Colorado’s Show Place! A Venue Like No Other! 1980 thru 1984
May 24th, 1980 – Festival of American Music
June 1st, 1980 – The Marshall Tucker Band
June 9th, 1980 – Damn the Torpedoes Tour” – Tommy Petty and the Heartbreakers – Tommy Tutone
Tommy Tutone: Dan Francisco
June 14th, 1980 – Rufus featuring Chaka Kahn
June 18th, 1980 – Kenny Loggins
June 24th thru 26th, 1980 – The Doobie Brothers
Doobie Brothers: San Jose, CA
June 27th, 1980 – The Little River Band
July 1st, 1980 – Jimmy Buffett
July 3rd, 1980 – Summer Spectacular
July 5th, 1980 – Chuck Mangione
July 7th, 1980 – Journey
July 11th, 1980 – Crystal Gayle
July 15th, 1980 – The Blues Brothers
July 29th, 1980 – Al Jarreau
August 1st, 1980 – Waylon Jennings
August 3rd, 1980 – Emmylou Harris
Emmy Lou Harris: 1947
August 10th, 1980 – The Allman Bros Band
August 11th thru 13th, 1980 – Barry Manilow
August 20th, 1980 – America
August 21st, 1980 – Firefall
August 22nd & 23rd, 1980 – John Denver
August 27th, 1980 – Willie Nelson
August 30th, 1980 – Santana
September 7th, 1980 – The 5th Dimension
September 9th, 1980 – Bonnie Raitt
September 10th, 1980 – Jeff Beck
June 11th, 1981 – Bob James
June 18th thru 20th, 1981 – Doobie Brothers
June 21st, 1981 – Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
June 24th, 1981 – Jimmy Buffett
June 30th thru July 2nd, 1981 – The Moody Blues
July 5th, 1981 – Chuck Mangione
July 8th, 1981 – The Marshall Tucker Band
July 12th, 1981 – Joe Walsh
July 18th, 1984 – The 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Opry
July 19th thru July 21st, 1981 – Willie Nelson
July 22nd, 1981 – Jefferson Starship
July 23rd, 1981 – Andre Crouch & the Disciples
July 24th & 25th, 1981 – Pat Benatar
July 26th, 1981 – Salute to the Blues – B.B. King
July 30th & 31st, 1981 – John Denver
August 9th, 1981 – George Thorogood & Destroyers
August 9th, 1981 – Peter, Paul & Mary
August 13th & 14th, 1981 – Emmylou Harris
August 15th, 1981 – Al Jarreau
August 16th & 17th, 1981 – Bruce Springsteen
August 20th & 21st – The Beach Boys
August 21st, 1981 – Air Supply
August 26th, 1981 – George Benson
August 31st, 1981 – Christopher Cross
September 3rd, 1981 – The Allman Bros Band
September 4th, 1981 – Spyro Gyra
September 6th, 1981 – The Dirt Band
September 7th, 1981 – The Little River Band
June 3rd & 4th, 1982 – The Commodores
June 6th, 1982 – The 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Opry
June 11th, 1982 – Loverboy
June 12th & 13th, 1982 – Elton John
June 18th, 1982 – Bonnie Raitt
June 23rd, 1982 – Jimmy Buffett
June 24th, 26th & 28th, 1982 – Willie Nelson
June 27th, 1982 – .38 Special
July 1st, 1982 – Merle Haggard
July 2nd, 1982 – Chicago
July 5th & 6th, 1982 – John Denver
July 7th, 1982 – Kool & the Gang
July 8th, 1982 – Asia
July 14th, 1982 – Waylon Jennings
July 18th, 1982 – Peter, Paul & Mary
July 20th, 1982 – Heart
July 24th, 1982 – Pat Metheny
July 27th thru 29th – The Grateful Dead
August 7th, 1982 – B.J. Thomas
August 8th, 1982 – Chuck Mangione
August 9th, 1982 – The Clash
August 11th, 1982 – Charlie Daniels Band
August 13th, 1982 – Emmylou Harris
August 15th, 1982 – Rick Springfield
August 16th, 1982 – The Go-Go’s
August 18th, 1982 – James Taylor
