Talented country star Brad Paisley keeps coming back to the Treasure Valley, and Idaho fans keep buying tickets. Why? Because he’s that good. His digital-effects-packed stage show resembles “The Matrix,” his guitar solos rival Eddie Van Halen’s (almost!), and he somehow pulls it off looking handsome in a cowboy hat. A high-energy, no-nonsense entertainer, Paisley doesn’t talk a whole lot between songs. It leaves more time for singing hits such as “Mud on the Tires,” “She’s Everything” and “Alcohol.”

Michael Deeds