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A vocalist and pianist, Cleo Brown sang bawdy blues songs in the 1930s and 1940s, then retired and became a nurse. She was rediscovered living in Colorado in the late 1980s and returned to [...]

On December 4, 1976, Tommy Bolin died from an overdose of heroin and other substances. The guitar god moved to Boulder, Colorado in his late teens and formed Zephyr. He joined the James Gang in [...]

Fifty years ago, for seven rocking months in 1970, Mammoth Gardens—now known as Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium—became the hub for rock’s hottest performers, such as the Who, Jethro Tull, the [...]

On November 28, 1993, Pearl Jam pulled out of the last of three sold-out shows at the CU Events Center in Boulder, in a dispute with security forces over crowd control measures.

Guitarist Ronnie Montrose grew up in Denver and worked his way from session player (Van Morrison) to guitar hero (the Edgar Winter Group, Montrose, Gamma) to fusion virtuoso. He died on March 3, 2012.

On November 17, 1994, Dave Matthews Band filmed the “What Would You Say” video at Boulder’s Fox Theatre.

It’s ironic that the current generation of Colorado music fans know the venue at 1510 Clarkson in Denver as “The Fillmore.” Back in the early Seventies, the Romanesque two-story structure with [...]

On November 9-13, 1966, Lothar & the Hand People made a triumphant return to Denver for a series of sold-out shows at the Exodus. The band had formed out Denver University in 1965 and relocated [...]