Mile High Musicians: Letters “K”
The following musician/s has/have their own page:
RONNY KAE (DENVER)
See The Band Box Discography Page
45 – Leo 506 – “Swinging Drums” b/w “A Flight For Drums”
45 – Honey Records IM 101521 – “Drums Are Back” b/w “Nostalgia”
45 – Honey Records RM 11778 – “Wipe Out” b/w “Harry – Play Those Drums”
Autographed Copy
45 – Scene 1487 – “The King is Dead” (as “Ronny Kaye”)
LEROY KAEHLER SHOW
William Kafara
Bill Kahl
Played the Denver Folklore Center
LP – Grotesque 101 – “Communication” – 1971
BUDDY KAIN
See The Band Box Discography Page
KAKE
Members:
Jay Clayton
Jerry Graneli
Collin Walcott
Paul McCandless
LP – “Kake”
WENDY LYNN KALE
COLORADO MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
KLAK RADIO RANCH HAND BAND
The following was provided by Brad Sullivan:
“I reviewed (Buster Jenkins Blog Page) and didn’t see any mention of him or the guys he played with. I know he also backed some of the big name guys at the time when they would travel w/o their bands in Denver. Bill Anderson was one that I remember because my dad indicated that he wasn’t a very nice guy. As I got into my adolescent years, I remember them playing at the Flight Deck and other clubs in the area.”
- Ernie Sullivan
- Jim (accordion)
- Ralph Donahue
- Leon Allison
- Don “Sleepy” Grant
RON KALMAKOFF
45 – RSR – Winds of Colorado – 1988 – Canada
KALOX RHYTHM BOYS
45 – Kalox K-1102 – Colorado
KAMIKAZI KLONES
LP – MOB – “Kamikazi Klones” – 1982
45 – Maiden Japan 246 – Modern Disappearing Man-Dork at the Party b/w Cambodia – 1980
THE KANDY STORE PROFITS (DENVER)
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
RON KANNAN
45 – Arbrook 105 – “Statue of a Fool” b/w “The Ballad of Thunder Road”
THE KANSAS CITY SOUL ASSOCATION
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
LOUIS J. KAPEL (PUEBLO)
Kapel – along with others penned several songs according to Lisa’s account during the 1960’s
10-Inch 45 – “Little You Care” – 1950’s
10-Inch 45 – “Adorable You” – 1950’s
10-Inch 45 – “Never to End, But To Begin”
10-Inch 45 – “Goodnite, Lovely One” – 1961
KARDEO
LP – “Playboy” – 1986
KAREN AND COFFEE
Karen and Coffee performing at Big Al’s Gashouse at 8975 East Colfax.
WILL KARL
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
MARY TERESA KARLINGER (WITH C. W. RUETTEN)
LP – Twy-Mar 2239 – “D. Chief Eagle’s Winter Count”
GABRIEL KARLSON
45 – Green Glenn – “I’m a Red, White and Blue American” b/w “I’m Singin’ To the Country” – 1976
ERIC KARLSTROM (CRESTONE)
According to Lisa’s Blog Post the “LEM label is a reference to “Lunar Excursion Module” due to Karlstrom’s father being involved with the Astronaut program back in the day. The song was recorded in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Musicians on the recording include Richard Cavanaugh (lead guitar), Dennis Olesniwich (tambourine)
45 – LEM 45-92167 – “A Red Flower” b/w “Race to Nowhere” – 1967
Lynn Karol & the Ranch County Raiders
KAREN KARSH (DENVER)
Karen attended Denver’s George Washington High School and graduated in 1970.
45- Dunhill 4151 – “I Wasn’t Born To Follow” b/w “Musty Dusty” – 1969
45 – RCA Victor 1740 – I Wasn’t Born to Follow b/w Musty Dusty – 1969 (UK)
JACK KASTLE
LP – Alpine 44305 – “One Man”
THE KASTLES
The Kastle family along with other band members recorded in Westminster, Colorado on the Gold Leaf Label.
Members included Jack (vocals), Jill (piano), Kris (drums) and Greg (narratives) – all Kastles along with Bob Myers (guitar), Jim O’Connell (guitar), Marcia Jones (vocals), Marty Benjamin (banjo), Mike Golub (percussion), and Dave Ackerman (multiple instruments)
LP – Gold Leaf 1001 – This I Find Beautiful – 1978
KATAWALER KREEK
PETER KATER
Peter Kater moved around the western United States often appearing in Colorado working in Boulder clubs. His LP’s were recorded in Boulder on Source Records and Silver Wave Records.
