Concerts

Dead & Co. 2021 @Red Rocks

ZZ Top 2021 @Fiddler's Green

Thievery Corporation 2021

@Levitt Pavillion

Mark Knopfler 2019, Red Rocks, me & Melissa, Dave & Carole, and a full moon

2019 Stones pre-concert warm up with Mel, Bridgette & Rob, Stephen & MJ

The Rolling Stones 2019

@Mile High Stadium

Stones 2019 with Stephen & Mary Jane during the opening act, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

The String Cheese Incident 2019 @Red Rocks

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet 2019 @Levitt Pavillion

The Greyhounds 2019 @Levitt Pavillion

The Specials 2019 @The Ogden Theater

Diego Figueiredo 2019 @Dazzle at Baur's

We attended as Diego's VIP guests, compliments of his buddy Ted Schultz

Joe Jackson 2019 @The Paramount Theater

Melissa with Pavlo 2018 @The Soiled Dove

David Byrne "American Utopia" 2018 @Red Rocks-- Melissa scored great seats at Red Rocks through a charity auction

Blind Boys of Alabama w/Paul Thorn 2018 @Levitt Pavillion

Ben Harper w/Charlie Musslewhite 2018 @The Gothic Theater

Florea (opened for Larkin Poe) 2018 @Levitt Pavillion

Doug "The Ragin' Cajun" Kershaw 2018 @South Pearl St. Music & Beer Fest

Me with Shemekia Copeland 2018 @Dazzle at Baur's

Los Lobos 2017 @Hudson Gardens

Los Lonely Boys 2017 (opened for Los Lobos)

Lyle Lovett 2017 @Red Rocks

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 2017 (opened for Lyle)

Chicago 2017 @Red Rocks

The Doobie Brothers 2017 (opened for Chicago)

Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) 2017@Pepsi Center

Niece Beth (Dover) Miller in Las Curanderas 2017 @Ophelia's, Denver

Sting 2017 @The Fillmore

Tailgating with Aussies Dave & Leanne before Bonnie Raitt, Red Rocks 2016

Bonnie Raitt 2016 @Red Rocks

Steely Dan 2016 @Red Rocks

Steve Winwood 2016 (opened for Steely Dan)-- just before being interrupted by a massive hail storm!

The English Beat 2016 @The Soiled Dove

The Who 2016 @Pepsi Center

Joe Jackson 2015 @The Paramount Theater

Mark Knopfler 2015 @Red Rocks

Yes 2015 @Chatfield Gardens

Toto 2015 (opened for Yes)

Darlingside 2015 @Dillon Amphitheater -- talked to the band afterwards, as they were staying at our friends Bill & Cathy's house

The Subdudes 2015 @The Oriental Theater

Darlingside w/Heather Maloney 2014 @Swallow Hill

Sheryl Crow 2014 @Chatfield Gardens

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 2014 @Arvada Center Amphitheater

Los Lonely Boys 2014 (opened for Kenny Wayne)

The Subdudes 2014 @Herman's Hideaway

Me and Anthony Farrell (The Greyhounds) 2013 @Stanley's BBQ, Tyler, TX

Suzanne Vega 2013 @Denver Botanic Gardens (opened for Bruce Cockburn)

The Who (Quadrophenia tour) 2013 @Pepsi Center

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson (Thick As A Brick 1&2 tour) 2012 @Temple Buell Theater DCPA

The Lumineers, as part of the 2012 Democratic Presidential Debate on the University of Denver campus

The Spin Doctors 2012 @The Taste of Colorado

Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) 2012 @The Taste of Colorado

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 2012 @Riverwalk Center, Breckenridge

The Who's Roger Daltrey (Tommy tour) 2011 @1st Bank Center, Broomfield

Alison Krausse & Union Station 2011 @Red Rocks

Return To Forever IV (w/Jean-Luc Ponty) 2011 @The Paramount Theater

Jethro Tull 2011 @Red Rocks

Kansas 2011 (opened for Tull)

@Red Rocks

After biking 4 days from St. Charles, MO, culminating with the last 30 miles as part of the Pedalar's Jamboree from Columbia to Boonville with Dave & MB, MJ & Stevo and Rob & Kathy joined Mel & I for the Daredevils concert!

