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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 [...]

Van Trevor recorded for Denver-based Bandbox Records in the early 1960s, making the country charts with “Born to Be in Love with You” (#22) and “Our Side” (#27).

On November 7, 1983, U2 released Under a Blood Red Sky, a legendary live album that solidified the band’s ascendancy to mega-stardom and Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s status as the world’s premier [...]

On November 6, 1998, funk-punk master Rick James performed at Denver’s Mammoth Gardens and suffered a stroke.

On November 3, 1976, Firefall earned a gold record for their self-titled debut album, which featured the hit single “You Are the Woman”!

Guitarist/songwriter Bob Yeazel joined the Denver-based band Sugarloaf for its second album, Spaceship Earth, in 1971; he wrote or co-wrote many of the tunes, including “Tongue in Cheek” which [...]

Lothar & the Hand People formed out of Denver University in 1965, and the influential band pioneered the use of synthesizers and the theremin. October 30 is the birth anniversary of member Kim [...]

In 1967, Canned Heat was busted at Denver’s Family Dog, a drama immortalized in the song “My Crime.”