Live Alive Tour

Live Alive Tour

World tour by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Location	North America, Europe
Associated album	Live Alive
Start date	November 22, 1986
End date	December 31, 1988
Legs	6
No. of shows	209
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble concert chronology

The Live Alive Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Staged in support of their 1986 live album Live Alive, the band visited North America and Europe from 1986 through 1988. A week before it began, guitarist and singer Stevie Ray Vaughan and bassist Tommy Shannon had achieved sobriety and it was their first tour after succeeding in overcoming their addictions. Consisting of six legs and 209 shows, the tour began in Towson, Maryland on November 22, 1986 and concluded in New York City on December 31, 1988. The first four legs alternated between the United States and Canada, before the fifth leg visited Europe. The tour was mostly well-received and provoked positive reactions from music critics. The band's 1989 album In Step, which included song ideas that were being performed on the tour, was recorded after the tour's conclusion.

Background

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's 1985 album Soul to Soul and the supporting tour consisted of controversial performances, particularly in Europe.^[1] After years of touring, Vaughan had earned a reputation for his alcohol and cocaine addictions,^[2] an image that eventually had a negative effect on his performance, business and personal relationships.^[3] The band's European tour in 1986—which was cancelled after sixteen shows—brought Vaughan to the peak of his substance abuse; a September 29 performance in Zürich, Switzerland was described by drummer Chris Layton as "weak" and "no energy".^[4] At the end of the tour, Vaughan checked into Atlanta's Peachford Hospital, where he spent four weeks in rehabilitation.^[5]

Planning, itinerary, and ticketing

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's initial planning for the Live Alive tour emerged after Vaughan checked out of rehab, particularly when they hired a new tour manager, Skip Rickert.^[6] The wild antics of drug dealers and groupies being present backstage were eliminated after they changed their hospitality rider; Vaughan removed alcohol from his rider.^[5] They were also adamant about improvements in time management and itinerary planning.^[6]

Rehearsals for the tour began on November 19, 1986.^[7] During this time, Vaughan had feelings of self-doubt and was nervous about how his playing would sound after rehabilitation.^[7] Unlike many of the group's previous tours, which began either before or after the release of a new album, the tour started just five days after Live Alive was released.^[8] Vaughan had requested a reduction of touring time, and the routing for the tour generally allowed no more than one show per day. This was intended to allow Vaughan to tour at a relaxed pace and enjoy the longevity of his future.^[9]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1: United States[10][11]
November 22, 1986	Towson	United States	Towson Center	The Outlaws	N/A	N/A
November 23, 1986	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
November 24, 1986
November 26, 1986	New York City		Radio City Music Hall		5,874 / 5,874	$106,412
November 28, 1986	Passaic		Capitol Theatre		N/A	N/A
November 29, 1986	Providence		Providence Performing Arts Center
November 30, 1986	Troy		Houston Field House	Broken Homes
December 2, 1986	Poughkeepsie		Mid-Hudson Civic Center	The Outlaws
December 3, 1986	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque
December 5, 1986	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
December 6, 1986	Grand Rapids		Welsh Auditorium
December 7, 1986	Columbus		Veterans Memorial Auditorium
December 9, 1986	Saginaw		Wendler Arena
December 11, 1986	Ann Arbor		Hill Auditorium		3,499 / 3,900	$53,693
