Late in the afternoon, we headed over to the South East Alaska State Fair. We wandered around the grounds, saw lots of people we knew from the Yukon, many we hadn't seen for months at home! At 9pm, the concert started--this is the reason we were in Haines!

Allison Moorer opened for Steve Earle. She is a very talented young woman. That tiny body holds a massive voice! She's also engaged to Steve. They were very sweet on stage together (they sang a duet during his show) Here's hoping that his seventh marriage works out!



Then came Steve Earle!!! He seemed a little nervous at first, but there was some contraversy over him playing at the fair. Some of the locals thought he was too political. However, the crowd loved him and he quickly relaxed.


I have seen alot of Steve Earle shows--one on every tour since the Copperhead Road album, 18 years ago! This was the best one ever. He played for close to three hours, then came back out and did a 3 song encore. He was chatty with crowd, ranted lots about his political beliefs. It was a fabulous show!!


Still more coming............