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The Colorado Sound S9 EP20 May 2015

B.B. King passing away overshadowed everything this past week. Like other icons his legacy and his influence permeates much of our culture.  One simply does not talk about blues without B.B. King being present.  And of course, there’s a Denver connection … or two.

If you know nothing else about B.B. King you know The Thrill is Gone, the hit that launched him into both the  blues and rock and roll stratosphere.  The Thrill is Gone was produced by Bill Szymczyk, who for a brief moment would co-own Denver based Tumbleweed Records, and was a radio dj.  He also produced the first album recorded at Caribou Ranch, Joe Walsh’s Barnstorm, during the time that Joe was living in the Denver area.

Connection number two:  B.B. King and Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Crossroad Blues from 100 Years of Robert Johnson … a duet with Todd Park Mohr.

RIP Mr. King

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4 locals x locals logoJune 6 – For Locals x Locals Presented by The Colorado Sound and Scene Magazine featuring Cracker, Post Paradise, Branded Bandits, Red Fox Run, Shaley Scott Band and Winchester Holiday.  A music festival to celebrate and honor local musicians and local music industry vendors. The goal of this festival is to create a space for our musical community to thrive. If you are a local musician, we would like to offer you free admission and a beer. If you’re a fan, please be honest and support your local music scene with your ticket purchase. Treat this as an opportunity to meet new musicians, find out about local music industry and catch up with old friends.

BluesJam_375June 12 & 13 The Greeley Blues Jam in Greeley with Austin Young– featuring Michaela Rae and friends + Maynard Mills Blues Band + George Whitesell and His All Stars featuring Jill Watkins+The Frails – all female review featuring Erica Brown, MJ, G’Jai, Michaela Rae, Miss Audrey, Susan Phelan & national headliners Delbert McClinton, Elvin Bishop and more.

June 13 – Westword, KUNC & The Colorado Sound Present The Samples featuring Sean Kelly at Herman’s Hideaway w/ guests Tomahawk Fox, Lola Rising, The Humbuckers …. Doors: 6:00 pm / Show: 6:30 pm … Tickets $12.00 – $120.00

August 1 – 8th Annual Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival in Dacono.  Lineup TBA.  The region’s first Spirits Competition event, started four years ago now.  Previous headliners have included Richie Furay, Lionel Young, Drew Emmitt (Leftover Salmon) and others.

mishawakaAugust 9 – The Colorado Sound Presents Hazel Miller, Chris Daniels & the Kings, Goatz!, andWilliam’s Reserve on Aug 9 at the Mishawaka

 

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PLAYLIST S9|EP20 2015

HOUR 1

The Czars “Killjoy” from Ugly People vs. the Beautiful People (2001)
(D) Elin Palmer “Morning Light” from Elin Palmer (2015)
Gromet “Sink or Sail” from Colorado Captain (2010)
Rachel & the Kings “Not Giving Up” from Tonic (2013)
Taarka “River’s Eddy Blues” from Making Tracks Home (2015)
Bad Brad & the Fat Cats “Thunder On the Mountain” from Eyes on the Prize (2013)
Grant Farm “Engineer” from SpokesBUZZ Vol V: Band Together (2015)
Instant Empire “Dead Air” from Lamplight Lost (2015)
Dubskin “Release Me” from Release from Fear (2011)
Keith Oxman “Caught Between the Lion and the Twins” from Caught Between the Lion and Twins (2008)

HOUR 2 

The Moonrakers “I’m All Right” from Anthology (2007)The Rainy Daze “That Acapulco Gold” from That Acapulco Gold (1967)
(D) Doves & Wolves “Arkansas” from Doves & Wolves (2015)
Bad Weather California “I’ll Reach Out My Hand” from Sunkissed (2012)
The Lovely & Talented “Death Of The Lover” from The New American Fable (2010)
Otis Taylor “Ain’t No Cowgirl” from Clovis People Vol. 3 (2010)
Todd Adelman “The Devil is for Drinking” from Highways & Lowways (2015)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore “Sunday Street” from Love Runner (2014)
(D) The Knew “Rally and Rumble” from Schmew (2015)  Safe Boating is No Accident “Dye My Love” from Bonus Features (2014)
Dressy Bessy “New Song (From Me To You)” from Dressy Bessy (2003)
(D) Ben Haugland “A Weaver of Dreams” from A Million Dreams (2015)

The Colorado Sound S9 EP18 May 2015

Short and to the point – here’s this week’s playlist.  Everything else will be in the May 1 News Notes and Spins column … It’s been a crazy couple of weeks with the Denver Music Summit, FOCOMX, and Spokebuzz.  Lots of things shaking.  Stay tuned. In the meantime, In the Whale pretty much never ceases to surprise – check out this week’s new music share and don’t forget to hit up the new Offstage Beyond the Music segment with Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore.