December 12, 1986	Merrillville		Holiday Star Theatre		N/A	N/A
December 13, 1986	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
December 14, 1986	Muncie		Emens Auditorium
December 29, 1986	Cincinnati		Taft Theatre	Lonnie Mack
December 30, 1986	Nashville		Grand Ole Opry House	Gregg Allman Band
December 31, 1986	Atlanta		Fox Theatre	Lonnie Mack	4,678 / 4,678	$83,644
January 2, 1987	Tampa		Curtis Hixon Hall	Gregg Allman Band	N/A	N/A
January 3, 1987	Sunrise		Sunrise Musical Theatre	The Outlaws	4,086 / 4,086	$63,360
January 30, 1987	Dallas		Fair Park Coliseum	Omar & the Howlers	N/A	N/A
January 31, 1987	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
February 1, 1987	San Antonio		Majestic Theatre
February 3, 1987	Austin		Austin City Coliseum
February 4, 1987	McAllen		Villa Real Convention Center
February 6, 1987	Lafayette		Grant Street Dancehall	Marcia Ball
February 7, 1987	Birmingham		Alabama Theatre	Omar & the Howlers
February 8, 1987	Pensacola		Saenger Theatre
February 10, 1987	Charlotte		Charlotte Park Center	Lonnie Mack
February 11, 1987	Raleigh		Dorton Arena
February 13, 1987	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center
February 14, 1987	Knoxville		Alumni Memorial Gym
February 15, 1987	Louisville		Louisville Gardens
February 17, 1987	Spartanburg		Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
February 19, 1987	Charleston		Charleston Municipal Auditorium
February 20, 1987	Fairfax		Patriot Center
February 21, 1987	Brookville		Tilles Center
February 22, 1987	Portland		Portland City Hall Auditorium
February 24, 1987	Boston		The Metro		1,250 / 1,250
February 26, 1987	New Orleans		Riverboat President	The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Mason Ruffner	N/A
February 28, 1987	Big Spring		Federal Prison Camp	The Fabulous Thunderbirds
	Midland		Holiday Inn Country Villa
March 19, 1987	South Padre Island		Isla Blanca Park
March 21, 1987	Honolulu		Aloha Stadium	Henry Kapono	19,860 / 21,000	$343,515
March 25, 1987	Daytona Beach		Ocean Center	Gregg Allman Band	N/A	N/A
Leg 2: North America[12][13]
May 5, 1987	Madison	United States	Oscar Mayer Theater		N/A	N/A
May 7, 1987	Urbana		Foellinger Auditorium	Otis & the Elevators
May 8, 1987	Des Moines		Des Moines Civic Center		2,054 / 2,744
May 9, 1987	Cedar Rapids		Paramount Theatre	Blackfoot	N/A
May 10, 1987	La Porte		La Porte Civic Auditorium
May 12, 1987	Little Rock		Robinson Auditorium
May 14, 1987	Memphis		Mud Island Amphitheatre	Omar & the Howlers	4,999 / 4,999	$74,985
May 15, 1987	Tulsa		River Parks Amphitheatre		N/A	N/A
May 16, 1987	Amarillo		Tri-State Fairgrounds
May 17, 1987	El Paso		El Paso County Coliseum
May 19, 1987	Santa Fe		Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
May 21, 1987	Phoenix		Celebrity Theatre	Gregg Allman Band	2,552 / 2,552	$44,660
May 22, 1987					2,590 / 2,590	$45,325
May 23, 1987	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan	2,734 / 2,734	$46,548
May 24, 1987	Concord		Concord Pavilion	Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s	6,129 / 8,475	$100,837
May 27, 1987	Los Angeles		Wiltern Theatre	Lou Ann Barton	N/A	N/A
May 28, 1987
May 29, 1987
May 30, 1987
May 31, 1987	Monterey		Laguna Seca Raceway	Bonnie Hayes & the Wild Combo	12,123 / 15,000	$240,460
June 5, 1987	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion	Gregg Allman Band	N/A	N/A
June 6, 1987	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center (Ohio Bell Jazz Festival)	Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders	19,420 / 37,534	$257,297
June 7, 1987	Grand Rapids		Welsh Auditorium	Gregg Allman Band	N/A	N/A
June 9, 1987	Bloomington		Met Center		4,248 / 7,500	$62,682
June 10, 1987	Green Bay		City Center Theatre		N/A	N/A
June 12, 1987	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 13, 1987
June 14, 1987	Fort Wayne		War Memorial Coliseum
June 16, 1987	Omaha		Omaha Music Hall	Gregg Allman Band
