A Look Back: July 12
By Mike Stampalia on July 12, 2025
40 years ago: Black Flag / Saint Vitus / Tom Triccoli’s Dog / Broken Talent @ Albany’s VFW Hall
50 years ago: “Two Generations of Brubeck” @ Music Inn (Lenox)
The concert wouldn’t have been complete without a few of the Brubeck classics and the audience cheered the opening bars of “Blue Rondo a la Turk.” Brubeck and his group gave the old song a new feeling. Chris Brubeck on trombone, Gerry Berganti on tenor saxophone and Perry Robinson on clarinet simultaneously took over the melody that was Paul Desmond’s saxophone slo on the original recording, giving the number a much bigger sound.
– Jay McInerney for the Berkshire Eagle
20 years ago: Rob Zombie @ Northern Lights
Time off seems to suit Zombie; the man and his band were tight on Tuesday night, pounding through a set’s worth of Zombie favorites, a sampling of new stuff from the “Rejects” soundtrack and a surprise, not-so-lame encore version of Ted Nugent’s “Cat Scratch Fever.” The tune would have come off better had Zombie not played it after the White Zombie anthem “Blood, Milk & Sky” – a classic Zombie closes almost every show with.
– Michael Lisi for the Times Union
10 years ago: Red Baraat / Hot Tamale Brass Band @ Music Haven
In concert Sunday evening to kick off the Music Haven’s free concert series in Central Park (the series’ opening concert by Peruvian band Novalima had been moved indoors to Proctors two weeks ago because of rain), Jain and Red Baraat were simply irresistible. Despite the exotic, unorthodox and almost totally unfamiliar nature of their music, the band had at least three-quarters of the sizable crowd out of their seats and dancing by the third song.
– Greg Haymes for the Times Union
Arrested Development at Schenectady County SummerNight (July 12, 2024) – photo by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadio X
1 year ago: Fitz and the Tantrums / Sub-Radio @ Empire Live
… the performance of songs from their more recent discography undermines the prowess of every musician in the band, especially Fitz. The only person spared was James King, because a good sax solo hits every time. No amount of really good stage presence, flashing lights, tambourine tapping, and leaping about the stage can bring back what discarding good lyrics and harmonies loses when it comes to a band like Fitz and The Tantrums.
– Elissa Ebersold for the Daily Gazette
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