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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 [...]

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 [...]