Bonnie Raitt played SUNY Albany on the same night the Grateful Dead were across the river at RPI in Troy. A tough choice for Capital Region music fans — Raitt’s slide guitar and soulful blues on one side, Jerry Garcia’s jams on the other. Raitt was still a decade away from her commercial breakthrough with “Nick of Time,” but she was already one of the best live performers in blues-rock.
Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York
