March 6th, 2010… What an amazing day! I went to see my favorite musician of all time, Brad Paisley. I knew that the show would be amazing because I had already had the opportunity to see him in 2006 and in 2007. Little did I know that the night would be one that I will never forget!

It was the last show of the American Saturday Night Tour and it opened with Justin Moore. He did a great job and was followed by the one lady in country music that makes revenge look simple, Miranda Lambert. They both did a wonderful job with their set.

Then it was time for THE Brad Paisley! His stage was awesome with a huge screen behind him surrounded by other very large screens. Every song had something interactive in the background. I believe Brad is even responsible for a lot of the really cool graphics and designs that are used during the show. He is one talented guy. As far as guitar skills go… he would absolutely blow your mind! He has skills that I’ve never seen anyone match. His vocals were awesome the whole night. Some of his song set included: Wrapped Around, She’s Everything, I’m Gonna Miss Her, Mud On The Tires, The World, Then, American Saturday Night, Online and Ticks.

Brad sang one of my absolute favorites, When I Get Where I’m Going. He sat on the center walkway while pictures of Johnny Cash, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Brittany Murphy, Heath Ledger, and many others flashed on the screen behind him. The performance was very moving for everyone. Brad’s performance of Letter To Me was also great. He paused mid-way to talk about high school. He assured everyone that “high school is not necessarily the best years of your life.” Just look at the dream that he is now able to live out every single day.

The show was unforgettable and I will always have great memories of every performance. Unfortunately, during Brad’s last song, Alcohol, he took a bad spill on stage. He was running around the corner and lost his balance. He was taken to the hospital that night at MUSC. He tweeted from the hospital:

“Tnx4 prayers, after my fall, I was just discharged from the hospital. Just very very bruised. Nothing broken, had a ct scan all is okay!”

And then came the challenge:

His wife joined in the fun and posted:

“Praying for my husband tonight. Hope he didn’t hurt himself too badly. I love that clumsy clown.
Come on, who’s got this gem on video?”

I had the video! I would have never considered posting it anywhere but he asked for it! I mean, he actually requested it. So what did I do….well, most of you know by now.

I added the video and sent a link to Brad and his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley. And the rest is history!
Kimberly sent me a tweet the very next morning that said:

I could not believe it. Kimberly Williams-Paisley actually responded to me! Then things just kept getting exciting from there. Little did I know that throughout the day my video was all over the news. Some of the websites that I know of so far are: CNN Entertainment, Fox News, TMZ, Perez Hilton, E! Online, The Huffington Post and GACTV. Wow! My video actually made it on national news.

Later that night my video was used in Charleston on Live 5 News. It aired and they credited me with the video.
I’ve now been contacted by two radio stations. I will be doing a short phone interview in the morning around 7:00 on Kix 96 from Savannah, Georgia.

As of right now at 6:55 PM on March 8th, the video is the #1 Most Watched Today in Music and the #5 Most Watched Today Overall! My channel is the #13 Most Viewed Today.

I got a call from Brad’s team and the Meet and Greet is official. The call was very cool and his staff was incredibly nice. I cannot explain how thrilled I am!

As exciting as all of this is…nothing excites me more than the opportunity to finally meet my country music hero, Brad Paisley! It just doesn’t get any better than this!

So Brad and Kimberly, if you are reading this, Thank you from the bottom of my heart! You have made a dream come true and I am so thankful! You guys are the best!

Brad’s #1 Fan,
Justin Vaughn

See The Fall

Some performances from Saturday:

For a full set of my photos visit HERE.

The Brad Paisley concert in Charleston, South Carolina was amazing! A full write-up will follow soon! But unfortunately, Brad took a spill at the end during his last song. He immediately joked on Twitter, while at the hospital, about the fall. He tweeted the following:

“Alright, whoever posts the YouTube footage of it gets a meet and greet. I have got to see it. I hit hard. And I mean freaking hard.”

His wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, joined in the laughter and posted:

“Come on, who’s got this gem on video?”

