John Denver (12/11/1987)
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Artist(s): John DenverDate: 11 December 1987Tickets: $17.50 (reserved seating)Attendance: 5,500Notes: Denver’s sixth appearance (7th performance) at Wings Stadium. A stripped down solo performance, with a local string quartet (Barry Ross, violin; Charlotte Boehm, violin; Juliet White, viola; Grace Field, cello) on a few songs.
Setlist *: Love Is the Master, Mother Nature’s Son, Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning), Take Me Home, Country Roads, Grandma’s Feather Bed, Back Home Again, Matthew, Today, Spanish Pipedream, Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio, Wild Montana Skies, Rhymes and Reasons, The Eagle and the Hawk, Flying for Me, How Can I Leave You Again, I’m Sorry, Shanghai Breezes, Fly Away, For You, My Sweet Lady, Heart to Heart, The Ambulance Down in the Valley, Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?), Poems, Prayers and Promises, Calypso, Falling Leaves (the Refugees), Rocky Mountain High, Annie’s Song. Encore: 15-minute set with Christmas songs.
*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other shows around the same time (Cedar Rapids, IA)
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Kalamazoo Gazette , (left) 8 November 1987, (right) 15 November 1987. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 6 December 1987. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 6 December 1987. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , (left) 11 December 1987, (right) 12 December 1987. Kalamazoo Public LibraryKalamazoo Gazette , 12 December 1987. Kalamazoo Public LibraryBattle Creek Enquirer , 12 December 1987. Willard Library
Sources
Articles
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette , 8 November 1987, page 116
Display ad Kalamazoo Gazette , 15 November 1987, page 110
“Denver’s life now tuned to a variety of causes” Kalamazoo Gazette , 6 December 1987, page 49,50 (E1,E2)
“Vox humana” Kalamazoo Gazette , 11 December 1987, page 25
“Colorado class” Kalamazoo Gazette , 12 December 1987, page 1
“Denver on his own retains simple quality” Kalamazoo Gazette , 12 December 1987, page 11 (A9)
“Denver brings homespun happiness to Wings” Battle Creek Enquirer , 12 December 1987, page 9