Hey! Dan Wrote a Guest Post on the Happy Ass Ranch Bluegrass Festival

The 4th Annual Happy Ass www.happyassranch.com Ranch Bluegrass Festival and Jam recently filled the hills with good music at Happy Ass Ranch, up highway 24 and west of Lake George, Colorado.  Two to three hundred people made it out to the festival, with most camping out at the ranch for the music.

Headliners at the fest, Grass it Up www.grassitup.com and Creating a Newsense  Creating A Newsense - Hard Rockin' Barn Stompin' Psychedelic Porn Funk

www.creatinganewsense.com capped off a raucous Saturday Night.  Creating a Newsense brought the crowd to a frenzied fist-pumping climax with an unidentified, but crowd favorite anthem.  As well, Grass it Up sparked the crowd with electric renditions of crowd favorites "Carr Jack Blues" and "Nadine".

Music continued on Sunday, with the festival wrapping up Sunday afternoon.
Things got started Friday, with the Ackermans www.theackermansbluegrass.com (from Colorado Springs).  In fact, almost all bands performing at the ranch were from Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs and Pueblo.

According to one Festival originator, David Jeffrey, organizers set out this
year to put the focus on local bands.  As a result, the Bluegrass Festival
excluded out-of-state bands that play bluegrass music in exchange for local
bands that play other types of music.  Good news for music fans and the odd,
eclectic group Edith Makes a Paper Chain www.myspace.com/edithmakesapaperchain2. 

Paper chain (as dizzied festival goers dubbed "Edith") does not play
bluegrass.  Not intentionally, anyway.  Paper chain's work is described as,
among other things, gypsy folk and "haunted circus music".  While slightly
more accessible than Denver's Bela Karoli www.belakaroli.com (the band, not the coach), Paper Chain did deliver an assortment of oddity Friday night.  The most moving

moment came during a cover of Radiohead's www.radiohead.com  "No surprises".  Serious music fans are not supposed to like covers.  However, this was not a case of one local group imitating another, much more famous group.  This was a case

where the newer group hijacked the material.  They made it their own. It was
impressive.

While Paper chain supplied the highlight for Friday night, a collected group
of local songwriters did so for Saturday afternoon.  Talent from Creating a
Newsense, The Haunted Windchimes www.myspace.com/thehauntedwindchimes, The Jack Trades www.myspace.com/thejacktrades, and The Genuwines www.myspace.com/thegenuwines were

assembled for an all-star party that made it clear that their individual
bands are worth checking out.

Although the Happy Ass Ranch Bluegrass Festival and Jam is over for this
year, YOU can make its effects live on by seeing any of the new (and long
established) bands that it has brought out. Do that.

YOU HAVE TO BE SMART TO BE FUNNY - THAT'S PETE BARBUTTI

 Watch out Pueblo, comedian Pete Barbutti’s on a roll and he loves to tease you.  

  Barbutti's in town for a Denver fundraiser called The Italian Open, benefitting Children's Hospital.  He donates his time to it every year, even though he doesn't golf. 

  When a woman in the audience says she’s from the Steel City, Barbutti pats the baby grand and says, “This here’s a piano.  You folks usually don’t see stuff this size without John Deere written on it."

  Pete Barbutti is the guy you remember making Johnny Carson laugh.  If you want a refresher, go to YouTube or click on  www.barbuti.com.    He appeared on the Carson show many times, and was a well-loved visitor to the shows of Jay Leno and David Letterman.

  But comedy is only half the act.  Barbutti is a well-respected pianist.  He'll be appearing in a jazz cruise that sails the Caribbean in November thejazzcruise.com.  In addition to the regular type of performance, he has the unusual ability to play the piano with his nose.  It looks painful but it's funny.

  Half Irish and half Italian, “Napolitan,” he says, his comic routine can cover everything from his heritage to the over-dramatic drummers magicians use.   

  We talked over coffee at the open and I asked if he still kept up a regular performance schedule.

  "There's not that much work out there," Barbutti replied.  "The supper club circuit has disappeared.  It used to be, every city would have two or three places where there would be a band, dancing, and a comic.  I’m most comfortable in night clubs. Comedy is best in a smaller venue. It belong in rooms where they can see you.  The laughter can reach you immediately."

  For a kid who grew up in Pennsylvania, he became quite a scientist on the subject of comedy.  Barbutti teaches a class on it.  There are rules that hold true, he says, no matter where you're playing.

  "That's why everybody likes Vegas," he observes, " because it's a wide variety of people.  Homogenous audiences are difficult for comedy." 

