Category: Live Music News

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP23

New music this week for you to vote on from Billy Shaddox, Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene, The Fremonts, Ryan Countryman, and Zach Heckendorf. 

I had the pleasure of hosting the first of three Wellington Mainstreet Summer Concert shows I am responsible for booking this summer.  Matt Skinner Band and My Blue Sky proved to be the perfect fits for the inaugural event funded by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs Mainstreet Program, the Bohemian Foundation, and local businesses .

The next one is July 15 with Grateful Dead tribute band Switchman Sleeping, and my band Goatz!

My Blue Sky will be the headliner at our Annual Colorado Playlist Anniversary show at the “Mish” in August.

If you’re in NoCO this week I’ll be hosting Dressy Bessy at the Bohemian Nights Thursday Night Live show in Old Town Square Fort Collins.

Tim Kestle – My Blue Sky – June 17 – Wellington

IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY
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VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK 

Gabrielle Louise is one of Colorado’s most gifted and prolific folk artists.  Her Etown Hall performance this past winter was a grand success that spawned a beautiful set of videos.  This is one of them … enjoy

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP23

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

The Monocles “Psychedellic (That’s Where it’s At)” (1966)
The Higher Elevation “Odyssey” (1969)
(D) Billy Shaddox “When I Hand Myself In” from The Record Keeper (2017) 


Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “Wasting Time” from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)
Pandas & People “On My Way” from Pandas & People (2014)
(D) Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene “Hell Bent for Heaven” from Bad Magic Baby EP (2017) 


Grant Farm “Get in Line” from Kiss The Ground (2016)
Arthur Lee Land “Cracked Open” from Cracked Open (2013)
Monroe Monroe “Engines Will Come” from Love Wins EP (2010)
(D) The Fremonts “Tillman’s Wall” from We Don’t Live There (2017) 


Janet Feder “Crows” from THISCLOSE (2015)
Safe Boating is No Accident “Loyal Customer” from The Human Sacrifice (2016)
Bill Frisell “Baja” from Guitar In the Space Age (2014)

HOUR 2

The Astronauts “Movin’” from Surf Series: With the Astronauts (1964)
Gary Stites “Hey, Hey” from Lonely for You (1960)
(D) Ryan Countryman “Something Beautiful” (2017) 


Covenhoven “The Medicine” from The Wild and Free (2015)
John Oates “You Make My Dreams Come True” from Mississippi Mile (2011)
(N) Zach Heckendorf “Cigarettes” from Artifacts (2017) 


Big Gigantic “Brighter Future” from Brighter Future (2016)
Ian Cooke “Fortitude” from Fortitude (2011)
The Apples in Stereo “Nobody But You” from Travellers in Space and Time (2010)
My Blue Sky “Kick Off Them Shoes” from My Blue Sky (2017)
Amberly Chalberg “New York City Love” from There Will Come A Day (2015)
Petals of Spain “Daydream” from Daydream (2017)
Adam Bodine Trio “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from Nirvana (2014)

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ACOUSTIC BAND – FRIDAY JULY 14 – 6PM at SKYE BREWING in LONGMONT
FULL BAND – SATURDAY JULY 15 – 6PM with at WELLINGTON TOWN SQUARE
FULL BAND – SUNDAY AUG 6 – 5PM with MY BLUE SKY & KERRY PASTINE & THE CRIME SCENE at THE MISHAWAKA

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP19

Two shows, two nights, two nearly sold out rooms.  That’s the kind of action I like to see locally.  I went to see Andy Palmer‘s cd release show that included performances from Joe Sampson and Anthony Ruptak – that was Friday night at the Walnut Room.  It was standing room only, mostly do to the limited seating available to begin with.  Andy played with an all star lineup of local musicians that included the likes of Greg Harris on vibes and Carl Sorenson on drums, who seems to play with everyone in town.

Besides bumping into a veritable who’s who of local musicians, and music industry types who I hadn’t seen in some cases for years, the show itself was nearly flawless, and really displayed a side of Palmer we haven’t really been exposed to in the past several years, as he turned in his rock grooves for a more contemplative singer-songwriter style closer to alternative folk.

