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.