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.
Mike Peters, the frontman and songwriter of the Alarm, died on April 28, 2025, at age 66 after a long battle with blood cancer.
Americans were chattering away like mad on their CB (Citizens Band) radios when advertising agency director Bill Fries assumed the identity of C.W. McCall and recorded “Convoy.” The tale of the “rubber duck” turned into the trucker national anthem and became a No. 1 pop and country hit in January 1976.
Mando & the Chili Peppers
Latinos were under-represented in early rock ’n’ roll. In 1957, a year before “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens and “Tequila” by the Champs (written by saxophonist Danny Flores aka Chuck Rio), Armando Almendárez was leading Mando & The Chili Peppers—one of the first Hispanic rock ’n’ roll acts.
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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