Running on All Cylinders

Running on All Cylinders

In 1977 the live and studio album "Running on Empty" caught the listener's imagination by documenting the singer-songwriter experience of touring and traveling. It was the advent of the portable multi-track recorder and the portable studio, as Browne and Company recorded new songs, covers, and songs in rehearsal — in hotel rooms, on the tour bus with phantom power, and on-stage. His cover of "The Road" by the ultimate singer-songwriter, Danny O'Keefe, is a classic. As a singer-songwriter, I have

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The Sound of Travel and US Highway 50 in Colorado

The Sound of Travel and US Highway 50 in Colorado

The Day the U.S. Numbered Highways Were Established An Intersection of Agriculture and Culture The United States Numbered Highway System was officially adopted on November 11, 1926, by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO). Before President Eisenhower initiated the Interstate Highway System, the original numbered highway system created the first nationwide, coordinated system of highway routes, replacing the confusing patchwork of local and private road markers, as well a

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Culture and Agriculture Along Highway 50

Culture and Agriculture Along Highway 50

Pulling out the threads of a story, you wind up finding more and more of history and the connections between culture and agriculture. The history of pioneers and wagon trails starts and stops, and where it stops are rows of melons and sugar beets. It's as if the pioneers had their eyes on the Pacific Coast and were wonderfully surprised by the fertile land and the people who welcomed them to Colorado and the Eastern Plains. From Holly to Lamar and the Eastern Plains up to the high mountain passe

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Colorado Day and 100 Years Along the Road

Colorado Day and 100 Years Along the Road

Roadhouses, farms, cowboys, ranchers in arms—take the road east and west along what used to be the Midland Trail. From the Kansas border a quarter mile to the town of Holly, Colorado, and on the way to Lamar, a dust devil reminds the traveler of the Dust Bowl. Rather than building a brand-new path from scratch, Colorado overlaid the new "50" designation directly onto pre-existing paths, such as the old Midland Trail to the Santa Fe and Goodnight Trails. When the road opened on November 11, 1926,

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Traveling Together on the Loneliest Highway

Traveling Together on the Loneliest Highway

Route 66 is legendary in the history of early motoring across the United States. Yet just north of the "Mother Road," a more rugged and winding route awaited the traveling "bluester," cowboy, or folk singer with a guitar in tow — an old road with a new name. In November 1926, U.S. Highway 50 was commissioned, following the heartbeat and rhythm of rivers and freight trains across 12 states. The road meandered along and paved over portions of the old Midland Trail. Highway 50 became a route where

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The Sound Century of US Highway 50: The History of Art Fusion

The Sound Century of US Highway 50: The History of Art Fusion

In the 1920s and 1930s, US Highway 50 and its regional connectors were conduits and intersections for rural folk, blues, jazz, musical theater, and the great American road trip. Today, where art centers, museums, schools, churches, parks, campgrounds, and communities gather along the "Loneliest Highway," there is folklore, stories, and songs that stretch from the Mid-Atlantic in Maryland to the Pacific Ocean of California. At Sound Century, we have documented many of the recordings and broadcast

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Be Portable Not Mobile - TAG Teams

Be Portable Not Mobile - TAG Teams

With CREATE I am asked to come to communities around the state of Colorado to discuss and coach, speak and sing, and to think and act. I travel to communities that we serve — and potentially serve — in facing challenges through entrepreneurial innovation. It is my goal to help people match their gifts and talents with their work through mentorship and coaching. This comes through organic news gathering, original writing, and performance coaching. I am not a mobile fix-it shop, but I have learned

2 months ago
Sound Century Daily

Sound Century Daily

There is something that I have known all my professional career. A music, performing arts scene cannot emerge without an original sound with works that define a city, region or state. For Detroit is was Motown. In Nashville it was Music Row. In Memphis it was Beale Street, Blues and Sun Records. New Orleans, Jazz and Dixieland. There have been certain original sounds that have come from Colorado and yet they have been by singular artists or bands. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Hot Rize, Rob Mull

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