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• bluesboy22 commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
  Whoa ... what memories! I'm wondering if anyone has any info about the bands in the early/mid/late 60s. I used to go to the Rugged Room, if anyone remembers it (on Alameda?). There's one band in particular I would like to find out if any recordings exist. Anyone remember "Fuzz", from Thornton? "Lothar and the Hand People"? KIMN radio had a battle of the bands at the Denver Arena downtown (gee, I think that was the name of it - it's now part of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts). Maybe there's a good website with this kind of...
• kip w commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
  stantoni, the missing line is "And we'll have fun, just you and me / on K... L... Z!" Also, more information about Jay Mack, Niles Lishness and Farley McLooth can be found on the internet. Some of it was surprising to me. I knew about his heart attack when he was doing an overnight show, but was somehow unaware of the car crash at the height of his fame that led to his later health problems, or that he died a few months after having his life saved by an alert listener. A sad end for one of two disk...
• golden80 commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
  Mountain States Bank on east Colfax... They had a pretty catchy ad on the radio around 1982. I don't have the actual audio, but I soooo remember it: (Chorus group) Oh they say that time is money, so you spend it drivin' 'round, Drinking dollar gasoline and smellin' up the town, Searching for a parking place that you can call your own, (Woman's voice) Hey, there's a spot (Man's voice) Oh no it's not, it's a (honk honk) loading zone. (Chorus group again) Now, is this any way to bank, any way to bank? Driving 'round in circles while you're...
• HITMAN IN OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
  1976 Was the year that I was brought in to do nights 7- Midnight on KDKO Denver from WJPS in Evansville, Indiana I was called the MIDGET on the air....and was working at KDKO when we co sponsored a Marvin Gaye Concert and he was a no show and I lost my gig because of his no show...I was fired and moved on to a station in Colorado Springs for awhile then 38 more years of radio broadcasting from Denver, Colorado Springs, San Diego, Baltimore, Ocean City, Maryland etc.....anyhow just thought I would see if by chance anyone remembers the...
• train guy commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
  Hey Hitman, Weren't you also up here in Wyoming for a while on the radio doing sports? Colorado is still the best I still miss being down there. Will be back one of these days. All the good memories of the past...