Parker McCollum connected instantly with the sold-out Pinnacle Bank Arena crowd of 9,000 Friday and delivered a superb show of his distinctive Americana-meets-traditional country with a pop sheen.

In 2021, Parker McCollum rolled into Curtis, played 36 holes of golf, then headed to tiny Stockville for the Frontier County Fair — taking the stage in front of the grandstand in a field that would be the site of a demolition derby a day or two later.