Curiously, the 2002 winner of the prestigious W.C. Handy award (the blues equivalent of the Grammys) for Best New Artist was a 53-year-old man who began playing as a teenager in the 1960s. But [...]
The Moonrakers were the most popular group in Denver during the mid 1960s, with four singles hitting the local charts (the biggest being “You’ll Come Back”). But Joel Brandes, Denny Flannigan, [...]
During the Subdudes’ long stint in Colorado, the group has enjoyed favored status as a magical, marvelous musical treasure. The critically acclaimed band’s rich, soulful harmonies, insightful [...]
String Cheese Incident’s approach to a musical career established the Colorado-based group as one of the most popular neo-hippie jam bands from west of the Mississippi. The members didn’t [...]
Searching for some peace from the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the early 1970s, Stephen Stills would fly in a Lear jet to airports in Boulder County that were close to his cabin [...]
The youngest of four children, Elizabeth Spencer was born Elizabeth Dickerson on April 12, 1871; her father died eight months later. In 1874, her mother remarried to Col. William Gilpin, who had [...]
