It’s a cold, wet, miserable day today, but nowhere near as bad as it was a year ago today as my wife and I sat and cried, feeling more helpless than we ever have as our friends and family in Lyons suffered one of the greatest losses any of us could imagine. This was the place, after all, where we got married (Oct 25, 2009 @ Oskar Blues).
We feared for our friends. Fortunately, all escaped with only the loss of property – all safe – all secure in the love of the community of musicians we call family. Enion Pelta-Tiller expresses it perfectly when she sings “…feelin’ sick down to my toes, worryin’ ’bout the ones I love.”
I would normally have waited until Monday’s blog post to share this video with you, but with the weather being as it is today, and the pain still holdin’ on, today is the best day to share this new song from the upcoming Taarka album due out in November. It is, indeed, a day to remember.
If you woke up tomorrow, and your internet looked like this, what would you do? Imagine all your favorite websites taking forever to load, while you get annoying notifications from your ISP suggesting you switch to one of their approved “Fast Lane” sites.Think about what we would lose: all the weird, alternative, interesting, and enlightening stuff that makes the Internet so much cooler than mainstream Cable TV. What if the only news sites you could reliably connect to were the ones that had deals with companies like Comcast and Verizon?
On September 10th, just a few days before the FCC’s comment deadline, public interest organizations are issuing an open, international call for websites and internet users to unite for an “Internet Slowdown” to show the world what the web would be like if Team Cable gets their way and trashes net neutrality. Net neutrality is hard to explain, so our hope is that this action will help SHOW the world what’s really at stake if we lose the open Internet.
I’m always amazed when people say to me, “I didn’t know THEY’re from Colorado!” LOL. It happens regularly to be honest. I think that really has been the guiding idea in presenting “The Colorado Sound” as well as “Offstage …Beyond the Music,” that I can share Colorado music, and the lives of musicians and music industry personalities who have called Colorado their home with folks who might not know who’s who and what they do.
I’ve had an absolutely amazing summer. I got to present Coloradan and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco, South-Hillman-Furay) as a headliner on a show I produce annually (Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival), and as well at one of the acts at this year’s incredible Bohemian Nights at New West Fest. He and I communicated this weekend, and he’ll be appearing as my guest on the next episode of Offstage …Beyond the Music. #superstoked!
This weekend I was gifted tickets to see Aspen resident and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Oates (Hall & Oates) with his long running (15 yrs) Aspen trio. What a treat to see this Colorado band in a state of the art intimate 200 cap room … WOW! Check out his latest album when you get a chance … he killed the cut “Stone Cold Love” that he and fellow Coloradan Ryan Tedder co-wrote and co-produced, despite not having the specific beats that Ryan used to underpin the song.
He also did “Lose It In Louisiana” from the same album release, and, of course, a few classic Hall & Oates hits including “She’s Gone,” which he says has been played at every show, solo or with Daryl since 1972. I also thought it interesting that he pointed out a couple of times that he did not bring cds to sell, and that people should purchase it on iTunes or elsewhere. The trio format was a blast, and you could tell they were good friends out having a good time.
Leaving you with a video of John at Aspen’s KSPN from last April, doing a song he did Friday night that he wrote with esteemed songwriter Jim Lauderdale.. Enjoy.
New Offstage …Beyond The Music episode starts this week .. check it out below.
PLAYLIST S8|EP34
HOUR 1
Acoustic Junction “Build A Road” from Love It For What It Is (1993) Liz Barnez “Laughing Yellow” from Liz Barnez Band (1993) (D) Drew Schofield “Break It Down” from 150 Million (-1) (2014) Whiskey Blanket “Blatto Nox” from From the Dead of Dark (2014) Leash of Foxes “It Sounds Like This” from It Sounds Like This (2014) (D) Montropo “Follow Me” from Follow Me (2014) Pete Kartsounes “Believer” from The Only Way I Know (2011) Ivory Circle “Drown” from Equilateral (2014) Rob Drabkin “For You I Would Die” from Little Steps EP (2013) Honkytonk Homeslice “Love Is Like A Train” from Just Passin’ Thru (2012) Drew Emmitt “Up Where We Are” from Across The Bridge (2005) Polarity “To Be Determined” from King of Hearts (2012)
HOUR 2
Philip Bailey “Easy Lover” from Chinese Wall (1985) Dianne Reeves “Sky Islands” from Dianne Reeves (1987) Pandas & People “Howling Moon” from Pandas & People (2014) The Lumineers “Ho Hey” from The Lumineers (2012) You Me and Apollo “Don’t Sleep for Free” from Sweet Honey (2014) (D) Tennis “Never Work for Free” from Ritual In Repeat (2014) Navy “Something Good” from Spirit Groove (2013) Zephyr “Don’t Come Back” from Heartbeat (1982) Eddie Turner “Privileged Life” from Rise (2005) WhiteWater Ramble “Dear Mr. Bankman” from Roots & Groove (2013) Hickman-Dalton Gang “Wildcard” from Hickman-Dalton Gang Vol. II (2011) Analog Son “Not a Care in the World” from Analog Son (2014)
Chris K's Colorado Playlist 