June 17, 1987	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre		9,000 / 9,000	$150,772
June 19, 1987	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater		N/A	N/A
June 20, 1987	Indianapolis		Indianapolis Sports Center
June 21, 1987	Urbana		Champaign County Music Park (Champaign Jam)	Gregg Allman Band, Henry Lee Summer
June 23, 1987	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center	Gregg Allman Band
June 25, 1987	Norwich		Chelsea Parade Historic District (Rose Arts Festival)	Young Neal & the Vipers	4,200 / 4,200
June 27, 1987	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center (Newport Jazz Festival)	McCoy Tyner Trio, Clifford Jordan & the Vernel Fournier Trio	N/A
June 28, 1987	Canandaigua		Finger Lakes Center (Newport Jazz Festival)	Stan Getz, Charlie Watts Orchestra
June 29, 1987	New York City		Pier 84	Gregg Allman Band
June 30, 1987	Philadelphia		Mann Music Center
July 1, 1987	Mansfield		Great Woods Center		12,400 / 12,400
July 22, 1987	Montreal	Canada	La Ronde		N/A
July 23, 1987	Toronto		Kingswood Music Theatre	Johnnie Lovesin
Leg 3: United States[14][15]
August 6, 1987	Austin	United States	Auditorium Shores (Austin Aqua Festival)	Will and the Kill	N/A	N/A
August 8, 1987	Dallas		Park Central Amphitheater	Omar & the Howlers
August 9, 1987	New Orleans		Audubon Zoo	Gregg Allman Band, Dash Rip Rock
August 12, 1987	West Allis		Wisconsin State Fair	Gregg Allman Band
August 13, 1987	Columbus		Ohio State Fair
August 15, 1987	New York City		Pier 84
August 16, 1987	Old Orchard Beach		The Ball Park
August 18, 1987	Allentown		Allentown Fairgrounds (Great Allentown Fair)
August 20, 1987	Springfield		Illinois State Fairgrounds (Illinois State Fair)
August 21, 1987	Louisville		Freedom Hall (Kentucky State Fair)	The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Gregg Allman Band
August 23, 1987	St. Louis		Fox Theatre	Gregg Allman Band
August 25, 1987	Joplin		Joplin Memorial Hall
August 28, 1987	Pueblo		Colorado State Fair
August 29, 1987	Kansas City		Starlight Theatre		5,369 / 7,800	$74,602
August 30, 1987	Des Moines		Iowa State Fairgrounds (Iowa State Fair)		N/A	N/A
September 2, 1987	San Bernardino		Orange Pavilion	Charlie Daniels Band, Gregg Allman Band
September 3, 1987	Fresno		Warnors Theatre	Gregg Allman Band
September 4, 1987	Lancaster		Antelope Valley Fair
September 5, 1987	San Diego		SDSU Open Air Theatre	The Beat Farmers
September 6, 1987	Nashville		Starwood Amphitheatre (Volunteer Jam)	Grinderswitch, David Lynn Jones	16,558 / 16,558	$257,767
September 11, 1987	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum (New Mexico State Fair)	Marshall Crenshaw	N/A	N/A
September 12, 1987	Oklahoma City		Zoo Amphitheatre	Blue Tuesday
October 31, 1987	West Point		Eisenhower Hall Theater
November 5, 1987	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Arizona State Fair)
November 7, 1987	Cocoa		Brevard County Fair
November 8, 1987	Tampa		USF Sun Dome
November 20, 1987	San Antonio		Majestic Theatre	Chris Holzhaus
November 21, 1987	Corpus Christi		Bayfront Plaza Auditorium
December 2, 1987	Austin		Austin Opera House (Capital Area Food Bank Benefit)
December 27, 1987	Sacramento		Community Center Theater	The Paladins	2,089 / 2,300	$36,558
December 28, 1987	Reno		Lawlor Events Center	The Paladins, Voodoo Cats	1,852 / 2,000	$29,632
December 29, 1987	Redding		Redding Civic Auditorium	The Paladins	1,510 / 2,000	$24,915
December 31, 1987	Oakland		Kaiser Convention Center	Tower of Power, Jr. Walker & the All-Stars	6,356 / 7,500	$134,000
Leg 4: North America
March 3, 1988	St. Louis	United States	Fox Theatre	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	N/A	N/A
March 4, 1988	Merrillville		Holiday Star Theatre		6,542 / 6,542	$117,196
March 5, 1988
March 6, 1988	Akron		James A. Rhodes Arena		N/A	N/A
April 2, 1988	St. John's	Canada	Memorial Stadium	The Razorbacks
April 4, 1988	Sydney		Centre 200
April 5, 1988	Halifax		Halifax Metro Centre
April 6, 1988	Fredericton		Aitken Centre
