Roaring Fork October 2016

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Musical Notes

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All That Jazz (Folk, Bluegrass, Country & Classical...)

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stute readers may have noticed that each month, Roaring Fork Lifestyle has a theme that is announced on its cover. I had been working with a "music and musicians" theme when some basic math convinced me to change that.

At the tail end of the Aspen Music Festival, I happened to duck into the Harris Concert Hall and was astonished to discover it stuffed with pianos, "long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown ones, black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones," some even ornamented with gilt and paintings! I was told that an annual piano sale was offering up more than 180 Steinways used this season by the Aspen Music School's students and faculty.

That equals a lot of practicing! I added 180 to a guesstimate of how many musicians perform at the summer concert series in Basalt's two locations, then in Redstone, in Glenwood Springs at Music on the Mountain and in Two Rivers Park, at Carbondale's Mountain Fair and at recitals in the Carbondale and Basalt Libraries. Plus at year-round venues like Heather's Pies, the Glenwood Vaudeville and Steve's Guitars. The exercise made me dizzy.

My head was spinnin' because, like a whirlpool, our local music never ends.

What's more, math isn't my strongest suit. As you'll read in Parting Thoughts, my brain is organized like a rather eccentric library. Way too much space is devoted to decades of song lyrics. (I never forget those, but I'm convinced that the room devoted to numbers must be Teflon-lined because things like account numbers and dates just slide right out.)

In any case, I quickly decided that surveying the local music scene would require not a magazine, but a book, or maybe two! "Our hills are alive with the sound of music!"

This more-modestly titled "Musical Notes" issue includes a peek at a recording session for the ever-popular Let Them Roar, a look at Piano Man Jonathan Gorst's plans for the reborn Riviera Supper Club and some photos from Jazz Aspen-Snowmass. In Parting Thoughts, you'll find a list of not-to-be-missed local groups, courtesy of Matt Harrington, Olivia Pevec and Jim Hawkins, three musicians whose praises have been sung here before.

This issue reveals that the musical Olivia Pevec is also a talented metalsmith and that rock musicians can suffer from repetitive stress injuries. Here, you will learn why Tibetan monks were chanting at Third Street Center, and you'll enjoy stories about dog-powered sports and local jewelry artist Emily Gustafson.

I don't know much about algebra and I don't claim to be an A student, but I do know that as long as we have these talented local musicians in our midst, what a wonderful world this will be!

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October 2016

Departments 10

Good Times

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Around Town

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Artist’s Palette

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Trend Setter

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Our Town

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Animal Kingdom

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Inspired By

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Financial Buzz

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Healthy Lifestyle

16 “Alloy” Explores the Malleability of Metal

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Page Turners

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Lifestyle Calendar

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Parting Thoughts

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Launchpad Show Features Seven Local Artisans

18 Emily Gustafson's Nature-Inspired Jewelry

Local Girl Makes Good with Feathers & Antlers

22 Dog-Powered Sports Form a Bond

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he valley is rocking with every style of music you can imagine from classical, blues, rock and roll from the 50’s to the latest—Glitch Soulazz. Vocal artists coo, croon and belt out their melodies for all to enjoy.

There is another type of symphony that only a small percentage of us get to enjoy—the Symphony of the Rocky Mountains during Elk Rut. Late in August and through September, the mating season goes into in full swing for these shadows of the forest; some hunters call them ghosts because it's an animal weighing 800 pounds of more that appears and disappears as if it was never there.

The elk are the conductors and the lead vocalists in the Symphony of the Rockies. An hour before the breaking of dawn, a bugle breaks the silence and is answered by other bulls in the area. The symphony is about to begin.

Trying to locate the performer, the hunter answers with his own elk call. He’s soon answered by another blast of the elk’s bugle. This eerie serenade lasts throughout the day and into the twilight.

Other artists are not to be left out. As the morning advances, a hawk high overhead offers his shriek, followed by the out-of-tune

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caw of a crow and then a happy chorus of songbirds. The wind adds to the background of sound as it blows through the thick, dark timber.

Then, suddenly, and as shocking as the smashing of a cymbal, you will hear the clash of antlers as dueling bull elk battle for the rights to the herd. The largest and strongest will prevail with the second-place contender quickly disappearing into the forest. He will return next year, bigger and stronger, and will again attempt to claim his rights to the herd.

But now the wind is the only sound you will hear. As evening approaches and the bugles die, the final performers take center stage.

The coyotes cast their throaty chorus into the darkness as the hunter sits by his campfire thinking about the thrill of the Rocky Mountain Symphony he was lucky enough to attend.

The Symphony of the Rocky Mountains is a command performance that is played for only six to eight weeks a year. For those willing to hike high to the mountain ridges, this special time will offer the performance of a lifetime and memories that will echo down the years.

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AROUND TOWN

MOUNTAIN FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC EXPANDING IN BASALT Mountain Family Health Centers is planning a capital campaign to

Nancy Bo Flood’s winning book, Soldier Sisters, Fly Home (Charlesbridge), tells the story of two sisters living on the Navajo Nation in Arizona and tensions that arise when one of them enlists in the US Army. Flood will use her grant to visit Navajo schools where she will share the book with Native American students. “I want to encourage and support students' own writing,” she commented. “Less than one percent of books published for children are about contemporary American Indians. Every child should see themselves—their stories, their landscape, and their people—in a book.”

ELLEN STAPENHORST RELEASING NEW ALBUM IN OCTOBER

raise money to expand its Basalt Clinic, which is planning to move in

Local singer/songwriter Ellen Stapenhorst has been recording an

2018. The clinic will relocate to Basalt’s old Bristlecone space which

album at Cool Brick Studios in Carbondale and will be releasing it this

currently houses Pitkin County employees. Mountain Family Health cur-

month. She says, “It’s been a wonderful process, working with the

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ever-so-patient and talented Dave Taylor. Some great players and

will add dental service through its Mobile Dental Van in early 2017.

singers have joined me, all in the spirit of putting something thought-

Mountain Family Health Centers (MFHC) is expanding to meet its mission of providing high quality, integrated primary medical, behavioral and dental health care in the communities it serves, with special consideration for the medically under-served, regardless of ability to

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Dr. Jay Komarek, an equine chiropractor from Denver, says that

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators recently

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awarded its 2015 Book Launch Award to children’s writer Nancy Bo

showcases his “resolve and dedication” to the veterinary chiropractic

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the promotion and marketing of newly published works for children.

