Lothar & the Hand People formed out of Denver University in 1965, and the influential band pioneered the use of synthesizers and the theremin. October 30 is the birth anniversary of member Kim [...]
In 1974, Chicago’s “Wishing You Were Here,” recorded at Colorado’s legendary Caribou Ranch and featuring backing vocals by three of the Beach Boys, peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s easy listening chart.
On October 17, 1970, Sugarloaf’s “Green Eyed Lady” peaked at No. 3. on the Billboard Hot 100. Guitarist Bob Webber tells the story of Colorado’s great classic rock band in a new CoME podcast.
On October 12, 1997, at age 53, singer-songwriter John Denver was killed when the experimental two-seat plane he was piloting crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
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 100th birthday to Charlie Burrell, the first African-American to become a member of a major orchestra—first the Denver Symphony Orchestra, and then the San Francisco Symphony [...]
