Jerry Garcia

Ask a Stoner: Can I grow pot at my rented condo?

See also: Pot critic William Breathes answers your cannabis queries in a special 4/20 edition

New Denver shows: Maroon 5 and Kelly Clarkson, Fall Out Boy and Warren Haynes

Brace yourself for the return of Fall Out Boy. The dudes are evidently back to save rock and roll. Maroon 5 and Kelly Clarkson, meanwhile, are teaming up for a co-headlining date at Fiddler's Green for the Honda Civic Tour, and Warren Hayes is set to collaborate with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra ... More >>

Greensky Bluegrass

Friday, March 1, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399. 

Reader: Think the Quixote's mural is bad? Murder is worse.

New public murals cause the wrong kind of awe

Reader: "If these defacers cared so much about the original mural, why didn't they support the original business that got painted?"

With the exception of perhaps Tim Tebow or the recent election, few things around here have been as polarizing as the mural saga at 314 E. 13th Avenue, the former home of Bender's Tavern and the new home of Quixote's True Blue, which is slated to kick off its grand reopening celebration tonight. Yes ... More >>

Reader: Punk's dead -- and Quixote's moving into Bender's is proof of it

To mark the transition of the former Bender's space to the new home of Quixote's True Blue, which opens tonight, the Johnny Cash mural on the eastern wall was replaced with one of Jerry Garcia -- which was then painted over while the artist came up with a replacement Garcia, which was immediately va ... More >>

Reader: "Is this all you have to bitch about?"

Just before the weekend, we noticed that a new Jerry Garcia mural had been painted over Tommy Nahulu's iconic rendering of Johnny Cash on the east wall of the former Bender's Tavern on 13th, now the current home of Quixote's. We posted a short item about the piece on Friday that drew a flurry of vit ... More >>

Furthur at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 9/22/12

FURTHUR @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 9/22/12 All signs pointed to go before the doors to the venue even opened. It was the first day of fall, a beautiful day, and all four of Red Rocks' main parking lots were filled up by 5:30 p.m. Deadheads were parked out on Highway 93 and trekking their way up to ... More >>

On Aspen Mountain, visiting memorial shrines is a tradition

Review: Furthur at Red Rocks, 9/30/11, Night One

FURTHUR at RED ROCKS | 9/30/11, Night OneYou know a show at Red Rocks is sold-out when the tow truck drivers are blocking the entrances to the park. Cars, trucks and VW buses lined every road in the park, leaving only a few spaces here and there by 6:15 -- and frustrating caravans of tie-died kids s ... More >>

John Mellencamp, Rose Hill Drive, Tech N9ne shows announced

​Touring in support of his latest effort, No Better Than This, John Mellencamp comes to the Temple Buell Theatre on Wednesday, April 6. Tickets range from $44.50 to $130 and go on sale this Friday, October 29 at 10 a.m. -- and include a digital download of the T Bone Burnett-produced album, wh ... More >>

Last Night(s): Furthur at Red Rocks 9/24/2010-9/26/2010

​ FURTHUR 9/24/2010 - 9/26/2010 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre In some way or another, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead have kept things alive for the last fifteen years. Bassist Phil Lesh has been the hardest touring, with his ever-evolving lineup of Phil and Friends. Guitarist Bob We ... More >>

Furthur

Friday, September 24, through Sunday, September 26, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

Phish makes triumphant return to Telluride

Boyd Fletcher​ PHISH August 9-10, 2010 | Telluride Town Park Looking out over a crowd of roughly 10,000 people on the ball fields of Telluride's town park after tearing through a cover of Traffic's "Light up or Leave Me Alone," Phish's Trey Anastasio summed up the surroundings succinctly: "I ... More >>

Top ten myths about Red Rocks

RedRocksOnline.com​ As Red Rocks is gearing up for its set of summer shows, we decided to do a little bit of research about its vibrant history. Not surprisingly, we learned that the ancient venue has its fair share of myths and rumors, many of which we've collected below. Feel free to share ... More >>

Susan Boyle grabs top spot at Bart's CD Cellar

​Susan Boyle, whose I Dreamed a Dream is burning up American and UK charts, grabs the top spot at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending December 13. Norah Jones claims the second slot with her latest effort, The Fall, and Rodrigo y Gabriela checks in at number three with 11:11. Rosanne Cash's The L ... More >>

Kenny Be's Friday Afternoon Club: Tea and sympathy

Blue Sky Collective artists Lori Clayton and Kathy Nutt join Jessica Noonan at Hootenanny Candies and Tea... ​ "Lori, Kathy, the bad news is that the artist collective must vacate the premises by December 1. The good news is that it still gives you two plenty of time to unload your inventory o ... More >>

Rosanne Cash top seller at Twist and Shout

​Rosanne Cash's The List, which features cameos by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Tweedy, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout for the week ending November 15. Bad Weather California's Young Punks came in second, Jerry Garcia's 1975 live recording Let it Rock nab ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Ratdog at Chautauqua

​Bob Weir & Ratdog Sunday, August 30 Chautauqua Auditorium Better Than: Parts of the reunited Dead's performance in Denver a few months ago For those of us who were introduced to the Grateful Dead as elementary school kids in the late-1980s by the San Francisco band's ubiquitous MTV hit "Touc ... More >>

Last night: The Dead at the Pepsi Center

Photo: Adam PerryThe DeadThursday, May 7, 2009Pepsi CenterBetter than: a Grateful Dead cover band but at times worse than some of Phil Lesh's bands -- wait, the Dead kind of is a Grateful Dead cover band.Singer/guitarist Bob Weir, always the wild-eyed youngster in the Grateful Dead, was in his late ... More >>

Bill Kreutzmann

Friday, February 20, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

Bar Back

The latest nightlife news.

David Bromberg Returns

This musician's musician is back to making music after a 22-year hiatus.

What About Bob?

Kettle Joe's Psychedelic Swamp Revue

Friday, December 8, Quixote's True Blue; Saturday, December 9, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 1-866-455-2263.

Hillcrest Grill

Rogue agents at work.

Jerry Garcia Band

Thursday, June 22, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

The Warlocks

Thursday, March 16, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Arthur Lee Land

Dragonfly (Perfect Groove Records)

May Daze

May 26-30, Spanish Lady Ranch, Strasburg, 303-297-1772, www.maydaze.net.

Drink of the Week

57 T-Bird With Hawaiian Plates

Warren Haynes

Live at Bonnaroo (ATO Records)

Best Men's Room in a Bar

Sancho's Broken Arrow

Hit Pick

Yonder Mountain String Band

Days of the Dead

The Grateful Dead’s chief observer attempts to distill the band’s appeal in a new book.

Jerry Meander

Grateful Dawg isn't quite alive enough to be Dead.

American Beauty

A new Rhino boxed set catalogues the Grateful Dead's journey down The Golden Road.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of July 13.

Critic's Choice

This week's concert pick.

Playlist

Kool Keith, Joe Gallant and Illuminati, Belle and Sebastian, Tricky With DJ Muggs and Grease, Reggae Gold 1999

Night & Day

February 25 - March 3, 1999

Letters

Dead, Schmed

So what's with all these Jewish Deadheads? Doug Gertner has a theory or two.

Thrills for the week

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