Crowd loved Tracy Byrd concert

To the editor:

Obviously, Matt Sanders attended a completely different concert Sept. 16 at the SEMO District Fair than the other 1,900 of us did. We loved it. I have yet to find one person who agreed with Sanders' negative review of the Tracy Byrd concert.

There was no mistaking the fact that the crowd loved Tracy Byrd. A beautiful song like "Keeper of the Stars" certainly does not need "energy." When Byrd performed "Drinkin' Bone," "Watermelon Crawl" and "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous," he was very energetic.

Sanders could probably do a good review at a rock concert where it is more animation than music. Probably no country-music performer would be animated enough to receive a good review from Sanders.

The standing ovation Tracy Byrd received at the end of his performance told the story: The crowd loved Tracy Byrd.

JUDIE HERBST, Cape Girardeau