On April 12, 1979, Poco received a gold record for “Legend,” the country-rock band’s thirteenth album. “Crazy Love” and “Heart of the Night,” written and sung by pedal steel guitar player Rusty [...]
John Prine, the man responsible for some of the most articulate and moving songs of the last 50 years, died due to complications related to COVID-19 on April 7, 2020. He was 73.
On April 10, 1976, Shad O’Shea & the 18-Wheelers’ “Colorado Call” bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100. The CB radio craze inspired the lyrics—Citizen Band radios, which were actually simpler [...]
On April 6, 1985, the Nails’ “88 Lines about 44 Women” peaked on Billboard’s dance club chart. The band began its life as the Ravers, Colorado’s punk rock forefathers.
On March 26, 2002, Randy Castillo, best known as Ozzy Osbourne’s drummer and later as drummer for Motley Crue, died of cancer. Castillo became a drumming icon in Denver with the Wumblies, and he [...]
Kenny Rogers, the prolific country singer whose career spanned nearly six decades, passed away from natural causes on March 20, 2020, at the age of 81.
