A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.
George Kealiher, Jr.’s relationship with management allowed him—and his camera—backstage when national acts were booked at the newly constructed Denver Coliseum, which started operation in 1952.
Joe Ely, the highly regarded pioneer of the ’70s Texas progressive country sound, died December 15, 2025, at age 78.
An Iowa native, Chuck Pyle made his way to Colorado’s Front Range in 1965, “when Boulder was mostly gravel streets.” His path as an accomplished songwriter was set in 1975 when Jerry Jeff Walker scored a modest hit with a rendition of “Jaded Lover.” Through the 1980s and 1990s, John Denver, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and a number of popular artists recorded Pyle’s songs. Suzy Bogguss covered “The Other Side of the Hill” in 1980; Chris LeDoux renamed the song “Cadillac Cowboy” and took it to the top of the country charts in 1991.
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.
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