Alpine Valley Music Theatre - July 18, 1989

I originally had no plans to attend Alpine Valley in 89 but when someone I knew had 2 tickets available for this night only and the morning before the show who could'nt attend, I talked my buddy into taking a half day off work and we immediately got on the road from Grand Rapids, MI. With approximately a 6 hour drive, we got on ther road and arrived at the venue a couple hours before showtime. I remember that it rained the whole time.

Having skipped Alpine 88 and having so much fun in 86 and 87, I was'nt prepared for how they lot had been totally fenced in and the enormous oversold crowd. Despite the rain, vending was in full force as were the anti-vendors who were busting people with shirts, veggie burritos ect ect. I knew that they had cool bright new stage backdrops from the Shoreline Summer Solstace Pay-Per-View but was suprised that they added video screens to Alpine.

Musically the show was a winner from start to finish. Perhaps someday the video from this night will surface.

remember when quinn the eskimo played and some of us knew Dylan was in chi thought he might stop by it was a nice day dream

Oh yes, I remember it rained the whole time, I also drove back and forth from Chicago each day, because those shows were in the middle of the week and I had to work. But it was so worth it.

Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.