Trey Anastasio at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall — March 10, 2017
Phish’s Trey Anastasio in the acoustically pristine Troy Savings Bank Music Hall — an intimate solo/small-band setting that showcased his musicianship in ways that a festival stage never could. The…
St. Vincent at Upstate Concert Hall — March 7, 2015
Annie Clark — St. Vincent — brought her critically acclaimed art-rock to Upstate Concert Hall. Fresh off her self-titled album that won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, this…
Maroon 5 at Times Union Center — March 7, 2017
Adam Levine and Maroon 5 brought the M5 On The Road tour to the Times Union Center. Love them or hate them, Maroon 5 was one of the biggest pop…
Aerosmith at Alive at Five / Albany area venue — March 8, 1980
Aerosmith on the Night in the Ruts tour — this was the band at their most combustible. Joe Perry had just left, Jimmy Crespo was in. The archive places them…
Cheap Trick (w/ UFO) at RPI Field House — March 8, 1981
Cheap Trick and UFO at the RPI Field House — two of the hardest-working live bands of the late ’70s and early ’80s on one bill. Cheap Trick was riding…
Phish at Aiko’s — March 8, 1990
Phish at Aiko’s in Saratoga Springs during their Winter/Spring 1990 tour. This is deep-cut Phish history — the Vermont jam band was still playing tiny bars and clubs, years before…
The Black Crowes at Palace Theatre — March 8, 1999
The Black Crowes on the Souled Out tour at the Palace Theatre. Chris and Rich Robinson were still firing on all cylinders, delivering the kind of raw, loose, blues-soaked rock…
Jerry Lee Lewis at Proctor’s Theatre — March 5, 1971
The Killer himself — Jerry Lee Lewis — at Proctor’s Theatre. By 1971, Lewis had reinvented himself as a country star after his rock and roll career stalled, but live…
Aerosmith at Palace Theatre — March 5, 1978
Aerosmith on the Draw the Line tour at the Palace Theatre. This was the raw, dangerous, pre-comeback Aerosmith — Tyler and Perry still together but barely, the band running on…
U2 (w/ Mission of Burma) at JB Scott’s — March 5, 1981
U2 at JB Scott’s in Albany on the Boy tour — before they were the biggest band in the world. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. were…