Mammoth Gardens

Fifty years ago, for seven rocking months in 1970, Mammoth Gardens—now known as Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium—became the hub for rock’s hottest performers, such as the Who, Jethro Tull, the Grateful Dead, Joe Cocker, Mountain, Procol Harum, Santana, Van Morrison, Johnny Winter, Leon Russell, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Miller Band and dozens of others.