May 2013
Cool weather, and not a drop of rain in sight.. DelFest Friday dawned with more campers arriving and kids activities beginning.
Opening day of the now 6th annual DelFest brought more early arrival campers than in previous years. Show officials estimated a 40% increase in ticket sales this year; due in no small part to the stellar lineup. Music began Thursday night, after a brief shower, with a soundcheck from Del Mc Coury, and performances by The Jerry Douglas Band and Leftover Salmon.
In all death there is rebirth, and following Joe Cahill’s (long time and beloved Fox Theater, Boulder Theater, and Leftover Salmon lighting designer) tragic death just a few short weeks ago I witnessed a community re-born, bound together after calamity.
Award-winning singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley will give fans the first taste of his next album with the release of its lead single, “Bourbon In Kentucky,” to radio stations today with an official add date of June 10.“Bourbon In Kentucky” explores the dark internal emotions of loss and disconnection told through an intense vocal performance by Bentley and haunting backing vocalsfrom Kacey Musgraves. The singers’ emotions are matched sonically with scraping guitar tones and a rhythm section based in tension and mystery.
The second-born child of independent music pioneer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Frank Zappa first took the stage with his famous father at the tender age of 12. He was entranced by the elder Zappa’s “control over the music [that] almost seemed like a magic trick.” By the mid-1980s, he was contributing his own riffs to Frank’s albums such as Them or Us and finding an artistic identity of his own as an actor, MTV VJ, and Grammy award-winning musician.
Opening bands: The Expanders, PolicultureDoors: 6 PM / Show: 8 PM, All Ages, $22.50 adv / $25.50 dos / $35 VIP Tickets 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway Bellvue CO 80512www.themishawaka.com | 970-482-4420
Bellvue, CO