LP – Source 1001 – Spirit – 1983
LP – Kay Music – Coming Home – 1985
LP – PK – Two Hearts – 1986
LP – Silver Wave 502 – The Fool and the Hummingbird – 1987
LP – Silver Wave 503 – For Christmas – 1987
LP – Gaia – Gateway – 1988
LP – Gala Records – Homage – 1989
LP – Silver Wave – Moments, Dreams & Visions – 1989
LP – Silver Wave – Rooftops – 1991
LP – Silver Wave – The Season – 1991
LP – Silver Wave – Pursuit of Happiness – 1994
JACK KAUFMAN (HARMONY RECORDS DENVER – & KIMN DJ)
Jack Kaufman was the owner of Harmony Records in 1960’s in Downtown Denver on Welton Street. He was also a distributor for national record labels such as King and Philips and he worked closely promoting CU’s Serendipity Singers. He also did a sting on radio station KIMN. Read Jack’s story here on my Blog.
In the mid 1960’s Kaufman often dropped in at KIMN to promote his Pan American Records distribution product line.
BOBBIE KAY
Appeared on Buster Jenkins Rocky Mountain Jubilee show
MORT KAY
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
BOBBI KAYE
See The Band Box Discography Page
45 UK – Beacon 148 – “It Don’t Take A Fool” b/w “Between Each Tear”
NANCY KAYE AND THE ECHOES (DENVER)
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
HAL KEE
Linda Keene
Chick Kegan (Colorado Springs)
Duffy Keith
Played the Denver Folklore Center
IRENE KELLER WITH SANTE QUINTET (COLORADO SPRINGS)
PAUL KELLER (FORT COLLINS)
THE STAN KELLER ORCHESTRA
Alan Kelly
Played the Denver Folklore Center
ANN KELLY
45 – Tarwathie Records – “Minnesota Love Song” b/w “Pink Chablis” – 1974 (with picture sleeve)
George Kelly
Randy Kelly
Played the Denver Folklore Center – Was a member of the duo “Red Shoes”
TYRONE KELLY
See the CLW Records Label Page
KEMIKOL (PUEBLO)
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
ERNIE KEMM
See The Band Box Discography Page
THE RAY KEMP BAND
KEN AND LALLO (COLORADO SPRINGS)
THE BILL KENNERLY TRIO
At Taylor’s Supper Club – 1968
Kenny J
George Kent (Colorado Springs)
JERRY KENT ORCHESTRA (GREELEY)
Liepfrey Kerg
Paris Kern & Jeff Freelander
Played the Denver Folklore Center – February 2nd, 1978
DICK KERNS
45 – Mountain of Colorado 102 – “Listen to My Song” b/w “When the Morning Comes”
45 – Hillside 101 – “Jennifer” b/w “Mountain Waters”
DOUG KERSHAW (GREELEY)
Spent a good portion of his adult life in Greeley
KEN KESEY (LA JUNTA
Ken Kesey was born in September of 1935 in the southeast Colorado rural town of La Junta Kenneth Elton Kesey. Kesey was a prominent figure in the transition between the “beat generation” and the “hippie” generation emerging out of San Francisco, California.
His two-lasting contributions to our world were his novels “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1960) and 1964’s “Sometimes a Great Notion”. Kesey hooked up with San Francisco’s “Merry Pranksters” along with beat figure Neil Cassady – who also had Colorado connections as did beat poet Allen Ginsburg who co-founded the “Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poets” in 1974 at the “Naropa Institute”.
Kesey died on November 10th of 2001 passing following a surgery to remove a tumor.
1966 – LP – Sound City – “The Acid Test”
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RANDY KETTELSEN
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
KEVIN
HARRY KEVIS TRIO (COLORADO SPRINGS)
JIMMY KEY
See the CLW Records Label Page
SCOTT KEY
Played the Denver Folklore Center – December 1978
LP – Blivet B-1001 – “The Forest and the Sea” – 1976
JIMMY KEY
See the CLW Records Discography Page
THE KEYNOTES
Members:
Johnny LaForte (bass) – Neil Bridge (piano)
THE KEYNOTES (DENVER)
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
JON KEYWORTH
Running back from the first Denver Broncos Super Bowl Team (1977) – Keys made his debut with the single “Make Those Miracles Happen”. His Aspen LP was his only LP.
