Elvis Costello & The Attractions at Landmark Theatre — April 27, 1978
Bob Dylan at Palace Theatre — April 27, 1980
Bob Dylan brought his Gospel Tour to the Palace Theatre — his intense born-again Christian phase that bewildered and divided fans. The setlist was entirely gospel material: “Gotta Serve Somebody,” “I Believe in You,” and “Precious Angel,” from Slow Train Coming and the upcoming Saved. Dylan played two nights at the Palace with a band […]
Deep Purple at RPI Fieldhouse — April 27, 1987
Pharoah Sanders at SUNY Albany — April 24, 1971
Stone Temple Pilots in the spring of 1997 were a band caught between creative ambition and personal chaos — which, for STP, was always where the best music lived. Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop had pushed the band’s sound in unexpected directions: Beatles-influenced pop melodies, bossa nova rhythms, psychedelic textures that proved […]
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart at Palace Theatre — April 24, 1975
This was the Bongo Fury Tour — Captain Beefheart’s only tour with Zappa’s band, undertaken partly to help Beefheart through a period of contractual disputes. The lineup included George Duke on keyboards, Napoleon Murphy Brock on sax, Terry Bozzio on drums, and the Fowler brothers. The live tracks on the Bongo Fury album were recorded […]