Happy Steel Bridge Day!!! 18 years ago, on the 2nd Saturday of June, we did an all day concert by the Michigan Street Bridge, starring Jackson Browne, who played for free and paid his own expenses for the trip to Sturgeon Bay. He did it to help us save the bridge. And the bridge got saved. And 100s of songs were written, and a music and arts scene grew up around the bridge. And yes, that beautiful monstrosity was a powerful catalyst, and it continues to motivate and inspire the songwriter in me and many others, especially in early June, when the reverberations of that initial concert are felt the strongest, if only in memory. Steel Bridge Radio broadcast live from The Tambourine Lounge in celebration of The Bridge and everything that sprang from the movement to save it. In today's rebroadcast, an hour-long preshow featuring chosen tracks, leads into James Hall playing a generous live set, followed by Cathy Grier, Ruby James, Maxel Toft, and Eric Hagen. <3
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