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Author Archive for: "G. Brown"
Judy Collins
By G. Brown
In Video
Posted March 6, 2020

Judy Collins

The renowned singer claims Colorado as her home state, where her discovery of folk music set her on a path to fame.

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Spinal Tap’s Colorado Connection
By G. Brown
In Featured
Posted March 2, 2020

Spinal Tap’s Colorado Connection

In 1984, This Is Spinal Tap was released, a fictional and admirably accurate spoof of heavy metal stereotypes and the music business. In the “mockumentary,” the band was mistakenly booked at an [...]

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Gary Glitter’s Colorado Connection
By G. Brown
In Blog
Posted March 2, 2020

Gary Glitter’s Colorado Connection

In the pantheon of sports anthems drawn from rock songs, Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2” (nicknamed “The Hey Song”) joined the strains of Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” and [...]

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New Christy Minstrels’ “Denver”
By G. Brown
In Blog
Posted February 29, 2020

New Christy Minstrels’ “Denver”

Before the Beatles emerged as pop’s dominant power, Denver was a bastion of slick, commercial folk-pop—the soul and inspiration for groups like the New Christy Minstrels.

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Eugene Fodor
By G. Brown
In Featured Photo
Posted February 26, 2020

Eugene Fodor

In 2011, classical violin virtuoso Eugene Fodor died at age 60. Fodor was born in Denver and made his solo debut with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at the age of ten. Dubbed “the Mick Jagger of [...]

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Ty Longley
By G. Brown
In Featured Photo
Posted February 20, 2020

Ty Longley

In 2003, a fire at the Station nightclub in Rhode Island claimed the lives of 99 victims; guitarist Ty Longley, a member of the evening’s headlining band Great White, was also lost in the [...]

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Michael Jackson’s Colorado Connection
By G. Brown
In Blog
Posted February 14, 2020

Michael Jackson’s Colorado Connection

In February 1995, Denver songwriter Crystal Cartier thought she had a rock-solid case against the planet’s most famous music man. The local crooner had filed a lawsuit in federal court in Denver, [...]

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Warren Zevon’s Colorado Connection
By G. Brown
In Blog
Posted February 13, 2020

Warren Zevon’s Colorado Connection

Warren Zevon spent a couple of years in the early 1970s touring as the Everly Brothers’ pianist/bandleader. After their breakup, he worked alternately with Phil and Don Everly—and sojourned to [...]

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Def Leppard’s Colorado Connection
By G. Brown
In Blog
Posted February 10, 2020

Def Leppard’s Colorado Connection

To commemorate the 227-date “Hysteria” world tour, Def Leppard filmed a concert video at Denver’s McNichols Arena on February 12 and 13, 1988, titled In the Round–In Your Face.

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On Record Book Series
By G. Brown
In Special
Posted February 3, 2020

On Record
Book Series

Images, interviews & insights from the year in music

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