Onstage Albany – The Concert Archive for the Capital Region

The Doobie Brothers / Carl Wilson @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 19, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Billy Hinsche or Myrna Smith)

Doobie Brothers at Saratoga

Photos by Dennis Jensen, Rutland Daily Herald, July 21, 1981

*The Doobie Brothers closed out their 1981 tour Sunday night at*

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July 19, 1981

The Doobie Brothers / Carl Wilson @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 19, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Billy Hinsche or Myrna Smith)

Doobies songs remain same at SPAC for 17,000

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, July 10, 1981

The Doobie Brothers and opening act Carl Wilson had …

July 19, 1981

Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band / Jerry Jeff Walker @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 12, 1981)

Harris’ new band her best

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, July 13, 1981

Four songs into Emmylou Harris’ concert Sunday at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, it was obvious that her latest version of the Hot Band is the …

July 12, 1981

“Kool Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 5, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erskine, Robert Thomas Jr., Illinois Jacquet, Barry Harris, Big Sky Mudflaps, Major Holley, Doc Cheatham, Eddie Chamblee, Oliver Jackson, Eddie Vinson, or Billy Butler)…

July 5, 1981

“Kool Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 5, 1981)

July 5, 1981

“Kool Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 5, 1981)

July 5, 1981

“Kool Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 4, 1981)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper, Joe Newman, Waymon Reed, Snooky Young, Frank Foster, Marshal Royal, Chris Woods, Buddy Tate, Cecil Payne, Al Grey, Benny Powell, Gus Johnson, Nat Pierce, or …

July 4, 1981

“Kool Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 4, 1981)

July 4, 1981

“Kool Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 4, 1981)

July 4, 1981

“Kool Jazz Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 4, 1981)

July 4, 1981

Bill Monroe / Doc Watson / Mac Wiseman @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 29, 1981)

Watsons highlight concert

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, June 30, 1981

Ask 10 persons what bluegrass music is and 10 answers will probably emerge, some having little common ground. The word has been misused so often that one has …

June 29, 1981

Cleo Laine & James Galway @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 28, 1981)

An unlikely pair work musical magic at SPAC

by Mary Anne Leonard, The Knickerbocker News, June 29, 1981

Left to his own devices, the typical concert promoter considering a double bill of Cleo Laine and James Galway might have said: …

June 28, 1981