April 8, 1988	Orono	United States	Maine Center for the Arts	The Blue Flames
April 9, 1988	Lowell		Lowell Memorial Auditorium	The Fabulous Thunderbirds
April 10, 1988	Springfield		Paramount Theater	Bill Carter & the Blame
April 11, 1988	Providence		Providence Performing Arts Center
April 13, 1988	Upper Darby		Tower Theater
April 14, 1988	Bethlehem		Stabler Arena	Bill Carter & the Blame, Henry Lee Summer
April 15, 1988	Richmond		Carpenter Center	Bill Carter & the Blame
April 17, 1988	Chapel Hill		UNC Memorial Hall
April 19, 1988	Orlando		Bob Carr Auditorium
April 20, 1988	Sunrise		Sunrise Musical Theater	Otis Rush
April 22, 1988	New Orleans		Riverboat President (New Orleans Jazz Festival)	B.B. King, John P. Hammond
April 28, 1988	Boston		Matthews Arena	John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
April 29, 1988	Hamilton		Starr Arena	Denny Dent
April 30, 1988	Medford		Tufts University	Treat Her Right
May 1, 1988	Storrs		Memorial Stadium	10,000 Maniacs, The Smithereens
May 5, 1988	Quebec City	Canada	Quebec Coliseum
May 7, 1988	Montreal		Montreal Forum		10,652 / 12,500	$212,571
May 8, 1988	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre		7,194 / 10,000	$137,056
May 10, 1988	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens		16,897 / 16,897	$329,790
May 11, 1988	Rochester	United States	Rochester Community War Memorial		11,000 / 11,000	$179,196
May 13, 1988	Emmitsburg		Knott Arena	Little Junior & the Hit Men	N/A	N/A
May 15, 1988	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
May 17, 1988	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena		40,419 / 40,419	$706,438
May 18, 1988
May 20, 1988	Mansfield		Great Woods Center		14,811 / 14,811	$256,520
May 23, 1988	Philadelphia		Spectrum		18,325 / 18,325	$304,738
May 25, 1988	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center		N/A	N/A
May 26, 1988	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
May 27, 1988	Davenport		LeClaire Park Bandshell	Gregg Allman Band, Steppenwolf
Leg 5: Europe
June 19, 1988	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam	Hothouse Flowers	N/A	N/A
June 21, 1988	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall	Brendan Croker & the Five O'Clock Shadows
June 22, 1988	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
June 23, 1988	London		Hammersmith Odeon		6,970 / 6,970
June 24, 1988
June 25, 1988	St. Gallen	Switzerland	Sittertobel (Open Air Festival)	Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Stephan Eicher	N/A
June 28, 1988	Stockholm	Sweden	Gröna Lund
June 29, 1988	Oslo	Norway	Circus
July 1, 1988	Ringe	Denmark	Dyrskuepladsen (Midtfyns Festival)	Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Love Construction
July 2, 1988	Hamburg	Germany	Stadtpark	Hothouse Flowers
July 3, 1988	Pistoia	Italy	Piazza del Duomo (Pistoia Blues Festival)	Otis Rush, Fabio Treves
July 4, 1988	Paris	France	Palais des Sports (Paris Jazz Festival)
July 6, 1988	Lignano	Italy	Arena Alpe Adria	Fabio Treves, Dave Kelly
July 7, 1988	Milan		Palatrussardi (Barley Arts Festival)	The Pogues
July 8, 1988	Salerno		Stadio Donato Vestuti
July 10, 1988	Stuttgart	Germany	Theaterhaus	Hothouse Flowers
July 11, 1988	Fürth		Stadthalle
July 14, 1988	Bonn		Biskuithalle
July 15, 1988	Saarbrücken		Congresshalle
July 16, 1988	Peer	Belgium	Deusterstraat (Belgium Rhythm 'n' Blues Festival)	Joe Louis Walker & the Bosstalkers, Tom Principato Band
July 17, 1988	Oulu	Finland	Kuusisaari (Kuusrock)	Dave's 12 Bar, Popeda
Leg 6: United States
August 16, 1988	Bristol	United States	Lake Compounce Festival Park	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	N/A	N/A
August 18, 1988	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 19, 1988	New York City		Pier 84	Joe Satriani
August 20, 1988
August 24, 1988	Darien		Darien Lake	The Fabulous Thunderbirds
August 25, 1988	Cleveland		Nautica Stage
August 26, 1988	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 27, 1988	Danville		David S. Palmer Arena
