Chris K's Colorado Playlist

Bop Skizzum “Little Black Book” from Push (2010)
Vices I Admire “Apathology” from The Politics of Apathy (2009)
Tickle Me Pink “Same As Before” from On Your Way Down (2010)
NEW Take to the Oars “Answers” from Answers (2010)
NEW Carbon Choir “Bird with Broken Wings” from Out From the Cloth (2010)
Zephyr “See My People Come Together” from Going Back to Colorado (1971)
Leftover Salmon “Highway Song” from Euphoria (1997)
Tin Horn Prayer “Wayfaring Stranger” from Get Busy Dying (2010)
Kal Cahoone “Boomerang” from Build the Fire (2010)
Paper Bird “Dead As A Dead Man’s Bones” from When the River Took Flight (2010)
NEW White Water Ramble “All Night Drive” from All Night Drive (2010)
NEW Eddie Turner “Monkey See, Monkey Do” from Miracles And Demons (2010)
Lelah Simon “Green” from Third Week of April (2009)
30db “Always Up” from One Man Show (2010)
Yonder Mountain String Band “Criminal” from The Show (2009)
Acoustic Junction “Oh Me Oh My” from Strange Days (2000)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters “Beast of Burden” from Rocksteady (2010)
Sherri Jackson “Maple Tree” from Sherri Jackson (1997)
The Lovely & Talented “Subbacultcha” from The New American Fable (2010)
Megan Burtt “Ain’t Love” from It Ain’t Love (2010)
NEW Dan Craig “Alchemy” from Alchemy (2010)
Mandy Harvey “Smile” from Smile (2010)
Rob Drabkin “She Comes and Goes” from On These Heavy Feet (2009)
Jeff Finlin “Hands off the Wheel” from The Tao of Motor Oil (2010)
Drew Emmitt “Take the Long Way Home” from Long Road (2008)
Ricky Sweum “Nice Pants” from Pulling Your Own Strings (2009)

WOW — it’s Wednesday … sorry so late folks .. .it was a crazy nuts weekend at the DPUMS (Denver Post Underground Music Showcase) and it took me two days to play catchup … and listen to a lot of new music that came in over the past week … I’ve held some new stuff back for next week … here’s a quickie on some of what came in recently.  Enjoy … catch the show to hear more …

Rob Drabkin and Davy Knowles – Sweet Melissa
Notes: …a taste of a new single coming out sometime soon from Rob Drabkin and Davy Knowles (Backdoor Slam, the Rhythm Devils).  Rob said he has some work to do on the track before he wants to release it, and he’s got an accompanying video from this session that he’s in the process of editing.  Needless to say, the boys got my ears and my heart with this classic.  We’ve all got plenty of advance notice on this upcoming track.

White Water Ramble – All Night Drive (self)
Notes: on their debut studio album, the band enlists the aid of producer Tim Carbone (Railroad Earth, Great American Taxi) and several guests, including: Grant Gordy (guitar, David Grissman), Steve Molitz (keyboards, Particle), Pete Wall (Particle) , Erik Yates (Hot Buttered Rum), and Josh Clark (Tea Leaf Green).

Eddie Turner – Miracles and Demons (Northern Blues)
Notes: Eddie Turner is one of the legends of Colorado music.  He played with Zephyr after Tommy Bolin left the band.  During much of the 90s Eddie was culled out of “retirement” to play and record with Otis Taylor.  We’ve been waiting an entire year for this record to come out …

Take To the Oars – Answers (single)
Notes: Modern alternative rock from band formerly known as Vonnegut.  Recorded with JP Manza at Colorado Sound studios (not to be confused of course with THE Colorado Sound radio program).  Hope it’s okay with everyone if I just say “I like this.”

The Dualistics – The Optimist (single)
Notes: modern alternative rock … ditto here too … I like this.  I don’t have a lot to say about this kind of rock, because I have little frame of reference for this kind of music unless it is from Colorado … and in this case, the Dualistics (and Take To the Oars) rank (IMO) among the best in form, style and presentation … like I said:  I like this.  (PS .. bassist Jimmy Stofer also just released a solo disc and is workign on new material with Rose Hill Drive).

