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| Colorado High Altitude Concert Series with Ricky Skaggs and Michael Martin Murphey |
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When The Stars Come Out, The Stars Come Out. Gather under the Colorado stars in a pristine mountain setting, to experience a unique natural meadow amphitheater surrounded by aspen and pines. This year, the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad’s popular High Altitude Concert Series returns beginning July 17th with repeat performances by Michael Martin Murphey, along with various national musical guests every Friday and Saturday through August. Read below for artist information. Alamosa departure time is 3:30 p.m. Alamosa and the San Luis Valley are located in south-central Colorado, about 200 miles south of Denver, 220 miles north of Albuquerque, and 90 miles west of Pueblo. To get to the Alamosa train depot, take HWY 160 into town. Turn south at 6th Street and end at 601 State Avenue. La Veta departure time is 4 p.m. To get to the La Veta train depot, take Exit 52 off of I-25 at Walsenburg. Take HWY 160 for 11 miles, heading west. Turn left onto HWY 12 for five miles. Slow down for the city limits, cross the train tracks and the pale yellow depot will be on your right.
Colorado Concert Calendar:
Colorado Concert Talent:
Michael Martin Murphey
Thursday and Friday July 17th & 18th
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The only way you can get to this exclusive Colorado concert setting nestled among the Sangre de Cristo Mountains is on board the Highnote Express train out of Alamosa or La Veta. Select concert tickets are $85 and $95 and include one round-trip ride on the Highnote Express train. Reservations can be made by calling 1-877-726-RAIL.
Ian Tyson has long been one of Canada’s most respected singer-songwriters. Spanning three decades, Tyson has forged a trail of musical innovation. Starting with the legendary folk duo of Ian and Sylvia in the 60's, the trail has culminated with the seminal Cowboyography collection reaching platinum status in the mid 90's.
Best known as the “Buckaroo Poet,” Waddie Mitchell entertains in the art of spinnin’ tales in rhyme and meter that has come to be called cowboy poetry. He has performed internationally for audiences from Los Angeles to New York, Zurich to Melbourne, and all points in between with television appearances ranging from The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, TNN, The History Channel, PBS, and BBC.
Baxter Black can be followed nationwide through his column, National Public Radio, public appearances, television and also through his books, cd's, videos and commercial radio. There is considerably more to Baxter than just an entertainer. He is the real thing, because, as he says, "It's hard to be what you aren't."
The upbeat, airtight, three-part family harmonies of the Sons of the San Joaquin are being heard in a lot more places these days. A family trio composed of brothers, Joe and Jack Hannah, and Joe’s son, Lon, they sing western music, songs which celebrate the life and work and the geographical setting of the American Cowboy. The Sons have been inducted into the WMA Western Music Hall of Fame.
Don Edwards continues to build a recorded legacy enriching our vision of the American West. In its tales of the day-to-day lives and emotions of those who lived it, his ballads paint a sweeping landscape of both the mind and heart, keeping alive the sights, sounds and feelings of this most American contribution to culture and art. 
The entertainment career of Red Steagall has covered a period of 35 years and has spanned the globe from Australia to the Middle East, to South America and to the Far East. He has performed for heads of state including a special party for President Reagan at the White House in 1983. Although Red Steagall is best known for his wonderful Texas Swing dance music, Red is beloved by Texas cowboys for the quiet times they have spent with him around chuck wagon campfires.
Over the course of the last 36 years Benson and the Wheel have boldly defied the fickle lures of the mainstream -- and thrived -- by sticking to their noble cause of keeping that distinctly American of art forms, western swing, alive and kicking. Along the way, they've entertained thousands and won praise and admiration from everyone from Willie Nelson to Bob Dylan, George Strait to Van Morrison.
As a classic cowboy quartet, the trail has led them to heights they could have never predicted. Riders have chalked up over 5400 concert appearances in all 50 states and 10 countries, appearing in venues everywhere. But the animated character that history will most certainly link to Riders In The Sky is the loveable cowboy Woody, as Riders performed “Woody’s Round Up” in “Toy Story 2,” with the album of the same name garnering Riders their first Grammy Award in 2001 for “Best Musical Album for Children.”
The Austin Lounge Lizards have delighted audiences from Texas to California, from Canada to the U.K., with their inventive style of satirical folk, country and bluegrass. Trademarks of a Lizards song are highly literate, sharply pointed lyrics that poke fun at politics, love, religion and the culture in general.
Larry Gatlin's talents has brought him many rewards along his journey: international fame, a stint on Broadway, a string of #1 records for the Gatlin Brothers and a room full of major industry awards (including a GRAMMY) glittering on sun washed walls back home in Texas.
Liverpool Legends are four talented musicians and actors who were hand-picked by Louise Harrison – sister of the late George Harrison of The Beatles – to recreate the band that changed the face of music forever. |
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| The La Veta Pass Route, where the San Luis Express now runs, opened the fertile San Luis Valley to the world, bringing ore from Creede and produce from throughout the valley to the rest of the world. |
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