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Terrapin Care Station
Cambridge Audio

The protean musician, artist and designer's years in Colorado found him composing, recording and performing countless works.

Tim Duffy

A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.

Grateful Dead/Spontanuity

George Kealiher, Jr.’s relationship with management allowed him—and his camera—backstage when national acts were booked at the newly constructed Denver Coliseum, which started operation in 1952.

Elvis Presley - 1956
John Lodge, 1977

John Lodge, the bassist and singer with the Moody Blues, died on October 10, 2025, at the age of 82.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin took a calculated risk in leaving London to come to America in 1968. The band had no album out yet, response from the press in England was mild, and three of the group had never been to America before and didn’t know what to expect.

Tom Nix

Tom Nix
Tom Nix, a Colorado native, played throughout the Rocky Mountain region; he made the Billboard Country Singles charts in 1981 with “Home Along the Highway” (#79).

On Record Book Series

On Record book series

Each volume of the award-winning On Record series gathers over 200 limited and extraordinary images and 100 interview-based profiles spotlighting an array of musical artists.

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merchandise

Explore the Colorado Music Experience’s store, stocked with stylish products and gifts for music fans.

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A non-profit organization established to preserve the legacies of Colorado music, CoME serves as a repository for informational and archival resources.

Jon Rizzi, G. Brown, Mark Zaremba and Chip Garofalo