  Would he ever play Pueblo?  This question was too easy to resist another jab.

  "Pueblo's where elephants go to die.  I would love to play Pueblo."

  I vote we start a supper club.

I wanted so badly to get tickets to the Earth Wind and Fire www.earthwindandfire.com/ Chicago  www.chicagotheband.com concert, coming up at Fiddler's Green  fiddlers-green-amphitheatre-formerly-coors- amphitheatre.  I have to tell you, I'm so glad I couldn't afford them.  I heard the bands together on the CBS morning show this week - Oh My God.  As much as I love these guys, they stank! Here's the video link.  http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/id=5097294n&tag=contentMain;contentBody  

They may be in good spirits but they're not in good voice.  I know they've already been touring for a month but if you can't hit a note on national TV, you can't hit a note.  The EWF gang couldn't hit a note with a hammer.  There's nothing more frustrating than sitting in an audience thinking you could sing better than the guys you came to hear.  (I always wonder, "Do these folks think we're deaf, or that we simply can't remember?)  The two horn sections together are skin-tingling, but with the best seats selling at better than a thousand dollars, I'd say, wait until the bands record an album together, then buy the finished product.  

OK, SO DID YOU SEE OUR FORMER HOMETOWN GUY ON STEVEN COLBERT?

I'm talking about General Ray Odierno (great Italian name) formerly at Fort Carson. He visited Steven (here's the link to the video clip) http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/230466/june-11-2009/stephen-gets-his-hair-cut on the show's trip to visit the troops in middle east and announced that if Colbert wanted to play soldier, he needed to look the part, i.e., a military haircut.  As Colbert protested, the Commander in Chief was beamed in via satellite, saying, "I heard the general say you need a haircut."  

Colbert said, "Are your spy satellites really that good?"

The president responded, "No, my ears are really that big."

SOME GREAT THINGS ARE COMING TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY

This year's Academy Concerts schedule has some great stuff.  The academy is not going to make is easy to buy tickets unless you're a season subscriber but you can get information on:  www.usafaservices.com or by calling 719-333-4497, where, in my experience, they're always very nice.  I'm not being facetious, they really are.

So, the first performance of the year is August 23, the Air Force variety show, Tops in Blue www.topsinblue.com. This is certainly a screamin' deal - it's free, no tickets required.  First come, first served until the Arnold Hall Theater fills up.  The range of music is wide - everything from Latin to country.

Next, on September 19,  comes one of my favorite comedians, Dennis Miller www.dennismillerradio.com. Miller's known for a whole body of work. In addition to stand up and his own talk shows, he was part of the ABC "Monday Night Football" team and before that, anchor of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live. You know you're in for a good time when a disclaimer at the bottom of the Academy's advertisement says, "This is a political satire show and not intended to offend anyone."

October 16, it's the big band theatrical swing review, In the Mood www.inthemoodlive.com.  Love big band music.  This has both singers and dancers.  It includes favorites from Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Harry James, among others.

Then comes Camelot www.broadwaymusicalhome.com.  You'll know a lot of these scores, "If I Would Ever Leave You," for instance.

The Ten Tenors www.thetentenors.com sounds like a snoozer until you learn these guys are from Australia.  Apparently they're not above singing "Rawhide" or dancing in a Rockette-style chorus line.

Country music darling LeAnn Rimes www.leannrimesworld.com      plays January 22.

On February 5, it's The Pink Floyd Experience  www.thepinkfloydexperience.net.Yawn.

March 5 is Le Grand Cirque  www.legrandcrcqueshow.com

I do enjoy this stuff - to me it seems like the performers defy gravity.

It's a circus performance with acrobats and gymnasts from all over the world.

YES, THEY DO ATTACT

It's been prom season and the local girls have been gorgeous, but no one has out done these fabulous photos of my friend, Jan Rowe!

Doesn't she look absolutely "Princess Grace" relaxed and regal?  Here's what she wrote when I asked all my friends to send pictures:

"Good morning, buddy! I can find a couple pics of just me in the immortal prom dress, but I

KNOW there is a picture of me and my date (he was a dead ringer for Tommy Smothers) floating around the house. I am still searching for it. It is a hoot, to be sure, especially the hair."

This brings us to the "opposites" issue.

Yes, this would be the lovely and talented James Rowe, better half, er, spouse of Jan.  He refuses to divulge the identity of the lovely seniorita.  We only know it's not Jan and that he adopted a somewhat more reserved wardrobe style in the years after this.  Many of you may remember Jim - he was a fantastically popular piano player at the Broadmoor's Golden Bee.

