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There's the in-flight entertainment travelers often prefer to sleep through at 7 in the morning, and then there's this.
Five-time Grammy winner John Legend, a Springfield native, performed a Delta Airlines first Thursday - a 30-minute concert some 35,000 feet above the ground between New York and Los Angeles.
The unusual show was one of many prizes some 40 people across the country, and their guests, won in a CBS sweepstakes. (CBS will air the Grammy awards this Sunday. And Delta is the official airline of the ceremony).
Among the winners were Jimmy and Sherry Allred of Rome, Ga.
"For a long time I didn't believe in things like the lottery, didn't believe people could win something great like that," said Sherry Allred, a 35-year-old respiratory therapist. "But for me to just be online reading the news, and just submit one entry and win, I've changed."
"I think we need to get some lottery tickets when we get back," added her 41-year-old husband, a Floyd County canine officer.
For the couple, seeing the R&B singer-songwriter was fun, but they're also hoping to spot country's Rascal Flatts or Carrie Underwood at the Grammy rehearsal, the awards show itself, or the after-party - all of which they've won access to.
For Legend - and probably everyone else aboard Delta flight 9775 - it was quite an experience.
"I rarely do shows this early," Legend said from the front of the coach seats, where he played keyboards with a guitarist and two background singers.
"I never do shows at this altitude."
