Happy July 4, everyone. Have fun, be safe and rock out.
Thursday, July 2
*Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/John Cougar Mellencamp, GCS Ballpark (Sauget)
*Brooke Waggoner, Off Broadway
*Dr. Manhattan, Cicero's
*Hip-Hop Showcase, Atomic Cowboy
*Bridgeton Air Defense/Tenement Ruth, Mangia
*Peter J Woods/ Instinct Control/ Kingston Family Singers/ Mavis Concave, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
Everything looked bad but the weather. I crawled through traffic in parts of Cahokia and Sauget that will never make a John Mellencamp small town video. I stared at the lines snaking around the GCS Ballpark half an hour before show time. I forked out $10 for the pleasure of later waiting an hour to get out of the parking lot. And I felt certain the hippie gyro-dudes would have more fun slinging lamb for the tailgaters than I would watching the Bob Dylan Show (featuring The Wiyos, Willie Nelson a
The long weekend behind us, here's what you might have missed.Bob Dylan at GCS BallparkPhoto: Roy KastenBob Dylan and Donnie Herron at the end of the nightOn Thursday night, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson performed at GCS Ballpark (home to the Gateway Grizzlies minor league team) in Sauget. Roy Kasten was there and brought back a review, photos and set lists.
