Pressure on. The Luke Bryan road crew really needed to get out of the mud in Eyota. The next stop on the singer’s tight schedule was only three days away in Texas. Take-downs, like set-ups, don’t happen instantly.
Thunderstorm leaves Gar-Lin farm a mud pit
EYOTA, Minn. – The crew that set up the Eyota concert of Luke Bryan became mired in cropland mud after storms cancelled the show. Taking down the stage and show gear was a messy the next morning. As the dismantling began, it became obvious that the show’s dozen over-the-road 18-wheelers and dorm trailers couldn’t get enough traction to drive out, some not even an inch. Mud was up to the wheel rims. Farm tractors and other equipment at the host Gar-Lin dairy farm came to the rescue and pulled and nudged the trucks out to paved streets. The concert site was a multi-acre grain field that had been cleared for the concert and an expected 26,000 fans. Last year was perfect for Bryan’s first Farm Tour concert in Eyota. This year: Not so much.