The beautiful, independently-funded documentary film shows how the time, love, care and chiropractic adjustments offered by a small group of dedicated individuals enabled the battered horse to break through her complex system of defenses and return to a state of grace and well-being. The film is being presented by Lux Wellness Center and will be shown at Carbondale’s Crystal Theatre, on Sunday, October 16th at noon.

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Last academic year, YouthEntity served 2,700 students, with 1,830 in Garfield, Pitkin, Summit, Mesa and Eagle County schools participating in a personal financial literacy workshop. After the workshop, students earn cash awards of up to $15 each for a perfect test score.

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Artist’s Palette

"ALLOY : The Malleability of Metals" REFLECTIONS OF A CURATOR AND A METALWORKER

"All Black" by Natasha Seedorf

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One of Mark Cesark's metal "paintings"

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consider my material: about 14 inches of 3/8" round, hot-rolled steel. Hot cut on both ends. I decide I will upset one end to build a mass for the head of my spoon.

I have been making spoons during most of the days that I work at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park blacksmith shop.

Why? For Alloy: the Malleability of Metals, a show I am co-curating with Natasha Seedorf at the Launchpad Gallery. The show hangs through October.

As curators, we are exploring The Question. (If you're familiar with “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”, by Douglas Adams, then you know the answer is 42.) Might the question be something about the ultimate relationship between art and craft? When the perfect balance is achieved, magic is spun. The resulting artifact is imbued with a timeless resonance that reaches right into an observer's being—it makes us feel, deeply, that we are a piece of the whole picture.

Alloy brings together seven Colorado artists who work in metals both noble and base: Halley Bates, Ira Sherman, Mark Cesark, Alison Finn, Matt Haugh, Natasha Seedorf and me, Olivia Pevec. My passion lies in making new objects from of old ones. Seedorf works primarily in jewelry scale, in steel, but also in silver, gold and found objects.

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Metal sculpture by Olivia Pevec

Seedorf and I proposed Alloy to Carbondale Arts a year ago; it has been 10 years since there was an all-metals show here and we all agreed it was time. The artists were chosen to show the "malleability of metals" in a literal way; their work embodies a spectrum of materials and methods, reaches a high degree of craftsmanship and transcends the purely functional to ask questions about the nature of the human experience.

Finn, Haugh, Seedorf, Sherman and I all come from a blacksmithing background, which in essence means forging hot iron.

Most American blacksmiths, including many Alloy artists, can trace their involvement in the craft back to Francis Whitaker, a blacksmith who spent his last four decades in the Roaring Fork Valley.

Finn was honored to finish Whitaker's work and use his touch mark after he died.

Haugh is now the master of Whitaker's shop at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School.

Many readers will remember Sherman's exquisite forged and fabricated work from the Green is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza.

Cesark makes "paintings" from pieces of reclaimed painted steel. Bates is a professor of metalsmithing at Colorado State University who works mainly in silver. Her work inspired one of the key focal points of the show: a wall of spoons created by artists from all over the country and the world.

Yes, spoons.

All summer, I have begun creating these spoons by isolating a mass for the head and then drawing out the handle. I don't have a particular vision for this spoon. I aim to

track its progress and retain a strict discipline in how I set up for the next heat. It’s easy to get carried away while forging, and maintaining this discipline is reminiscent of trying to remain lucid during a dream.

There's a lazy pull toward relaxed standards.

In my wildest dreams, I will not need to file at all, I want to see the steel react, the energy of each blow clearly captured when the metal cools. I use a ball pean to spread the spoon, starting in the center and following the heat, pushing material outward to the edges. I keep my hammer blows consistent and move the steel to locate the blows.

I watch the shape emerge, making decisions while the hammer is suspended about where the next blow should land.

But this is all craft. Where is the art? I find it where imperfections occur. As Bob Ross, the iconic host of PBS's "The Joy of Painting" tells us, "there are no mistakes, only happy accidents".

I am coming up consistently with lopsided shoulders. I have not yet learned enough craft technique to correct them. (Perhaps these are all self portraits?) But I have discovered that accentuating that difference makes for a very interesting shape. I see a juxtaposition of line and shape that gives me that tingly feeling that tells me I'm on the right track. I am in love with a particular forging that echoes this shape; it pleases me in a way I have difficulty describing.

Is that art? Come. See for yourself. That is what the artists of Alloy are doing: forging, forming, welding, casting, joining, and shaping The Question.

"Spooning with Medusa" by the Mount Jennings Team

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Trend Setter

Emil y Gus t af s on Bre at he s the Spirit o f the We s t Emily Gustafson

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ne of the best aspects of Carbondale’s Mountain Fair is purchasing a one-of-akind craft from the artist who made it. Wild Feather and Stone jewelry by Emily Gustafson presents such an opportunity. The author of this article purchased a leather bracelet with a freshwater pearl and chalcedony quartz, and then went back to buy matching earrings.

Gustafson’s designs are truly unique, and trendsetters who wear her jewelry can revel in knowing that she made her pieces right here in Carbondale.

This Roaring Fork Valley native has turned her high school hobby into a successful business. Gustafson’s journey into the jewelry business began way back in 2006 when she was a senior at Basalt High School. Emily saw a picture of a wire-wrapped ring and said to herself, “I can make one of those.” Soon enough, friends wanted to buy her rings.

Then her mom’s co-workers in Aspen scooped up her jewelry for Christmas presents. Next, Gustafson started making her own jewelry designs, and before she knew it, her business had snowballed.