OK, so I have to show you one more prom picture because I'm proud.  

To the right is my daughter and her terrific boyfriend, Zane Watkins, going to Rampart's prom this year.  They had a wonderful time and reported that the Rampart After-Prom party was just fantastic. Our thanks to the parents that organized it. 

A couple last thoughts - if you have prom pictures of your kids (or yourself!) I would love to post them.

And here's a trick we imported from Georgia last year - they have "picture parties" before prom, where they meet at a location good for photographs.  The kids have soft drinks and the adults have a cocktail party.  They arrange those girls by order of dress hue and it looks gorgeous.  I'm out of prom-goers, but I would highly recommend it. 

FFEELING A LITTLE GUILTY ABOUT THE MOROSE-POST BELOW

So here's a happier note - actually a bunch of them.

Wendy Woo www.wendywoo.com plays at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts www.trilakesarts.org tomorrow night and it would be worth the trip.  

Woo is gifted vocally and with her wonderful, acoustic guitar.  It's hard to name her type of music because there's such a range to what she sings.  On Friday, she performs with Robin Hoch, another terrific acoustic musician.

Wendy is from Boulder, Robin is from Denver.  (I love it when Colorado musicians are successful.)

I was introduced to Woo-music by my friend, Heather Hostetler.  Heather's a Wendy fan from way back and she has good taste in music.  On the other hand, when the Wendy Woo Band came on the scene, Heather was a single parent with six small children - those people think anything other than shreiking sounds good.  On this one, she was right.  

A ROTTEN AND WEIRD DEVELOPMENT

We usually focus on local entertainment, but I'm compelled to write something on actor David Carradine www.david-carradine.com being found dead in what appears to be a suicide.

The circumstances are odd.  Carradine was in Bangkok shooting a movie.  Early reports say the 72-year old was found hanging in his hotel room closet.  

Many of  us remember Carradine from the 1970's tv series, Kung Fu.  I did, but not fondly.  I thought his most charming work was in the weird movie my son convinced me to see, Kill Bill.  He was a riot in that, playing Bill, whom Uma Thurman spends the movie trying to kill.  It was a Quentin Tarantino film.  Need I say more?

Among Carradine's other credits were the movies Kill Zone, Dangerous Curves and Brothers in Arms, but he appeared in more than 100 films over the course of his career.  

David was the eldest son of actor, John Carradine.  Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine and Michael Bowen are his brothers.  He grew up in Hollywood and served two years in the Army before going to New York to act.  Carradine was married five times and had two daughters, Calista Miranda and Kansas, both actresses.

Only a year ago, the actor had talked about being proud of still being able to play the type of roles he was getting at the age of 71.  Suicide is so awful and odd.

With files from The Associated Press

A Fantastic Idea - Rock and Roll for Rover

Big Head Todd and the Monsters www.bigheadtodd.com have just wrapped up charity auctions for the Denver Dumb Friends League www.ddfl.org and the Humane Society of Boulder www.boulderhumane.org.

This is one of my favorite bands - did you know it started in Boulder?  It plays Red Rocks www.redrocksonline.com Saturday, June 6. 

The charity auctions are now closed - I apologize for not finding out about them sooner.  Now I know where to look next year.  They featured various packages of seating, meeting, greeting and eating with the band.  All of them looked like fun. I've got a call in to band management so we can find out how much money it raised and who came up with this great idea. 

OK, who'd have thunk it

That Deborah Harry would be alive and well after all these years?  Yet look at the announcement below.

Blondie

August 25, 8:00 PM, Pikes Peak Center

Yes, there it is.  Proof that we can survive despite all odds.

I was never a huge fan of Harry's music but you have to admire her constitution!

Wickedly good comedy is coming our way

Dennis Miller will be at the Air Force Academy Saturday, September 19.
www.dennismillerradio.com I'd list an academy website, but I can't find one.

OK, this guy is the opposite of Larry the Cable, whom I love. (Tickets to his concert were my birthday present to myself, a couple of years ago.) I adore Miller even more.





I heard Dennis Miller in St. Louis, in 1987, and I was working to keep up with his humor. He makes you feel like you missed that philosophy class and you really wished you hadn't. My favorite line at that point? (I'm paraphrasing: "The reunification of East and West Germany kind of reminds me of Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., I never really liked their original work and I have no need to see more.")





Miller made his mark on Saturday Night Live, anchoring "Weekend Update." He then worked into an odd, not quite comfortable fit, on the ABC Monday Night Football team that lasted two-years.

