Come Up to Denver: Crosby, Stills & Nash

Laura Kriho got her wish. The longtime local activist has spent the last several months putting together a website, www.comeuptodenver.com, that serves as a clearinghouse for political- action information connected to the Democratic National Convention coming to town August 25-28. And as the soundrtrack for the anticipated action, as detailed...

By Patricia Calhoun

June 26, 2008

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Laura Kriho got her wish. The longtime local activist has spent the last several months putting together a website, www.comeuptodenver.com, that serves as a clearinghouse for political- action information connected to the Democratic National Convention coming to town August 25-28. And as the soundrtrack for the anticipated action, as detailed here, Kriho got permission from Graham Nash to rewrite his song "Chicago," written a few years after the 1968 Democratic National Convention in that city.

Kriho planned to hand out fliers touting her site, and the song, outside the Wells Fargo Theatre on June 26 -- the night Crosby, Stills & Nash played there to an ecstatic crowd of young fans, socialites (stilettos at a rock concert!) and aging yuppies/hippies. And although I didn't spot her there, I can verify that another Kriho wish came true: The group sang Kriho's version of "Chicago," titled "Come Up to Denver" -- after first dedicating it to Governor Bill Ritter, who was sitting up front. All together now: "We can change the world/Rearrange the world..." -- Patricia Calhoun

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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