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WI L D F E AT H E R A N D S TO N E J E WE L R Y

As Emily headed off to Colorado State University, she continued running the company while studying apparel merchandising and business. Wild Feather and Stone is now over ten years old, and it continues to thrive. Gustafson recently purchased a home in Carbondale; her garage will become her jewelry studio.

Emily’s jewelry breathes the spirit of the West. Her palette includes gemstones and carefully chosen leather, along with other recycled and naturally-sourced materials. Over the years, friends have also given Gustafson materials to incorporate into her wares, items ranging from deer antlers to bullet casings.

You can follow Gustafson on Instagram to see her latest creations @wild.feather.and.stone.

Her jewelry can be purchased on her website, WildFeatherAndStone.com, in local retail stores and at the Aspen Farmer’s Market.

Emily says that the Aspen Farmer’s Market has “opened the door to the rest of the world” and helped her make connections. The buyer for the television show Private Practice purchased her entire line recently. Keep an eye out for her gemstones on the actors!

Wild Feather and Stone jewelry can also be found in numerous fashionable stores throughout the Roaring Fork Valley, such as Trove and

Elizabeth Dean Boutique in Glenwood Springs, Midland Clothing in Basalt, PE 101, Tlin's Shoes and Shakti Shala in Aspen.

Gustafson comes up with her designs herself and is entirely self-taught. Last year, she took her first metalsmithing class in Aspen to expand her skill set.

Gustafson runs all aspects of Wild Feather and Stone herself, from creation to sales. She finds motivation and inspiration through a wonderful community of fellow jewelry designers on Instagram. Emily notes, “We comment on one another’s creations and support each other’s efforts.”

Gustafson is interested in taking Wild Feather and Stone to the next level and knows that means that it’s time to involve others. “I am learning that it is OK to not do everything on my own,” she says. To help her on her journey, she has reached out to a firm in New York City to assist her with marketing, public relations and social media.

Emily’s thriving company is full of the soul of the Roaring Fork Valley, and it’s exciting to see a high school dream fulfilled.

Emily shares her love of Colorado through her designs, and the rest of the world seems to love them as much as we do.

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Animal Kingdom

The Joy and Glory of Dog-Powered Sports ARTICLE REBECCA KNIGHT | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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or eons, canines have been our companions. Between 18,000 to 30,000 years ago, wild canids became domesticated. Some scientists theorize that these creatures, precursors to the dogs we know and love today, domesticated humans (not the other way around)!

Either way, we have been a team ever since.

Over the centuries, dogs have helped us find food, warned us of danger, protected us, helped us explore unmapped territory and rescued lost travelers. Luckily for us, these abilities and instincts lie deep in their DNA. Today our dogs remain close and devoted companions for search and rescue, police and military work, assisting the disabled and much more.

But it's not all about work! Dogs love to play, run, chase—and doing it with us is one of their passions.

We have a myriad of choices for shared human/canine pastimes: hiking, jogging, Nordic skiing, Frisbee tossing, agility events and surfing, just to name a few. In addition, there is a whole other realm of activities known as “dog-power sports”.

"Dog power" is defined as the power of a dog in harness attached to a device with the dog assisting in the forward movement and momentum of said device (or person). But there’s much more to it.

Behind all dog-powered sports is a love story between humans and their canine athletes. This ultimate manifestation of the human/­ animal bond is within anyone’s reach.

So how does one get started in dog-power sports? There’s no need for a whole kennel of dogs like those used in distance dog mushing.

One or two dogs, a close bond with dogs, minimal gear and a love of the outdoors is the equation.

In the Roaring Fork Valley, great trails and country roads abound, as do great dogs and dog lovers, so options are at hand year-round.

You and your dog will have more fun if you have previously participated in these sports before adding in the extra momentum a dog can give. You may run with your dog on a leash. To take it to the next step, just add a padded belt (similar to a rock climber's Swiss seat) with a line attached to it. That line then clips to the dog's harness. As the dog runs and pulls the runner, the sport of jogging becomes “canicross”!

With bikejoring, that same line is attached to a mountain bike; the dog runs out ahead and the cyclist pedals.

When the snow comes, it's time for skijoring. The form of skijoring with dogs that we usually see today originated in Scandinavia. In this sport, the skier uses Nordic skis, wears a skijor belt and line, and is teamed up with one or two dogs. The skijorer assists their dog(s) by skate-skiing or cross-country skiing.

Canicross World Champion Antony Le Moigne and his dog Opale bikejor in the French Alps; photo by Baptiste Bonnaudet Jessica Pulliam and Pi train on the beach; photo by Emory Haynes

The relay mass start at the International Federation of Sledding Sports 2015 Dryland World Championship in Quebec.

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All of these sports are done from a recreational level all the way to World Championship competition. They offer exercise that stretches from mellow jaunts to all-out competitive sprint races all over the world.

One does not need a particular breed to enjoy these sports, although some breeds are more adept at running and pulling. The dogs competing in these sports average about 50 pounds, with some smaller, some larger.

Being in tune with a dog's desire and ability is crucial. Start off slowly, going shorter distances and avoiding hot temperatures that can overheat a dog. Use common sense when it comes to the dog's fitness level, as well as your own.

Dog-power clinics are a great way to be introduced to the sport. These clinics instruct beginners on equipment, on how to encourage dogs to run and pull, and on dog care; they also offer practice alongside experienced dogpower veterans. Clinics will be coming to the Roaring Fork Valley soon, so look for announcements at local pet stores, bike and ski shops and outdoor clothing stores. Or email inquiries to spunkyhounds@gmail.com.

To learn more about dog-power sports and the canine/human bond they form, go to DogPowerMovie.com and YouTube, where you can view stunning footage of World Champion Antony Le Moigne and his dog Phoenix doing the ultimate canicross in "No Limit Factory".