August 28, 1988	Atlanta		Chastain Park
August 30, 1988	Du Quoin		Du Quoin State Fairgrounds (DuQuoin State Fair)
September 1, 1988	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
September 2, 1988	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater
September 3, 1988	Madison		Dane County Expo Grounds (Festival of the Lakes)
September 5, 1988	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 30, 1988	San Diego		Nautilus Amphitheatre
October 2, 1988	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre
October 4, 1988	Santa Cruz		Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
October 5, 1988	Berkeley		Hearst Greek Theatre	The Fabulous Thunderbirds
October 6, 1988
October 8, 1988	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	Omar & the Howlers
October 9, 1988	Concord		Concord Pavilion
October 14, 1988	Austin		Austin Opera House	The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ruth Brown
October 15, 1988
December 29, 1988	Asbury Park		The Stone Pony
December 31, 1988	New York City		The Ritz	Duke Robillard Band	3,000 / 3,000	$84,000

References

Footnotes

1. Hopkins 2011, p. 146
2. Hopkins 2011, p. 95
3. Hopkins 2011, pp. 97–98, 129, 136, 138
4. Hopkins 2011, pp. 144–147
5. Hopkins 2011, p. 150
6. Hopkins 2011, p. 153
7. Hopkins 2011, p. 154
8. Hopkins 2011, pp. 152, 154
9. Hopkins 2011, p. 155
10. Hopkins 2011, pp. 154–156, 159, 161–167.
11. First leg opening act references:
    • November 22, 1986: "Entertainment". The Washington College Elm. 58 (11). Chestertown, MD. November 21, 1986. p. 10. Towson State University, Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Outlaws, Towson Center
    • November 23–24, 1986: "Orpheum Theatre newspaper advertisement". The Boston Phoenix. 15 (46). November 18, 1986. p. 9.
    • November 26, 1986: Hopkins 2011, p. 155
    • November 30, 1986: Hochanadel, Mike (November 21, 1986). "Electric Music". The Schenectady Gazette. 93 (45). p. 32. Nov. 30, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, and Broken Homes — R.P.I. Fieldhouse.
    • December 2, 1986: Dutton, Douglas (November 28, 1986). "Stevie Ray's clean, lean and ready to rock again". Poughkeepsie Journal. p. 1D. The Outlaws, a Florida band promoting their new album, "Soldiers of Fortune," open the Civic Center show.
    • December 3, 1986: Mervis, Scott (December 4, 1986). "Stevie Ray can't lose the blues". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 21. There are countless great R&B bands in Austin, Texas, which makes you wonder why The Outlaws had to be misplaced on this bill.
    • December 5, 1986: "Toledo Sports Arena newspaper advertisement". The Blade. Toledo, OH. November 29, 1986. p. 4F.
    • December 6, 1986: "Welsh Auditorium 1986 poster". TheConcertDatabase.com. n.d.
    • December 7, 1986: Petric, John (December 8, 1986). "Stevie Ray just blows 'em away". The Columbus Dispatch. p. 10B.
    • December 9, 1986: "Wendler Arena listing". TheConcertDatabase.com. n.d.
    • December 11, 1986: "For Vaughan, a life is starting to emerge". Detroit Free Press. December 11, 1986. p. 12B. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble and the Outlaws will perform at 8 tonight at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor.
    • December 12, 1986: "Holiday Star Theatre newspaper advertisement". Chicago Tribune. December 5, 1986. p. 37.
    • December 13, 1986: "What to do, where to go in Central Illinois". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, IL. December 13, 1986. p. 5. Stevie Ray Vaughn and The Outlaws — Rock guitarist and group, 8 p.m. Dec. 13, Peoria Civic Center.
    • December 14, 1986: Warren, Jill (December 15, 1986). "Stevie Ray Vaughan powerful in concert at Muncie campus". The Indianapolis Star. p. 19. The Outlaws, who recently released its first album in three years, Soldiers of Fortune, opened the evening with a surprisingly impressive 50-minute set.
