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Top five, Saving Abel

Rocky Mountain News

Published July 24, 2008 at 7 p.m.

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Memphis-based and Mississippi- bred rockers Saving Abel may have a hit song with Addicted - currently No. 8 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock tracks - but these down-to-earth guys from the South are still pinching themselves that they've actually made it. We managed to get lead singer Jared Weeks on the phone between gigs to tell us about the Top 5 Best Things About Finally Hitting It Big:

1 It's good to make people proud - Mom and Dad, our families. They represent what we do and they have our backs, and we want to make them proud.

2 Finally getting to meet the bands we grew up listening to - to be onstage with them. It feels really good to meet them; I actually sat down and ate lunch with Brad Arnold and Chris from 3 Doors Down. I'm a huge fan of theirs, and it was cool - they're just as country as we are.

3 Get to see the country. A couple of years ago, if you told me I'd be doing this, I would have laughed at you. We played Las Vegas, and you know, people in Mississippi, they see Vegas on TV. We played on a rooftop in New York, drove through Napa Valley - it looks like the front of a ranch-dressing bottle. The salt flats in Utah, just real neat to look at. Just awesome to be a part of it.

4 Finally, after 21/2 years of traveling the country in a nacho- and Dorito-crumb- filled van, we have a tour bus. You can never really rest in a van. This makes the job more enjoyable. We are really thankful for our tour bus.

5 The crowds - when they sing the songs back to you, that's when I get the chill bumps. That's when I know that all that hard work is paying off, that people are actually listening to our music and enjoying it.

Saving Abel will play the Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., on Aug. 2, with Puddle of Mudd. Show at 7 p.m., tickets are $25. Call 303-830-8497 or visit ticketmaster.com for more info.