Category Concert Review
Concert Draws Praise
by Cliff Lee, The Post-Star, August 25, 1976
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) kicked off its final two weeks of special events Monday with a blast of impeccable music, courtesy of Jim Messina and Kenny …
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Richie Furay.)
(editor’s note – Original opener was supposed to be Michael Martin Murphey)
Janis Ian Returns A Different Image
by Bob Drzewiczewski, Rutland Daily Herald, August 29, 1972
Janis …
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for George Gobel)
Carpenters Keep Hits But Change Image
by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 12, 1976
The “new” sound of the Carpenters was heard in Saratoga Performing Arts Center …
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for David Sanborn)
James Taylor holds ’em in the palm of his hand
by Jeffrey Haff, The Times Record, July 20, 1976
James Taylor is one of those adored performers who always …
(editor’s note – Charles Aznavour was originally slated to perform on this bill as well, but that does not appear to have happened.)
Ella’s singing thrills SPAC audience
by Georgia Urban, The Times Record, July 13, 1976
Ella, a truly …
Chapin Singer of Stories
by Cliff Lee, The Post-Star, June 30, 1976
Harry Chapin is a singer of stories and the epitome of the modern traveling minstrel.
Chapin, who won the hearts and applause of more than 3,000 people Saturday …
Doobie Brothers entertain 24,404 at SPAC Concert
by Candace Hollar, The Saratogian
The Doobie Brothers closed out the 1975 summer season at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with a fiery display onstage, and a surprising lack of fireworks from the …
Sha Na Na puts it together at SPAC
by Dan Collins and Candace Hollar, The Saratogian
Blue suede shoes and white satin shirts broke the rock rhythm that brought record crowds to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center all summer, and …
Pianist Roger Williams ‘warms’ SPAC crowd
by Craig Wilson, The Saratogian
A near autumn chill swept through the Saratoga Performing Arts Center last night, cooling the feet of the audience of 2,500 but not the fingers of the star.
Pianist …
26,892 jammed into SPAC for Beach Boys concert
by Dan Collins, The Saratogian
The largest crowd of the 1975 season, 26,892, was on hand last night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center as they clapped, chanted and danced to the …