First Alpine Concert a Peaceful Success

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote a cute (if condescending) review of the crowd at Alpine in JS Online: Grateful for the Deadheads. Congratulations to all of those without tickets who stayed away (like myself, snif). The article refers to ex-bandmembers as "Deads."

Walworth County Sheriff David Graves (no Deadhead despite his name) had predicted that hundreds would be skinny-dipping in nearby Lake Geneva and that the two-lane county roads would be choked with rowdy concert-goers. Instead, he got a mellow crowd of mostly aging hippies - many of them raising kids, not hell. They had crochet halter tops, patchwork skirts, granny dresses and dreadlocks, but also cell phones, jobs, cars and mortgages. ... "We had a very successful concert event here today," Graves said. "I think we have to credit fans as well as all the planning" for avoiding any problems for area residents.