LP – Aspen 2701 – Keys
This LP was first issued with a locker room cover with nude football players and reissued with this second cover
45 – Cartay 323232 – Make Those Miracles Happen b/w Dance With Me Baby – 1977
THE KICQUES (NORTHGLENN)
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
Mary Ann Kilburn (Fort Collins)
The Red Dog Lounge – Fort Collins
Mary Anne Kilburn & Marriane Ely
KILLER BEZE
DICK KINARD
See the Band Box Discography Page
THE KINDERCIDE
45 – Ash From Sweat AFS #10 – The Trip From Space to the Bedroom Didn’t Happen Overnight – (Flip side by Zombie Zombie) – 2004
KINESIS
Members:
Steve Owen – sax
Peter Huffacker – bass
Dave Goodwin – drums
Brad Hoff – guitar
Dave Riekenberg – sax
Ed Goodman – horns
Rick Jordan – horns
LP – Headfirst HF-9705 – “New Life” – 1981
ANN KING (COLORADO SPRINGS)
CAROLE KING & NAVARRO (CARIBOU RANCH)
Navarro was a Boulder, Colorado group.
Members included Mark Hallman (guitar), Robert McEntee (guitar), Michael Wooten (drums), Miguel Rivera, Richard Hardy and Rob Galloway (bass) – This LP was recorded at the Caribou Ranch.
LP – Capitol 11667 – Simple Things – Charted August, 1977 – #17
DON KING (COLORADO SPRINGS) APRIL 1975
JACK KING (Colorado Springs)
See the CLW Records Label Page
JIM KING
45 – Mountain Records 1105 – “Fools Stool” b/w “My Closing Song” – 1975
JOE KING
KENNY KING
45 – NORAD 65-7 – Telephone Song-Listen Little Girl b/w You Don’t Know What Love Is-Groove Yard
KIM KING WITH BETSY BERNARD
Appeared at The Analyst
RANDY KING & THE COUNTRY ALL STARS
Visit the Randy King Band Box Page (Click Here)
Appeared at the Sultan’s Table at 1601 West Evans in 1963- future site of The Family Dog
MR. TEDDY KING (COLORADO SPRINGS)
TIM KING
Tim played all instruments on this LP.
LP – TeeKay 44 – “Because It Makes Me Happy” – 1981
KING LOUIE & THE LAYMEN – BOULDER
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
The King’s Duo (Grand Junction)
THE KING’S IV
Colorado country band who appeared in the 1970 Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame promotion event.
KINIT HER
45 EP – Bleak Environment 019 – “The Needs of Both” – 2014
Louie Kinman (Colorado Springs)
TRISH KINNEY (MONUMENT)
LP – Grand Lady – Trish Kinney – 1980
45 – Grand Lady 37091 – Message to Iran (Let Them Go) b/w Same – 1980
Rick Kirby (Denver)
Played the Denver Folklore Center – May 4th, 1978
EDDIE KIRK (GREELEY)
JIM KIRK
See the CLW Records Label Page
TONY KIRK
At the Chez Paree 1967
Van Kirk (Denver)
RUSS KIRKPATRICK
Like Fats Johnson – Kirkpatrick also recorded on the Denver folk label Altogether which apparently was run by Fats.
His backing Musicians included Chet Hanson (vocals), Jimmy Ibbtson (drums), Mark Ansley (piano), Gordon Titcomb (bass), Les Thompson (bass), Jimmy Fadden (guitar/harmonica) and Mike Williams (vocals).
LP – Altogether Records 1001 – Russ Kirpatrick
KISMETT INC. (DENVER)
Members:
- Charlie Vigil (Bluetones – Soul Explosion – John Maul and the Cutups – Offspring – New Covenant) – deceased
- Job Vigil (Offspring – Cheeks – New Covenant)
Charlie Vigil suffered from kidney disease and passed away in the 1980’s – Job Vigil resides in North Platte, Nebraska working as an editor on the North Platte Telegraph
(Information & images courtesy of Marc Gonzalez)
BILL KITTLE (WHEAT RIDGE)
Appearing here in 1966 at Wheat Ridge High School – Bill would become a Christian youth counselor.
