I saw many more shows than these indicate, but these have survived time. Some better than others. These were from Atlanta, D.C., Charlotte and St. Petersburg. I was on the road a lot in 1989 it seems. They didn't play much around where I lived; they only played once in S.C., and despite them playing many songs that mention Alabama, only played in AL once.
The top red one was a great show. The guest was Bruce Hornsby and when they played ILLR, it's started lightly raining. $21 to be on the 8th row to see the Grateful Dead on the field where the Redskins play as well isn't a bad deal. There was a Super-Weirdo on the train going there with us.
I included a (upside-down) Drivin' N Cryin' ticket that was stuck in there for some reason. When I went to see them at the King Street Palace, which was a small arena in Charleston, I ran into a childhood friend I hadn't seen in ages(to a 19 year old) while we were waiting for the band to take the stage. As I was talking to him with the house lights up, someone launched a combat boot across the place. Guess who didn't even see it coming and was hit in the side of the head with it? I'm sure that was memorable for him as well. Someone also fell out of the balcony and cracked their head open on the floor where we were. I wouldn't have thought a DNC show would have been so dangerous.
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