SEPTEMBER 27: On This Date in Nippertown Concert History
Photograph by Andrzej Pilarczyk
On This Date in Nippertown Concert History. Check out our round-up of September 27 concerts through the years…
2017: Ben Sollee & Kentucky Native @ The Hollow Bar + Kitchen, Albany
2016: Ace Frehley, Simo @ the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
2015: American Music Festival for the Lake featuring the North & South Dakotas, Driftwood, Donna the Buffalo, Sundy Best, Austin Webb @ Wood Park, Lake George
2014: StoryHarvest featuring Nation Beat, Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra @ Freedom Park, Troy
2013: The Holmes Brothers @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady
2012: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Asleep at the Wheel @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
2011: Primus @ the Palace Theatre, Albany
2010: Gurf Morlix @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
2009: Rosalie Sorrels @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
2008: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals @ Revolution Hall, Troy
2007: Ramblin Jug Stompers @ Hudson Valley Community College, Troy
2006: Yellow Swans, Grouper @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
2003: John Stewart @ the Parting Glass Pub, Saratoga Springs
2002: Joan Osborne @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
2000: Kevin Thompson @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady
1999: Mike Erico, Mario Sevayega @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
1998: Pitbull Daycare, N-17, the Bruise Brothers @ QE2, Albany
1997: Moonboot Lover, Yummy @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
1996: They Might Be Giants, the Violent Femmes @ UAlbany Recreation & Convocation Center, Albany
1995: Tijuana Caravan, the Other Half @ Bogie’s, Albany
1994: Naked Aggression, Devoid of Faith @ QE2, Albany
1993: Stubb Junkman, Out of Control Rhythm & Blues Band @ Captain JP Cruise Line, Troy
1992: The Kingston Trio, McKrell & Bedrosian @ the Parting Glass Pub, Saratoga Springs
1991: Anthrax, Public Enemy, Primus, Young Black Teenagers @ RPI’s Houston Field House, Troy
1990: Big Barn Burning, Subduing Mara @ QE2, Albany
1989: King’s X, Galactic Cowboys @ Saratoga Winners, Cohoes
1988: Poison, Britny Fox, Lita Ford @ Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls
1985: The Band, The Byrds @ JB’s Theatre, Albany
1984: Lumpen Proles @ 288 Lark, Albany
A show that I went to on this date was in 1979. Peter Frampton with The Laughing Dogs at the Palace. Since I was only 14 years old my parents wouldn’t let me tag along with my sisters to see Frampton at Madison Square Garden. Then a few months later got to see him on August 4 at Glen’s Falls Civic center then the same show at the Palace.
One of our many appearances at 288 Lark
2013: The Holmes Brothers @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady. The best band ever. I still remember helping them pack up their gear after the show and Wendell Holmes telling me about the time in ’65 when he got to play with Otis Redding in NYC!! As he told me the story, he started singing Redding’s “Good to Me.”
2010: Gurf Morlix @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany. What a show. It was my first time seeing this gifted songwriter. He told a hilarious story about a fish that watched television.
2008: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals @ Revolution Hall, Troy. Oh, to be back to the days when Grace had that original band and hadn’t gone out into the vapid wilderness of pop music. It was over two hours of soulful, bluesy rock and roll that night in Troy. It’s weird, but about the time Revolution Hall closed shop is when Grace lost her way.
2002: Joan Osborne @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park. I will never forget Joan, who played a stellar set, singing Jimi Hendrix’s “Bold as Love” and everybody it seemed sang every word with her. Magic stuff.