I have to tell you, ordering tickets from the academy is a trial. Academy Concerts really seems to want you to do it (in long-hand) by writing to Academy Concerts, USAFA/10MSG?SVCAE, 2302 Cadet Drive, Suite 12,,,, USAF Academy, CO 80840-6000. The only way I have ever been able to get it done it to call 520-9090. Our Department of Defense at its best.


Hey, tell me what you think?!?
This is a solicitation for your thoughts. If you can give them to me, click on the little word below that says "comments" and I'll be able to see them.
Thanks!

Local Art: The Best TP Job I've Ever Seen... And Other Things

Check this out. 

Is it not magnificent?  This is a house at 265 Haversham Drive.  The county assessor's website says it's owned by Catherine and Joseph Neibur, and we can guess they have at least one teenage child.  I think this is among the most masterful toilet paper jobs I've ever seen.

Other things:

Salazar on The Daily Show

OK, we mentioned in a recent post that Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar of Colorado would be talking with Jon Stewart.  He did and our buddies at the Interior Department's Minerals Management System (know for their fun-loving way of doing business, on their backs and through their noses) escaped pretty much unscathed.  We all expected Stewart to egg the good secretary on over the stories of this unit, but he did not and Salazar seemed pretty uncomfortable talking about almost anything.  The result?  A big sigh of relief for the mattress-backs at Minerals Management and a snoozer of an interview for all the rest of us.

The New Calendar 

You'll notice there is now an events calendar in the upper right-hand corner of All the Talk of the Town.  I'm in the process of getting it running and filled with the events we follow.  It's not my work, but that of a gifted freelancer.  Thank God for them.

On the hunt for the cheapest tickets to the Earth, Wind and Fire concert

I'm working on this.  Live Nation is the distributor that seems to have a lock on Fiddler's Green, but there's got to be a way to get decent tickets for less that the exorbitant prices it's charging ($1,000.00 plus per seat for the three front sections.)  I shall continue to badger and harass friends who have actual information on the subject.

Send Me Stuff

If you have thoughts, graduation / prom / line-up photos of your kids (or for that matter, yourself) send them to me at ervin_annie@yahoo.com.  

Tell Me Stuff

If you want to comment on this (or any other) post, go to the bottom of it where the word "comments" appears and click on it.  It will give you a screen.

Do any of you have prom pictures?

I would love to post them.  You can email them to me at ervin_annie@yahoo.com.  You know, I was thinking in terms of our kids, but if you have prom pictures from our era, this could be hilarious.

An American Idol Winner ran in Meg's family race and helped raise $2-million!

Remember my beautiful friend, Megan Barber?
(She lives here in Colorado Springs and is a frequent contributor to the Gazette's Your Hub. You can see her in a family photo on the April 16th post.) Well, hers is a tremenous example of a family taking a loss and turning it into amazing action. Meg's brother Pat Cassidy died of brain cancer ten years ago, leaving behind a young family. The Cassidy clan (and it's a large one) started a fund-raising race in his honor. Success is apparently a Cassidy gene. Get a load of what this has become. Here's a letter from Megan's sister Ceil.

Ann,
Ceil Cassidy Haus here, Megan Barber’s sister. I want to thank you so much for your generous support of the RACE FOR HOPE last weekend in Washington, DC.

This year, American Idol winner David Cook joined the race, revealing in the closing ceremonies that his brother had died of brain cancer the day before.

Thanks to David and all the wonderful runners and donor, this event raised $2 million, providing funds for reserach and support to those in the thick of the disease.

This is always an emotional day for us, as we see families who have lost loved ones (like we have) and families who have survivors still fighting off brain cancer. It’s a terrible disease and the only way we make progress is to continue to fund the research and hope and pray that one day a breakthrough will come. The National Brain Tumor Society and Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure are the two beneficiaries. Over the years, they have funded grants at Duke University’s Brain Tumor Center and Johns Hopkins Brain Cancer Research Center and more and the work continues. Thank you again for your kindness and very generous donation. I speak for the Cassidy family when we say how grateful we are to those who help us support this fight!

B*@%# Blog

Computer stuff can still be bull....  

I live in a wonderful house, I own one of these infernal devices, I have, through the grace of God, the ability to go buy a new router, since mine gave up the ghost, and still, I am infuriated by the fact that I'm sitting in a blindingly dark room, thanks to the fact that even in this ostentatious house, there aren't enough outlets to illuminate all the ridiculous pieces of equipment required to run a computer AND a desk lamp at the same time...

