Category: Misc.

A special project note from one of our favorites

So I’m working on notes for the show this week and pulled up an email that Megan Burtt sent out a few days back … and thought I should share part of this one with you …

from Megan

Megan Burtt snapMany of you may have followed the project I started a yearish ago called “In Good Company” where I get with a friend around the country in my travels, we write a song, learn each others and play at stageit.com show for you that evening to show off our creation. After 12 writes, we’d make an album. Well, I wanted to do a special Colorado volume to honor my roots, and that’s exactly what’s happening! This month I’m co-writing with Colorado artists and bands I absolutely adore, and will be making a special collaboration album “In Good Company Megan Burtt & Friends, Volume 1: Colorado Sessions“. No stageit.com shows, we’re just focusing on writing and recording with a quick turn around to release this by the end of the summer. Some of the artists you can look forward to: Rachel James (Rachel and the Kings), Hazel Miller, The Congress, Chris Daniels, Joel Van Horne/Covenhoven (formerly Carbon Choir), The Epilogues, and more! So pumped for this!

So am I Megan 🙂  Can’t wait for this one to come out.

Need 2 bands to play tornado fundraiser + donations

I am helping out with a fundraiser for victims of the recent tornado in Oklahoma. The event is set up to help 2 smaller towns that got hit by the tornado. Moore is getting a lot of the news and the help but I guess these other 2 towns are not getting hardly any help at all. So folks are working on taking a truck down there now and another one again after the fundraiser. We are asking for both monetary and mostly the personal thing they need the most right now.

We 2 more bands to play at the fundraiser. The following is what bands are playing and when they are playing. It does not include Moby yet as planners are waiting to hear from him. He has already said he wants to play… they’re all just working out details.

Oklahoma Tornado Fundraiser
Saturday June 15
12PM-6PM
Crossroads Church
Fort Lupton, CO

Oklahoma Tornado Fundraiser – Music lineup
12-1 TBA
1-2 TBA
2-3 Bob Briggs Band
3-4 TBA (Moby tentative)
4-5 Rudy Grant
5-6 Bruce Taylor Band

Oklahoma Tornado Fundraiser – Items In Most Need
Diapers
Baby Wipes
Formula
Work Gloves
Water Bottles
Gatorade
Trash Bags
Individually Wrapped Snacks-Power Bars
Hand Sanitizer
Hand Towels
Sunscreen
Batteries
Flashlights (cheap LED)
Laundry Soap
Bath Bars (please no liquid as it gets hot and explodes. It will also dry out)
Eye Drops-Contact Cleaner
Toilet Paper
Cleaning Supplies of ALL kinds
Shampoo
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Basically all Personal Supplies you can think of
Clothes

They are asking for baby items the most but they need everything. Any help you can give is much appreciated. We are hoping to be able to take enough stuff to them that they will not have to worry about nothing but rebuilding. Hopefully we can get them all up on their feet quickly.If you’re interested in performing, please contact me directly via email at thecoloradosound@gmail.com and I’ll put you in touch with the event planners.

Much love, goat

A Bit of Colorado Music History in a new album.

Rick Roberts, Richie Furay, and Jock Bartley are three of our most legendary musicians still living, in Colorado today.  They all seem to be staying fairly active.  I’ve been enjoying a new album that each of the three of them appear on – along with drummer Patrick Shanahan.  Thanks to bassist Mike Gallivan for hipping me to this info:  Patrick was in the Soul Survivors, part of the Denver Big 3 with the Moonrakers and Boenzee Cryque.  He also played with Rusty Young in a Country Trio when they were in Jr High. After the Soul Survivors, he went to LA with Randy Meisner and Allen Kemp and became Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band.

I know that Richie is finishing up a new solo album as we speak, and there’s been rumors floating around the scene that Rick has been encouraged to step back in behind the mic and give us some new music.  I have no doubt Jock will be a part of whatever Rick does next.

The album I’ve been enjoying is The Piedbmont Brothers Band – III.  It’s an unusual project in that it’s essentially one guy out of N. Carolina and another from Italy who have teamed up with several notable players to continue the country-rock traditions originated in the 60s by guys like Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco and others.

Check ’em out … with 5 current or former Coloradoans on board it gets an official Colorado Connection (CC) designation and will get some love on The Colorado Sound…

http://www.piedmontbrothersband.com/fr_home.cfm