The experiences that you and your dog can share though these sports will open up a whole new world for both of you! ____ Author Rebecca Knight was introduced to dog-power sports in 1988 while living in Alaska. Since 2008, she and her dogs have competed in nearly 100 skijor races nationwide, including three World Championships in Alaska, Canada and Norway, winning and medaling in multiple races.

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Singing

For Their Supper (Club) Owners of “The Riv” Make an Old Song New Again

In the cool, cool, cool of the evenin', Tell 'em I'll be there.

In the cool, cool, cool of the evenin', Better save a chair.

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In the shank of the night, When the doins' are right, Well, you can tell 'em I'll be there.

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ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY CAITLIN CAUSEY

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onathan Gorst hasn’t had a day off since June 17 of this year.

“That’s when we re-opened the Riviera Supper Club after the previous owners decided to sell,” he says. “And things have been a bit of a whirlwind since then. I guess being so busy is self-inflicted, but what can I say? I love what I do.”

Gorst, an accomplished pianist who has worked with multiple Broadway national tours and other high-profile productions, moved to Glenwood Springs with his wife Marisa in 2014. He quickly established a reputation as the town’s beloved “piano man” and has since found himself involved with numerous performance groups throughout the area: the Theatre Aspen Conservatory, the Vail Valley Theatre Company, Stage of Life Theatre in Carbondale and many others. Gorst also inhabits one of the most visible spots in the community as musical director of the Glenwood Vaudeville Revue, performing for houses filled with folks who would likely agree that the show just wouldn’t be the same without him. These theatre-goers attend the vaudeville performances not only to be entertained, but also to be transported in time via the musical experience of a bygone era.

Now, as new co-owner of the Riviera Supper Club, Gorst hopes to transport his restaurant patrons to yet another period in US history—the 1940s. Operated since 1947 on 7th Street in downtown Glenwood, “The Riv” opened its doors during an era when chi-chi supper clubs rose to popularity throughout the country as establishments where diners could eat, mingle and be entertained in style.

“They were much more than just a place to dine—patrons had an expectation that an evening at a supper club would always include live performance as well,” Gorst notes. “And we have free live music starting here at 7 p.m., seven days a week. There is really nothing else like it within a 150-mile CONTINUED >

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radius, and we are honored to bring this type of experience back to life in Glenwood Springs.”

Gorst’s commitment to his mission is honorable, as he himself takes a seat at the restaurant’s Steinway piano to play on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

As downtown pedestrians promenade after dark, they often pause to take a peek through the glass as he performs in The Riv’s large streetside window.

“I mostly do a lot of show tunes and numbers from the Great American Songbook,” he says. “But with the other musicians who play here, you might hear ragtime, jazz, fusion. It just depends on the night you end up coming here—and that’s part of the fun.

It’s never the same thing twice.”

Gorst welcomes requests from patrons, and will even pull up sheet music on his iPad if he doesn’t already have it on hand. Although the dinner hour typically remains quieter, anything goes after 9 p.m. when sing-alongs spontaneously erupt inside the restaurant.

“Impromptu singing starts up when a bit more wine has been poured and everyone is more relaxed,” Gorst says with a laugh. “One night recently, we had about 10 performers, a full patio and bar, and we even got a standing ovation—in a restaurant! For us, that was like pure magic.”

Soon Gorst hopes to experiment with different types of experiences for diners, including a Sunday jazz brunch and an evening competition where patrons can step up to sing their favorite tunes for a chance at winning a free dinner. He would also love to see The Riv become a casual performance destination for professional musicians near and far.

“We have so many incredibly talented musicians living in this valley,” he says.

“Plus, frequently there are performers who pass through the area on their way to Denver or Las Vegas, and we would love to host them here as well. We are exploring a lot of possibilities for future entertainment right now.”

There are a lot of hats for Gorst to wear in his new role as the supper club’s co-owner and lead musician. One hat he is happy to place on the head of his business partner, Travis Owen, however, is that of executive chef.

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Owen, who has worked alongside some of the biggest culinary names in the valley, has a long history in Glenwood Springs. As a teenager, he even worked for The Riv’s building owner Tony Rosa, washing dishes next door at now-closed Italian restaurant Peppo Nino.

Owen agrees that he and Gorst make a great team. “His skill set and mine don’t overlap much at all, but they are extremely complementary,” he says. “When the restaurant went up for sale earlier this spring, Jonathan came to look at the place and we accidentally crossed paths. He told me his vision and we decided that we could both bring something very useful to the table, so to speak.”

Owen is passionate about seasonal cuisine and plans to debut a new winter menu starting October 1. Although the summer menu was dotted with creative fusion dishes such as Korean beef tacos and chicken tikka masala, the chef says that the winter menu will feature heartier selections that deliver a more classic supper club experience— including one favorite that many locals consider synonymous with the restaurant itself.

“Lots of people who come here absolutely love Mabel’s Prime Rib, which has been on the menu at the Riviera for decades,” he notes.

“It is part of our story as a restaurant, so we want to include it on the regular menu—it’s just all-natural beef that we treat with respect so the quality can shine through.”

Many locals also know that the Riviera has long been the best place in town for a beautiful glass of wine. Owen plans to keep it that way. “Great beer is well covered around here, so we are continuing to offer our selection of 40 different wines,” he says.

“Perfect for dinner or just sipping at the bar after the music starts.”

As Gorst and Owen turn a new page in the Riviera Supper Club’s songbook, they are helping define the new spirit of downtown; nodding to the traditions of the past, they work a kind of alchemy to infuse their legacy with vitality and modern taste. In this way, the restaurant is representative of the very essence of Glenwood itself: a place where what’s old is new again, and perhaps even better than before.

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Let Them Roar in the Recording Studio Local Band Harmonizes with Their Mountain Community

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et Them Roar, a Carbondale-based band, has printed a haiku on one of their CD covers: Live your excitement, do not die with your music still inside of you.

