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Heart / Ian Hunter Band with Mick Ronson @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 17, 1980)

SPAC crowd enjoys mass Heart attack

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, June 18, 1980

The Seattle-based rock group Heart shows its devotion to the Beatles perhaps as obviously as the Knack, using a crescendoed “I Want You (She’s So …

Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 16, 1980)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band plays a mix of styles at SPAC

by Woody Klein, Bennington Banner, June 21, 1980

With halting, dainty steps, they shuffle on stage, hunched over like frail old men. They look as if they should …

The Marshall Tucker Band / B.B. King @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 15, 1980)

by Kyle Hughes, Bennington Banner, June 18, 1980

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The Marshall Tucker Band / B.B. King @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 14, 1980)

Southern rock, blues draw 11,846 at Spa opener

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker News, June 16, 1980

The summer officially began at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday when blues guitarist B.B. King’s 10-piece band walked on stage at the Saratoga Performing …

The Marshall Tucker Band / B.B. King @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 14, 1980)

B.B. King a top class warm-up for Marshall Tucker Band at SPAC

by Kyle Hughes, Bennington Banner, June 18, 1980

“Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the gentleman of the blues, Mr. B.B. King,” the bandleader said in a smooth …

“Saratoga Country Music Weekend” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 3, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)

Bennington Banner, September 24, 1979


The Post-Star, September 1, 1979

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“Saratoga Country Music Weekend” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 2, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)

Bennington Banner, September 24, 1979


The Post-Star, September 1, 1979

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The Charlie Daniels Band / Sea Level / John Hammond @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 1, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Sea Level or John Hammond)

Poughkeepsie Journal, September 2, 1979


The Post-Star, September 1, 1979

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Kansas / LeRoux @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 31, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)

The Post-Star, August 31, 1979

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Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1979)

The Knickerbocker News, September 17, 1979

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Shaun Cassidy / Fandango @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 29, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)

The Knickerbocker News, August 29, 1979

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The Allman Brothers Band / Edgar Winter @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 28, 1979)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Edgar Winter. This date was originally scheduled for David Crosby and Graham Nash, but this was canceled.)

Allman SPAC repeat a dazzling showcase for guitarist Betts

by Steve Webb, The Knickerbocker …

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