Colorado Music Experience

12/19/2025

🎶Happy 80th birthday to multi-instrumentalist John McEuen, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and a prolific solo musician. McEuen’s latest album is 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯.

🎙Celebrate John's birthday by listening to CoME's podcast with him: https://colomusic.org/podcast/john-mceuen/

12/19/2025

R.I.P. Joe Ely, the highly regarded pioneer of the ’70s Texas progressive country sound who died on Monday at age 78. CoME director G. Brown spoke with the “Lord of the Highway" over the years and has written a remembrance.

Joe Ely, the highly regarded pioneer of the ’70s Texas progressive country sound, died December 15, 2025, at age 78.

12/18/2025

Today is the birth anniversary of Randy Castillo, a fixture in Denver drumming with the Wumblies and recording an album with the Offenders. He went on to become Ozzy Osbourne’s drummer and later drummer for Mötley Crüe up to his death from cancer in 2002.

12/17/2025

Spotify’s newest Wrapped feature, “listening age,” analyzes which decade of music you play most and how that lines up with listeners your age. It’s already prompting people to rethink just how timeless—or trend-driven—their taste really is.

We're curious: what's your listening age?

Spotify Wrapped is bluntly telling users their "listening age," which in many cases is several decades older or younger than their actual age. It's a calculated strategy.

12/16/2025

🎶Happy birthday to premier electric guitarist Robben Ford. In the mid-’70s, Ford toured with greats like Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, and the L.A. Express — and shortly after his two-month stint with Harrison, he moved to Boulder, Colorado to step back from the road and study technique, composing, and Buddhism with teacher Chögyam Trungpa. Ford currently resides in London, UK.

12/16/2025

Thirty years ago, Sublime performed at The Ogden Theatre in Denver. Were you there in 1995?

12/15/2025

In 1979, Richie Furay, a longtime Colorado resident, saw “I Still Have Dreams,” the title track of his third solo album, become a Top 40 hit.

From Buffalo Springfield to Poco to Pastor Furay, join Richie Furay as he relives his remarkable journey.

12/15/2025

Fifty years ago, Little Feat performed at Denver’s Auditorium Theatre. Were you there in 1975?

12/15/2025

In 1944, big band leader Glenn Miller boarded a small plane bound for France, where he was planning a performance for Allied troops during World War II. He never made it to his destination; no trace of the wreckage or any of the passengers were ever found. Miller graduated from Fort Morgan High School and attended the University of Colorado Boulder before dropping out to pursue his music career.

Miller was the most successful of all big band leaders, to many a symbol of romance and the best of times.

12/14/2025

Today is the birth anniversary of Judy Roderick. A student at the University of Colorado Boulder, Roderick signed a record deal with Vanguard Records in 1964, making two albums of her promising folk music. She wed radio personality Bill Ashford of KFML, who backed her in 60,000,000 Buffalo, a funky, bluesy Colorado rock band that recorded one album.

12/11/2025

In 1971, the Eagles performed at Tulagi in Boulder. The band had been sent to Colorado for its first-ever concerts, to develop as a band. The debut studio album Eagles was released the following June.

➡ Learn more about the Eagles' Colorado connection in a CoME blog: https://colomusic.org/blog/the-eagles-colorado-connection/

12/11/2025

Happy birthday to Bobby Pickett, who joined Sugarloaf in May 1971, six days before the Colorado band appeared on 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 to perform the big national hit “Green Eyed Lady.” Pickett went on to play with Etta James, Gregg Allman and the rock group Detective.

Learn more about Sugarloaf and Pickett on the CoME website: https://colomusic.org/video/sugarloaf-documentary/