    • December 30, 1986: "Showcase—A log of current and future entertainment attractions in the Nashville area.". The Tennessean. Nashville, TN. December 21, 1986. p. 125. Stevie Ray Vaughan appears with special guest Gregg Allman at the Grand Ole Opry House at 8 pm.
    • December 31, 1986: (see Billboard boxscore data references)
    • January 2, 1987: Snider, Eric (January 2, 1987). "Pop/Rock Calendar". St. Petersburg Times. p. 2D. The Gregg Allman Band opens at Curtis Hixon Hall, 8 p.m.
    • January 3, 1987: "Sunrise Musical Theatre newspaper advertisement". The Palm Beach Post. December 19, 1986. p. 18.
    • January 30, 1987: Hopkins 2011, p. 162: "Omar and the Howlers open."
    • January 31, 1987: Racine, Marty (January 22, 1987). "Omar & Howlers sign CBS pact". Houston Chronicle. p. 4.
    • February 1, 1987: Live at the Majestic Theatre (Radio broadcast). San Antonio: KZEP-FM. February 1, 1987. 1:09:45 minutes in. ...all them Omar and the Howlers...
    • February 6, 1987: Hopkins 2011, p. 163: "Marcia Ball opens."
    • February 10, 1987: Haight, Kathy (February 11, 1987). "Stevie Ray Vaughan gives audience his all". The Charlotte Observer. p. 6E.
    • February 13–14, 1987: Hopkins 2011, p. 163–64
    • February 15, 1987: Peterson, Joe (February 22, 1987). "Music Review—Stevie Ray Vaughan". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, KY. p. 24. For the encore, Vaughan brought opening act Lonnie Mack onstage...
    • February 17, 1987: "Nightlife". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. February 13, 1987. p. B5. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lonnie Mack will perform Feb. 17 at 8 in Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.
    • February 19, 1987: "Stevie Ray the fave, but Mack stunning". The Charleston Gazette. February 20, 1987.
    • February 20, 1987: Himes, Geoffrey (February 20, 1987). "Play it, Stevie Ray". The Washington Post. Mack opens Friday for Vaughan & Double Trouble at the Patriot Center...
    • February 21, 1987: Zimmerman, Kevin (March 10, 1987). "Performance: Lonnie Mack & SRV, Tilles Center". Good Times. Long Island.
    • February 26, 1987: "Riverboat President newspaper advertisement". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans. February 20, 1987. The rock star performs with his band, Double Trouble, plus the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Mason Ruffner and the Radiators opening...
    • February 28, 1987: Ward, Ed (May 26, 2006). "Buried Alive in the Blues: Me and the Godfather and the favor I'll never forget". The Austin Chronicle. Clifford went to jail. So did I: with Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, whom Clifford had arranged to play a show at the prison where he was doing time in Big Spring.; Hopkins 2011, p. 166: "Holiday Inn Country Villa (evening), Midland, TX, with Fabulous Thunderbirds.
    • March 19, 1987: "Spring Break Arrives as Students Jam South Padre". The Victoria Advocate. March 18, 1987. p. 8B. ...performances by Stevie Ray Vaughn and the Fabulous Thunderbirds...
    • March 21, 1987: Moffatt, Tom (March 25, 2015). "Taimane Gardner, Alex O'Loughlin and more celebrity news". MidWeek. Honolulu. This week in 1987: ZZ Top performs at Aloha Stadium...The all-star lineup includes Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Run-D.M.C. and Henry Kapono.
    • March 25, 1987: "Spring Break Today". Orlando Sentinel. March 25, 1987. 8 p.m. Stevie Ray Vaughan with Double Trouble and special guest Gregg Allman, the Ocean Center.
12. Hopkins 2011, pp. 169–175.
13. Second leg opening act references:
    • May 7, 1987: Hopkins 2011, p. 169: "Opening band Otis and the Elevators"
    • May 9, 1987: "Paramount Theatre newspaper advertisement". SRV Gig Database. n.d.
    • May 10, 1987: Hopkins 2011, p. 170: "Opening band Rick Medlocke and Blackfoot."