Having been recently invited to a Let Them Roar (LTR) recording session, this poem intrigued me. Stoking the excitement, my housemate, long-time local Dave Stumpler, recalled LTR’s singer Olivia Pevec as a kid.

“She’d just belt it out, walking around in her little cowboy dresses and her boots, just singing away.”

Pevec is an icon in the making. The bellow of her lungs swings about as much heft as the ax she hefts as Mountain Fair’s four-time champion in Women’s Wood Chopping.

I anticipated hearing this force up close and personal.

Another poem, a motto of sorts, explains the band’s name: Let them ROAR for the Mountains!

Let them ROAR with Joy! Let them ROAR of Love!

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Mateo Sandate on guitar

Singer Olivia Pevec It’s not so much the musicians “a-roaring” in terms of vocal strength that makes this band so popular. Their instrumentation is exceptional and Olivia’s voice carries a unique, backwoods, high-mountain character. She nails every note with sounds as raw as any 1940's bluegrass wailer.

Walking to the Cool Brick recording studio in Carbondale, the energy of First Friday felt a world away. The huge old trees lining the town's sidewalks held the still, late summer evening. Crickets pierced the velvet quiet. As I passed through an antique gate onto the studio lawn, the irrigation ditch under my feet burbled a swan song, soon to run dry.

A soft, welcoming “hey there” sang across the lawn. I could feel myself grin as I made my way up the steps, seeing familiar faces from the band. We chatted easily, catching up and reintroducing ourselves. The intimacy of the dark porch was grounded in sweet energy.

Drummer Aaron Taylor, someone I’d seen regularly in a local Buddhist sangha, had given my bank account a reprieve a month

Bassist Ashton Taufer

Singer/guitarist Sophia Clark before, putting used tires and new inner tubes on my primary vehicle, my bike, by donating $25 to the Bonedale Bike Project.

Against all odds, Oliva and Aaron are loves. “We played together about a year before anything developed,” says Taylor.

“It's pretty stupid to hook up with a band mate, especially one you want to keep, but we got lucky...I got lucky, I should say.”

“I met Aaron at the Aspen ranger station.

Ashton too, the same night,” adds Pevec.

Bassist Ashton Taufer has been with the band through all of its iterations over the past seven years. I had wondered how this middle-aged writer would hit it off with this cool young musician, but he instantly dissolved those concerns with a compliment about this magazine’s content.

Let them roar of love.

The caliber of these people, and not just as musicians, struck a chord that would continue to resonate for me through the two recording sessions I joined. I felt their warmth within three minutes of entering the studio—and they hadn’t played a tune yet!

These five kindred souls have been playing together in various formations since 2011.

Well-known locally as All the Pretty Horses, they became Let Them Roar in 2014.

Olivia Pevec leads on vocals along with backup vocalist Sophia Clark on acoustic guitar. With her striking appearance and intense nature, Pevec is unforgettable. I met her through local farming circles.

While drummer Aaron Taylor and guitarist Mateo Sandate both have degrees in music, Clark does not. She says, “I studied piano when I was a kid, played a little guitar in high school. But no music school.”

Mutual friend Martha Moran, who knows everyone in this story through US Forest Service work, recalls that Sandate lit a musical spark in Clark: Sophia hadn’t sung or played in years, but “when she met Mateo, it all just came pouring out!”

Do not die with your music still inside of you.

Mateo Sandate, who contributes vocals and plays guitar, is a familiar face to many locals; he worked with the US Forest Service (USFS) for years. Now he plays guitar. Having recently CONTINUED >

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chosen music full-time over a formal job, he writes, “In the USFS, many live and work years, just to retire. I made a decision towards something I love to do, with a motivation to share that joy, that love and harmony, in a beneficial way. I feel I made a choice to live ‘excitement’ from these motivations.”

Live your excitement, as the haiku urges.

Dave Taylor’s whimsical Cool Brick Studio is the culmination of his career in radio and recording. It’s also his home. Mic stands and stations were integrated into every downstairs room. Aaron Taylor was on drums in the— parlor? Dining room?—behind a half-wall of Plexiglas draped in a zebra-print fleece blanket.

SpongeBob was draped across Mateo Sandate’s station. Sophia Clark sat in a custom-built carpet-clad, foam-lined “box,” built especially for acoustics. That box sits smackdab in the middle of the entire first floor. In front of the “box,” Ashton Taufer looked at ease with his stand-up bass. Olivia floated around, just like her voice, filling the space.

Dave Taylor sat at Command Central,

twisting his rocket-ship controls, engineering the magic of a real, live recording session.

It was an honor to watch (and just freaking cool). A clear, deep love and respect runs through these mountain-folk musicians.

Says Taylor, “Working with LTR is always a pleasure because of their musical talent, creativity, and willingness to collaborate and experiment…letting the music reveal where it wants to go.”

“I don’t think I could play that any better,” enthused Aaron.

“I, uhhhh… wanna redo that part…” hemmed Sophia.

“That’s what we’re here for,” Mateo reassured her.

Let Them Roar stayed the course, bringing levity to the process despite infinite re-dos and do-overs, always finding new opportunities to explore. Zero bad vibes. As Dave Taylor has found during LTR sessions, “Each song is a living, breathing entity that is created and then matures into its full potential over time, as the project evolves.”

Left to right: Sophia Clark, Ashton Taufer, Aaron Clark, Mateo Sandate and Olivia Pevec

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Midway, everyone in the studio gathered, ritually placing our hands like spokes on a wheel. Fingertip to fingertip, we drew a long, full breath, then another, and another. Then free-flying affirmations sprang up from all of us: “May we do what’s needed.” “Love and light.” At the words, “Let’s cut it!” and “Precious energy,” all of our fingers curved into a tight spiral.

They formed a Milky Way that we released upwards in a communion.