 

Is this  @#?>*%#* ridiculous or what?  The bottom line is that I have information I want to post here and, having spent hours, then witnessing my husband spending more, I'm guessing that all you social networking scions may have had similar experiences and will cut me the slack to attempt it again tomorrow.

I hate *@&%# technology.

Talk about being in bed with 'em

This may be among the topics on the Daily Show http://www.thedailyshow.com/ Thursday night. It airs on Comcast channel 62 at 12:00 p.m. (that doesn't seem right to me, but that's what Comcast says and since it's next to impossible to get a printed schedule of tv listings in this town, I guess I'll believe it) and is rebroadcast at 3:00 p.m. the next day. That's the one I always catch.

My friend, Mike Ernest, works for the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management System. He emailed tonight, writing, "The Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar will

be on John Stewart's "The Daily Show" this Thursday night, May 7th. I can

only imagine the references to MMS hijinks. Ought to be fun."

The Minerals Management System was accused of trading favors for drugs and sex.

(The reverse of this has reportedly been a tried and true business model on the corners of south Nevada Avenue for years.)

MMS is the part of the Department of the Interior responsible for collecting royalties in lieu of taxes, from companies that produce oil and gas on federally controlled land and water. The department collected more than $9 billion in oil and gas royalties in 2007, making it one of the largest government income producers other than taxes.

In a report to Congress, the department's inspector general, Earl E. Devaney, found wrongdoing by a bunch of employees of the MMS. He wrote that officials in the MMS Royalty-In-Kind program "frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, used cocaine, marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and gas company representatives.”

Having taken a look at this document, I can tell you, if you this government reports are boring, you ought to get a load of this!

Thanks Mike!

More on the Big Tease

OK, remember this post from a few days ago?

Thing number three: The big tease. I can't tell you much about this, but when I can you're going to love it. (I worked with a reporter at Channel 11 who used to do this, and we were all going to gang up and club her to death. Bear with me here.) There is a certain retired detective in town (you all think you know who this is and you're all wrong) who is starring in the pilot for a possible new reality crime show. I saw the pitch and it is fabulous. All I wanted was more. He promises, as soon as there's news, I get it first. (Please read this with a seventh grade smirk.) Tah dah! If you want to verbally club me to death, go to the bottom of this post where it says comments, click on it and whack away.

Well, this series is another step closer to reality.

The Principal On-screen Talent (it pains me to give him this credit) tells me New Dominion Productions is in negotiations with the project's producer, Patrick Bryant, working out a deal to produce a number of these shows for both the American and Asian markets. So what exactly are these shows?

(I watched the pitch reel again and again - it was riveting.) They are murder cases that have been solved here in Colorado Springs, told by one of our police force's retired detectives. (No, it's not the retired detective you all think it is...)

I found it irresistible to see scenes shot in our beautiful city, cut in with (sorry, but it's true) crime scene photos from many of the cases I know so well. Don't mean to be macabre, but it was fascinating to hear them retold by one of those who investigated them. Many of you will be familiar with them as well.

As soon as this deal is finally inked, we get the first interview. We'll do it in webcast form so you can get the full effect.

Comments, questions, clues to what I should be doing? Go to the spot below this post where it says "comments," with no clue that you should click on it, click on it and tell me what you think.

Awwww, Jeff Dunham's voice is suffering - we were supposed to do a podcast

This is Jeff Dunham www.jeffdunham.com and his fully loaded head.  The individuals you see there are usually next to him and all of them will be at the World Arena www.worldarena.com on Thursday of this week (April 30.)  

We were supposed to shoot an interview during the afternoon before the show, but Dunham's people (who are, in fact, very nice) said he's really having a time of it, keeping his voice in shape for the show and that he'd decided to avoid talking at all.  Since sign language comes across so poorly on video tape, no interview.

Dunham has every right to his vocal fatigue.  In January he started a year-long tour of 50 cities.  It includes European stops; he hit London, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo week before last.  

Dunham's PR person Debi Keller says he was doing interviews right and left but they really began to take their toll so he's decided to conserve his voice for performances.  She made sure to add that he has other things going on as well.  Apparently Dunham has a limited series coming out this fall on Comedy Central and he has just signed a book deal.  It's an autobiography, no definitive word on whether it was written by Dunham or one of his alter-egos.    