So, they asked and I answered! LOL. I had the video and I would have never posted it if they had not asked. I’ve attached the video below. I was very upset to see Brad fall but I’m very glad to see that he is okay and all is well. I especially love the fact that he has treated this with such a great sense of humor! Brad Paisley is the best and this is just another situation that proves it! And that is why I am a huge fan!

Kimberly Williams-Paisley posted the following this morning:

Ouch! One meet&greet comin up RT @talk2mejjv: I have the video… http://bit.ly/c4kRUM

Oh yes! That would be me!

The Song of the Week is Hello World by Lady Antebellum. I’m a big fan of the entire album, Need You Now, so it is hard to pick just one song. However, I’ve managed to do so. Enjoy!

What do you guys think?

This week on American Idol was a little strange. Starting the week off was the group of 12 girls. I have to say that I was not impressed. There were a few memorable performances but overall it fell flat! The guys stepped it up a little the next night. Three out of five of my favorite performances this week were from the guys. My favorite performances are the following (in no particular order):

Lee Dewyze: Chasing Cars



Casey James: Heaven

Andrew Garcia: Sugar, We’re Going Down



Crystal Bowersox: Hand In My Pocket

Siobhan Magnus: Wicked Games

What were your favorite performances?

One of my favorite songs of all time is Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. The song has been covered multiple times and I wanted to share some of my favorite versions with all of you. Most of you know the original version by Leonard Cohen, so I am just going to share some covers from other artists. This is my favorite collection! Check them out below:

Jeff Buckley:

Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris:

Jason Castro:

Allison Crowe:

k.d. Lang:

Campaign – Another Hallelujah:

Brandi Carlile:

Rufus Wainwright:

Alexandra Burke:

What is your favorite version of Hallelujah? I’d love to know what all of you think. Respond below! Don’t be shy.

I am very excited to let you guys know that this is officially the 100th post made on Justin’s Take On Entertainment since I started on October 24th, 2009. I would like to thank everyone who has given feedback and shown support while I continue to write about current entertainment. This is what I love to do and I’m glad that so many of you are willing to support me in this. I appreciate it so much! I hope that you continue to enjoy future posts and I look forward to hearing from all of you.

~Justin Vaughn

I wanted to share Closer with everyone. I have had the opportunity to see Warren Barfield sing live several times and he is definitely someone that you should check out. I enjoy all of his music. This song is from the album Reach. Many of you may know of Warren because of his song Love Is Not a Fight from the movie Fireproof. You can listen to Closer here:

Here is an official list of the Top 24 on American Idol Season 9:

Didi Benami, 23, of Knoxville, TN

Crystal Bowersox, 24, of Elliston, OH

Lacey Brown, 24, of Amarillo, TX

Michelle Delamor, 22, of Miami, FL

Katelyn Epperly, 19, of West Des Moines, IA

Siobhan Magnus, 20, of Cape Cod, MA

Paige Miles, 24, of Houston, TX

Ashley Rodriguez, 22, of Chelsea, Ma

Lilly Scott, 20, of Denver, CO

Katie Stevens, 17, of Middlebury, CT

Haeley Vaughn, 16, of Fort Collins, CO

Janell Wheeler, 24, of Tampa, FL

Lee Dewyze, 23, of Mount Prospect, IL

Andrew Garcia, 24, of Moreno Valley, CA

Tyler Grady, 20, of Nazareth, PA

Todrick Hall, 24, of Arlington, TX

Casey James, 27, of Fort Worth, TX

Aaron Kelly, 16, of Sonestown, PA

Alex Lambert, 19, of North Richland Hills, TX

Michael Lynche, 26, of Astoria, NY

Joe Muoz, 20, of Huntington Park, CA

John Park, 21, of Evanston, IL

Jermaine Sellers, 27, of Joliet, IL

Tim Urban, 20, of Duncanville, TX

Catch American Idol tonight at 8/7c for a 2 hour episode. Then tune in tomorrow at 9/8c to meet the Top 24 of Season 9!