Saving Abel spent the late 2000s as a fixture of Mainstream Rock radio — “Addicted” going multi-platinum and reaching #2 on the Billboard chart, “The Sex Is Good” eventually topping the Active Rock chart — and then the lineup fractured, as lineups tend to in Southern rock. What arrives at Putnam Place on Saturday, November 7 is a rebuilt version of the band centered on founding guitarist Jason Null and Randy Webb, who stepped into the frontman role in 2025. It is a more complicated story than a standard reunion, which is also why an intimate club booking in Saratoga Springs is exactly the right place to test it.
About the Show
Webb, formerly of One Day Alive, joined a lineup that still includes founding members Null and Scott Bartlett, with Scott Wilson on bass and Garfield Redden on drums. The band formed in Corinth, Mississippi in 2004, and its Southern rock sensibility has threaded through everything since: the post-grunge grit of the 2008 self-titled debut, the radio-ready hooks of Miss America (2010) and its #7 Mainstream Rock single “Stupid Girl (Only in Hollywood),” and the harder lean of Bringing Down the Giant (2012). The current lineup’s press materials describe Webb’s vocals as delivering “raw, soulful” performance that “injects new life into the group, while honoring the hard-hitting southern roots that define Saving Abel.” Redden’s drumming is characterized as “explosive, precise percussion.” New material is underway; Webb has described it as having “more edge than any of our previous tracks.” The band has released recent singles including “Stars,” “Keep Swinging,” and “Dodged a Bullet” while maintaining an active touring schedule. No support act is listed for this date.
One fact worth stating plainly: there are currently two active touring entities using the Saving Abel name. The show at Putnam Place links to savingabel.us, which is the Null/Webb lineup. Webb’s own framing of the distinction is direct: “It’s familiar, it’s classic, but it’s also alive and ours.”
Venue & Logistics
Putnam Place in Saratoga Springs holds 500, a relatively intimate room for a band that shared stages with Nickelback, Papa Roach, Hinder, and Buckcherry at the peak of their rock radio run. That kind of room tests a rebuilt lineup more honestly than an arena would. It also gives Saratoga Springs rock fans a floor-level shot at a band that has spent most of its career in significantly larger venues. The show is 21 and older. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; show at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets
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