Big Mama Thornton / Buddy Guy & Junior Wells at Gibbons Hall, Siena College — March 23, 1973
A blues summit at Siena College: Big Mama Thornton (who recorded the original “Hound Dog” before Elvis), Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, and Mance Lipscomb.
Ramones at Campus Center Ballroom (SUNYA) — March 23, 1984
The Ramones at the SUNYA Campus Center Ballroom on the Subterranean Jungle tour. 20 songs in 45 minutes, no ballads, no encores, no mercy.
Grateful Dead at Knickerbocker Arena — March 23, 1991
The Grateful Dead’s Spring Tour 1991 stop at the Knickerbocker Arena — one of many legendary Dead shows in Albany.
Joe Cocker at Palace Theatre — March 23, 1995
Joe Cocker on the Have a Little Faith tour at the Palace Theatre.
JAY-Z at Pepsi Arena — March 23, 1999
On this day in 1999, JAY-Z brought the Hard Knock Life Tour to the Pepsi Arena in Albany — with DMX, Method Man & Redman, and DJ Clue on the…
Tom Paxton at San Remo Coffee House — March 24, 1962
Tom Paxton at the San Remo Coffee House in Schenectady — one of the great folk songwriters of the ’60s in a tiny coffeehouse.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at Palace Theatre — March 24, 1987
On this day in 1987, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts tore through the Palace Theatre in Albany on the Good Music tour. “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,” “Bad Reputation,” “Crimson…
Grateful Dead at Knickerbocker Arena — March 24, 1990
Another Grateful Dead show at the Knickerbocker Arena — Spring Tour 1990. One of multiple consecutive nights.
Lamb of God / Trivium / Machine Head / Gojira at Northern Lights — March 24, 2007
A brutal metal bill at Northern Lights: Lamb of God, Trivium, Machine Head, and Gojira — four of the biggest names in modern metal.
U2 (w/ Pixies) at Knickerbocker Arena — March 21, 1992
U2 on the Zoo TV tour with the Pixies opening at the Knickerbocker Arena. This was the reinvented, ironic, multimedia U2 — “Achtung Baby” era, Bono as The Fly. A…