Walking home that night, I reflected on these musicians. I had known several of them separately from the community. On this night, I saw them collectively, as a band, as one. Mateo Sandate left me with these thoughts: “Each of us resonates to different notes of joy, and that joy is an essential part of this world. For some, it comes naturally, for others it's buried under a lot of stuff. Whatever your notes, I believe we all come here with a song to sing! Seek it. Know it. Feel it. Honor it in others. Harmonize with others. Play! Choose to sing your song before it's too late. I know I'm gonna try!”

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Inspired By

Monks and

Mindfulness From left to right: three current monks from Gaden Shartse and their former colleague, John Bruna, spiritual director of the Way of Compassion

THE WAY OF COMPASSION HOSTS TIBETAN MONKS IN CARBONDALE

Tammy Warren, a participant from Michigan

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hree monks stand at the front of the room, chanting. Their murmuring, singing voices rise and fall in a persistent wall of sound.

Rows of adults sit at attention, droplets of water tracing through hair, down foreheads, cheeks and necks. An insistent bell clangs, clangs, clangs. Delicate threads of smoky incense hang in the air. Monks ritually move along rows of participants. Upon completion, they rise and stretch, restored, sharing hugs, smiles and quiet conversation.

Hosted by the Way of Compassion Foundation's Dharma Center, monks from Gaden Shartse monastery visited Carbondale for a weekend of teaching, healing and blessings.

Their Vajravidaran purification ritual sought to remove negativities and their imprints, and to protect its particJohn Bruna and Geshe Lobsang ipants in the future.

Khamchuk Rinpoche; he was recognized as the reincarnation of a A steady, warm high lama by the 14th Dalai Lama presence radiated from the back of the room—Laura Bartels, executive director of the Mindful Life Program, based in Carbondale. Bartels is married to a former Gaden Shartse monk, John Bruna. “In addition to the teachings, both cultural and Buddhist, that the monks bring, they are raising funds to feed, house and educate the monks back in the Tibetan refugee settlement in India, and to preserve the Tibetan monastic tradition,” explained Bartels.

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As Spiritual Director of the Way of Compassion, Bruna maintains deep ties to Gaden Shartse. Founded in 1409 in Tibet, it’s where the Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism emerged, but since the 1950s, when the Red Chinese Army invaded and occupied Tibet, the revered monastery has been located in India.

After the Chinese invasion, his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama fled Tibet and established a government in exile in India. Under his guidance, Gaden Shartse monks re-established their monastery in Mundgod, in Southern India, with the goal of reviving Tibetan education, culture and Buddhist teachings. Each year, its monks tour, visiting Carbondale and many other places in pursuit of these goals.

From her post at the door, Bartels greeted all who came to the tantric healing, accepting donations for the monastery and selling copies of Bruna’s recently published book, “The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life.” Bartels, who founded the Mindful Life Program (MLP) along with Bruna and Mark Molony, hopes that MLP will bring mindfulness to a wider audience, not just Buddhists.

Bartels, known locally as a leader in the green building community, began studying Buddhism in Washington D.C. in the 1980’s.

“I was always seeking healthier ways to respond to things in my life, to reduce my own mental and emotional suffering first, and those around me as well,” she explains. A car accident that injured both Bartels and her son catalyzed her practice. “Part of my long healing process involved mindfulness and meditation. It became an essential practice for dealing not just with healing, but with life and all its ups and downs and becoming more of the person I wanted to be.”

The Mindful Life Program and the Way of Compassion, which sponsored the monks and teaches Buddhism, are separate but related programs. MLP takes mindfulness practices outside the Buddhist tradition and, as Bruna puts it, presents “the transformative power of mindfulness within the rich context of its origins so that it is not

limited to simple awareness and can truly empower people to flourish.” MLP also offers mindfulness programs online to give more accessibility to locals and to "take it out of just the domain of the wealthy, educated, upper-middle class community".

For Bartels, “a meaningful life is lived with both attention and intention. When our attention is scattered, it’s hard to stay focused on an intention. Studies show that our mind is wandering about half the time we are awake. Also, when we don’t take the time to pause and reflect on our intentions, it doesn’t matter if we’ve cultivated attention. What matters is where we’re directing our attention and if we have control over that.”

So what inspires a room full of Westerners to listen to incomprehensible Tibetan chanting for 30 minutes?

Bartels reflects, “Each day is a day that will never come again, a day to be the person we want to be. We invite people to… ask themselves, how they would like to participate in it.

What are the qualities they would like to develop in themselves? What are the values that are important to embody in their daily activities?”

"Every thought, word, and action plants seeds in the garden of your life,” writes John. “Are you planting seeds of love, compassion, peace—or those of anger, resentment and dissatisfaction? Choose wisely and tend your garden well.”

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Financial Buzz

Mortgage Tips from One of the Valley’s Experts ADVICE FROM MICHAEL PICORE OF BAY EQUITY HOME LOANS

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ecently, Roaring Fork Lifestyle talked with Michael Picore, area sales manager for Bay Equity Home Loans. One of the valley’s most experienced mortgage brokers, Picore started his career in commercial lending straight out of college. After working in home mortgage lending with Wells Fargo, he weathered the 2008 mortgage market meltdown. Building on hard lessons learned during that time, he started a branch of W.J. Bradley Mortgage, gradually expanding it from Glenwood Springs to Frisco, Basalt and Edwards.

In mid-2015, Picore’s entire team switched over to Bay Equity Home Loans, a firm that was voted tenth in the Best Places to Work competition by Mortgage Executive Magazine and was also recently recognized as one of America’s fastest-growing companies by Inc. Magazine.

Here’s Picore’s sage advice for readers in the market for home loans.

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Lifestyle: What do buyers need to know about mortgages?

Picore: When shopping for mortgages, there are basic things to consider such as interest rates, loan terms, fees, etc. It’s good to also know that all mortgage companies are not created equally. It's advantageous to work with a local mortgage office that understands the nuances of our market.

The Roaring Fork Valley is unique and an online company or a non-local mortgage company may not understand it. Where else in the world besides Aspen, Colorado can you buy a mobile home for $1,000,000?

