A classically trained violinist and composer raised in Boulder, George Morrison Sr. pioneered one of Colorado’s first jazz orchestras, achieved international renown by the mid-1920s and was a kingmaker of talent in his music community.

George Morrison Sr.

The affable and versatile keyboardist for String Cheese Incident is also a successful solo artist, a highly skilled brewer, a family man and more.

Kyle Hollingsworth

birthdays

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

The Rolling Stones put their talent on stage in Colorado for the first time on Nov. 29, 1965, when they were still a pop group. Nicholas DeSciose, 19, took on the assignment of shooting the concert.

Mick Jagger
Tim Curry, 1979

Tim Curry, the British-actor who had a brief stint as a rock singer in the late ’70s, died on August 25, 2026. He was 80.

Flobots

Founded by Jamie Laurie (a.k.a. Jonny 5), the Denver collective Flobots went from an underground local band to one of the most buzzed-about national acts of 2008.

Robben Ford

Robben Ford
Robben Ford, a touring guitarist with Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and the L.A. Express, lived in Boulder in the mid-1970s to study technique, composing and Buddhism.

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.

merch

merchandise

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

hosted by g. brown

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