My band Goatz! and Gasoline Lollipops played a show on Saturday night at Avogadro’s Number in Fort Collins.  I’m hoping this is not the last show I get to do with my friends, who are exploding on the scene, and will (with little doubt IMO) one day be playing far larger rooms.

Gasoline Lollipops – Avogadro’s Number May 20

This time next Monday I’ll be thick into the Bolder Boulder so there will not be a new post.  I’ll be back in two weeks.

Beginning June 1st I’ll be back hosting the Bohemian Nights Thursday Night Live Series in Old Town Square Fort Collins.  June 1 = SHEL.

June 17 I’ll be hosting the inaugural Wellington Downtown Concert Series with the Matt Skinner Band and My Blue Sky.

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IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY

Support for the Colorado Playlist comes courtesy of The Historic Mishawaka Amphitheatre — Celebrating over 100 yrs of music and dancing in the Poudre Canyon. 11th Anniversary of the Colorado Playlist – Buy Tickets … and from Oskar Blues Brewery – supporting Colorado music for 20 years.

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK 

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP19

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

The Moonrakers “I’m All Right” from Anthology (2007)
The Apples in Stereo “Seems So” from Tone Soul Evolution (1997)
(N) Andy Palmer “Black Moses (Harriet Tubman)” from The Switch (2017) 


The Yawpers “Burdens” from American Man (2015)
Tennis “I’m Callin’” from Ritual In Repeat (2014)
(D) King Cardinal “Seventeen” (2017) 


Somerset Catalog “Landing Gear” from Lonely Fang (2016)
Dianne Reeves “Midnight Sun” from When You Know (2008)
Devotchka “I Cried Like a Silly Boy” from Curse Your Little Heart (2006)
(N) One Flew West “All In My Head” from YOR Sessions Vol. 2 (2017) 


Shaley Scott “Style” from Rescue Me (2015)
piKziL “Here’s the News” from Songs from My 3rd Life (2016)
Keith Oxman “A Vaunt Guard” from East of the Village (2017)

HOUR 2

Dave Beegle “Monsters” from Clear the Tracks (2000)
(N) Matthew Wilburn Skinner “Play for the King” from Play for the King (2017)
Lara Ruggles “Moon in My Heart” from Cynics & Saints (2015)
Bad Weather California “Keep it Together” from Back Seats (2013)
(N) Ryan Chrys & the Rough Cuts “Killer” from Shovel Full of Coal (2017) 


Big Head Todd & The Monsters “New World Arisin’” from New World Arisin’ (2016)
Leftover Salmon “Here Comes the Night” from Aquatic Hitchhiker (2012)
Reed Foehl “Caroline” from Lost in the West (2014)
(N) Flobots “Blood In the River” from No Enemies (2017)


SHEL “Enter Sandman” from Just Crazy Enough (2016)
Rob Drabkin “A Bird Lost” from Little Steps EP (2013)
Jeff Jenkins Organization “Heavy Eddie” from The Arrival (2015)

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ACOUSTIC BAND – FRIDAY JUNE 9 – 8PM at THE ROOST in LONGMONT
ACOUSTIC BAND – FRIDAY JUNE 16 – 5PM at the TASTY WEASEL in LONGMONT
ACOUSTIC BAND – FRIDAY JULY 14 – 6PM at SKYE BREWING in LONGMONT
FULL BAND – SATURDAY JULY 15 – 5PM with at WELLINGTON TOWN SQUARE
FULL BAND – SUNDAY AUG 6 – 5PM with MY BLUE SKY & KERRY PASTINE & THE CRIME SCENE at THE MISHAWAKA

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP16

Right up front I want to thank Oskar Blues Brewery for becoming a major sponsor of this show.  Oskar Blues has been part of my family for a decade and I’m ecstatic that they believe enough in the show to support it.

OB is celebrating 20 years in Lyons this coming weekend with a killer lineup that includes Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Gasoline Lollipops, Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams and many others.  Of special note – Sunday will be a legends of Colorado blues artist showcase I intend to be present for.

