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half of the show was louder and really rocked.

BBT performed songs from his new CD "Beautiful Door" including the title cut. Muscle Shoals songwriting legend Funky Donnie Fritts was in the audience cheering Billy Bob on as Thornton performed a song he and Fritts wrote called "My Personal Prison." This set also included songs like "Hope For Glory" from his new CD and one previously recorded original from his "Private Radio" album called "That Mountain." Even though the set was flawless and fun, I was a bit disappointed that Billy Bob did not perform any of the songs from his "Hobo" album.

One surprise did come right in the middle of the second half of the concert. Thornton asked for the theatre lights to be turned up so that he could see the audience. He said: "I don't usually do this in my shows, but tonight I'm going to take seven questions from the audience about my movies and I'll answer them."

The first question was more of a statement from a middle-aged lady who said that she could not see Thornton's character, Carl Childers from SlingBlade in BBT himself. She said, "You are very thin. I can't see Carl in you at all."

Thornton said, "I never do this anywhere because this character is sacred to me, but since I'm here in Alabama, I'll show you Carl."

And with that said, BBT turned his back to the crowd, got into character and turned and faced the audience. And there before our very eyes stood the SlingBlade hero Carl Childers himself. BBT did a little dialog from the movie in Carl's voice and the audience cheered wildly.

Near show's end, Thornton tossed some drumsticks out into the crowd and ended the show. But he and The Box Masters came back out for one last song due to a standing ovation encore.

As a Billy Bob Thornton music lover, I was blown away by the show. I was a bit disappointed at the lack of older original material being performed from his previous CD's but overall, it was the best $20 I've spent in a long time. If BBT comes to a town near you, get a ticket .... Take the ride.

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