Known for his 1981 hit “Super Freak,” Rick James also gained notoriety for his wild lifestyle. Later in life, his drug abuse led to widely publicized legal problems. After serving a two-year [...]
Rock critics in charge of names for musical trends reckoned Jimmy Eat World had an “emo,” or emotion-based, style, and the Arizona-based four-piece emerged as trailblazers in the genre in the [...]
Denver Broncos players have traded their mouthpieces for microphones over the course of the team history. Leading up to the 1977 National Football League playoffs, fullback Jon Keyworth cut a [...]
One of the most influential promoters to emerge from the nascent rock concert scene, Barry Fey moved to Denver from Illinois in early 1967. After a trip to San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury [...]
Producer James William Guercio had gotten his start producing a string of hits for the Buckinghams circa 1967, including “Kind of a Drag,” “Don’t You Care” and “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.” He became a [...]
In the fall of 1991, Los Angeles rapper DJ Quik was arrested for allegedly throwing a bottle into the crowd during a concert at Denver’s Mammoth Events Center. A fan was struck in the cheek, [...]
To students of rock music, Robert Hunter was known as an essential member of the Grateful Dead—an offstage presence who, primarily collaborating with guitarist Jerry Garcia, wrote the words for [...]
The Rolling Stones put their talent on stage in Colorado for the first time on Nov. 29, 1965, when they were still a pop group. Nicholas DeSciose, 19, took on the assignment of shooting the concert.
