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Rusty Young, a founding member of Poco and the most adept and imaginative steel guitar player in the country-rock genre, died on April 14 of a heart attack at the age of 75.

In the early ’60s, folk music experienced a pop breakthrough with the Kingston Trio’s “Tom Dooley.” The No. 1 single was traditional—basic acoustic guitar and banjo accompaniment, straightforward [...]

They didn’t become national recording stars, but the Daniels lived the rock ’n’ roll dream for a short time in the ’60s as the darlings of Denver’s debutante set.

Mary Wilson, a founding member of the Supremes, died at the age of 76 on February 8, 2021. Pop music fans recognize Wilson as one-third of the iconic singing trio that epitomized the Motown sound [...]

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 [...]

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.

Little Richard, one of rock ’n’ roll’s most colorful icons, died on May 9, 2020 at 87. The cause of death was related to bone cancer.