 

Cool music happening this every moment in southern Colorado

I'm impressed - Tom Hagerman www.myspace.com/tomhagerman of Devotchka devotchka.net  is playing at the KRCC Backyard Bash fundraiser this afternoon. That's pretty high-class help, considering Devotchka plays Red Rocks www.redrocksonline.com on June 20.  Hagerman plays accordian and violin.  He was previously with a band that had the great name, The Denver Gentlemen. Hagerman's first solo album is named after the children's space at a Denver mall:  The Breakfast Playground.  It inlcudes, not only violin, but children's voices and toy instruments.

Coming up?  Have you seen this news?  Peter Frampton www.frampton.com will hit the Pikes Peak Center www.pikespeakcenter.com July 27.  The center is advertising that you can by tickets now if you click on the hot link at its home page and enter the password: frampton, but I haven't been able to get it to work.

I love the name of Frampton's teen-band: the Herd.  He went on from that bunch to Humble Pie, then a solo career.  Big hits?  "Baby, I Love Your Way", "Do You Feel Like We Do?" and "Show Me the Way."  The man likes songs with "way" in the title. 

And fabulous news for fair-goers and Hootie fans:   Darious Rucker www.dariousrucker.com hits Red Rocks  www.redrocksonline.com  September 4, then heads to the Colorado State Fair www.coloradostatefair.com in Pueblo, September 5.

Rucker made the cross-over from rock to country pretty effortlessly.  His first country album hit number one and you're probably familiar with two of his singles:

"Don't think I don't think about it" and "It won't be like this for long," a particularly nice song.  Rucker doesn't seem to be short on ego, but he's also very long on voice. I this his is one of the best around.  (He's probably saying that about another of his qualities, but then we're back to the ego thing.)  Rumor has it, the Blowfish are still searching for him.

Got things to add to this?  I'd love to hear them.  Just click on the place below where it says comments.  Thanks!

OMG! Look at all the new additions to the Master Calendar

Each performer and each venue is followed by a hot link so all you have to do it hit it to buy tickets or get information.

April 22 - The Toadies www.thetoadies.com at The Gothic www.gothictheatre.com, Denver.

April 22 - The Kills www.thekills.tv/ at the Fox Theatre www.foxtheatre.com, Boulder.

April 23 - 39th Annual Greeley Jazz Festival www.arts.unco.edu/uncjazz/festival/default.html - As you can surmise from the web address, this is held at the University of Northern Colorado. This thing is pretty cool. It brings together international artists and more than three-hundred college, high school, and middle school big bands, combos, and jazz vocal groups from across the country. There are more than seven-thousand musicians.  Here’s the big-name stuff:

• Thursday, April 23 - Dee Dee Bridgewater www.deedeebridgewater.com with the UNC Jazz Lab Band I www.arts.unco.edu and acapella vocal group Sixth Wave www.sixthwave.com from Los Angeles.

• Friday, April 24 includes a Maynard Ferguson Tribute featuring trumpeter Wayne Bergeron www.waynebergeron.com with UNC Jazz Lab Band I and the Mingus Big Band www.mingusmingusmingus.com Union Colony Civic Center  www.greeleygov.com/uccc/ Greeley. 

• Saturday, April 25 features saxophonist Chris Potter www.chrispottermusic.com with his jazz group, Underground, and the Jazz Festival All-Star Big Band with Gene Aitken www.geneaitken.com.

April 24 - Lady Antebellum www.ladyantebellum.com at the Grizzly Rose www.grizzlyrose.com Denver.  This one is sold out.

April 24 - Chris Cornell  www.chriscornell.com - Ogden Theatre www.chriscornell.com, Denver.

April 25 - Leon Russell www.leonrussellrecords.com - Stargazers Theater www.stargazer.com, Colorado Springs.

April 27 - Neil Young and Crazy Horse www.neilyoung.com  along with the Neville Brothers www.nevilles.com- Magness Arena - University of Denver www.du.edu/events, Denver. 

April 28 - Queensryche www.queensryche.com Paramount Theater www.paramountdenver.com Denver. 

April 28 - Emerson Drive emersondrive.com at Colorado State University events.colostate.edu, Fort Collins. 

April 29- John Scofield www.johnscofield.com   - Boulder Theater www.bouldertheater.com, Boulder.

April 29 - Korn www.korn.com at the Filmore Auditorium www.thefillmore.com, Denver. 

April 30 - Jeff Dunham  www.jeffdunham.com  - at the World Arena www.worldarena.com, Colorado Springs.

April 30 - ZOSO www.zosotour.net (Led Zepplein stuff) at the Fox Theatre www.foxtheatre.com, Boulder.

May 1 - Mike Seeger mikeseeger.info at Swallow Hill www.swallowhill.com, Denver.

