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3 years ago | Colorado History
On April 25, 2018, Joe Vasquez, better known as Denver Joe, passed away. He was 62.
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15 years ago | Music News
Could there be a worse name for a guy in a band?" asks John Common of his surname. "Look up 'common' in the dictionary, and here's what it says: normal, plebian, standard...having no special distinction, coarse." Ironically, none of those terms co...
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15 years ago | Music News
The one thing in short supply in good roadhouse music is humor. But there's no such lack on the debut CD from local twang-bangers the Calf Branders. The boys open Good Enuff!? with their very own theme song, which pays tribute to everything from t...
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16 years ago | Music News
Dallas Wayne mixes country's dyed-in-denim traditions with the stupidity-free sensibility of modern, insurgent C&W. On Fan, Wayne wraps his burly baritone around a batch of old-style tunes that mention trucks and jukeboxes but never scream cliches...
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16 years ago | Music News
Equal parts genius, anarchist and freak of nature, Robbie Fulks is the under-heralded king of "real" country music. Georgia Hard, Fulks's latest effort, sports a mandolin-blessed tribute to highway escapism ("Where There's a Road") along with inst...
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17 years ago | Music News
Tommy Stinson's position as ultimate rock-and-roll bassist is undeniable. His astoundingly mature efforts at putting bass and backing vocals into the Replacements catalogue were unmatched. He followed those achievements with a gig as frontman for ...