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We took a crew of 15 campers to the first JPUSA Cornerstone Festival at their new property in Bushnell, Illinois.
It turned out to be a fantastic and historic event for us Western New Yorkers, as well as the other fest-goers.
It was a long trip from Buffalo through New york through Pennsylvania through Ohio through Indiana through Illinois to
our final desination out in the cornfields, next to the Mississippi River. It was better than the old Grays Lake location
north of Chicago, on the Wisconsin border.
We had minimal camping equipment, but the great concerts and seminars made up for the inconveniences. We focused
on water, food, shelter, sleep, and the Bible.
We had 4 veterans and 11 rookies at the New York campsite that year. Most of us were just out of college and working...single
and poor, but committed to God and the local church. We bought the music of the artists we saw at C-Stone, and most
of us were part of the same home group...back in Buffalo and Rochester. Half were musicians. All were lovers of
music and worship.
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| Tim with Derry of The Choir |
We were able to get front seats at the Main Stage and the other tents around the festival, and we got a few photos
of our adventures. We were able to see concerts by Bloodgood, rez, Chagall Guvera, Charlie Peacock, Jacob's Trouble,
Adam Again, The Choir, One Bad Pig (who were filming for a video), and LSU on the Beach Stage.
We fortunately struck up a friendship with Jacob's Trouble, who were from Georgia. We loved their Beatlesque music,
and over the next few years, we hooked up with them at more festivals and even invited them to Buffalo for a concert.
They even played at our megachurch during a Sunday service, and we took them for a visit to Niagara Falls.
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| Bloodgood on Main Stage 1991 |
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C-Stone 91
July
4 5
6 7
Bushnell, ILLINOIS
JR,
Eric, Chad,
Pat
Wendy, Brad, George, girl
Tim, Joanne, John, Angel
Mark, wife, Mike C
MAIN STAGE
6-11 pm
David Mullen
Bloodgood
Rez
Donna McElroy
Chagall Guevera
Charlie Peacock
Cauz
n Efekt
Mastedon
Whiteheart
Larry Howard
Whitecross
Petra
INDOOR
2-5 pm
Crystavox
Guardian
The Violet Burning
The Cry
SFC
Jet Circus
Tourniquet
Jacob’s Trouble
NEW BAND
3-5
pm
Absence
of Ceramics
Black
Carnation
Over
the Rhine
Electrik
Ordained Fate
Zadox
John
Austin
Vague
Donderfliegen
King’s Justice
White Ray
Reign of Kings
COMPASSION
8-9
pm
Haydon
Carduth
Skatman Meredith
Poetry
Jam
Poorhouse
ENCORE I
11:30
pm
Adam Again
The Choir
One Bad Pig
Darrell Mansfield
ENCORE II
11:30
pm
Scaterd
Few
Believer
The
Crucified
Crashdog
GALLERY
11:30
pm
Fourth
Estate
The Throes
Derek
Lind
Rick Elias
IMPROMPTU
at the Beach
11:30
pm
LSU
Liberation Suite
Ben
Okafor
Dead Artist Syndrome
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