A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.
Having shot hundreds of concerts as a house photographer at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Lisa Siciliano has generously culled images from her voluminous collection in this gallery for Colorado Music Experience.
A founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir passed away on January 10, 2026, at age 78.
Nestled in the foothills of Morrison, Colorado, 20 minutes from downtown Denver, Red Rocks is a geologic phenomenon—an acoustically perfect amphitheatre not duplicated anywhere in the world, a visual marvel of natural rock formations. Today, it ranks as one of the planet’s most awesome and important concert locales. The natural wonder of the Red Rocks setting wasn’t cemented in the imaginations of rockers everywhere until U2 staged a now-famous concert video, Under A Blood Red Sky.
Bill White Acre
Born in 1964 in Canada, Bill White Acre moved to Boulder, Colorado after high school to study music at Naropa University. Becoming known for his versatility as a composer and his use of open tunings and percussive guitar playing, White Acre was voted “Best Solo Performer of Denver” by the readers of Westword in 1987. Along the way, he played… more ≫
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