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Guitarist Ronnie Montrose grew up in Denver

Van Trevor recorded for Denver-based Bandbox Records

November 1 is the birth anniversary of guitarist/songwriter Bob Yeazel of Sugarloaf.

Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso and founder of Van Halen, died Tuesday at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. CoME director G. Brown spoke with Van Halen over the years and has written [...]

Happy birthday to Denver-based singer and songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff.

On September 12, 1999, ZZ Top was the last band to play at Denver’s McNichols Sports Arena, one last hurrah before the venue's demise (it was demolished to make way for the Denver Broncos’ new [...]

In 1965, the first public Up with People shows were performed. Brothers Steve, Paul and Ralph Colwell had hooked up with Blanton Belk and Herb Allen to create Up with People as an alternative to [...]

Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac co-founder and a dynamic blues-rock guitarist, died in his sleep July 25, 2020. He was 73.

Charlie Daniels, whose biggest hit, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” became an international smash in 1979, died of a stroke on July 6, 2020. He was 83.

July 2 is the birth anniversary of tenor saxophone player Lee Allen—born in 1927, he passed away in 1994. Allen grew up in Denver and attended school in the Whittier neighborhood. He located in [...]