Whereas Oscar and Emmy statuettes are produced by huge high-end manufacturers, John Billings and his small team handcraft Grammy awards in the little town of Ridgway, Colorado.
An idiosyncratic style has taken Nick and his band to the national charts and the world’s biggest stages, even Hollywood.
birthdays
A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.
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.
The hit “Barely Breathing” made an unlikely pop star out of Duncan Sheik, who went on to compose the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening. He died September 17, 2026, at age 56.
The roots of Dotsero’s part in the smooth jazz genre’s uptick can be traced back to a garage band in Denver. Performing together was nothing more than a whim to Stephen Watts (tenor and soprano saxophones, wind synthesizers) and his brother David (guitar) while they were students at the University of Colorado. They moved to gigs in local clubs, taking the name Dotsero from the Ute Indians. It means “something unique,” but it’s also, as explained by the Watts brothers, the site of one of their favorite fishing spots—Dotsero, a little Western Slope burg on the banks of the Colorado River.
Stanley Sheldon
Stanley Sheldon, a longtime member of Peter Frampton’s band, was a musician with fusion master guitarist Tommy Bolin’s groups from 1971 to 1974, including Energy.
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.
merchandise
Explore the Colorado Music Experience’s store, stocked with stylish products and gifts for music fans.
hosted by g. brown
A non-profit organization established to preserve the legacies of Colorado music, CoME serves as a repository for informational and archival resources.
