A Look Back: June 21

(Featured Image: Dan Fogelberg @ Tanglewood, 6/21/1985 – photo by Mark Mitchell for the Berkshire Eagle)

By Mike Stampalia.

50 years ago: Ramsey Lewis @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center

The Saratogian

40 years ago: Dan Fogelberg / Chris Hillman Band @ Tanglewood

Dan Fogelberg @ Tanglewood, 6/21/1985 – photo by Mark Mitchell for the Berkshire Eagle

He sings lots of personal love songs and borders on being overly sentimental, but his sense of humor in concert redeems him. As he introduced his set of romantic ballads, he smiled, “Right now, we’re coming to that point in the show where I spend entirely too much time ruminating on the state of love in the ’80s.”

– Carol Sliwa for the Berkshire Eagle

30 years ago: The Grateful Dead @ Knickerbocker Arena

The June 21st show would offer up the final “Row Jimmy,” “Man Smart, Woman Smarter,” “Supplication Jam” and “Morning Dew,” and what a “Morning Dew” this was. Fans were in tears as the ballad played, one fan saying “all difficulties disappeared for a few precious moments and we were all treated to a beautiful, final rendtion from the boys.”

– Pete Mason for NYS Music

30 years ago: Patti LaBelle @ Starlite Theatre

Members of the audience paraded onstage to kiss her, hug her, dance with her, ask her for autographs and even share her microphone. The security guards got a little antsy, but not Patti.

“The day they stop asking for my autograph is the day that I’ll know it’s time for me to go,” she declared.

– Greg Haymes for the Times Union

One year ago: Pony in the Pancake / Headless Relatives / Haley Moley / Bare Mattress @ No Fun

Headless Relatives @ No Fun, 6/21/2024 – photo by Timothy Reidy

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