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(Courtesy of the Polytechnic / Words by Bob Cunningham / Photo by Duhl)
Band and audience alike were frustrated when The Doors played the RPI Field House in support of their second album, “Strange Days.”…
(Courtesy of the Post-Star / Words by Marilyn Nason)
The first of a two-night stand by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass proved to be the first truly large crowd (15,000) in the two-year-old Saratoga Performing Arts Center‘s history.…
Joan Baez overcame some audio difficulties to wow a crowd of 12,000 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in multilingual fashion.…
The first-ever “folk-rock festival” held at Saratoga Performing Arts Center was a two-day affair that featured Theodore Bikel, Ian and Sylvia, Tom Paxton, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band on Day One. The second day featured the …
On June 29, 1967, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center hosted its first-ever “special” (non-classical) event, featuring singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. His musical collaborator, Miriam “Mama Africa” Makeba, opened the show, along with newcomer Queen …
On August 1, 1965, legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk played the Berkshire Music Barn and brought all his idiosyncrasies with him.…
On July 24, 1965, flamenco legend Carlos Monotya put on a clinic – literally – at the Berkshire Music Barn. Dancers did not accompany him, but he did bring along a program to identify the different styles (not the …
Louis Armstrong‘s nightclub performances ran the gamut from New Orleans street parades to bebop that would make Juilliard proud. On July 13, 1965, he made a special one-night appearance at the Mount Royal restaurant in Lake George.…
The Shirelles shone the brightest in a Berkshire Music Barn show moved to the Pittsfield Boys’ Club (to allow for more screaming), which also featured the Beau Brummels, the Chiffons, and Bobby Comstock and the Counts.…