DL and I would be taking the first of two summer trips to Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), this time to hear:

• Marshall Crenshaw
• The B-52's

Unbelievable show by both bands.

RPI Fieldhouse in Troy, NY with Stan K to see the Clash, with openers Khmer Rouge.

Great to see the Clash, but we were in the very last row of the ice rink, and the sound really was bad.  Recollection is that I could here guitar and drums, little else.  Big echo in that rink as well.

Set-List:

1. London Calling
2. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
3. Know Your Rights
4. Spanish Bombs
5. Rock the Casbah
6. The Magnificent Seven
7. Police on My Back
8. Charlie Don't Surf
9. Police and Thieves
10. Brand New Cadillac
11. Train in Vain
12. Garageland
13. Armigedeon Time
14. Should I Stay or Should I Go
15. I Fought the Law
16. Straight to Hell
17. Pressure Drop
18. Janie Jones
19. I'm So Bored With the U.S.A.
20. Career Opportunities
21. This Is Radio Clash
22. Clash City Rockers
23. White Riot
24. Tommy Gun
25. London's Burning

Warren Zevon at Williams College.

I drove the 1965 Ford Fairlane to Saratoga Springs (SPAC) with Wheatbread and Rollo, to see a great double bill of:

• Burning Spear
• Talking Heads

Awesome adventure.

We made it safely, without a map, and no real idea of where we were going. 

We each had purchased suit-coats to where for the occasion.

Setlist for Talking Heads:

• Psycho Killer
• Love-> Building on Fire
• Cities
• Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)(David Byrne song)
• Once in a Lifetime
• Mind
• My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)(David Byrne song)
• Slink (Jerry Harrison song)
• Big Business / I Zimbra
• Swamp
• Houses in Motion
• What a Day That Was (David Byrne song)
• Life During Wartime
• Encore:
• Take Me to the River (Al Green cover)
• Encore 2:
• Crosseyed and Painless

Williams College with Wheatbread to see Human Switchboard and Toots and the Maytals. 

Unsure of the exact date, but April for certain.

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes at Williams College with Mez. 

Unknown day, but November of 1981.

Trip to SPAC with Mez, Rockets and REO Speedwagon. 

Unsure of day - August 1981 is good time-frame.

Willie Nile and Robin Lane and the Chartbusters at Williams College, I think with Run Steveo.

No good day, but May of '81.