Author Mike Stampalia
Mathis, Garner Big Hit at SPAC
by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 8, 1973
Johnny Mathis and pianist Erroll Garner teamed up to present one of the best concerts of the season Monday night at the Saratoga Festival.…
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 …
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Joe Walsh and Barnstorm)
The Times Record, September 3, 1973
The Post-Star, July 28, 1973
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 …
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)
The Times Record, July 7, 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 …
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 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 …
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)
The Post-Star, June 26, 1973
Syracuse Herald-Journal, 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 …