It was well past midnight when Eric Church finally left the stage at Red Rocks.
He had long since blown past the venue’s curfew – and his prepared setlist. And everybody in the stands had long since given up on any thoughts of staying dry, after a torrential downpour moved in and seemed to hover over Morrison, Colorado.
Church was winging it, just him and his guitar. But despite the rain, and despite the fact that it was nearly 12:30 and many of the 10,000 people in the stands had been there three nights in a row, the crowd was just fine with standing there as long as he wanted to play…