It’s been a very very long time since I stayed up until 4AM.  I managed to land a room to mix for the FoCOMX weekend, and we landed a prime 9:15PM Friday night slot for the band at the Mainline Ale House – one of the nicer restaurants and music venues in Old Town Fort Collins.  What was planned to be outside on the rooftop, fortunately was moved indoors into a room that was more than adequate for live music.

Stationed for sound duties at East Coast on Linden St, for both nights, I enjoyed the juxtaposition of singer-songwriters and folk singers, and DJs creating often unique mixes of various styles of appropriate music made for dancing.

I spent 16 years mixing music in dance clubs in the 70s and 80s.  Several of those years were here in Northern Colorado, in Fort Collins and Greeley.  I was thrust back to those years as I watched the lineup of local mix masters employ their craft.

I marveled at how other than technology, nothing much has changed in the art of mixing music for a dance crowd – and how the “hit” still matters most when you want to get people on the floor.  One dj did not employ that knowledge, and paid the price of a near empty room that lacked energy.

Michelle Petrie Trio – FoCOMX 9 – East Coast

Festivals like FoCOMX are motivated by allowing space for a diversity of people who make music – from neophyte stage performers to unequivocally well rehearsed, polished, and professional legends of music along the Front Range.

Two acoustic acts I thought showed a lot of promise were the Michelle Petrie Trio and PoorBoy, who will undoubtedly be changing their name.   PoorBoy is recording their second EP with Justin Roth in Fort Collins.

String Theory on Friday was one of the most creative acts of the weekend – featuring electric bass with harp (not harmonica – a real harp; a small laptop version).

Jinx Jones – In Colorado Music History

mishawakaSupport for the Colorado Playlist comes courtesy of The Historic Mishawaka Amphitheatre — Celebrating over 100 yrs of music and dancing in the Poudre Canyon.

Pickin’ on the Poudre with Head For The Hills and Paper Bird – Buy Tickets Saturday, May 13 Show at 8 PM (Doors at 6 PM)

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

David Starr lives in Cedaridge CO, where he owns a guitar store and hangs out with the likes of John Oates, who produced David’s new album.  One of Colorado’s best country-folk / Americana songwriters.

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file available on SoundCloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

PLAYLIST S11 EP16

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

HOUR 1

Poco “Heart of the Night” from The Essential Poco (2005)
(D) Kyle Emerson “Wise Blood” from Worth It EP (2017) 


Leftover Salmon “Western Sky” from High Country (2015)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Happiness Is” from Rocksteady (2010)
(D) Avifauna “Olive Ridley” from The Gyre (2017) 


The Blue Rider “Rattlesnake” from Year Of The Horse (2016)
Young Ancients “Cheap Guitar” from Fishstory (2015)
Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene “The Other Side” from The Other Side (2014)
(D) Tyller Gummersall “Rocky Mountain Man” from Long Ride Home (2016)
Pandas & People “Watch it Burn” from SpokesBUZZ Vol VI: Band Together (2015)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “This Is How We Do Things in the Country” from Blovdy Tenent Trvth Peace (2004)
(D) SVC DVK “Jazz” from Aubrey (2017)

HOUR 2

Dan Fogelberg “As the Raven Flies” from Souvenirs (1974)
(D) The Coteries “Reason in the Road” from Reason In The Road (2017) 


Todd Adelman “Cold Mississippi Blues” from Highways & Lowways (2015)
Tennis “Needle and a Knife” from Ritual In Repeat (2014)
(N) The String Cheese Incident “Sweet Spot” from Believe (2017)
(N) OneRepublic “Future Looks Good” from Oh My My (2016)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “Nobody Knows” from Funky To the Bone (2015)
Jeff Finlin “Sugar Blue” from Alive and Retrospective Volume 1 (2006)
(D) Bison Bone “Anymore” from History of Falling (2017)
iZCALLI “A New Lie” from SpokesBUZZ Vol VI: Band Together (2015)
Lionel Young Band “Knock These Blues Around” from On Our Way to Memphis (2011)
Jim Stranahan “Blues and a Half” from Migration to a Higher Ground (2014)