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"Elvis & Friends Return" at Riverside Ballroom  in Green Bay, WI, 11/18/11.
Chad Gates invited Jimmy to join him for this show, along with Jesse Aron and the EAS Band.
It was night filled with Roy Orbison, Elvis and a tribute to The Judds.  The show was held at the
historic Riverside Ballroom in Green Bay, WI, which had a special meaning to Jimmy.  This was
the same stage that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper performed on in 1959,
a few days before the crash.  The hall had been remodeled since then, but they kept the stage
and a dressing room that has hundreds of performers' signatures that date so far back the
signatures are so faded you cannot read them.  These are the pictures of that wonderful
ballroom:

Statues of Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper

A view from the stage

The stairs to the old dressing room and stage

A look into the dressing room and the performers' signatures.

Another look in the dressing room and the performers' signatures.

One of the many chandiliers in the ballroom.

A view of the stage looking out into the ballroom.