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.
From N’awlins to Fort Collins, share the Subdudes' amazing journey with this great musician and true gentleman.
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A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.
For more than 25 years, photographer Garrett Hacking has captured the personalities and emotions of musicians at concerts across Colorado. He selected some of his favorite images exclusively for Colorado Music Experience.
Freddie Jackson, the Grammy-nominated singer who rose to fame for heartfelt R&B love songs, died on October 5 at age 69.
Searching for some peace from the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the early 1970s, Stephen Stills would fly in a Lear jet to airports in Boulder County that were close to his cabin near Gold Hill, Colorado. Locals always knew when Stills was in town because he had a Mercedes truck, one of the few in the country.
Bob Yeazel
Guitarist/songwriter Bob Yeazel joined the Denver-based band Sugarloaf for its second album, Spaceship Earth, in 1971; he wrote or co-wrote many of the tunes, including “Tongue in Cheek” which peaked at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100). He had previously played on two albums as part of a Colorado band called the Beast. Yeazel was later the… more ≫
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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