For any guy wondering why the bars looked unusually devoid of ladies night on Thursday, well, simple truth is the guys in Lubbock were stood up for a sexy tractor.
Country singer Kenny Chesney along with up-and-coming bands Sugarland and Dierks Bentley occupied the attention of most ladies from the Hub City Thursday night.
Standing outside the United Spirit Arena before the doors opened, every girl in a three-state-area showed up in their Friday-night best for the trio of bands.
"I showed up for (Chesney)," Kim Cruz said. "Have you seen him? He's gorgeous."
Cruz, along with her friend, drove from San Antonio to see the country singer for the first time. She waited outside for more than an hour before the doors opened for the concert, and she knows exactly why she did it.
"Kenny's beautiful," she said.
Sherry Huffine, like every other woman outside the arena, admits Chesney has the looks, but she likes him for a different reason.
"Every since he came out in '95, he just kept getting better," she said. "His voice, his smile; I was hooked. His concerts are great; he has so much energy."
The concert marked Huffine's third time to see Chesney. She is a proud member of his fan club, and would travel to see all of his shows if circumstances allowed.
"I have a kid and a husband," she said. "My husband allows me to go see (Chesney) once a year, but last year I couldn't because we went on this big family vacation thing."
Chesney's songs connect with Huffine as she said they do with everyone else. A lot of his songs focus on the past and years gone by. He sings about the friends he used to have, and the girlfriends he has lost along the line.
"Everyone can relate," she said. "Who hasn't been to high school? For anyone who has grown up in a small town, he's there."
Standing on the steps, waiting behind the gate that separated the crowd from the doors of the USA, stood three women - Jessica Dunn, Jennifer Windham and Elizabeth Duhaime - who have a lot more in common than the fact they love Chesney.
"We're all moms, and we drove down together," Windham said. "We decided to skip college and do the whole family thing first."
Of course they were there to see Chesney, but Windham said Sugarland's lead singer has been showing a lot of promise lately with a new duet with a rock legend.
"Who wouldn't be showing promise with Bon Jovi making you famous?" she laughed.
Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles joined Jon Bon Jovi for a new single listed on the country charts, "Who Says You Can't Go Home," featured on Bon Jovi's latest album "Have a Nice Day."
Dunn said Bentley should not be forgotten in the mix of singers that rotated across the stage. His music leans more toward the classic country than the new alternative style that has been filling the radio stations.
"He is a more slow song kind of guy," she said.
Lubbock high school student Tabitha Houden smiled when she began talking about what brought her out to the concert.
"It's my 18th birthday, and my friend bought me the tickets as my present," she said. "I came out here to see Kenny because of his eyes and his body, or I guess the more politically correct answer is because of his music."
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