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.
Todd Snider, the freewheeling alt-rock troubadour, died November 14 at the age of 59.
Fresh from Chicago, 27-year-old Barry Fey moved to Denver in early 1967 and began his career as one of rock music's most prolific promoters. After a trip to San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury district, Fey contacted music impresario Chet Helms to discuss bringing a bit of the “Summer of Love” scene back to Denver, and a recently closed nightspot in an industrial stretch of Evans Avenue was turned into the Family Dog.
Kenny Vaughan
Kenny Vaughan co-led Jonny 3, Denver’s top punk/new wave band in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Nashville called and offered him plenty of work, and the guitarist became a sought-after sideman, recording with dozens of top artists including Lucinda Williams and Rodney Crowell along with a regular gig in Marty Stewart’s band.
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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