Voices from Red Rocks: Memories of U2's Greatest Concert

Last month, Douglas Newman, the executive editor of JamsBio.com, reached out to me looking for folks that were on hand at Red Rocks on that fateful day twenty-five years ago for U2's now legendary show. He told me he was putting together a video podcast commemorating the release of Live...

By Dave Herrera

October 2, 2008

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Last month, Douglas Newman, the executive editor of JamsBio.com, reached out to me looking for folks that were on hand at Red Rocks on that fateful day twenty-five years ago for U2's now legendary show. He told me he was putting together a video podcast commemorating the release of Live From Red Rocks on DVD. Sounded like a cool enough project, so I passed on a few names of people I knew. Well, as it turns out, he came up with something really cool. Newman added voice overs from photographer Greg Wigler, whose images have been amongst the most widely used in stories about the iconic event and memories from my predecessor, Gil Asakawa, among others, over footage taken directly from the DVD. Check it out after the jump. -- Dave Herrera

Voices from Red Rocks: Memories of U2's Greatest Concert

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