Category: News & Notes

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP41

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians throughout the U.S. affected by natural disasters.

Rocky Mountain Music Relief

HURRICANE RELIEF BENEFIT CONCERT

Join us as the FEMA Band (Funky Electric Music Allstars) takes the stage Sunday November 5. The FEMA Band is Cyril Neville (Neville Bros) Bill McKay (DTB, Leftover Salmon) Tori Pater (Polytoxic, Dyrty Byrds) Jordan Linit (Analog Son, Kinetix) Chadzilla (Polytoxic) Bobby Messano (Steve Winwood, Starz) Charlie Martens, Ashley Niven Fairman (Analog Son, Tiger Party) Emily Clark and a very special appearence by Gaynielle Neville!  Opening the show will be Cass Clayton and the Riders as well as the Jaden Carlson Band!

Sunday, November 5 at 6:30 PM  The Fox Theatre  1135 13th St, Boulder, Colorado 80302

Tickets available at https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1579495

NEWS NOTES and THOUGHTS

I lost a very good friend this past week; someone who was insurmountably influential in me building my business as a stage manager and main stage/event emcee.

Roger Armstrong was the executive director of CHUN (Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods).  Their main annual fundraising event was the CHUN People’s Fair, held the first weekend of June.

Roger, like other friends (and my late wife) lost his battle with cancer.  RIP my friend – I WILL always remember our friendship.  I’ve been looking at the picture of us on the wall outside my office for years – and it’s not coming down.

The PF is no longer produced by CHUN, but the spirit remains the same.  I intend to honor my friend at the event in June 2018.

My girlfriend and I took a drive to Colorado Springs on Sunday, to visit Garden of the Gods on what might be the last best Sunday to do so.  Hunger drove me to go into downtown CS to visit the new Oskar Blues location there.

Yes, they will have live music – no, it will not be every weekend.  The “music room” is set apart from the main restaurant in the “basement,” and is fashioned after a speakeasy.  The apparent intent, in talking with the GM, is that they’ll do music every once in awhile.  That, of course, may change.

The Oskar Blues Brewery 15th ANNIVERSARY party set for Nov 18th at the Oak Room in the Brewery in Longmong is SOLD OUT!

The COLORADO PLAYLIST has been added to rotation at KHEN in Salida — will air Sat 5-6PM and Tues 8-9PM.

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

Chris Daniels’ & the Kings latest is Blues with Horns, Vol 1.  It’s up for Grammy consideration, and is the first #1  charting record (Roots Music Report) in the band’s 30 year history.

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 EP41

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

HOUR 1

The Apples in Stereo “High Tide” from Fun Trick Noisemaker (1995)
Acoustic Junction “Kiss of Misfortune” from Surrounded by Change (1994)
(D) Trout Steak Revival “Last Chance” from Spirit to the Sea (2017)
Edison “Open Road” from Familiar Spirit (2016)
Ivory Circle “Walk With Me” from Equilateral (2014)
(D) Katie Herzig “Feel Alive” (2017)


The Yawpers “Reunion” from Boy in a well (2017)
Devotchka “The Common Good” from 100 Lovers (2011)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “The Unballed Ballad of the New Folksinger” from Unentitled (2011)
(D) Deep Pocket Thieves “Bleu De Agave” from Fate (2017)
Elephant Revival “Sands of Now” from Sands of Now (2015)
Strange Americans “Pollos” from Borrow You, Brother (2017)
Jeff Jenkins “Earth Dance” from The Arrival (2015)

HOUR 2

Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Sister Sweetly” from Sister Sweetly (1993)
(D) Ian Cooke “Beam of Light” from The Flight I Flew (2017) 


Esme Patterson “Feel Right” from We Were Wild (2016)
Eldren “We Just Want to Rule the World” from SpokesBUZZ Vol V: Band Together (2015)
(D) Kramies “I Wish I Missed You” from I Wish I Missed You (2017) 


Kyle Emerson “Post-Egomania” from Dorothy Alice (2017)
Cary Morin “Prisoner” from Sing It Louder (2011)
Finnders & Youngberg “Driftwood” from FY5 (2015)
(D) Masontown “Cambric Shirt” from In This Time (2017)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “Nobody Knows” from Funky To the Bone (2015)
Steve Law Band “Dancer” from Dancer (2017)
(N) Keith Oxman “Brothers, Michael and Jean-Marc” from East of the Village (2017)

NOV 25 = GOATZ + the Grant Farm at Avogadro’s Number(Fort Collins)

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP39

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians throughout the U.S. affected by natural disasters.

Rocky Mountain Music Relief

HURRICANE RELIEF BENEFIT CONCERT

Feat. Richie Furay w/Tori Pater and Friends, Bobby Messano, and Perpetual Motion

7:30-8:30 = Richie Furay
8:45-9:15 = Perpetual Motion
9:30-10PM = Bobby Messano
10:15-11PM = Tori Pater

Friday, October 27, 2017 – 7:30 PM – doors open at 6:30 pm

Swallow Hill – Daniels Hall – 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, CO 80210

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NEWS, NOTES AND MUSIC

I think I got lost this past week.  Really.  I did get a lot of new music in my inbox – including new releases from Patrick Dune, Tennis, Katie Herzig, Pandas & People, and more … much love to Shilo Gold, whose music I recall playing a few years ago before she moved to Los Angeles, and who recently completed a self-funded tour of Europe.  Her live performance video from the Voice is below.

POLLS – thanks for participating.  I’m trying to get a sense of who we are here — and I can say we’re largely over 45, and like going out to see live music.  Here’s the next on.  I want to know your buying habits.

 IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY 

Many famous (and not so famous) acts have come to Colorado over the decades to get away from the hustle and bustle of LA or NYC.  Among those are acts like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Eagles, which is undoubtedly the most famous of all such acts.

 VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

Chris Daniels and the Kings just released their 15th album, Blues with Horns Vol. 1, which once again features Freddi “Love” Gowdy (Freddi Henchi Band).

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 EP39

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

HOUR 1

Zephyr “Sun’s a Risin’” from Zephyr Deluxe Edition (2014/1969)
(D) Shilo Gold “Stay With Me Baby (The Voice Performance)” (2017)


OneRepublic “Future Looks Good” from Oh My My (2016)
Tennis “Needle and a Knife” from Ritual In Repeat (2014)
(D) Dubskin “That Day Will Come” from Light the Dark (2017)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “Sweet Memphis” from Blues With Horns (2017)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Happiness Is” from Rocksteady (2010)
The Apples in Stereo “Dance Floor” from Travellers in Space and Time (2010)
(N) Monocle Band “Sad-Eyed Girl” from The Clearing (2017)
Danny Shafer “My Hometown” from Weddings, Floods and Funerals (2015)
Head for The Hills “Suit and Tie” from Potions and Poisons (2017)
Keith Oxman “A Vaunt Guard” from East of the Village (2017)

HOUR 2

Firefall “No Way Out” from Firefall (1976)
(N) Cousin Curtiss “Sunset Throwdown” from Remember Me When (2017)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “I’ve Been Failing” from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)
Katie Herzig “Hologram” from Apple Tree (2008)
(N) The Still Tide “Signal Fade” from Run Out EP (2017) 


(N) Francis and the Wolf “What Is Left” from Ladies & Gentlemen (2017) 


Reed Foehl “Caroline” from Lost in the West (2014)
Gregory Alan Isakov “Living Proof” from The Weatherman (2013)
(N) Eamon Alger “Good Together” from Small Fish (2017)


Leftover Salmon “Western Sky” from High Country (2015)
String Cheese Incident “Get Tight” from SCI Sound Lab, Vol. 1 (2016)
Brad Goode “All Fall Down” from Chicago Red (2013)

NOV 25 = GOATZ + the Grant Farm at Avogadro’s Number(Fort Collins)

Colorado Playlist – S11 EP35

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC RELIEF mobilizes the Colorado music and media communities to raise funds to assist musicians throughout the U.S. affected by natural disasters.

The new website is http://www.rockymountainmusicrelief.org.  You’ll find up to date events, a blog annotating where we’re at and what we’re doing, and an about section with brief bios on the founders – all of whom I am deeply indebted to.

This past weekend, we were directly involved in the planning and execution of two events – one at the Oriental Theater in Denver on Friday, and one on Sunday at Dazzle Jazz in Denver.  Both events were well attended.

We raised over $700 for the cause.  Additionally, other musicians / bands have stepped up to do their own charity events, and to date they’ve raised over $1500 .. all of which will eventually find it’s way via MusiCares to professional working musicians in need in the affected hurricane ravaged communities.

IN COLORADO MUSIC HISTORY 

CANNED HEAT – Before moving to Los Angeles with his family, Canned Heat lead singer Bob the Bear Hite was raised in Denver.  What happened on SATURDAY, OCT 21 1967 that lead to the song My Crime?

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

I’m not always out in front with new music .. and this new cut from OneRepublic actually came out this past June.  It is perhaps one of their most noteworthy songs – written w/ T-Bone Burnett for the movie “an inconvenient sequel – Truth to Power.”  There are not a lot of lyric videos I’d post – this one is an exception.  It speaks to our love of our planet – Earth.

 

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 EP34

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

The Subdudes “All the Time In the World” from Primitive Streak (1996)
(D) Dharma Krewe “1st of July” from 7th Floor (2017)
Hello Dollface “Face it” from Warrior of Light (2016)
Grim & Darling “Congratulations World” from Beauty Through Pain (2015)
(D) OneRepublic “Truth to Power” (2017)


Steve Law Band “Dancer” from Dancer (2017)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “My Last Black Scarf” from Unentitled (2011)
Arthur Lee Land “Cracked Open” from Cracked Open (2013)
(N) Rusty Young “Heaven Tonight” from Waitin’ For the Sun (2017)


Paper Bird “Sunday” from Paper Bird (2016)
King Cardinal “Metronome” from Great Lakes (2017)
Brad Goode “All Fall Down” from Chicago Red (2013)

Leftover Salmon “Up On the Hill Where We Do the Boogie” from The Nashville Sessions (1999)
(D) Eamon Alger “Open Receiver” from Small Fish (2017)


Ivory Circle “And I Try” from Isoceles (2015)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Hey Delila” from Black Beehive (2014)
The Guestlist “Lonely” from Racing, Chasing (2017)
Dearling “Blood and Water” from Inheritance (2017)
Chris Daniels & the Kings “The spark” from The Spark (2005)
Reed Foehl “Wolves” from Once An Ocean (2009)
Jonny Barber & the Rhythm Razors “Racing to a Red Light” from Western Riot (2017)
String Cheese Incident “Get Tight” from SCI Sound Lab, Vol. 1 (2016)
The Holler! “Monique” from Wildwood (2017)
Ron Miles, Bill Frisell, Brian Blade “Rudy-Go-Round” from Quiver (2012)

OCT 7 = Acoustic GOATZ the Roost (Longmont)

NOV 25 = GOATZ + the Grant Farm at Avogadro’s Number(Fort Collins)