Author Mike Stampalia
Jazz music at SPAC
Photo by Hubbard. Bennington Banner, June 17, 1975
Bit of New Orleans comes to SPAC
by Steve Grandin, The Saratogian
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band brought just a little bit of New Orleans to upstate New York Sunday night as it opened the season at the Saratoga Performing …
(editor’s note – this show was scheduled and advertised, but never happened. New Riders of the Purple Sage ended up playing in Austin on this night)
Syracuse Herald-Journal, May 25, 1975
by Lisa Tuttle, Austin American-Statesman, June 14, 1975
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(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)
Syracuse Herald Journal, September 11, 1974
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof, and no known schedule for 2-day event)
The Post-Star, September 5, 1974
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof, and no known schedule for 2-day event)
The Post-Star, September 5, 1974
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Molly Bee)
Song Festival: Good TV Fare But ‘Disaster’ on The Scene
by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, September 4, 1974
Viewers who watch the American Song Festival finals on …
Song Festival Closes Late
by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, September 3, 1974
The American Song Festival wound up its four-day stay at Saratoga Performing Arts Center Monday night, running late as usual.
The final program got underway 55 minutes …
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Mercer Ellington, Al Wilson, James Cleveland, the Oak Ridge Boys, the Pointer Sisters, or Ray Charles and the Raeletts)
Woodstocker’s Song Wins At the Spa
Daily Freeman, September 1, 1974…