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My Famous Friends from the Denver scene (opens the original)
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There’s a song by Chris Young and Kane Brown called “Famous Friends.” That song was playing on repeat in my head this morning, as I was reflecting on attending the Westword 50th Anniversary party last night and the subsequent, unofficial after-party at My Brother’s Bar. I listened to it a couple of times on the way to the office. Stick with me here, even if modern country makes you cringe. The sentiment may strike a chord, even if the style doesn’t suit you. “I’ve got some famous friends you’ve
50 years of Denver music (opens the original)
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Fifty years. Five decades. A half century. That’s about how long this hallowed fishwrap has been around. Think about that for a minute: Westword is older than some of our parents. Hardly anything in this town has lasted that long. Let’s point the DeLorean to the fall of 1977, to see how much things have changed. Denver looked a lot different. A lot. Different. LoDo? That wasn’t a thing. There was no Coors Field. The outer edge of downtown was essentially an industrial wasteland, accessible by a
Meet Westword's new music editor — who might be familiar to some (opens the original)
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Oh, hey, how’s it going? Dave Herrera here. Long time, no speak and all that. I’m Westword’s new music editor — and old music editor. Seem incongruent? Yeah, you’re not wrong. For what it’s worth, I never thought I’d be sitting in this chair again. Like, never ever? Never ever. This, of course, is not the same chair I’m sitting in. Let me be clear about that. I’m also not even seated in the same building right now. This office is a block over and three blocks up. (Fun fact, related: The gigantic
Remembering Chris Fischer of Funkiphino (opens the original)
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We received some sad news over the weekend that keyboardist Chris Fischer passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, Sept. 26, on his way home from a gig. A longtime veteran of Denver’s music scene, Fischer was a founding member of the multiple Westword Music Showcase Awards-winning act Funkiphino, a group he co-founded with Jessica Fischer in 1998. Fischer also played with acts like Knot Rock, Crystal Visions, Still They Ride and the Pink Project, outfits reinterpreting music from the
Nostalgic for '90s Denver? This monster lineup will take you back (opens the original)
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Once upon a time in the 1900s, when it made sense for MTV to host the VMAs — when the network formally and formerly known as “Music Television” used to, you know, actually play music videos, when that was a thing — the Denver music scene was much different. Back then, a facet of the scene revolved around beloved, bygone bars like The Broadway, Cricket on the Hill, the Skyline Cafe, and the Wreck Room; bands like the Hippie Werewolves, Nasty’s Nightmare and King Rat ruled the roost; and a benevol
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