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Sha Na Na / The Star Spangled Washboard Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 5, 1973)

Sha-Na-Na Revives Music of Fifties

by Mark Frost, The Post-Star, August 7, 197

It’s hard to grab hold of a good Sha-Na-Na performance.

Because of the grease.

But the Fifties gang was a little easier to grasp at SPAC …

Stephen Stills and Manassas / Joe Walsh and Barnstorm @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 30, 1973)

(editor’s note – Stephen Stills is confirmed. Joe Walsh and Barnstorm was scheduled as of July 28, but not confirmed as opener)

The Times Record, September 3, 1973

The Post-Star, July 28, 1973

The Jackson 5 / The Commodores @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 29, 1973 – matinee)

Jackson 5 Has ‘Em Dancing in Aisles

by George C. Jordan III, The Morning Union, July 30, 1973

Several people Sunday afternoon were dancing in the aisles at Saratoga Performing Arts Center as Motown Records’ five little boys with their …

The Carpenters / Skiles and Henderson @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 22, 1973)

The Times Record, October 3, 1973

Virgil Fox @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 15, 1973)

The Post-Star, November 7, 1973

The Post-Star, July 14, 1973

Lobo / Dawn featuring Tony Orlando @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 8, 1973)

(editor’s note – this was scheduled as of day of show, but not confirmed)

The Times Record, July 7, 1973

John Denver @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 30, 1973)

John Denver Elicits Ovations at Saratoga

by Craig Wilson, The Post-Star, July 2, 1973

John Denver didn’t give a concert Saturday night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

He created a mood.

Using a full symphony orchestra and several …

Blood, Sweat & Tears / Curtis Mayfield Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 29, 1973)

Musicians In Absentia At The Spa

The Times Record, June 30, 1973

Music fans at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center last night were treated to unexpected guest stars on the first half of the program — people like Stevie Wonder …

B.B. King / Weather Report / Climax Blues Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 27, 1973)

B.B. King Tames Crowd At Saratoga Arts Center

by Bill Rice, The Times Record, June 28, 1973

B.B. King, a blues singer and guitarist out of Mississippi who is riding as high on a crest of popularity right now as …

“The British Are Coming” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 26, 1973)

(editor’s note – scheduled as of day of show, but not confirmed)

The Post-Star, June 26, 1973

The Syracuse Herald-Journal, June 24, 1973

The Temptations / Bobby Womack @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 24, 1973)

Temptations Visual And Listening Experience

by Bill Rice, The Times Record, June 25, 1973

Most of the popular music groups that were on top in the early sixties are now either defunct or playing in rock revival shows.

Not so …

The Allman Brothers Band / The Marshall Tucker Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 22, 1973)

Countdown At A Rock Concert

by Bill Rice, The Times Record, June 23, 1973

SARATOGA SPRINGS – It was 2 p.m. Friday, hot and humid, with a trace of rain in the sky.

Driving north on Interstate 87, we saw …

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