New Things #4: Jesse Roper

I was wondering if I should count this as two new things because this is also the first time that I’ve ever seen opener Ali Angel but I feel like that’s too much. For my 500 New Things challenge, I’m only going to count the headliner of concerts. Although in this case, I will say that I might have liked the opener more. And I did laugh when she performed this song because she opened by saying the song is “She Says It’s Alright” but that a lot of people think it says “Jesus said it’s alright” and I have to side with the lot of people because it absolutely sounds like that.

Unfortunately for Jesse Roper, he had a couple of sound issues to deal with and his opener is apparently from LA so she had a bigger crowd than he did. Always a bummer to see the crowd file out after the first act. Still, Jesse didn’t let him phase him and he came out and put on a great show. I learned from Jesse from my addiction to MLB The Show ‘26. He has a song on there and I dug it although I did think it had to be a cover since it has such a classic feel to it.

All in all, not the most memorable evening of the year but it was a good Saturday night.