    • May 14, 1987: (see Billboard boxscore data references)
    • May 19, 1987: "Paolo Soleri Amphitheater newspaper advertisement". Albuquerque Journal. May 19, 1987. p. 11. Opening is the Austin, Texas, rock group Omar and the Howlers.
    • May 21–22, 1987: "Summer heat is on". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, AZ. May 22, 1987. p. C5. A sold-out show tonight winds up a two-day stopover at the Celebrity Theatre by Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Gregg Allman Band.
    • May 23–24, 31 and June 6, 9, 17, 1987: (see Billboard boxscore data references)
    • May 27–30, 1987: "Openings—Pop/Rock". Los Angeles Times. May 27, 1987. p. 163. Also: Lou Ann Barton. 8 p.m. Also Thursday-Saturday
    • June 5, 1987: Schwartz, Deborah (June 5, 1987). "Heavens! A Guide to the Hot Nights". The Washington Post. June 5 -- Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Gregg Allman Band
    • June 7, 1987: "Welsh Auditorium 1987 newspaper advertisement". Battle Creek Enquirer. June 4, 1987. p. 14. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gregg Allman will perform in concert at 8 p.m. in Welsh Auditorium in Grand Rapids.
    • June 10, 1987: "Wednesday concert moved to City Centre". Green Bay Press-Gazette. June 9, 1987. p. A2. Light ticket sales forced Wednesday's rock-blues concert by the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gregg Allman bands to shift from the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena to the City Centre Theater.
    • June 12–13, 1987: "Pine Knob Music Theatre newspaper advertisement". Detroit Free Press. June 12, 1987. p. 6C. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gregg Allman, 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Pine Knob, Clarkston.
    • June 19, 1987: Craft, Dan (May 9, 1987). "Summer stars shine". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, IL. p. 6. Pop, rock, jazz and country fans will be tended to, as per usual, by the Poplar Creek Music Festival in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates. Among the an- nounced June offerings...Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble and The Gregg Allman Band (June 19)
    • June 20, 1987: Warren, Jill (June 19, 1987). "Stevie Ray Vaughan: fighting temptations". The Indianapolis Star. p. 73. Opening band — Gregg Allman
    • June 21, 1987: Hopkins 2011, p. 173: "...with Gregg Allman and Henry Lee Summer"
    • June 23, 1987: "Concert calendar". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, KY. June 20, 1987. p. 5. Tuesday at Riverbend, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble with the Gregg Allman Band
    • June 25, 1987: Kaplan, Karen (June 26, 1987). "Stevie Ray Vaughan is a Rose festival hit". The Day. New London, CT. p. B2. Providence-based opening act Young Neal and the Vipers proffered a well-orchestrated, cohesive set of 12 rockabilly-style tunes.
    • June 27, 1987: "More jazz to be found this weekend at Saratoga". Asbury Park Press. June 21, 1987. p. G8. Saturday's bill includes...Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble; the McCoy Tyner Trio; Clifford Jordan and the Vernel Fournier Trio
    • June 28, 1987: Garner, Jack (June 21, 1987). "Newport Jazz at Canandaigua a virtual sellout". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY. p. 30. The second day of the two-day festival also starts at 3 p.m. and features Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Stan Getz, Charlie Watts Orchestra...
    • June 29, 1987: "Music and Dance". New York. Vol. 20 no. 26. New York Media, LLC. June 29, 1987. p. 200. ISSN 0028-7369. Stevie Ray Vaughan/Gregg Allman—Concerts on the Pier...
    • June 30, 1987: Knight, Jim (June 30, 1987). "Mann! What a Show!". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 40. Stevie Ray Vaughan, considered by many to be the best blues guitarist currently practicing, brings his ax and his band Double Trouble to the Mann Music Center, 52nd and Parkside, where they'll join with the Gregg Allman Band...
    • July 1, 1987: Morse, Steve (July 2, 1987). "Blend of blues, rock sparks raucous party". The Boston Globe. p. 72. Gregg Allman, who has toured with Vaughan for the past month, kicked it off with a grinding set of sly, renegade blues.
    • July 23, 1987: Delingat, Bill (September 18, 2009). "Johnnie Lovesin: 50 years of Rock 'n' Roll". Cashbox. ...in 1987 Lovesin opened for Stevie Ray Vaughn at the Kingswood Music Theatre.