At Bay Equity Home Loans, we serve as a financial partner to firsttime homebuyers so that they have a good financial foundation. At Bay Equity, we also have strong financial acumen that allows us to assist the sophisticated homebuyer to buy second homes and investment properties.

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Q: Lifestyle: Is this a good time to buy a home?

Picore: Because of very high demand and low inventory, both the rental and purchase markets are tight from Aspen to Rifle. Mortgage rates continue to hover around 40-year lows, while underwriting has loosened up and properties continue to appreciate. That’s making for a hot and competitive market. We strongly encourage our clients to get pre-qualified for a mortgage so they can put in an offer quickly when they find their perfect home.

Q: Lifestyle: What about land?

Picore: There is a good inventory of land available in the Roaring Fork Valley. Due to low existing home inventory, more new homes are being built. Our company is set up with a couple banks that handle land and construction loans. We are happy to walk the buyer through the details of a construction loan, but that’s typically a little lengthier process.

Q: Lifestyle: How much lead-time does a buyer need?

Picore: That all depends on the borrower. The more complicated the situation, the more time it will require. A mortgage pre-approval can be done in about an hour, and we recommend doing that so you know your baseline.

For a pre-approval, we take the customer’s application, review their financial package, and then run an analysis based on their desires. From there, we can determine the maximum purchase price, make suggestions to improve credit scores, and recommend ways for buyers to best position

themselves. We know a lot of tricks and can help you to position yourself to get the best mortgage possible. This is an expensive valley, so getting the best mortgage you can will help to make living here long-term a reality. We’re all locals, and our goal is to find what’s best for our customers and to develop a life-long partnership with them.

Q: Lifestyle: Is the local market seasonal?

Picore: As the market continues to get hotter, we’re seeing less and less off-season. The best time to buy is when you find the home that's right for you and your family.

Q: Lifestyle: After 2008, lenders really tightened up. What's the

process like now?

Picore: The mortgage process went from “if you want a mortgage, you should have one” to “if you don’t need a mortgage, you can get one.” The process now is somewhere in the middle. Borrowers do need to document their assets and income. However, there are a lot of different mortgage programs that cater to varying qualifications.

Borrowers can do zero percent down or have credit scores as low as 580; ideally, borrowers should have at least a 620 credit score and some downpayment. There are a lot of programs available for various borrowing needs. An expert guide, like our team at Bay Equity Home Loans, can help you find them. We like to help align borrowers with the best mortgage for them.

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Healthy Lifestyle

Meet the Valley’s Celebrity Sports Chiropractor,

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Dr. Dave Jensen's mobile clinic at the Colorado 500 dirt bike race

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r. Dave Jensen is known as a celebrity chiropractor to many of the top-tier athletes who frequent the Roaring Fork Valley. The website for the WIN Health Institute, which he founded in 2001, includes endorsements from top athletes like speed skiing champion Don Strickland, World Cup ski racer Jake Zemanski, St. Louis Blues pro hockey player Larry Giroux, martial artist Sundar Mim, ironman Kirk Harley, NASCAR driver Wally Dallenbach, pro football player Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers and rock drummer Ray DiBacco.

Rock drummer? Athlete?

Yes, that’s right. Dr. Jensen, explains that Ray “Super Chief ” DiBacco, a hot seventies rock drummer who now lives in Aspen, is typical of musicians who get their whole bodies into the act. “I think that drumming is a type of music that’s as demanding as sports. Drummers get tendonitis and repetitive stress issues, particularly in the wrist, elbow, shoulders spine, ankles, knees and spine. So I do chiropractic treatments and massage for them.”

“I approach things a little differently than most chiropractors,” Jensen continues. “I believe that the body works as a whole system, biomechanically and neurologically. So whether you’re dealing with music or sports, you need to deal with the whole; the brain and the spinal chord run the whole body, so better they work, the better a musician or an athlete can perform.”

Dr. Jensen, who holds the highest sports credentialing that can be earned by a

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chiropractor, says that while he favors the use of medical technologies for diagnosis, he prefers to use “Old World techniques” to keep people healthy. Those techniques include stretching, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and dietary supplements and vitamins called neutraceuticals. “All of that, combined, makes people exponentially healthier,” Jensen says. “Education is a big part of my practice. Helping people to understand how to make themselves better is the best technique in health care.”

To keep people healthy and informed, Jensen has co-authored a book with his wife Dee entitled “The Thrival Theory–The Secret to WIN during Global Chaos!” He also has developed an online business, MyRemedyShop.com, which offers the latest natural advice and physician-grade neutraceuticals.

On the first visit a new patient makes to one of WIN’s three locations—one in Glenwood Springs, one in El Jebel and a mobile clinic based out of a high-end RV in Aspen— Jensen’s team conducts an initial exam to pinpoint what’s causing any problems. He specializes in chiropractic work for sports because it’s personally familiar territory.

“I was a high-level athlete myself. I tell people I’m not just seeing them as a doctor but also as an athlete,” he explains. “That comes from the root of who I am.”

Jensen travels with the Colorado 500 dirt bike race as its official doctor; he has run the race himself 10 times. In addition to mountain biking and dirt biking, he also likes to water ski, snowboard and snowmobile.

The technologies that the WIN Health Institute uses include: • Rapid Release Technology to loosen tight muscles, fascia and adhesions, and to ease joint and muscle pain; • Spinal Decompression to reduce disc pressure, bulges and herniations; • Cranio Facial Release to unlock cranial fixations, open breathing passageways and facilitate cerebral spinal fluid flow; • MRS 2000 Resonating Electromagnetics to restore lost energy and return crippled cellular resonance to a normal, healthy state of vibration; and • Thermal Infrared Imaging to detect physiological changes that can signal cancer.

Dr. Jensen received his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota with a focus on physiology and anatomy.

While there, he worked more than three years in the famed Mayo Clinic’s Research Department. He received his chiropractic education at Parker University in Dallas.