August 22nd, 1982 – Al Jarreau
August 23rd, 1982 – The Police
August 25th, 1982 – Rickie Lee Jones
August 26th, 1982 – Anne Murray
August 27th, 1982 – Kenny Loggins
August 28th & 29th, 1982 – Doobie Bros
Doobie Brothers: San Jose, CA
August 30th, 1982 – Spyro Gyra
August 31st, 1982 – Liberace
September 1st & 2nd, 1982 – Crosby, Stills & Nash
September 3rd, 1982 – Air Supply
September 5th, 1982 – The Talking Heads
September 6th, 1982 – Steve Miller
September 8th, 1982 – Santana
September 10th, 1982 – George Thorogood & the Destroyers
September 11th, 1982 – April Wine
September 12th, 1982 – Beach Boys
May 31st, 1983 – Men at Work
June 1st, 1983 – The English Beat
June 5th, 1983 – U2
June 8th, 1983 – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
June 14th & 15th, 1983 – ZZ Top
June 18th, 1983 – 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Opry
June 29th, 1983 – The B-52’s
June 30th, 1983 – Joan Armatrading
July 1st, 1983 – A Flock of Seagulls
July 2nd, 1983 – Benefit Concert for Compassion
July 3rd, 1983 – The Little River Band
July 5th, 1983 – Chuck Mangione
July 9th, 1983 – Alabama
July 14th & 15th – John Denver
July 16th & 17th – Eric Clapton
July 19th, 1983 – Pat Methany
July 23rd, 1983 – Blackfoot
July 24th, 1983 – Arlo Guthrie
July 25th, 1983 – Jimmy Buffett
July 26th, 1983 – Aerosmith
July 30th, 1983 – Joni Mitchell
August 5th & 6th – Bette Midler
August 12th & 13th, 1983 – Jazz on the Rocks
August 14th, 1983 – Peter, Paul and Mary
August 22nd & 23rd, 1983 – Willie Nelson
September 2nd, 1983 – The Talking Heads
September 2nd, 1983 – Rick Springfield
September 4th, 1983 – George Benson
September 6th thru 8th – The Grateful Dead
September 11th, 1983 – Culture Club
May 25th, 1984 – Joe Ely – The Clash
Joe Ely: 1947
May 31st, 1984 – Joe Jackson
June 4th, 1984 – The Moody Blues
June 9th, 1984 – Dan Fogelberg
Fogelberg
June 12th thru 14th, 1984 – The Grateful Dead
June 15th, 1984 – Jazz on the Rocks
June 16th, 1984 – .38 Special
June 22nd, 1984 – Julio Iglesias
June 29th, 1984 – Al Jarreau
July 1st, 1984 – The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
July 7th, 1984 – Petra
July 8th, 1984 – Berlin – Stevie Ray Vaughan
Berlin: Los Angeles, CA
July 11th, 1984 – Manhattan Transfer
July 14th, 1984 – Amy Grant
July 20th, 1984 – Hank Williams Jr.
July 30th & 31st, 1984 – Willie Nelson
August 1st, 1984 – Ozzy Osbourne
August 2nd, 1984 – Dio
August 3rd, 1984 – Toto
August 5th, 1984 – The Thompson Twins
August 12th, 1984 – Grover Washington Jr.
August 17th, 1984 – The Go-Go’s – Rick Springfield
August 20th, 1984 – Eurythmics
August 25th & 26th, 1984 – the Learning to Crawl Tour – The Pretenders
August 28th, 1984 – Air Supply
August 29th, 1984 – Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band
August 7th, 1984 – James Taylor
September 10th, 1984 – Elvis Costello
April 28, 2023 at 5:00 pm
So many good concerts….
April 29, 2023 at 8:54 pm
Always surprising (sort of) and sad to hear about musicians who couldn’t/wouldn’t get along with one another but yet step up to microphone together. I remember my mother telling me, going way back, that the Dorsey Brothers used to have knock down fist fights!