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The Colorado Sound S8 EP18 May 2014

mothersdaycrayonsignHappy Mothers’ Day.  Not too much to say today.  Enjoy the day with your mom if you can, and if you can’t then enjoy the warm memories we all share of our mom’s.

We’ve been enjoying the incredible 1982 Zephyr Heartbeat album the past month … and we’re not done with it yet.  Gonna have to be soon though, as new classics are coming in this month from Billy Ryan & Black Irish (2005 remaster of 1988 S/T album + demos) and then sometime around the end of the month we’ll have the newly remastered 1969 Zephyr, featuring Tommy Bolin, Rainbow in the Bathtub as well as outtakes, demos and Zephyr Live @ Tulagi’s record to share.

Looking forward into June, we should have the self-released album from the wonderful Richie Furay, who turned 70 this week.  WOW!  Happy Birthday Richie.

Don ‘t forget … next Saturday – MAY 17 … to join me at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre for Head for the Hills with Grant Farm and Gipsy Moon.

Mish Logo JPGThe Colorado Sound Presents Head for the Hills with guests Grant Farm & Gipsy Moon, at the Mishawaka on May 17.  Tickets at www.themishawaka.com Check out this performance from H4TH at the Mish in 2012 ….

PLAYLIST S8EP18 May 2014

(D) = album debut
(N) = new track from previously debuted album

Zephyr “I Know A Place” from Heartbeat (1982)
Sugarloaf “Myra Myra” from Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You (1975)
The Samples “Pioneer Square” from Here and Somewhere Else (1998)
(N) Katie Herzig “Drug” from Walk Through Walls (2014)
Whiskey Blanket “Blatto Nox” from From the Dead of Dark (2014)
Dr. Izzy Band “Matches Don’t Burn Memories” from Blind and Blues Bound (2012)
In The Whale “Shall Not Be Moved” from Cake (2012)
Houses “Me & Mr Kelly” from Summer (2009)
(D) Grant Farm “Can’t You See” from Plowin’ Time (2014)
AdrienneO “Take It In” from Innocence (2013)
(N) Shatterproof “Sticks and Stones” from Spokesbuzz Volume 4 (2013)
Andrew Vogt “On the Run” from Cats Afoot (2010)
Zephyr “Half Heaven” from Heartbeat (1982)
Firefall “Strange Way” from Elan (1978)
Subdudes “Help Is On the Way” from The Subdudes (1989)
(N) String Cheese Incident “Stay Through” from Song In My Head (2014)
Glitta Kings “Twice Broken” from Girls in High Heels Shouldn’t Dance On Glass Tables (2014)
(N) You Me and Apollo “Days on Days” from Sweet Honey (2014)
(N) Katey Laurel “All the Way Home” from Periscope (2014)
Gromet “Skip Your Stone” from Barren (2013)
Mosey West “Hurricane Eyes” from Bermuda (2014)
Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore “Train Home” from Love Runner (2014)
Nathaniel Rateliff “Nothing to Show For” from Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2014)
GogoLab “Honey Trap” from Border Patrol (2013)

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The Colorado Sound S8 EP16 APRIL/MAY 2014

Festival mode folks.  Crazy wkend.  FoCoMX Friday and Sat.  Root 40 Fest Sunday.  FoH sound at FoCoMX (Equinox Brewing).  Vendor table for Rocky Mountain Music Network/The Colorado Sound on Sunday.  That’s all I’ve got.  Working desperately to get the May 1 edition of News Notes & Spins done.  Don’t know if I can get there, but we’ll sure try.

Of course, the big deal this week is the Zephyr “Heartbeat” record hitting my desk – in both a refurbished rip from the original vinyl and a newly remastered version courtesy of original founder David Givens.

I’m going to bed now .. thank you and good night.