After moving to the Roaring Fork Valley, he was key in the founding of several local health centers, including MidValley Chiropractic and Wellness Center, and the Valley Wellness Centers.

Learn more about Dr. Jensen and the WIN Health Institute at WinHealthInstitute.com.

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Louise Chawla, a professor emerita in the environmental design program at the University of Colorado Boulder, writes, “Pevec's first-person documentation of adolescent lives in transition makes this book a remarkably inspiring and grounding read. The interviews, collectively, reveal the holistic ways that hands-on learning, mentorship, positive social settings and a caring relationship with plants can positively affect young lives. The book serves as a powerful call to action.”

Pevec, a former researcher for the Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design at C.U. Boulder, began her work in community youth gardens in 1998 during her graduate studies at the University of British Columbia. Pevec also helped develop local community gardens at Roaring Fork High School and Yampah Mountain High School Gardens. Roaring Fork Lifestyle

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wrote about her PROVIDED work with Fat City Farmers in an October 2015 article.

Pevec has helped to develop award-winning community and school gardens in the US, Canada, Mexico and her native Brazil, where she founded "A Child’s Garden of Peace" in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul. Dr. Pevec, who holds a PhD in design and planning, produced a documentary film by the same name, A Child’s Garden of Peace; it toured international festivals in 2005-06 and appeared on PBS’s Natural Heroes series. Dr. Pevec also lectures at conferences such as the American Horticultural Society’s annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium and the Evergreen Canada’s School Garden Conference.

Mike Levenston, executive director of the City Farmer Society in Vancouver, says that this book “will inspire you from the first sentence, no matter how long you've been involved in the garden world.”

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OCTOBER 1, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15

OCTOBER 12 & 13 "THE CHRIS HERREN STORY" TALK THE GATHERING CENTER A Way Out’s Issue of Substance Lecture Series presents “The Chris Herren Story.” All-American basketball player Chris Herren was drafted by the Denver Nuggets, traded to the Boston Celtics after his rook-

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Parting Thoughts

A long, long time ago I can still remember how That music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And maybe they'd be happy for a while…

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imagine that the inside of my brain looks like an ornate, archaic old library. The floors are beautifully tiled and big Palladian windows let in the light, but the place is disorganized and noisy.

Fragments of old songs float like dust motes in the air, and the stacks are stuffed with idiosyncratic collections: The warhorse room contains full classical symphonies, complete with scratches from old vinyl recordings. Next door, there’s a vast collection of song lyrics: Need a phonetic rendering of Never on Sunday, in Greek? Here you go! Or the full eight minutes of Don McLean’s American Pie? No problem. I can’t remember the number of my bank account, but I can easily retrieve every word of that one!

It seems that my whole life has been cataloged by soundtracks.

Some of my happiest childhood memories center on Denver Friends of Folk Music hootenannies. My musical enthusiasm always outpaced my skill, but while there, I knew that all God’s creatures were welcome to "clap their hands, or paws, or anything they got."

Here in the Roaring Fork Valley, you can go to a different free summer concert every night, even without driving to Aspen or Snowmass. Venues ranging from the Glenwood Vaudeville to Steve’s Guitars in Carbondale and Heather’s Pies in Basalt offer great music all year long. Our local music scene ranges from folk, country and bluegrass to blues, world music, classical and original compositions.

Although I’m always up for a “boot-scootin’ boogie”, my own music-making never progressed much beyond playing spoons. So I asked three local musicians to tell me about their favorite local bands. Courtesy of Matt Harrington of Poser, Olivia Pevec of Let Them Roar, and singer/songwriter Jim Hawkins, here's an admittedly incomplete list of local music-makers who are not to be missed.

Check them out and give them your support.

The Leonard-Curry Trio: The eclectic mix offered up by Craig and Lorraine Curry and Elliot Leonard ranges from bluegrass and folk to swing and original ballads. Craig plays guitar, dobro and mandolin, Lorraine is on upright bass and Elliot plays guitar and banjo. They can often be heard at local farmer’s markets, Juicy Lucy’s Steakhouse and private events.

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Aspen 440: Although just three musicians are playing, “David has recorded backtracks that, if you closed your eyes, you would swear there’s a five-piece band playing,” says Matt. This trio of seasoned musicians includes David Harding, Amy Hawes and Lisa Mae Sarver and offers a great selection of popular music.

Up Town Strutters: Matt says that “David Bluefield, Roberta Lewis, Steve Cole and Billy Harmon offer a fantastic finger-snappin’, toe-tappin’ selection of music with New Orleans and light jazz energy.”

Louis and the Lizards: “Louis Girardot, Mike Luciano, Tom Mercer and Tim Brogdan play a great mix of original music and eclectic covers with a funk that can’t be beat,” says Matt.

The Habit: This group, with Nikki Miller and her husband Rob up front, is the rebirth of Trunk, a group that was “the locals band when I first moved here,” says Olivia Pevec. “Nikki Miller has always had an incredible voice but it grew a lot in her time with the Starlettes. They are soul, rock, moving and fierce!”

Pam Rosenthal: She gets a nod as both a bass player and a singer. Olivia Pevec rates Rosenthal as “one of the valley’s most dedicated musicians” for both her own music and working with at least five bands, including Poser and Tjjar. Rosenthal has coached youth bands, and “is an awesome radio DJ, always bringing great energy and new influence into our community,” says Olivia.

Chris Rose: Olivia is also a fan of this trumpet player, who sits in with Let Them Roar on occasion. “Chris always brings taste, style and wild skill,” she says. “I try to channel him when I need a little extra cool.”

The Caleb Dean Band: Caleb Dean made both Matt Harrington’s and Jim Hawkins’ lists. Matt calls them “the real deal” and Jim writes, “My buddy Caleb Whittington fronts the best, true country-western band in the area. The Caleb Dean Band includes Larry Gottlieb, a phenomenal pedal steel player who has toured nationally and opened for John Denver on many tours.”

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