By Mike Stampalia.
Forty years ago: Tom Jones @ the Coliseum Theatre
Dierks Bentley / Chase Rice / Mae Estes @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Dierks Bentley at SPAC (July 18, 2024) – photo by Stephanie J Bartik for RadioRadioX
As a side note from someone who’s seen hundreds of rock concerts over the decades but is a neophyte to country shows, do country crowds, apropos of nothing, typically burst into chants of “U.S.A, U.S.A!” between songs as they did at Bentley’s show on Thursday night?
Third World / Upstate Reggae Possie @ Alive at Five
Stephen “Cat” Coore of Third World at Alive at Five (July 18, 2024) – photo by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadioX
Langhorne Slim / Golden Everything @ Levon Helm Studios
After “House of My Soul (You Light the Rooms), Slim would invite his old friend Sawyer Fredericks to the stage for help on the next song, “On the Attack.” A familiar face for many, Fredericks first made a name for himself on the popular NBC hit show The Voice by covering this same song. Coming full circle and performing it together in this Woodstock atmosphere felt special, while Slim would exude after that “the boy still has it!”
– Zak Radick for NYS Music
Dr. Jah and the Love Prophets @ Ophelia’s
Dr. Jah and the Love Prophets at Ophelia’s (July 18, 2024) – photo by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadioX
Cola / Galene / Devon Welsh @ No Fun
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