14. Hopkins 2011, pp. 175–79.
15. Third leg opening act references:
    • August 6, 1987: Grabois, Michael (n.d.). "Austin Aqua Festival ticket stub". Flickr.
    • August 9, 1987: "Audubon Zoo newspaper advertisement". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans. August 8, 1987. The Texas blues-rock star performs with his band, Double Trouble, with Dash Rip Rock and the Gregg Allman Band opening.
    • August 12–13, 16, 28; September 3, 1987: Hopkins 2011, p. 176: "...with Gregg Allman opening through September 4"
    • August 15, 1987: "Music and Dance". New York. Vol. 20 no. 32. New York Media, LLC. August 17, 1987. p. 84. ISSN 0028-7369. Stevie Ray Vaughn/The Greg Allman Band—Concerts on the Pier...
    • August 18, 1987: Hendrick, Michael (August 19, 1987). "Vaughan's Guitar Cools The Hot Night". The Morning Call. Allentown, PA. Vaughan and his band, Double Trouble, had no choice but to be good, considering the hard blues/boogie set performed by opening act, The Gregg Allman Band.
    • August 20, 1987: Orr, Richard (August 9, 1987). "State Fair Just Praying For Some Good Weather". Chicago Tribune. Aug. 20, Stevie Ray Vaughan with the Gregg Allman Band
    • August 21, 1987: "These fair concerts will be in Freedom Hall". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, KY. August 15, 1987. p. 8. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Gregg Allman Band
    • August 23, 1987: "The Weekend". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis. August 20, 1987. p. 2C. The Gregg Allman Band will open.
    • August 25, 1987: Marymont, Mark (August 20, 1987). "Bands on tap this week". Springfield News-Leader. p. D1. Another rock show is scheduled for Tuesday at Memorial Hall in Joplin, where Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gregg Allman will take the stage.
    • August 29, 1987: (see Billboard boxscore data references)
    • August 30, 1987: Karns, Russell (August 31, 1987). "Vaughan, Allman blast the blues". The Des Moines Register. p. 2A. Allman got the night off to the right start.
    • September 2, 1987: Stephens, Mike (September 4, 1987). "Vaughan heats up a hot night at Pavilion". The San Bernardino Sun. p. D5. Allman, who opened the show, was a bit stiff, though.
    • September 4, 1987: Tipton, Karla (September 4, 1987). "Stevie sober for life" (PDF). Antelope Valley Press. Palmdale, CA. p. 1. Vaughan will be performing tonight in the Redman Grandstand at the Antelope Valley Fair.; Tipton, Karla (September 4, 1987). "Gregg Allman now makes the news for his music" (PDF). Antelope Valley Press. Palmdale, CA. p. 2. Allman will be performing his blend of blues, country and rock at an Antelope Valley Fair performance in the Redman Grandstand tonight.
    • September 5, 1987: "What's Doing". Los Angeles Times. September 4, 1987. p. 18A. Stevie Ray Vaughan (SDSU Open Air Theatre): With special guest the Beat Farmers. Concert at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
    • September 6, 1987: Goldsmith, Thomas; Smith, Sandy (September 7, 1987). "Lynyrd Skynyrd sets pace for Daniels' southern-rock revival". The Tennessean. p. 2D. Joining the Charlie Daniels Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd in the Jam XIII lineup were Texas guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan, Georgia rock veterans Grinderswitch, new-country star David Lynn Jones...
    • September 11, 1987: "Stevie Ray Vaughan Rocks". Albuquerque Journal. September 11, 1987. p. C4. The Marshall Crenshaw Band opens.
    • September 12, 1987: Dixon, Kimberly (September 14, 1987). "Stevie Vaughn burns stage with blues". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma City. p. 18. The concert kicked off Saturday with Blue Tuesday, an Oklahoma City blues band whose 30-minute set was impressive.
    • November 20–21, 1987: "Concert History 1980's". StoneCityAttractions.com. 2016.
    • December 27–29, 31, 1987: (see Billboard boxscore data references)

Bibliography

• Hopkins, Craig. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Day by Day, Night After Night: His Final Years, 1983–1990. Backbeat Books; October 18, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61774-022-0.