Garth Brooks had the “greatest day of his career” in Denver
Luckily, not every Slim Cessna Auto Club show is dangerous, but the shooting illustrates the misbehavior that often goes hand in hand with gothic country music. That guy was shot!”Ĭessna went on to say that he encountered the man-months later, who eagerly showed him the scar in his side where the bullet had entered. Then there was a short scuffle and a BANG! Some dude came stumbling in and collapsed at the front of the stage. “It was a lovely and perfect Lion’s Lair evening. Recently chronicled Denver Westword‘s Denver Bootleg comic, Cessna recounts the truly bizarre and horrifying event that took place at the first concert he played with his band Slim Cessna’s Auto Club: Typically, dark themes like ghosts, infidelity, and all manner of criminal misdeeds that the Denver sound is known for remain confined within song lyrics, but Cessna witnessed a real-life vivid, life-threatening act of violence on stage during his first show. Slim Cessna is a Denver-based musician credited for helping to build Colorado’s gothic country-fueled music scene, a unique genre that is now known as the “ Denver sound” internationally. A man was shot at Colorado musician Slim Cessna’s first show Slim Cessna’s Auto Club (Slim Cessna & Jay Munly). Rocky Mountain News critic Thomas MacCluskey was taken by Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, but had less nice things to say about the rest of the band, calling called Robert Plant’s vocals “a cut above average in style, but no special appeal in sound.”īy the next time the band played Denver two years later, they’d become one of the world’s most revealed and influential music groups, and MacCluskey’s review of their second performance was more positive. Led Zeppelin’s seminal debut album hadn’t hit stores at the time of the concert, which meant their Denver performance was played for an unfamiliar crowd in an unfamiliar country. The British rock legends opened for Vanilla Fudge at the now-defunct Auditorium Arena, a large Denver venue that was later torn down and born again as the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.īut what’s even more surprising that Led Zeppelin’s first North American show was held in Denver is that iconic Colorado music promoter Barry Fay first refused to let the band perform, and only allowed them to when headliner Vanilla Fudge paid him $750 out of their own pockets. Denver hosted Led Zeppelin’s first North American concertĮven for devout rock fans, late 60’s Denver seems like an unlikely place to host a band as important as Led Zeppelin for their first North American performance, but the Mile High City did just that on December 26, 1968. Here are among the most notable events in Colorado music history, in no particular order: 1. Let’s explore some the most legendary musical moments. From legendary bands to venues and everything in between, Colorado has its heaping share of stories both on and off the stage. These moments helped mold many of the famous bands from Colorado that we know and love today.
ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE MORRISSEY FULL
The history of music in Colorado is full of events that are fascinating, tragic, and inspirational. Highlights of Colorado’s Music History Concert at The Fillmore on New Year’s Eve. So next time you’re out for a show at one of Colorado’s epic concert venues, you may be part of enduring history in the making. If you’re interested in learning more than you can glean from a night at Red Rocks, we’ve compiled fourteen moments that helped shape Colorado music. Long before jam bands and EDM rose to define Colorado’s music scene, musicians and the industry surrounding them transformed music locally and beyond through moments of tragedy, intrepidness, or by pure luck. Many music fans don’t realize it, but Colorado boasts a dramatic musical legacy involving multiple generations of bands, music venues, and promotors captivating enough to serve as inspiration for a concept album.
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