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AUG 25 .................................................. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND TRIBUTE SEP 8 .................................................................................................. MINDCHATTER SEP 19 ...................................................................................... MARCUS MUMFORD OCT 16 ................................................................................................... THE WRECKS NOV 13 ............................................................................ THE BROOK & THE BLUFF
NOV 1 ..................................................... THE MILK CARTON KIDS + KATIE PRUITT NOV 20 ........................................................... VICTOR WOOTEN BASS EXTREMES DEC 3 .......................................................................................... CHAMPAGNE DRIP
FRI. JUL 29
INSIDE AN HOURGLASS TOUR
WED. AUG 3
LOCAL NATIVES
88.5 KGNU & WESTWORD PRESENT: KING OF THE BEACH TOUR
WAVVES
JORDANA
BOYO, SMUT
THU. AUG 4
SAT. JUL 30
105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND PRESENTS
SON VOLT
WESTWORD & PARTY GURU PRODUCTIONS PRESENT
DEEZY LE PHUNK CJ, SOUL ATOMIC
JACK BROADBENT
SUN. JUL 31
FRI. AUG 5
ROOSTER PRESENTS
88.5 KGNU PRESENTS
INNER WAVE
LES CLAYPOOL’S BASTARD JAZZ
YOUR GRANDPARENTS MON. AUG 1 ROOSTER & GRATEFUL WEB PRESENT
JERRY GARCIA’S 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
FEAT. STANTON MOORE, MIKE DILLON, SKERIK TUE. AUG 9 AEG PRESENTS
TIM HEIDECKER LIVE!
FEAT. A VERY JERRY BAND, DAVE & MATT ABEAR & MORE! SPECIAL COWBOY DEAD SET WITH EXTRA GOLD
SAT. AUG 13
WED. AUG 3 JACK BARTON ENTERTAINMENT & 97.3 KBCO PRESENT: JBE TRIPLE A SUMMITFEST
CHARLEY CROCKETT, SAM FENDER, NIKKI LANE
50 YEARS OF MUSIC
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL GREG SCHOCHET & LITTLE AMERICA
WED. AUG 3
SUN. AUG 14
JACK BARTON ENTERTAINMENT & 97.3 KBCO PRESENT: JBE TRIPLE A SUMMITFEST
ILLITERATE LIGHT, CERAMIC ANIMAL
105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND PRESENTS
BOMBINO
SELASEE & THE FAFA FAMILY
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UPCOMING CONCERTS and EVENTS at THU JULY 28
FRI JULY 29
SAT JULY 30
“THE ULTIMATE MEATLOAF TRIBUTE”
5280s BAND
MEET LOAF 80s vs 90s
THE TONESHAKERS
AND
“ROCK / BLUES”
SPECIAL GUEST
ASHA BLAINE
NOTHING BUT NINETIES
FRI AUG 5
SAT AUG 6
FRI AUG 12
ROWDY SHADEHOUSE
THE LATIN SOL SAMPLES
SPECIAL GUEST
KODAK CONNECTION
“DANCE PARTY”
SPECIAL GUEST
LANTERN BY SEA
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JULY 28, 2022
The generosity of the Finns, and how much they care about the inn and everyone who visits, has also attracted some of the best musicians in the world and made it, according to many Colorado musicians, second only to Red Rocks as a beloved local venue. Brian says music at the inn was originally spontaneous. A group of professors and scientists would come up on Friday nights in the 1960s and play jug band music. That attracted other local musicians, but it wasn’t until the late 1970s that the first “set-up shows,” including some by the popular bluegrass band The Dillards, started taking place at the inn. Over the next few decades, heavyweights such as Peter Rowan and John Hartford played the inn, but concerts were few and far between. “It really kicked in as a more regular thing with the Left Hand String Band, which was the beginnings of Leftover Salmon,” Brian says. “That was Drew Emmitt, and they were kind of our house band for that first summer they played in the ’80s. Vince Herman moved to Gold Hill, COURTESY BRIAN FINN and it evolved into a regular music thing.” Gregory Alan Isakov later began a legendary December tradition at the Gold Hill Inn, and for the last decade there has been music just about every weekend there every summer and fall, with the big New Year’s Eve show putting a bow on the music calendar until May. “We wanna be on the musicians’ side,” Brian remarks. “When we hire a HOOK IT: Blues muband it’s an invite up to our sician Washboard place, and we try to take care of the musicians and feed Chaz (center) was them and make them welcome. It creates a much better mayor of Gold Hill live-music atmosphere. It creates better music—happier mayor for a short musicians, happier us, and then the crowd is a lot better spell. Here he plays too.” with Drew Emmitt, Brian—who often serves bands a fabulous six-course Vince Herman meal—has bottomless memories of extraordinary concerts and Glenn Keefe, at the inn, from Guy Clark to Commander Cody, and will flanked by inn never forget the night a packed house of dancing Gasoline owners Frank and Lollipops fans stomped its way into Gold Hill history. Barbara Finn. “That all started way back with the Left Hand String Band days,” he remembers. “It didn’t really break the floor then, but it got kind of a trampoline effect going, and it finally gave through at a GasPops show. It was a hoedown and broke the floor.” This year’s concert calendar at the inn is full of local talent, from Meadow Mountain to Chain Station, along with exciting touring bands. Brian sounds most excited, however, about the return of Washboard Chaz for “Chaz Fest West” on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13 and 14. He says that when Chaz moved to Gold Hill 40 years ago, “nobody had seen anything like it,” and the eclectic musician (who has played with everyone from John Hammond to Hot Rize) even became mayor of Gold Hill for a time. “I’m looking forward to coming back,” Chaz says. “I really can’t wait. I’m gonna play with some of my old pals who I played with from the mid-’70s to the mid-’80s. Some of these people I haven’t played with in 30 or 40 years and this is the opportunity to do it. I’m getting old. People are dropping like flies.” Chaz says some of his favorite memories of music at the Gold Hill Inn are “just the early days of sitting around the fireplace with locals who came in,” and that seems like the essence of the business Brian Finn’s mom and dad started 60 years ago in the former mining town that slowly became a unique haven for artists, writers, musicians, hearty mountain folk and spirited eccentrics. “The 60 years seems fast, and spectacular,” Brian says. “When we start talking about it like this, I start thinking back, and you remember those great moments and how long the ride has been. It’s our life. As far as what the future holds, that’s really up in the air. It’ll change when it’s gonna change. We just go by feel, for the most part. It would be very cool if it does stay in the family. I hope so, but that’s just a complete unknown.” Email: editorial@boulderweekly.com l
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