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The Cars / The Motels @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 4, 1980)

(editor’s note – this show was originally scheduled for August 19)

The Motels and the Cars sound off at SPAC

by Kyle Hughes, Bennington Banner, September 9, 1980

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center never has had much to offer …

The Cars / The Motels @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 4, 1980)

(editor’s note – this show was originally scheduled for August 19)

Cars drive off summer with disappointment

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, September 5, 1980

An 14-hour set by the New Wave-oriented rock band the Cars closed the Saratoga …

Glen Campbell @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 1, 1980)

Glen Campbell copes at Saratoga

by Matthew Maguire, The Knickerbocker News, September 2, 1980

The intense heat, constant sound problems and some musical difficulties made Glen Campbell’s Labor Day concert at Saratoga Performing Arts Center more laborious than he would …

Jackson Browne @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 31, 1980)

Jackson Browne’s journey from art to entertainment, then back again

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, September 2, 1980

The song is “Stay,” Jackson Browne’s revised version of the 1961 hit by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, which Browne uses …

Charlie Daniels Band / Levon Helm and the Cate Brothers @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1980)

Charlie Daniels Band Wins Crowd At Saratoga

by Bob Drzewiczewski. Rutland Daily Herald, September 7, 1980

Only a few years ago, the Charlie Daniels Band was just another Southern country rock band jammed in the middle of the pack …

Charlie Daniels Band / Levon Helm and the Cate Brothers @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1980)

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, September 2, 1980

The Charlie Daniels Band’s Saturday concert in the Center drew 16,885 persons, many of whom had to stand in the rain, for a highly entertaining two hours of Daniels’ eclectic mixture …

Charlie Daniels Band / Levon Helm and the Cate Brothers @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1980)

The South rises again at SPAC

by John Antognioni, Bennington Banner, September 3, 1980

The Charlie Daniels Band came up from Nashville, Tenn., to give a rousing two-hour show at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center last Saturday night.

There …

Al Hirt @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 29, 1980)

Al Hirt’s big band swings, rocks

by Matthew Maguire, The Knickerbocker News, August 30, 1980

Not all of the 2,500 jazz fans got exactly what they wanted from Al Hirt’s first area appearance with his new and surprising big band.…

James Taylor / Kim Carnes @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 25, 1980)

From Sweet Baby James to JT

by Maggie Paine, Bennington Banner, August 28, 1980

James Taylor’s concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Monday night was sold out. Taylor fulfilled all expectations.

It has been 10 years since the …

James Taylor / Kim Carnes @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 25, 1980)

James Taylor versatile at SPAC

by Matthew Maguire, The Knickerbocker News, August 26, 1980

Versatility is a rare virtue among pop performers. Too many of them cruise through one-dimensional careers, exploiting only one type of music — that which propelled …

Liberace / Ballet Folklórico Nacional de México / Marco Valenti @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 24, 1980 – evening)

Good time with Liberace at Spa

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 27, 1980

Liberace made his annual visit to Saratoga Performing Arts Center Sunday, and 11,199 filled the amphitheater for his two shows.

Sellouts are nothing new …

Liberace / Ballet Folklórico Nacional de México / Marco Valenti @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 24, 1980 – matinee)

Good time with Liberace at Spa

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 27, 1980

Liberace made his annual visit to Saratoga Performing Arts Center Sunday, and 11,199 filled the amphitheater for his two shows.

Sellouts are nothing new …

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