PLAYLIST S9 EP18 MAY 2015

HOUR 1

Joe Walsh “Here We Go” from Barnstorm (1972)
Sugarloaf “Country Dawg” from Spaceship Earth (1971)
(D) In The Whale “Mail” from Full Nelson (2015) Yawpers “Sister Mary” from Spokesbuzz Volume 4 (2014)
The Swayback “Queen’s Dance” from Long Gone Lads (2008)
Todd Adelman “Right Before You Said Hello” from Highways & Lowways (2015)
Leftover Salmon “Sing Up To the Moon” from Aquatic Hitchhiker (2012)
Lion Drome “Winter” from Curve of the Earth (2014)
El Toro de la Muerte “Like A Ghost” from Dancer These Days (2011)
Elephant Revival “Birds and Stars” from These Changing Skies (2013)
Rose Quartz “Something to Believe” from Axis of Love (2015)
The Motet “Afro Disco Beat” from Instrumental Dissent (2007)

HOUR 2

Acoustic Junction “Every Heart” from Strange Days (2000)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Rocksteady” from Rocksteady (2010)
(D) Otis Taylor “Peggy Lee” from Hey Joe Opus Red Meat (2015)
Brothers Keeper “Cold Rain” from Todd Meadows (2014)
Pandas & People “Still Young” from Pandas & People (2014)
Drew Schofield “Break It Down” from 150 Million (-1) (2014)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore “Train Home” from Love Runner (2014)
(N) Ivory Circle “And I Try” from Isoceles (2015) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Crystall Ball” from Living Asleep (2014)
Ben Markley ~ Clint Ashlock Quintet “Chasing Light” from The Return (2014)

The Colorado Sound S9 | EP15 April 2015

I love Monday mornings.  That is all.  Here’s what was played this week on the show.  There was more new music this weekend than I’ve seen in several weeks at least – the early spring blitz of new releases as bands and artists get ready for the outdoor concert season that gets under way at the end of April.

FOCOMX is the official unofficial start of the festival season, and if you’ve never been now is a good time to start. It’s pretty magnificent in scope and scale, this year hosting 300 acts from around the region over two nights and a full day.

Dearling’s rendition of the Fleetwood Mac classic “Landslide” was a refreshing reminder that there’s still plenty of room in the songs of others for local artists to explore and redefine in their own voices.  In the meantime, their last single, “Do You Love Me,” is my video pick of the week offering.

Fox St continues to lend credence to their ever growing popularity as a classic sounding band in the tradition of those from the early 70s that could have been or were comprised of the likes of Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock and perhaps Joe Cocker or Delaney Bramlett – needless to say they’ve been among my favorites for a few years now.

Instant Empire can lay legitimate claim to being at the top of the list of contemporary indie/alternative (new alternative) bands in the region replacing the likes of Photo Atlas or Hot I.Q.s with their new single “Dead Air.” Their new album due out this June.

And I’m not really sure what I can say about John Common that I haven’t written about in years past – he is simply one of the region’s most deeply intellectual lyrical craftsmen.   The new single is paired with a spoken word piece from John that I think is his first, and is marvelously produced by Immersive Studios in Boulder.

Truthfully, it was a hell of a week for new music, leading me to the new single from Natalie Walker, who the last I heard from was more ingrained into the CCM (contemporary Christian music) market segment than the secular world the new record reaches out to.  Natalie has had a brilliant career to this point with songs embedded in numerous high profile television shows.  The move from Denver to Crested Butte seems to maybe being a catalyst of change in her view of the mysteries of life for her.  I look forward to exploring the rest of the new album with you.

Don’t forget – COMING MAY 7 to KSUT (Ignacio/Durango) 10PM-12AM.

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OFFSTAGE BEYOND THE MUSIC

Coming in May – Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore.  In the meantime we still have two more weeks with the incomparable Hazel Miller.

S9 EP15 PLAYLIST

(D) = debut: first time an LP, EP, or single has been aired on show
(N) = new cut from previously debuted LP or EP

HOUR 1

Firefall “Cinderella” from Firefall (1976)
Acoustic Junction “Where Is She Now” from Surrounded by Change (1995)
(D) Dearling “Landslide” [single] (2015)
(D) Fox St. “Ain’t Easy” [single] (2015) String Cheese Incident “Tinder Box” from Untying the Not (2003)
(D) Instant Empire “Dead Air” from Lamplight Lost (2015)
Big Gigantic “The Night Is Young” from The Night Is Young (2014)
(D) Ragged Union “Worry My Life Away” from Hard Row to Hoe (2015)
(D) Michael Kirkpatrick “I’m Your Man” from Honey Rider (2015) Jeff Brinkman “Ordinary Day” from Strange (2012)
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake “Evil Eye” from Totem (2015)
Devotchka “100 Other Lovers” from 100 Lovers (2011)
Andrew Vogt “On The Run” from Cats Afoot (2010)

HOUR 2

Tim Goodman “New Romeo” from New Romeo (1981)
Dan Fogelberg “Part of the Plan” from Souvenirs (1974)
(D) The Railsplitters “Met That Day” from The Faster It Goes (2015)
Pandas & People “Out to Sea” from SpokesBUZZ Vol V: Band Together (2015)
(D) Natalie Walker “Trust” from Strange Bird (2015)

Chris Daniels & the Kings “Stealin’ Candy” from Live Wired! (1995)
Hazel Miller & the Caucasians “Home of the Blues” from Live at the Fox (1995)
(D) John Common “The River Is Moving” [single] (2015)
(D) Esme Patterson “What Do You Call A Woman” [single] (2015)
GogoLab “Tumbleweeds” from Border Patrol (2013)

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JOIN ME THIS SUMMER AT:

Locals x Locals at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre on June 6 featuring Cracker, Post Paradise, and more.

The Greeley Blues Jam in Greeley on June 13.

The Colorado Sound Presents Hazel Miller, Chris Daniels & the Kings, Goatz!, and William’s Reserve on Aug 9 at the Mishawaka

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