A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.
Photojournalist Bill Warren shot practically every concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the early and mid-1980s. He picked this assemblage of his archival images exclusively for the Colorado Music Experience.
A founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir passed away on January 10, 2026, at age 78.
Coming out of the fluid California scene of the late 1960s, the pioneering Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was initially an acoustic jug band. With a core of Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden and string wizard John McEuen, they hit upon a rustic Americana style that allowed them to be as comfortable playing the folk-pop Top 40 hit “Buy for Me the Rain” as they were with Gay Nineties tunes or banjo instrumentals.
John Long
An American country-blues singer, fingerstyle guitarist, harmonica player and songwriter, John Long has played regularly in Colorado since the mid‘’70s, both solo and with the Johnny Long Blues 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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A non-profit organization established to preserve the legacies of Colorado music, CoME serves as a repository for informational and archival resources.
