Lainey Wilson lit up Phoenix last week to kick off her tour, and just when the crowd thought they were settling into a normal set, she busted out Don Williams’ “Tulsa Time.” Except … plot twist … this wasn’t your daddy’s slow-rolling Don Williams version. Nope. Lainey brought dancers. Real dancers. Matching outfits, sharp turns, hair flips, the whole nine yards.
Now, let’s be honest: Don Williams was about as flashy as a pocketknife. The man barely moved on stage and his idea of choreography was a gentle head nod. So if he could see Lainey’s dancers stomping and twirling across the stage, he’d probably tilt that cowboy hat back and squint, and say something like, “That’s a whole lotta movement for a song about sittin’ around in Oklahoma.”…