PLAYLIST S8 EP16 April/May 2014

(D) Zephyr “Mad Dog” from Heartbeat (1982)
Zephyr “I Am Not Surprised” from Sunset Ride (2000)
Eddie Turner “Privileged Life” from Rise (2005)
(D) Von Stomper “Mississippi Woman” from Von Stomper (2014) 
Grant Sabin “Dreaming” from Anthromusicology (2013)
(N) Ivory Circle “Abandoned” from Equilateral (2014) 
OneRepublic “Feel Again” from Native (2013)
Dressy Bessy “New Song (From Me to You)” from Dressy Bessy (2003)
H*Wood “One Love” from One Love (2013)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Do You Want Me Now?” from Do You Want Me Now? (2014)
Kristina Murray “Unravelin’” from Unravelin’ (2014)
Drag the River “Wichita Skyline” from Drag The River (2013)
Firefall “You Are the Woman” from Firefall (1976)
Tom Gershwin “Stompin’ At the Savoy” from Sweet Pastimes (2013)
(D) Zephyr “We Got the Love” from Heartbeat (1982)
Zephyr “High Flying Bird” from Sunset Ride (2000)
Otis Taylor “Naggin’ Woman Blues” from When Negroes Walked the Earth (1997)
Patrick Dune “Middle Ground” from Middle Ground (2012)
Jeff Brinkman “Ordinary Day” from Strange (2012)
(N) Katie Herzig “Summer” from Walk Through Walls (2014)
Coles Whalen “Beautiful Without Me” from I Wrote This for You (2012)
Matt Skinner Band “I’ll Keep Loving” from Native Stranger (2013)
(N) String Cheese Incident “Rosie” from Song In My Head (2014)
(D) You Me and Apollo “Days on Days” from Sweet Honey (2014)
Bad Weather California “Keep It Together” from Back Seats (2013)
Tia Fuller “Descend to Barbados” from Angelic Warrior (2012)

The Colorado Sound S8 EP15 April 2014

Big news this week!  The String Cheese Incident is playing a free show on the “hill” in Boulder April 28th.  And our pal David Glasser at Airshow Mastering blasted this on his FB page … couldn’t be happier brother Dave.   Stop by and congratulate our friend when you get a chance …

grammy“I’m tickled and proud to report that I’ve been elected a Governor of the San Francisco Chapter of NARAS (The Grammy folks). San Francisco? Well, Colorado does not have a local chapter and our vibrant music scene is underserved by NARAS. But over the past year, the San Francisco chapter has reached out to Colorado and sponsored several events in Boulder and Denver. MusiCares, a service of NARAS has helped many Colorado flood victims since the September flood. This is just the beginning. I look forward to being a part of this activity. Colorado musicians – if you are not a NARAS member you should seriously consider joining, and affiliating with the SF Chapter. If you are already a member, I look forward to meeting you.

Factoid #1 – the Grammy statues are Made In Ridgeway Colorado!

You can call me Guv’na.”

Zephyr, HeartbeatCOMING NEXT WEEK:   the on air debut of a lost Colorado classic from 1982,  Zephyr’s “Heartbeat” .. the last record recorded by Candy Givens, David Givens and Eddie Turner before Candy died in 84.  There are a couple of videos on YouTube, but the album itself has been sitting in Eddie Turner’s basement for 30 years.  I have never been able to locate a copy.  Until now.  Thanks to Kevin Clock (one of the engineers who recorded the original album)  at Colorado Sound Studios for preparing the old vinyl for airplay, since I’m all digital here.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Candy Given’s death from alcohol and ‘ludes.  Could be the reason for this msg left on my FB page:  “HAPPY RECORD STORE DAY ! Young Goat  Hey, did you see where David Givens is releasing a 3 CD expanded/deluxe release of Zephrs’ very first lp ? Yuppers, one disc of the original lp ( remixed/remastered ), the other two are previously unreleased material : a CD of studio outakes and demos and the third CD is of a concert they did at Tulagis’.”  WHOA!  

zephyr, box set 2014A quick look at David Givens page led me to Amazon … where you can preorder the boxset.  

