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.
The great bassist recalls his days growing up in Denver and playing with Joe Walsh, Elton John and other stars.
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.
Freddie Jackson, the Grammy-nominated singer who rose to fame for heartfelt R&B love songs, died on October 5 at age 69.
Growing up in Colorado, Jinx Jones spent his teen years playing guitar and singing at Christian youth dances around Denver. He moved on to perform at long-departed 3.2 beer clubs such as My Sweet Lass, Dirty John’s and Sam’s. It was the 1970s, and his bands had names like MacBeth, Waves and Emerald City.
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 ≫
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