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Featured image for post: Paul Epstein’s “Let Me Take You Down (to the basement)” #14

Paul Epstein’s “Let Me Take You Down (to the basement)” #14


Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductee Harry Tuft and his Denver Folklore Center are one of the most important stories to be told in the history of Colorado music. Harry (who grew up in Philadelphia) originally started the Denver Folklore Center in 1962 with a few acoustic instruments to sell and a desire [...]

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Paul Epstein’s “Let Me Take You Down (to the basement)” #13 Pt.2


Tale of The Fish Part 2 So, last time I told you about my first meeting with Denver artist John Fish and my purchasing of his posters and original artwork used in advertising concerts in Colorado (and other states) in the early to mid-‘70s. But the story didn’t end there. After I got the stuff [...]

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Yonder Mountain String Band inducted into The Hall at Telluride Bluegrass


The long-awaited induction of Yonder Mountain String Band, the final member of “The Flatirons Sessions,” the pandemic-delayed 2021 Induction Class, was held at the 50th Telluride Bluegrass Festival on June 16,, 2023. Festival producer Craig Ferguson, along with Colorado Music Hall of Famer Tim O’Brien, [...]

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Featured image for post: Paul Epstein’s “Let Me Take You Down (to the basement)” #13

Paul Epstein’s “Let Me Take You Down (to the basement)” #13


The Tale of Mr. Fish - Part 1 In 1988, when I was first beginning my career as a record store owner, I was at the store one day when my wife came in breathlessly and told me I had to go to a house a few blocks away because there was a guy selling off all his posters. In those days, she used to go [...]

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