The Concert Archive for the Capital Region

Month June 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 – no ex post facto proof)

The Post-Star, June 26, 1973

Syracuse Herald-Journal, June 24, 1973

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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 …

Bette Davis @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 20, 1973)

Bette Davis Films Delight 400 at SPAC

by Marjorie Feiner, The Knickerbocker News, June 21, 1973

It was still light at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Wednesday, too light to show the film clips effectively. John Springer, …

Bette Davis @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 20, 1973)

Outspoken Bette Davis ‘Plays’ At Saratoga

by Bruce Husten, The Times Record, June 21, 1973

Bette Davis, the outspoken Academy Award-winning actress, talked last night about Liz Taylor, Johnny Carson, movie mogul Jack Warner and the Gay Liberation Movement before …

Bette Davis @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 20, 1973)

Poor Planning Mars Davis Show

by James V. Gill, The Post-Star, June 22, 1973

Poor planning and poor production marred a visit to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center by the “legendary lady of the movies” Miss Bette Davis.

The …

Pink Floyd @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 17, 1973)

by Bill Rice, The Times Record, July 6, 1973

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Chuck Mangione @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 16, 1973)

Mangione Enthralls Audience

by Edward French, The Knickerbocker News, June 19, 1973

In spite of far from propitious weather conditions, the Chuck Mangione Concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center found the big auditorium comfortably filled.

Practically all of the …

Chuck Mangione @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 16, 1973)

Chuck Mangione Big Hit At SPAC Again

by Bill Rice, The Times Record, June 18, 1973

There are some musicians who preach that no barriers should exist between differing styles of music.

Chuck Mangione proves it.

The colorful composer, conductor …

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