Category Concert Review
Goodman Takes 7,000 on Nostalgia Trip
by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 15, 1974
It may have been 1974 but it sounded like 1938 Tuesday evening at the Saratoga Festival.
Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, returned to …
Isaac & The 5th
by Bruce Husten, The Times Record, August 13, 1974
Two of the largest entertaining groups in the world of pop music peopled the Saratoga Performing Arts Center the past two nights, both doing their own thing …
Isaac & The 5th
by Bruce Husten, The Times Record, August 13, 1974
Two of the largest entertaining groups in the world of pop music peopled the Saratoga Performing Arts Center the past two nights, both doing their own thing …
Denver Opens At Saratoga
Poughkeepsie Journal, August 6, 1974
Folk singer John Denver brought some of his “Rocky Mountain High” and “Sunshine” to the foothills of the Adirondacks Monday evening.
He also shared his love for his wife with …
17,000 Pack SPAC To Hear John Denver
by Donald E. Wilcock, The Times Record, August 5, 1974
15,000 More Expected Tonight
“Sing along if you like, but kindly limit yourself to the choruses. It’s my show,” said John Denver in …
by Lee Rogers, The Times Record, August 2, 1974
I couldn’t pass up giving you the following little tidbit from my C.W.
Seems she and Betty George (the area’s dynamic personality gal) have become good friends and Betty gave her …
‘Where’s Carly?’ Crowd Asks James Taylor
by Cindy Reynolds, The Post-Star, July 16, 1974
Audience response was as hot as the weather Sunday night at the James Taylor concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, who …
5,000 Hear Andy Williams At Saratoga
by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, July 9, 1974
Andy Williams starred Sunday evening in another of the Saratoga Festival’s polished and smooth special events.
The holder of 17 gold records, representing the …
by Don Wilcock, The Troy Record, October 6, 1974
Revival of Ragtime Takes Over SPAC Stage
by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, June 19, 1974
A group of college students re-created the 70-year-old music of a long-dead composer Monday night at the Saratoga Festival.
The combination of the …