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Before the Beatles emerged as pop’s dominant power, Denver was a bastion of slick, commercial folk-pop—the soul and inspiration for groups like the New Christy Minstrels.

In 2011, classical violin virtuoso Eugene Fodor died at age 60. Fodor was born in Denver and made his solo debut with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at the age of ten. Dubbed “the Mick Jagger of [...]

Happy birthday to Paul Cotton.

Happy birthday to Pete Wernick.

Happy birthday to David Eugene Edwards.

Happy birthday to Rusty Young.

Happy birthday to Corey Harris.

In 2003, a fire at the Station nightclub in Rhode Island claimed the lives of 99 victims; guitarist Ty Longley, a member of the evening’s headlining band Great White, was also lost in the [...]

Happy birthday to Mark Andes.

In February 1995, Denver songwriter Crystal Cartier thought she had a rock-solid case against the planet’s most famous music man. The local crooner had filed a lawsuit in federal court in Denver, [...]