Bill Kitts
THE KIWIS (PUEBLO)
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
THE KLANSMEN (DENVER)
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
JOHN KLEIN
LP – Americana Records – The Bells of Peace – At the United States Air Force Academy
45 – Americana AR-2 – “Bells From the Skies”
VERN KLINGENBERG (GREELEY)
Red Kloess Trio
KENNY KNAPP
RAY KNEELAND AND HIS CATALINAS
Appeared at the 4 Seasons Club
THE KNEW (DENVER)
- Tyler Breur – guitar
- Tim Rynders – bass
- Andy Thomas – drums
- Jacob Hansen – guitar
45 – SPF 002 – Extended Play – “Company”-“Before It Ends” b/w “The Key – 2010
45 – Snappy Little Numbers SLN-107 – What’s Hip (Long Walk)/World War Ay Ay Ay (Alright) – June 15th, 2013
45 – Greater Than Collective GTC017 – Rally and Rumble/Pound of Skin – 2015
DEWEY KNIGHT (DECEASED)
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
See the Band Box Discography Page
LP – Knight Record Company – “Dewey Knight Sings Velvet Street”
LP – JEMKL 100 – “Shiny Long Limousine” – 1974
45 – High Country 45-68002 – “Haulin My Last Load” b/w “How She’s Forgetting Me” – 1968
45 – Jemki 3288 – “Shiny Long Limousine” b/w “Indecent” – 1973
DON KNIGHT/Trio (COLORADO SPRINGS)
Evelyn Knight
KENNY KNIGHT
LP – CALOP – “CROSSROADS” – 1980
THE TONY KNIGHT TRIO
Appeared at The Sports on Broadway in 1963
The Knightlife (Colorado Springs)
The Knights of Rhythm (Colorado Springs)
Played the Hackney House – May 1971
RED KNUCKLES & THE TRAILBLAZERS
LP – Sugar Hill SH 3787 – “Shades of the Past” – 1988
HERB KOCKNER AND FRED LUCCI
Appeared at the Silver Saddle Corral on South Santa Fe in 1959
KATHY KOHLS AND HER MEN (COLORADO SPRINGS)
LP – KATHY KOHLS RECORDS W/KCMS – 1259 – “KATHY KOHLS SINGS WITH THE GEORGE MARVIN TRIO”
Kathy often was backed by The Kathy Kohls Quintet but not on this LP. A four page bio is included with this LP.
The Kona Klan (Colorado Springs)
KONNI T & WEST BOUND (GRAND JUNCTION)
THE KOUNTRY KNIGHTS
Gary Willis
45 – Mountain of Colorado MTN 305 – I Cry For You b/w Tears
Matt Kramer Orchestra
RON KRAMER
COLORADO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
DAVE KRANE (DENVER)
78 – Kinney – “Life is a Wonderful Thing”
RAY KRANZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA (COLORADO SPRINGS)
DONNA AND CONRAD KRIEGER
LP – Stylist 1700 – “Two Part Stylings”
Margot Krimmel (Denver)
Played the Denver Folklore Center
Max Krimmel & Steve Thurston (Denver)
Played the Denver Folklore Center October 1971
RUFUS KRISP (BOULDER)
45 – Land of Shire – Loveland Pass b/w Mapleleaf Rag – 1973
KRIS KRISTOPHERSEN (CARIBOU RANCH)
The following LP was recorded at the Caribou Ranch outside of Nederland:
THE KRITTERS (ALAMOSA)
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
KROSSROADS (COLORADO SPRINGS)
THE KRYPT KRAWLERS
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
ROBB KUNKEL
Visit the Tumbleweed Records Discography Page
SKIP KURTZ & THE CAPRICIOS
- Skip Kurtz – Vocals
- Jerry Wayne – Guitar
- Harry Egli – Drums
- Gloria Glore – Bass
At the Downtowner Motor Inn Gold Bar – September, 1970
THE KIWIS (PUEBLO)
Visit the Colorado 1960’s Garage Groups Page
BOB KYLE’S BAND (FORT COLLINS)
KYTE
At Mr. Lucky’s 1980
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