The Concert Archive for the Capital Region

Month June 1975

Stephen Stills @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 29, 1975)

Stills strings out spotlight for some top guitar

by Dennis Law, The Knickerbocker News, June 30, 1975

Stephen Stills just seems unable to take a vacation. There is probably too much music in his system, and he has to exercise …

Stephen Stills @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 29, 1975)

Photo by Steven S. Lovelett, The Times Record, June 30, 1975

STEPHEN STILLS drew 10,000 people to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Sunday night for some rock and roll. A former member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Stills is
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Stephen Stills @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 29, 1975)

Stills’ concert draws mixed reaction

by Steve Grandin, The Saratogian

Concert at SPAC attended by more than 12,000

It’s both enjoyable and painful to watch Stephen Stills perform. On one hand, his coarse voice, familiar lyrics, and fine guitar work …

Eric Clapton / Santana @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 26, 1975)

20,000 ‘spellbound’ by Clapton’s guitar

by Evan Roth, The Knickerbocker News, June 27, 1975

To call Eric Clapton’s performance last night triumphant would almost be an understatement. For over two hours he held a crowd estimated at more than 20,000 …

Eric Clapton / Santana @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 26, 1975)

Eric Clapton Draws 27,000 To Saratoga

by Donald E. Wilcock, The Times Record, June 27, 1975

Zap. The first clear note of Eric Clapton’s “Layla” cut the mob like a laser through a powder keg. More than 27,000 voices screamed …

Eric Clapton / Santana @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 26, 1975)

Clapton at Spa: How to Survive A Rock Concert

by Cliff Lee, The Post-Star, June 28, 1975

It wasn’t a capacity crowd, according to officials, but the more than 26,000 persons who jammed Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) for …

Eric Clapton / Santana @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 26, 1975)

Clapton, Santana has them rocking in the aisles at SPAC

by Bryan Jackson, The Saratogian

It was the recipe for a perfect rock concert. All of the right ingredients were there and in the proper amounts. One part performing arts …

Benny Goodman @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 22, 1975)

Goodman proves ‘swing’ never died

by Bryan Jackson, The Saratogian

If the music period known as the “Swing Era” had survived, it would be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

“Swing” exploded with a fireworks force in the mid-30’s and …

Benny Goodman @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 22, 1975)

Good Jazz Featured At Festival

by Georgia Urban, The Times Record, June 25, 1975

Not all of the music was of the highest caliber, but there was some good jazz offered at Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s Second Annual Upstate Jazz …

Ramsey Lewis @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 21, 1975)

(editor’s note – Stanley Turrentine was scheduled to play, but canceled)

Good Jazz Featured At Festival

by Georgia Urban, The Times Record, June 25, 1975

Not all of the music was of the highest caliber, but there was some good …

Ramsey Lewis @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 21, 1975)

(editor’s note – Stanley Turrentine was scheduled to play, but canceled)

Photo by Teddy Sherwood, The Saratogian

DOWNBEAT – Ramsey Lewis on stage at second night of three-day jazz fest at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Jazzfest which opened Friday with
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Herbie Mann / Joe Farrell @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 20, 1975)

Herbie Mann ensemble leaves SPAC crowd dancing in aisles

by David Favrot, The Knickerbocker News, June 21, 1975

“Man, if we’d played any more there would have been a riot,” said Herbie Mann drummer Darryl Washington in wonderment as he …

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