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Terrapin Care Station
Cambridge Audio

The protean musician, artist and designer's years in Colorado found him composing, recording and performing countless works.

Tim Duffy

A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.

Grateful Dead/Spontanuity

The Rolling Stones put their talent on stage in Colorado for the first time on Nov. 29, 1965, when they were still a pop group. Nicholas DeSciose, 19, took on the assignment of shooting the concert.

Mick Jagger
Bob Weir, 1978

A founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir passed away on January 10, 2026, at age 78.

Chris Daniels & the Kings

For over a quarter century, Chris Daniels & the Kings have entertained Colorado music fans with a souped-up mix of jump blues, blue-eyed soul and horn-infused rock. The Kings have also earned something of a worldwide fan base—in the Netherlands, they’ve even coaxed the nation’s queen to shake her royal booty.

Judy Roderick

Judy Roderick
Judy Roderick, a University of Colorado student, signed a record deal with Vanguard in 1964, but her promising folk music got lost in the shuffle. She wed underground radio personality Bill Ashford, who supported her in fronting 60,000,000 Buffalo, a funky, bluesy Colorado rock band that broke up after one album.

On Record Book Series

On Record book series

Each volume of the award-winning On Record series gathers over 200 limited and extraordinary images and 100 interview-based profiles spotlighting an array of musical artists.

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merchandise

Explore the Colorado Music Experience’s store, stocked with stylish products and gifts for music fans.

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A non-profit organization established to preserve the legacies of Colorado music, CoME serves as a repository for informational and archival resources.

Jon Rizzi, G. Brown, Mark Zaremba and Chip Garofalo