Although it is not grammatically correct, Gary Allan’s hit song “Life Ain’t Always Beautiful” could have been the theme song for his rained out concert at The Wharf Amphitheater on Saturday night.

Thousands of country music fans braved the elements, waiting in line under a rainy, lightning filled sky, hoping to catch a glimpse of one of America’s hottest acts. The show was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m., but with thunderstorm warnings in the area, officials at The Wharf postponed opening the gates until the storm passed. Around 9 p.m., with lines of people still outside, the concert was postponed again until Sunday evening.

“We just want to get in and get out of the rain,” said Greg Simms, who with his girlfriend Tracy Horton, had driven over from Mobile for the concert. After the announcement that the concert would be held over for one day, most of the loyal fans said they would gladly return on Sunday night.

Jimmy and Laura Smith, who were in town from Tuscaloosa to enjoy Memorial Day weekend, had not even planned to attend the concert, but were looking forward to returning on Sunday.

“We just came down for vacation. We saw the announcement on the sign and bought some tickets. This just gives us more reason to stay down here another night,” Smith said.

From his early days as a teenager playing with the Honky Tonk Wrangles, singer songwriter Allan has made quite an impression on Nashville, pumping out seven albums, 22 songs that reached the Billboard Hot Country songs chart, and three No. 1 tunes – “Man to Man”, “Tough Little Boys”, and “Nothing on But the Radio.”

Opening for Allan, was Lake, Miss., native Randy Houser, best known for his hit songs “Anything Goes”, “Whistlin’ Dixie” and as co-writer for Trace Adkins’ Top Five hit “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.”

Although rain was threatening on Sunday evening, apart from a few technical issues related to the sound system, the Sunday night performance went on without serious issues.

Houser pumped up the crowd, thanking them for returning, despite the postponement.

“We came down here to do a show, and felt it only fair to stay over one more night to make it right,” Houser told the crowd.

In a blend of soulful vocals, but with a taste of Southern rock, Houser wowed the crowd with tunes like “Something Real”, “Boots On” and “Back to God.”

Allan was equally as appreciative to the crowd for coming back on Sunday night.

“We had fun swimming in your Gulf until about six this morning,” Allan joked with the crowd. “You have some beautiful beaches here.”

Allan and his seven-piece band belted out hit after hit, with not a lot of talk in between, entertaining their fans with tunes like “Right Where I Need to Be”, “The One”, “It Would Be You”, “Best I Ever Had” and “Tough Little Boys.”

He brought the crowd to their feet with “Watching Airplanes”, a song that spent 31 weeks on the Billboard charts, going as high as No. 2.

Allan was even joined on the stage by his dog.

Sarah Lindsey, who attended the Sunday night show with her two children Alex and Amanda, said she didn’t think they would return after the rainout on Saturday, but was glad that she did.

“Oh this was so much fun. I am glad we came back,” Lindsey said. “We live over in Pensacola and I almost decided just to stay home because it looked like it would rain again tonight, but we came on over anyway. The kids loved it.”