Some of Colorado’s most legendary and enduring musicians who played in Zephyr are still around playing today … they include Otis Taylor, Jock Bartley (Firefall), and Eddie Turner … Eddie’s been showing up on the blues jam scene lately with Eric Boa and the Constrictors, as he rehabs from a hand injury he sustained several months ago.

So, as I’m writing this blogpost this morning … David Givens and I are PMing at FB … he remastered Heartbeat … and is sending it over for this week … oh man … seriously???  NICE! Thanks David …

Seriously, I feel like it’s Christmas … Happy 4/20 Colorado 🙂

I am also getting pretty excited for The Colorado Sound Presents Head for the Hills at the Mishawaka on May 17.   Tickets at www.themishawaka.com  Check out this performance from H4TH at the Mish in 2012 ….

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK  

Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon) is gone, and Taylor Sims (Bonnie & the Clydes, Spring Creek Bluegrass) is in – from our friends at the Daily Camera/SecondStoryGarage … the NEW Great American Taxi

PLAYLIST S8 EP15 APRIL 2014

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Mr. Bojangles” [single] (1970)
Poco “C’Mon (Live)” from The Essential Poco (2005)
Subdudes “Poor Man’s Paradise” from Street Symphony (2007)
(N) Crucifix “Heaven” from The Beginning (2014) 
The Fray “Love Don’t Die” from Helios (2014)
Dragondeer “Castaway” from Don’t That Feel Good (2014)
El Toro de la Muerte “Like A Ghost” from Dancer These Days (2011)
Megan Burtt “Got A Feeling (w/ Bop Skizzum)” from In Good Company (2013)
Selina Albright “Why Does Life” from Brighter (2013)
Rob Drabkin “Little Steps” from Little Steps EP (2013)
(D) Bonnie and The Clydes “Evening Turns To Ashes” from Music For People (2014)
Emmitt-Nershi Band “Road of Destruction” from New Country Blues (2009)
Janine Santana “Red Clay” from Soft As Granite (2008)
Flying Burrito Brothers “Colorado” from Hot Burritos! – The Flying Burrito Brothers Anthology 1969-1972 (2000)
Manassas “Colorado” from Manassas (1972)
(D) String Cheese Incident “Let’s Go Outside” from Song In My Head (2014)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Hey Delila” from Black Beehive (2014)
Dianne Reeves “32 Flavors” from Beautiful Life (2014)
Selasee Atiase “Pray for Me” from African Gate (2010)
Danielle Ate the Sandwich “Faith In A Man” from Like A King (2012)
Five Iron Frenzy “Into Your Veins” from Engine of a Million Plots (2013)
David Starr “Alive Again” from Alive Again (2013)
Railsplitters “Jackson Town” from The Railsplitters (2013)
The Holler! “Yellow Moon” from Gratitude (2011)
Manuel Lopez Trio “Samba Grubinho” from Searching Out (2013)

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SUPPORT FOR THE COLORADO SOUND PROVIDED BY 

CCCLogoPMS300ConvertedColorado Case Company:  Colorado made insulated soft cases, gig bags, case covers and rigid cases for most instruments.  This premium, professional grade, brand is designed, engineered and tested to provide incredible thermal protection for your valuable musical instrument.  We specialize in unusual and hard to fit instruments.  Info at www.coloradocase.com

SpokesBuzz Fort Collins logoSpokesBUZZ, a  Colorado 501C3 with a mission to DEVELOP THE PROFESSIONALISM OF ARTISTS, PROMOTE AND CONNECT PROGRESSIVE CULTURAL DESTINATIONS, AMPLIFY MUSIC SCENES and GROW LOCAL ECONOMIES.  Please visit the website for information on bands that SpokesBUZZ supports, as well as shows and more.  www.spokesbuzz.org.

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