Whereas Oscar and Emmy statuettes are produced by huge high-end manufacturers, John Billings and his small team handcraft Grammy awards in the little town of Ridgway, Colorado.
A Southern Colorado legend, Tony was a force from the very beginning of the modern concert business.
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A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.
Denver’s premiere concert venue in the Rockin’ 70’s, Ebbets hosted a lineup of legends and up-and-comers. Young Bob Ferbrache hung out at Ebbets, where he morphed from gofer to photographer—and captured history.
David Clayton-Thomas, the husky-voiced lead singer for Blood, Sweat & Tears, passed away in Toronto on June 24, 2026. He was 84.
“Rocky Mountain Way,” the classic-rock nugget, is Joe Walsh’s signature tune. “It’s about living in Colorado, having left Cleveland and the James Gang and having no regrets at all,” Walsh said.
Cleo Brown
A vocalist and pianist, Cleo Brown sang bawdy blues songs in the 1930s and 1940s, then retired and became a nurse. She was rediscovered living in Colorado in the late 1980s and returned to recording. She died in 1995.
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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