Author: Dave Gil de Rubio Last Word Features
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Chicago set for show in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Averaging 80 to 100 shows each year, Chicago is out supporting the recently released “Chicago at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (9/ 16/71),” a four-LP/three-CD set encompassing that historic gig. And while that show occurred 54 years ago, it…
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Collective Soul coming to Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper once sang that Elvis was everywhere — to hilarious effect. In the case of the most recent Collective Soul record, the two-CD “Here to Eternity,” the spirit of Presley was omnipresent. Recorded on site at Presley’s California estate in Palm…
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Longtime musician Taj Mahal bringing unique performance to Colorado Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Taj Mahal has anecdotes that can go on for days. Given the extraordinary musical life he’s lived, it’s no surprise. Mahal got his start in 1964 as a 22-year-old joining forces with a then-17-year-old Ry Cooder to form the cult group The Rising Sons, got…