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50 Years Of Performance: The Best SNL Acts Of The 1980s
SNL has officially returned, celebrating its 50th year on the air. Since its start in 1975, the show has…
Grateful Dead Take One Last Step Back in the Carrier Dome: 10/20/84
On Octorber 20, 1984, The Grateful Dead played their third and final show at The Carrier Dome in Syracuse. It…
How One Man and a Magazine Documented the Music Scene of the Hudson Valley in the…
Musician and journalist Michael Raab archives historic footage of Hudson Valley Bands of the 80's with thhe…
50 Years of Performance: The Best SNL Acts of the 1970s
With SNL’s return on September 28th, the show will celebrate its 50th year on the air. Since its start in 1975,…
Long Live Rock the Casbah: The Who, The Clash Rock Rich Stadium
London punks, both young and old, invaded Orchard Park, NY on September 26, 1982. The Who and The Clash, as well…
The Dead Give ‘Em The Horns In Syracuse: September 17, 1973
The Grateful Dead played a brief 10-show tour in September of 1973 and included among these was a stop at the…
Spread Love, It’s the Brooklyn Way: 30 Years Since Biggie’s…
Thirty years ago, one of hip-hop's biggest stars prepared to release his debut album. Biggie Smalls, The Notorious…
Flashback: Frank Zappa’s Lone Performance at SPAC, September 1, 1984
Labor Day weekend, a noteable bootleg and a weird ramble about women's rights. What connection do these three…
30 Years Later: Phish at Big Birch Concert Pavilion, July 13, 1994
On July 13, 1994, while the Grateful Dead drew a reported 60,000 fans to northern Vermont, Phish performed five…
20 Years Later: Phish’s 2004 SPAC Run
In June 2004, the "end" was nigh for Phish as a band. The thought-to-be career-ending Coventry festival was slated…
Jerry Garcia Band Glides Down Music Mountain: June 16, 1982
As the Grateful Dead found themselves in between tours in the early summer of 1982, side projects were apparently…
Grateful Dead Play Their Lone Cortland Show: April 18, 1971
1971 was an incredibly busy touring year for the Grateful Dead and on this day in April they found themselves in…
Flashback: Phish at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, April 9, 1994
Just eleven days after the release of their fifth studio album, Hoist, Phish arrived in Binghamton for a show at…
Grateful Dead Continue Their First Run at the Knick: March 25, 1990
We continue our look back at one of the more influential and memorable series of shows The Grateful Dead have ever…
The Dead Begin Their Lone Drummer Era at The Cap: February 19, 1971
Today marks a somewhat somber anniversary in Grateful Dead history as the band's second show at their final…
Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales Cap Off ‘Hooteroll’ Tour in Buffalo:…
Today marks the anniversary of the final show of one of the earliest Grateful Dead side projects. Lead guitarist…
Flashback: Trey Anastasio Joins Medeski Martin and Wood at Albany’s Palace…
There was already magic in the air when Medeski, Martin and Wood took the stage on December 1, 2000 at The Palace…
20 Years Later: Phish’s 20th Anniversary Run
Phish kicked off their 20th anniversary run on November 28, 2003, with the first of four shows held at Nassau…
Grand Funk Railroad in New York: Mark Farner Remembers
When I was growing up in the early 70’s, a hazy time captured in Richard Linklater’s movie Dazed &…
NYStalgia: Revisit the last time Phish Played Buffalo, October 19, 1996
In April of 1994 Phish appeared at the Alumni Arena on SUNY Buffalo's campus. Trey fell through a hole in the…