May 2 - Steve Forbert www.steveforbert.com and Mike Seeger mikeseeger.info at Swallow Hill www.swallowhill.com, Denver.

May 6 - Rain (tribute to the Beatles) www.raintribute.com at Pikes Peak Center www.pikespeacenter.com, Colorado Springs.

May 6 - Soulive www.ilike.com/artist/soulive, Fox Theatre, www.foxtheatre.com Boulder.

May 6 - The Queers www.thequeersrock.com -  Aggie Theatre www.aggietheatre.com, Fort Collins. 

May 7 - The Dead www.dead.net - Pepsi Center www.pepsicenter.com, Denver.

May 7 - Rain (the Beatles thing again) - Pikes Peak Center www.pikespeakcenter.com, Colorado Springs.

May 7 - Particle www.particlepeople.com at Cervantes www.cervantesmasterpiece.com Denver.

May 8 -The Lettermen www.thelettermen.com, Union Colony Civic Center www.greeleygov.com, Greeley.

May 8 - Napalm Death www.napalmdeath.org, Black Sheep www.sodajerkpresents.com, Colorado Springs.

May 8 - David Copperfield, www.dcopperfield.com Temple Hoyne Buell Theater www.denvergov.org/Buell_Theatre, Denver.

May 9 - The Charlie Daniels Band  www.charliedaniels.com at Elitch Gardens, www.elitchgardens.com, Denver.

May 9 -  Jackopierce www.jackopierce.com  Soiled Dove Underground,  www.soileddove.com,  Denver.

May 9 - Napalm Death www.napalmdeath.org, Abigail Williams,www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Abigail_Williams-l-en.htm  Marquis Theater (no official website available), Denver.

May 9 - David Copperfield www.dcopperfield.com, Temple Hoyne Buell Theater, www.denvergov.org/Buell_Theatre, Denver.

May 10 - Boz Skaggs www.bozscaggs.com at the Pikes Peak Center www.pikespeakcenter.com, Colorado Springs. 

May 10 - Fleetwood Mac www.fleetwoodmac.com - Pepsi Center www.pepsicenter, Denver.

May 10 - David Copperfield www.dcopperfield.com, Temple Hoyne Buell Theater, www.denvergov.org/Buell_Theatre, Denver. 

May 11- Cowboy Mouth www.cowboymouth.com at the Fox Theatre www.foxtheatre.com, Boulder.

May 13 - Keane www.keanemusic.com at the Ogden, www.ogdentheatre.net,  Denver.

May 13 - Trampled by Turtles www.trampledbyturtles.com at the Fox Theater  www.foxtheatre.com, Boulder.

May 14 - Jimmy Thackery www.jimmythackery.com at the Outlook Hotel www.boulderoutlook.com Boulder.

May 15 - Trampled By Turtles www.trampledbyturtles.com Belly Up, www.bellyupaspen.com Aspen.

May 15 - Lucy Kaplansky www.lucykaplansky.com at the Soiled Dove Underground www.soileddove.com, Denver.

May 16 - Larry the Cable Guy www.larrythecableguy.com,  Wells Fargo Theater, www.denverconvention.com/center-floor-wellsfargo.htm Denver.

May 16 - Stanley Jordan, www.stanleyjordan.com at the Soiled Dove Underground  www.soileddove.com, Denver.

May 16 - Jimmy Thackery www.jimmythackery.com , Smokin' Moe's,  www.smokinmoes.com Winter Park.

May 16 - Nadas, www.thenadas.com at the Polo Club (no official website available), Littleton.

May 16 - Grand Funk Railroad, www.grandfunkrailroad.com Elitch Gardens www.elitchgardens.com, Denver.

May 16 - Trampled by Turtles www.trampledbyturtles.com at the Bluebird Theater www.bluebirdtheater.net, Denver.

May 16 - Grand Funk Railroad www.grandfunkrailroad.com at Elitch Gardens, www.elitchgardens.com, Denver.

 

May 17 - Dane Cook www.danecook.com - at the Pepsi Center www.pepsicenter.com, Denver.

May 17 - My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult www.mylifewiththethrillkillkult.com, The Church www.the-church.com, Denver.

May 17 - Candye Kane www.candyekane.com, Lanny's Clocktower Caberet, www.lannies.com Denver.

May 17 - Lucy Kaplansky www.lucykaplansky.com, Antje Duvekot, www.antjeduvekot.com  Steve's Guitars www.stevesguitars.net, Carbondale.

