Landmark Theatre
In an excited state on the day of this show I sprained my ankle running down the stairs of my friend’s dorm. Later I hobbled into the Landmark Theatre with an ace bandage on my ankle after driving up from Ithaca.
The cover of the Program from the show has a nice illustration by Bob Zanmarchi.
I don’t know if there are any tapes of this, it would be cool to check it out.
Robert Hunter opened.
There was so much great music to listen to in 1980 and the new Bob Marley album, Uprising!, was high among our favorite choices.
The show listed here was to have been been part of the balance of the 1980 tour, which was cancelled after the Pittsburgh show when Bob Marley fell ill. It was of course a huge disappointment at the time, but not nearly as much of a disappointment as when we learned how sick he was, and ultimately in the following year, when we learned of his passing.
Uprising! remains a timeless reggae classic.
36 years later, I visited Nine Miles, JA, Bob's childhood home and his final resting place.... photos in the gallery below show the school built by Bob’s Mother there, a window on the outside of the Mausoleum, Bob’s childhood home. It was interesting to see the area after reading about it and seeing photos of the funeral procession and the Nine Miles area, e.g. in the Marley books “Catch a Fire” and “Reggae King of the World”.
Bob Marley’s framed gold record for the 1980 album Uprising!, on display in Nine Miles, JA
Syracuse Law. First year. We needed some blistering loud rock and roll and we got it. Another show at the Landmark for me, the first time was a Jerry Garcia Band show, and then Gilmour. A nice trio of shows to have seen there.
As a huge Gilmour fan it was another great opportunity to see him when I lived in Syracuse.
Above: an article in Relix Magazine from 1979.
