Bill..... The 'original' West Coast Labor Day shows were held in Southern California (Jim Nowell,later Steve Brunner, Gavin Riley & Mike Berkus)... Bob Lee started promoting small 'hotel-style' shows here in Northern California around 1982. Within 3 years, he'd created a huge show circuit throughout the West and promoted a spectacular National in San Francisco in 1987. Following the National, Bob began running a San Francisco Labor Day weekend show in 1988. Around the same time, Bob's son-in-law (Randy Thyberg) started running a second show circuit in south-central California with Will Davis. The circuits promoted 12-14 shows per week in this region (Almost every day was a different city) .... No promoter today has the energy or drive that Bob Lee had during the 1980's (Two or 3 people like him in government would revive the economy in 3 months !!).... Ted, wearing shorts at Willow Grove in March & December was the only way to go.... It might be 28 degrees outside, but inside was more densely packed than the Calcutta street markets....
