A portion of the proceeds from tonight's show will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and those in attendance were very generous with their "tips." If you'd like to make a donation to St. Jude on behalf of Parmalee, you can do that by clicking here.
After first sending out condolences to the families who had suffered terrible losses in Newtown, Connecticut, the band focused on bringing the music they had been working on in the studio directly to the fans and sharing the holiday spirit. The first song they played was a brand new one, the autobiographical "Back in the Day," which they said they had just recorded. We happen to have a video of the first public performance of the song from their show at the Royal Palace Theatre last week in Roanoake Rapids, North Carolina.
Next, they sang another new song which has quickly become a fan favorite, "Already Calling You Mine." Matt said that they had tracked it yesterday and added that he was also "loving it right now." So are we! This was played acoustically tonight, but last week we heard it plugged in for the first time:
After that, was another beautiful song, "Another Day Gone," which Matt said they had also tracked yesterday. He discussed the song as one that "says a lot about us...about taking advantage of the day you have in front of you and not letting a moment slip by" which is a particularly appropriate message. Here's a version of the song from an appearance at radio station WFUS in October:
They next played a request from the Stage It chat room for "Day Drinking." Afterwards, Matt mentioned that he hoped to be doing a little of that when they got back to eastern North Carolina in a few days. The whole band seemed to be looking forward to getting out of the studio and back home! Here's a video of Day Drinking from a similarly intimate setting, just before their performance at the Market Street Saloon in North Charleston.
Matt introduced the next single, "Carolina," which will be going to radio on February 4, 2013. But before playing it, he thanked all the fans who had helped make "Musta Had a Good Time" a success and the fans in the chat room all shared their love for the new single and their plans to request the heck out of it! Here's an acoustic version from last month in Overland Park.
Matt called the next one a "pretty song" and told us it might be one that Josh will be playing piano on. Unfortunately, we don't have any video yet of the romantic "I Think You Oughta Know." But we do have video of a live performance of the next song they performed, "Empty Streets." When introducing the song "about small towns," Matt mentioned that it had been written a year ago in the basement of their place in Nashville. The video we have is from an extended live version eight months ago.
During the encore portion of the show, the guys took another request from the chat room, this one for "Gasoline." While we were treated to a great, acoustic version, here's an electric version from a show in Myrtle Beach in 2010.
They finished off with the song that has started this new adventure for them, brought us all together and is leading them to what should be a spectacular 2013, "Musta Had a Good Time." Here are the guys all decked out as Elvis for a recent Halloween show showing everyone a good time.
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great recap Shari!
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