May 17 - Hazel Miller www.hazelmiller.com, Eric Brown (no website available), John Runnels johnrunnelsmusic.com, Lionel Young, bbs.imdb.de/name/nm3375256/officialsites, Wendy Woo www.wendywoo.com. Fox Theater www.foxtheatre.com, Boulder.

May 20 - Candye Kane www.candyekane.com, Outlook Hotel www.boulderoutlook.com, Boulder.

May 20 - Carrie Rodriguez www.carrierodriguez.com, Romantica www.romanticamusic.com, Steve's Guitars www.stevesguitars.net, Carbondale.

May 21 - Hot Tuna www.hottuna.com, Loudon Wainwright www.lwiii.com, Belly Up www.bellyupaspen.com, Aspen.

May 22 - Hot Tuna www.hottuna.com, Loudon Wainwright III www.lwiii.com, Paramount www.paramountdenver.com, Denver.

May 21 -  California Transit Authority w /Danny Seraphin (no website available) at The Thirsty Parrot www.thirstyparrot.net Colorado Springs.

May 23 - Mavis Staples www.mavisstaples.com, Brews, Blues and BBQ beavercreek.snow.com/info/summer/evt.bbb.asp, Beaver Creek.

May 23 - Tony Furtado www.tonyfurtado.com, Ghost Ranch Saloon Colorado www.ghostranchsaloon.com, Steamboat Springs.

May 24 - Mavis Staples www.mavisstaples.com, Brews, Blues and BBQ beavercreek.snow.com/info/summer/evt.bbb.asp Beaver Creek.

May 24 - Agent Orange www.agentorange.net, Ghost Ranch Saloon www.ghostranchsaloon.com, Steamboat Springs.

May 25 - Agent Orange www.agentorange.net, Abbey Theater www.abbeytheatre.com, Durango.

May 26 - Nine Inch Nails www.nin.com / Jane’s Addiction www.janesaddiction.com (for all you head-bangers) at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre  www.livenation.com/venue/fiddlers-green-amphitheatre-formerly-coors-amphiteatre-tickets  Englewood.  This wins the prize for most complicated web address.

May 26 - Andre Rieu www.andrerieu.com, Pepsi Center www.pepsicenter.com, Denver.

May 27 - No Doubt www.nodoubt.com, Fiddler's Green, www.livenation.com/venue/fiddlers-green-amphitheatre-formerly-coors-amphiteatre-tickets Englewood.

May 28 - The Offspring www.offspring.com, Red Rocks www.redrocksonline.com, Morrison.

May 28 - Lucero www.luceromusic.com, Belly Up www.bellyupaspen.com, Aspen.

May 29 - Tech N9ne therealtechn9ne.com- Red Rocks www.redrocksonline.com, Morrison.

May 29 - Ann Hampton Callaway www.annhamptoncallaway.com, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center www.coloradocollege.edu/news_events/Cornerstone, Colorado Springs.

May 29 - Sons and Brothers www.sonsandbrothersband.com Bluegrass on the River festivalpreviewblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/bluegrass-on-river-pueblo-co, Pueblo.

May 29 - Little Big Town www.littlebigtown.com, Elitch Gardens www.elitchgardens.com Denver.

May 29 - Aaron Watson www.aaronwatson.com, Mesa Theater www.mesatheater.com, Grand Junction.

May 29 - Disco Biscuits www.discobiscuits.com, Ogden Theater www.ogdentheatre.net, Denver.

May 30 - Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband www.shupe.net, Bluegrass on the River festivalpreviewblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/bluegrass-on-river-pueblo-co, Pueblo.

May 30 - Chris Duarte www.chrisduartegroupfans.org, Tugboat (no website available), Steamboat Springs.

May 30 - Disco Biscuits www.discobiscuits.com, Red Rocks www.redrocksonline.com, Morrison.

May 30 - Little Big Town www.littlebigtown.com, Elitch Gardens www.elitchgardens.com, Denver.

May 30 Aaron Watson www.aaronwatson.com, Bluebird Theater www.bluebirdtheater.net, Denver.

May 31 - Sons and Brothers www.sonsandbrothersband.com, Bluegrass on the River festivalpreviewblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/bluegrass-on-river-pueblo-co, Pueblo.

May 31 - REO Speedwagon www.speedwagon.com, Styx www.styxworld.com, 38 Special www.38special.com, Red Rocks www.redrocksonline.com, Morrison.

May 31 - Aaron Watson www.aaronwatson.com, Ghost Ranch Saloon www.ghostranchsaloon.com, Steambaot Springs.

I'm still working on getting this calendar into a box format in the upper right hand corner of the blog.  I just know it can be done...