During the past week I’ve been thinking deeply about music in Colorado. I got to sit and listen to Chuck Morris talk about music in Colorado going all the way back to the late sixties.  It was illuminating to say the least.  For a much more detailed look at music in Colorado I highly recommend G. Brown’s wonderful book Colorado Rocks: A Half-Century of Music in Colorado

Every one of the names below has a connection to Colorado…. be it an act that originated locally, an act that relocated here or grew up here and moved away… an album that was recorded here, an album that was produced by someone from here, and/or recorded in one of the many major award winning recording studios and/or released on Colorado record label… or a live release from a storied venue or festival like Red Rocks, Tulagi’s, Ebbett’s Field, Etown, or Telluride Bluegrass or Telluride Jazz… or by some other Colorado connection.

It’s an impressive list of names that have Colorado connections.

16 Horsepower, 3OH3!, Apples in Stereo, Philip Bailey, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Tommy Bolin, Cephalic Carnage, The Christines, Corey Harris, The Descendents, Dianne Reeves, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Firefall, Five Iron Frenzy, Flash Cadillac, The Fluid, Flobots, Fray, Richie Furay, Poco, Buffalo Springfield, Glen Miller,  Dave Grissman, Great American Taxi, Leftover Salmon, Gregory Alan Isakov, Dave Grusin, Henry Butler, Jeff Finlin, Joe Cocker, Dan Folgelberg, Townes Van Zandt, Judy Collins, Johnny Smith, John Denver, Celeste Krenz, Mollie O’Brien, Tim O’Brien, Hot Rize, Nelson Rangell, OneRepublic, Otis Taylor, Samples, Tony Furtado, Keller Williams, Jill Sobule, Spring Creek, The String Cheese Incident, India.Arie, The Subdudes, Sugarloaf, Deep Purple, James Gang, the Eagles, Sally Van Meter, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Brandywine, Winger, Yonder Mountain String Band, Zephyr, Lilly Scott, Sally Taylor, James Taylor*, Michelle Shocked*, Lyle Lovett*, Richard Thompson*, Ani DeFranco*, Bobby McFerrin*, Rare Silk, Steve Earle*, Cowboy Junkies*, Joan Osborne*, Bruce Hornsby*, Shawn Colvin*, Bruce Cockburn*, Ben Harper*, Sarah McLachlan* Barenaked Ladies*, Sonia Dada*, Peter Himmelman*, Suzanne Vega*, Flaco Jimenez*, Michael Hedges*, Iris Dement*, Ed Stasium, Ron Miles, Dana Landry, Sam Bush, Jimmy Ibbotson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Acoustic Junction, Sherri Jackson, The Winebottles, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, The Moonrakers, Open Road, Bluegrass Patriots, Billy Nerschi, Kyle Hollingworth, Braddigan, Chuck Pyle, Tickle Me Pink, Allegeon, Pretty Lights, The Spell, Savoy, Bill Frissell, Kim Stone, Dressy Bessy, DeVotchKa, Uncle Earl, Julian Cope, Marshall Crenshaw, The Jeff Healey Band, Living Colour, The Long Ryders, Misfits, Rise Against, Motörhead, Reverend Horton Heat, The Smithereens, NSYNC, Ginger Baker, eminem, Styx, Steve Miller, Method Man, Redman and The Fugees, Kenny Rogers, Tony Bennett, Edwin McCain, Roberta Flack, Joe Walsh, Kenny Passarelli,  Blood, Sweat and Tears, America, Badfinger, The Beach Boys, Jeff Beck,  Mike Brewer, David Cassidy, Chicago (starting with Chicago VI), Phil Collins, Chick Corea, Rick Derringer, Al Di Meola, Dio, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Sheena Easton, Peter Frampton, Michael Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Elton John, Carole King, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Murphey, Stevie Nicks, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Tom Petty, Eddie Rabbitt, Return to Forever for their albums Romantic Warrior and Musicmagic, Tom Scott and the L.A. Express, Billy Joe Shaver, Shooting Star, Sons of Champlin, Souther Hillman Furay Band, Chris Hillman, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stills, Supertramp, U2, War, Tony Williams, Carl Wilson, Frank Zappa, Peter Kater, R. Carlos Nakai, Mary Youngblood, Eliza Gilkyson, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Midnight Oil, Shelby Lynne, David Gray, Indigo Girls, Tim Easton, Pops Staples, Susan Tedeschi, Jules Shear, Natalie Merchant, Rick Danko featuring Garth Hudson & Professor “Louie,” Patty Griffin, Randy Newman and others…