Traffic
Dave Mason opened this show, and we walked in to see the stage with an elaborate set incorporating themes from his latest album, Split Coconut. But, at the time, I had little familiarity with Mason; it was only later that I became a big fan of Traffic.
My friends and I were there mainly to see the headliner, Peter Frampton, for the second time that fall, coming close on the heels of the Nassau Coliseum show.
One of my favorite classic rock bands, Traffic reunited and opened for the Dead during 1994, and then played a number of US shows at excellent venues on their own as part of their reunion tour supporting their outstanding album "Far From Home." Two week later they would play a smoking hot set at the Woodstock ‘94 show, and a great video of that is available.
I had good orchestra seats at SPAC for this.
In later years the image of Capaldi singing "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" would pop into my head when I heard the original, or the Phish rendition. I remember thinking that Winwood still looked so young in 1994 when I saw him at this performance, which was only the first time I saw him perform after waiting a long while.
