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Stories from a zillion studios and Zappa BEHIND STUDIO MICS Before I was rudely interrupted into a decade of band management at 21, the Righteous Bluegrass Band had already been into a studio at the University of Colorado and laid down a few tracks. The tape they played me was fun but thuddy, the acoustic […]
Some tactics just plain backfire in lieu of public love. The Righteous Bluegrass Band had an occasional dilemma — to buck the promoter and play an encore or not. In this case, despite the protestations back stage of our bass player Earthquake, the band was NOT allowed to do an encore that might dampen the […]
When we played Ebbets Field we had a dressing room that was a large suite on the second floor of the Brooks Tower (The club was on the first floor) and we would practice or relax there before and between shows. If we were opening for someone we often shared the space. On this gig […]
Back in the 1970s, Denver was still regarded as a Rocky Mountain “cowtown,” a blip on the national music radar screen that didn’t reap the consideration of most Americans. Ebbets Field, the town’s premiere concert venue of the decade, helped change all that. Located downtown on the ground floor of the 40-story Brooks Tower building […]
http://www.moonsmind.org/rufuskrisp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Title.mp4 After Robert left the band would he drift aimlessly? Well how about writing a # 1 country song with Michael Woody. Sheesh. Yuma, Colorado not only spawned Robert and Scott but also their compatriot Michael Woody. Their high school rock band. Scott left, Woody black leather jacket and Robert string tie! The Desert Rose […]
Old Joe Clark & Salty Dog We idolized Doc, just like the rest of the world and being on the bill with him was the greatest treat!! Before the show Doc and son Merle were upstairs of the Tulagi concert hall on the Hill in Boulder and overheard the RBB warmup upon before they went […]
The RBB added yet another member…a street-smart pigeon they named Rufus who gigged with them on many a Tour, and in a John Astin feature-film western, eventually retiring in Des Moines after green-washing the iconic white jacket of another guest on a Chicago TV appearance… Col Sanders!
Babyface Braunschweiger (Roger) here. When I first flew into Denver and then rode the bus into Boulder CO in 1973 with my brother Mike, I was a fairly spoiled New York brat with long hair and a nice Fender Precision bass and a fairly strong voice. Boulder was at the time, one of the centers […]
There were three TV Specials — two in Denver and one in Tulsa. A random band fan found this one and posted to YouTube. It was shot by Producer Chris Curtis at KRMA-TV Denver, with location shoots on Loveland Pass at 12,000 feet in the snow, a symphony hall and in the TV studio. One […]