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38 Special Still Rocks!!

  • Date of Concert: Saturday, August 9, 2025
  • Location of Concert: New Barn Theatre at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky
  • Opener: Kolby Oakley

I’ve been wanting to see the band 38 Special for a long time, but have just not gotten around to it.

I finally rectified that when I saw them in Mt. Vernon, KY at a really cool venue called New Barn Theatre at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center.

38 Special still consists of lead singer/guitarist/songwriter Don Barnes (who still sings amazingly well) and the band also consists of Bobby Capps (keyboards/vocals), Gary Moffatt (drums), Barry Dunaway (bass/vocals), and Jerry Riggs (guitar).

38 Special are on their 50 Year Legacy Tour and have a new album coming out September 19th called Milestone, which I have preordered.

What can I say?  They really rock live!!

Loud, but clean.  You can hear everyone and all the vocals, especially from Don, are just phenomenal.

Keep on rocking guys.  I can’t wait to hear the new album. 

They are playing the first single from it now in concert “All I Haven’t Said”, which is a good first start to the album.

Opener Kolby Oakley and his band were solid and started the night off well.

Another great concert for me.

Next up is Two-Wolf (Blackfoot/Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Greg T. Walker’s band) on August 16.

Rock on everyone.

38 Special Set List:

  1. Rockin’ Into The Night
  2. Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
  3. Back Where You Belong
  4. The Sound Of Your Voice
  5. Back To Paradise
  6. Honky Tonk Dancer
  7. Rough-Housin;
  8. All I Haven’t Said (New Song)
  9. Teacher Teacher
  10. Somebody Like You
  11. Second Chance
  12. Like No Other Night
  13. Heart’s On Fire
  14. Radar Radar (Riggs cover song)
  15. If I’d Been The One
  16. Fantasy Girl
  17. Good Times (The Easybeats cover song)
  18. Caught Up In You
  19. Chain Lightnin’
  20. Encore:  Hold On Loosely

Kolby Oakley Set List:

  1. Who Do You Love
  2. He’s A High Roller
  3. I’m Better Left Alone
  4. If That Ain’t Country
  5. Instrumental Medley:  Welcome To The Jungle/Man In The Box/Sad But True/Fire/Immigrant Song/Crazy On You/The Boys Are Back In Town/Tom Sawyer/Bohemian Rhapsody
  6. Sober Side Of Me

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