was singing along with the lyrics to the songs, as most people seemed to be familiar with the Fray’s music.
Since the early 1960’s “popular music of the young has always it seems, been linked in the minds of many with rebellion—especially cultural rebellion” (Lewis 1). This is a scary truth that our society must face but The Fray’s concert seemed to be an anomaly of that sort because I didn’t witness a single person seemingly on drugs or doing drugs for the duration of the concert. Since the group was originally a religious band, and some of their songs do still mention God, I theorize that people who just attend concerts to use drugs wouldn’t attend this type of concert. This is because everyone who was in attendance seemed to be there for the actual music as opposed to just having a good time with

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