Little Texas, Mitchell, SD

Little Texas brought America's favorite rockin' country to the World's Only Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota on Friday, August 24, 2018. The crowd wasn't huge, but they seemed to enjoy the show.

I spent a good chunk of the afternoon with the band checking out the Corn Palace itself and the Corn Palace Festival carnival on Mitchell's Main Street. They guys couldn't decide whether the corn-covered venue was cool or hokey. All of them had to take pictures of it though.

Openers for the show were the locally-popular Weston Frank band from eastern South Dakota. They also played an after-party at the Back 40 across the street from the Corn Palace.

Little Texas, Rapid City, SD

I've been friends with the guys in Little Texas for a number of years now. Every time I can catch a show I have a great conversation with them. This show was at Main Street Square in Rapid City, South Dakota during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 10, 2017.

The square was overflowing with people loving the band's rocking country sound. It's always fun to hear all kinds of rock hits blended with Little Texas' big hits from the 90s. I recall ZZ Top, Van Halen, the Eagles, and Grand Funk Railroad during this show.

Check out more with Little Texas at their website. More of my photos of the band can be found here at Chad's Concert Pix.

Little Texas, Rapid City, SD

I'm very happy to say that these guys are my friends. Little Texas was one of the hottest country acts in the 1990s. Their energetic show still entertains fans like this one at the Central States Fair in Rapid City, South Dakota on August 18, 2013.

Bassist Duane Propes and I had cooked up a plan where he would wear a South Dakota t-shirt during the band's encore so I could shoot some photos. Unfortunately instead of doing an encore they just played right through their set and stopped. So Duane was great enough to wear the shirt the next day and send me this photo of him, Porter Howell and Del Gray at Mount Rushmore. What a guy!

Two angles on Little Texas

People seem to like these kind of "rest of the story" photos, so here's a fun one. I was shooting Little Texas at the Central States Fair in Rapid City on August 18, 2013 and so was a friend of mine - Mike Wolforth.

As guitarist Porter Howell spent a good amount of his guitar solo running throughout the audience I followed along shooting as I went. He's small and way in the background, but you can see Mike in my shot below.

Mike stayed near the front of the stage and shot from there, capturing Porter and the crowd and me. Here's his angle on the same moment in time.

 

 

Getting noticed

I'm never sure, do you think musicians notice me taking photos when they are performing?

Little Texas, Watertown, SD

Little Texas rounded out the Redlin Art Center Summer Celebration on August 7, 2010 in Watertown, South Dakota.

The guys were happy to let me share their stage with them, so drummer Del Gray wasn't as surprised to see me next to him as it may appear here.

Hanging out in the band's "office" while they are working is a special treat that I always relish. It gave me a great angle to show off my buddy Duane Propes' unusual stage footwear (or lack of it). Here the band jams through a version of Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train."

Blending vocal harmonies as well as any band out there, Little Texas sings one of their big hits, "What Might Have Been."

It was a very fun show. Don't miss my earlier posts with pictures below and coverage of Blackhawk and Restless Heart immediately below this post.

Special thanks goes out to Julie Ranum and the Redlin Art Center for allowing me to roam the area around the stage, to Little Texas for allowing me to roam on the stage, and to all three "Triple Threat Tour" bands for putting on a great show.