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Linda Ronstadt / The Bernie Leadon-Michael Georgiades Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 14, 1977)

Smiling sweetly, Linda soars

by Barbara Fischkin, The Knickerbocker News, August 15, 1977

Looking more like a senorita than a cowgirl, Linda Ronstadt sang the rock-country-western message that has become her trademark to 10,789 persons at the Saratoga Performing Arts …

Herbie Mann / Roy Ayers @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 8, 1977)

Man o Mann; flutist delights SPAC audience

by Barbara Fischkin, The Knickerbocker News, August 9, 1977

Put Herbie Mann in a three-piece suit, and you could probably drop him on Wall Street.

Serious, businesslike and neat—those are among the words …

The Spinners / The Charisma Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 4, 1977)

The Spinners: You just have to dance

by Barbara Fischkin, The Knickerbocker News, August 5, 1977

The Spinners, five musical veterans wrapped in pink suits and frilled shirts, came here Thursday night to sing and dance like crazy men and …

Frank Sinatra / Pat Henry / Sam Butera and the Witnesses @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 24, 1976)

Sinatra does things his way–well–in powerful SPAC performance

by Barbara Fischkin, The Knickerbocker News, August 25, 1976

“The Lady is a Tramp” was almost half sung as the fan grabbed his camera and rushed closer to the stage to get …

James Taylor / David Sanborn @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 18, 1976)

Accompanists, audience upstage James Taylor in SPAC concert

by Barbara Fischkin, The Knickerbocker News, July 19, 1976

James Taylor got it all Sunday night.

Playing at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), the singer of both rock and country tunes …

Judy Collins @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 25, 1976)

Collins triumphs at SPAC with 1920s feminist poem

By Barbara Fischkin, The Knickerbocker News, June 26, 1976

Judy Collins rested the old, pretty and safe folk tunes for a while Friday night and found new style with a staunch, but …

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