On this date in 1987 the Grateful Dead played their final show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The band had made their debut at the iconic Colorado venue nearly 10 years before on July 7, 1978. In total, GD played Red Rocks 20 times and performed their swan song at the famed amphitheater on August 13, […]
Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann brought his Billy & The Kids ensemble back to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on Tuesday for a second “Dead On The Rocks” concert featuring guitarist Billy Strings and saxophonist James Casey. The evening also included guest spots from Greensky Bluegrass mandolinist Paul Hoffman and Thievery Corporation‘s Jeff Franca. […]
Umphrey’s McGee debuted a cover of Talking Heads’ “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)” on Friday night in Red Rocks outside Denver. The operation was that the opening night of this group ’s three-show run in the scenic outdoor place. “JaJunk” has been selected to open the initial set and soon resulted in the […]
A special Joe Russo’s Almost Dead concert took place at 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado on this date in 2017. JRAD was supposed to make their headlining debut at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado that night but the show was moved indoors due to poor weather. The quintet turned in a fantastic performance […]
Billy Strings wrapped up his Meet Me At The Drive-In Tour on Saturday in the Exposition Gardens in Peoria, Illinois. The guitarist also announced a livestream concert by Red Rocks on September 26 via nugs.tv. SURPRISE! We’re moving to Colorado next Saturday to perform LIVE from Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, Sept 26th. Get… Posted […]
Today marks Roger Waters’ 77th birthday. The legendary songwriter and bassist co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965 and guitarist Syd Barrett, keyboardist Richard Wright along with drummer Nick Mason, together with guitarist David Gilmour joining in 1967. When Barrett left the band in 1968, Waters awakened as Floyd’s innovative pioneer. Roger’s uncanny knack for seeing the […]
On Friday night, My Morning Jacket Conducted their first show at The Capitol Theatre since 2012. The band treated the Port Chester, New York viewers to a performance of their debut record, The Tennessee Fire, in its entirety. MMJ recently published a 20th anniversary edition of The Tennessee Fire, which originally came out in May […]
Practically every single belief structure since the beginning of recorded history highlights a duality, or figure-ground, of Darkness and Light. Heaven and Hell; Creation and Destruction; Chaos and Order; Yin and Yang. One cannot exist without another, plus it requires a measured, balanced abundance of the two to create a complete, or even gestalt. In […]
Images by: Jeremy Williams Sixty million years ago, colliding tectonic plates thrust ancestral layers of Precambrian and Paleozoic stone to the heavens. Millennia later, the Ute people stumbled upon a bright red bowl of acoustic splendor, perfect for ritual and celebration. And from the moment that entrepreneur John Brisben Walker built the first wooden stage […]
Mike Gordon returned to the road with his solo band on Friday kicking off a two-week tour at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta. The bassist offered up a pair of brand new tunes along with his band’s debuts of the Phish song “Infinite” and a cover Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Ma’ker” Gordon along with guitarist Scott Murawski, […]
