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.
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 [...]