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils 2011 @Pedaler's Jamboree-- ate breakfast the next morning right next to several members of the band who were staying at our same hotel

Ha Ha Tonka 2011 (opened for The Daredevils) @Pedaler's Jamboree, Kemper Park, Boonville, MO

The Moody Blues 2011 @Red Rocks

The Subdudes autographed ticket 2009

I worked security for both the 2008 & 2010 Mile High Music Festivals. In 2008, I worked at the edge of the stage, and was responsible for who got to go backstage (you'd be surprised how many "cousins" the musicians have; and "NO" $20 will not get you past me!)

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss poster 2008 @Red Rocks

2007--shared a smoke with Topley and guitarist Luke Brighty before the show outside Goosetown Tavern, across the street from the Bluebird Theater

The Subdudes poster 2007

Jonny Lang, Melissa won tickets to 2006 Snomass Chilli & Brew Fest

John Mayall autographed ticket 2003 @The Gothic Theater

Larry Coryell autographed CD 2003 @Snug Harbor, New Orleans, LA

"1964" (Beatles tribute band) autographed ticket stub 2003

Blues & Bones Festival 2002 @Mile High parking lot

Denver Blues & Bones Festival 2001, where I was a KCBS Certified BBQ Judge

Blues City Cafe on Beale St., Memphis, the day after seeing The Bluebirds there 1999

Latin guitarist Carlos Ortega of Casolando autographed our CD, after a great show at Pete Miller's Steakhouse, Evanston, IL - 1999

Telluride Bluegrass Festival 1998

After the show @The Little Bear, Mayall came out and saddled up to the bar right next to me and we chatted over a beer - 1996

Winter Park Music Festival 1996 -- Melissa won a weekend pass

Melissa won tickets to Traffic 1994 @Fiddler's Green Amphitheater

Al Di Meola signed ticket stub 1990

1990 Telluride Bluegrass Festival where Bob scored a place up close with the "Shiek's" biker gang he befriended

We saw Scottish fiddler Johnny Cunningham (formerly of Silly Wizard) perform at this very intimate venue, and afterwards had a chance to converse with him about music - 1987

Koko Taylor ticket stub she signed during intermission, as she sat with her husband who had the table right next to ours - 1986

Shows I worked as an usher for in 1983 at The Pikes Peak Center

Bryan Bowers 1981 ticket stub and autographed album

Mel & I had comp tickets and backstage passes with Rex Anderson, cousin of The Tubes bassist Rick Anderson--Rick partied with us after the show - 1981

ChicagoFest on Navy Pier 1980--saw Gatemouth Brown, John Hammond, and Pure Prairie League

1978 - While talking to friends and unwittingly standing in front of the door to Dylan's bus, Bob himself came up to me, and said "Excuse me." I said "Great show, Bob!", as I patted him on the back. We shook hands, and he slid by me into his tour bus.

This show was also memorable in that our seats were right next to the Royal's George Brett, who was "hitting" on my date Cheryl Anderson when I came back from the concession stand!

My Billy Joel ticket cost $3 in 1976

1976- John Ruzick and I had tickets to see REO Speedwagon open for Elvin Bishop at the Uptown. Earlier that day, we went to Capers Corners to meet the band and get their new album "REO" autographed. I've still never seen an "opener" blow away the headliner like they did that night!

While I was in high school, my friend Kevin Helliker knew the head ticket-taker at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. And Kevin was sometimes able to arrange for us to be "waived through" the doors for free! Of course, we then didn't have an assigned seat, and were expected to keep a low profile and stay out of trouble; but I saw 7 concerts this way: Supertramp ('75), Peter Frampton ('76), Arlo Guthrie ('76), Harry Chapin ('76), Uriah Heep/Rush ('76), Jesse Colin Young ('76), and Styx ('77)

3 months shy of my 16th birthday, I had a "learners permit", and my sister Jolene let me drive her old purple '67 Impala to the Tull show at Kemper Arena in the stockyard bottoms of KC. My companions included Mike Meyers (whose father was the KCK Chief of Police) and Tony Madl (who years later committed an infamous double murder/suicide). After the show, we stopped to talk with some friends we'd run into, and by the time we got to the car the parking lot was deserted. It was a frigid night, and the battery was dead because I had left the lights on. Finally, we found someone to give us a jump start, but we didn't get home on this school night until very late.