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A Mission to Civilize: Part I is the first EP from Fort Collins punk rock band, I Am The Owl. Staying faith-ful to punk’s D.I.Y. mentality, the EP was recorded, mixed, and mas-tered by the band’s vocalist and gui-tarist, Josh Rivera, with the excep-tion of the drums being tracked by Oliver Mueller of Slow Caves. With well written and executed parts, I Am The Owl is a good reflection of modern punk music.

True to punk roots, the band’s six-song EP examines the current political climate. The EP opens up on a strong note with hard-hitting guitars on the track “Thoughts &

Prayers”. The song carries a mes-sage for politicians and people who stand by idly, using empty words in-stead of taking action. The follow-ing track, “Discharge,” perhaps the strongest song on the album, is an-other politically charged track about government distrust and overreach. The EP really lives up to its name as the band sets out to spread their message against uncivil acts of the government.

Each song on the album posses a similar feel but there is enough variation to keep things interesting. The instrumentals are the strongest aspect of this EP, with solid play-ing from each member of the band. From the tight drumming, to solid bass lines, to beefy guitars, I Am The Owl really nailed the sound that they were going for. The EP is a strong first official release for a band that is quickly becoming a staple in the Fort Collins punk scene.

From front to back, A Mission to

Civilize: Part I hits hard with its gui-tar driven and politically charged songs.

Catch them May 27th for their EP release show at Hodi’s Half Note with American Blackout, Men of Letters, and Foreverfall.

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tween dreary and energetic, captur-ing a sadness and a longing that will speak to a lot of music lovers looking for something different. They crank the distortion at all the right times, never over doing it, maintaining their aesthetic in the process.

Their latest album, Moving Away, is a testament to their sound and stands strong from beginning to end. As far as production goes, Mov-

ing Away sparkles. The guitar tones are crisp and there is a depth to the instrumentation that comes from strong song writing. The vocals sound muddy from time to time but that simply adds to the overall feel.

Songs like album opener “Gauze,” and later “Cool Back” show not only an attention to detail but the ability to construct a solid song. The hooks are catchy and have that stickiness that causes good songs to linger around after they’re done being played.

For casual listeners not looking to dig into the album, they will find Gleemer sounding like a couple emo sad boys complaining about their parents. But for those wanting more out of their music, Moving Away is a beautiful record with a lot of depth and emotion. It goes to show what a little know-how will do for an al-bum. Gleemer is Colorado’s sleeper band right now so do yourself a fa-vor and check them out.

GLEEMERMoving Away

Loveland, Colorado is a strange

place. Situated conveniently on the I-25 corridor, it is simultaneously too far from anything cool and per-fectly located between many awe-some things to do. A true Colorado city, life in Loveland can be quiet, suburban, and scenic. But like eve-rywhere else, when you mix these things together you get a reaction and often it is an artistic response to the loneliness and the self-imposed isolation of living in what can feel like a suburb of a suburb. The four-piece dream pop outfit Gleemer is that reaction.

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GREGORY ALAN ISAKOVWith The Colorado Symphony

Having played with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra at Boettcher Concert Hall back in November 2013, Gregory Alan Isakov has re-cently revisited that night by re-cording a full length of many of his older compositions featuring the Colorado Symphony.

Upon listening through, it is ap-parent that having the orchestra

with him in these recordings has impacted the dynamics of his mu-sic substantially. “Liars,” a track which he recently released as a sin-gle, starts the album quietly with a somber acoustic guitar and builds continuously throughout the rest of the five-minute song, with the or-chestra embellishing Isakov’s quar-tet and filling out every empty space. This track gives headway to what the rest of the album has in store–with the gentle yet driving folk sound Isakov is known for, envel-oped in the sea of sound produced by the well-seasoned performers of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. In a recent interview with The Wall

Street Journal, Isakov discussed the new album’s sound with the Colo-rado Symphony’s involvement, “It gives the songs a huge, dynamic sense of space, similar to how small yet connected we can feel when we are alone beneath a huge starry sky.”

In celebration, Isakov is hitting the road immediately following the

album’s release throughout most of the month of June and a couple of dates in early July. Joining him is The Ghost Orchestra, which is com-prised of many Colorado musicians, as well as some members of the Colorado Symphony. Additionally, he is appearing at select dates with

the National Symphony Orchestra in DC, Atlanta Symphony Orches-tra, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Vermont Symphony, Maine Youth Rock Orchestra, and has plans to announce dates for a second leg of the tour throughout the west coast.

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“Grabar este disco en vivo sin hac-erlo desde un estudio ni efectos, es mostrar nuestra esencia y alegría que se mantiene intacta desde que comenzamos hasta hoy, una mues-tra al desnudo tal y como somos” dice Emilio Regueira. La banda famosa por su fusión de rock y ska, Los Rabanes viajará en su gira compartiendo su noveno álbum en más de 35 ciudades. Con repu-tación internacional, en su gran gira “EnDirecto” pararán en La Rumba

en Denver este 4 de abril. En sus más de veinte años tocando jun-tos, el grupo de la ciudad de Chi-tré, Panamá comenzó en enero en Costa Rica y hasta finales de junio transcurrirán los Estados Unidos. Esta colaboración de músicos in-

cluye a Emilio Regueira Pérez, vocalista y guitarrista, Christian “Pipón” Torres, vocalista y bajista, Javier Saavedra sonando la bat-ería, y Randy “Salsa” Cuevas en los teclados. Entre sus ocho discos grabados han producido indepen-dientemente al igual que colabora-ciones por Centroamérica, y hasta con los estudios Crescent Moon de Emilio Estefan para Crescent Moon Records y Sony Music. No es sor-prendente que han logrado ser el-egidos como Mejor álbum de rock en 2000 y de Rock Alternativo en 2007 en los Latin Grammy’s. Aun con tanto reconocimiento y expe-riencia dicen: “Seguimos siendo los mismos jóvenes que disfrutamos como el primer día cada uno de nuestros conciertos y la cercanía con la gente”.

Continúan a declarar sus per-spectivas de los temas que ven importantes, problemas sociales y económicos que existen en todas partes del mundo. Hacen su música con fuerza y motivación para expre-

sar a través de su trabajo, “la alegría de vivir, compartir, algunas veces usamos el humor, cosas cotidianas, historias que nos han ocurrido, his-torias que hemos vivido y qué me-jor que convertirlas en canciones”.

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“Recording this album live with-out effects or a studio, is showing our essence and happiness that remains intact since we started up until today, it displays our naked selves just as we are,” says Emilio Regueira. The band famous for its fusion of rock and ska, Los Ra-banes will be touring and sharing their ninth album in over 35 cities. With a reputation known interna-tionally they great tour “EnDirecto” tour will make a stop at La Rumba in Denver, April 4. Having played together for over twenty years, this group from Chitre, Panama began their tour in January in Costa Rica and by the ends of June they will have traveled across the United States.This collaboration of musicians

includes Emilio Regueira Perez, singer and guitarist, Christian “Pipón” Torres, vocalist and bass-ist, Javier Saavedra playing drums, and Randy “Salsa” Cuevas on key-boards. Among the eight recorded discs they have independently pro-

duced and collaborated throughout Central America, and even with Crescent Moon Studios Emilio Es-tefan for Crescent Moon Records and Sony Music. Not surprisingly, they have managed to be chosen as Best Rock Album in 2000 and Al-ternative Rock in 2007 at the Latin Grammy’s. Even with their recog-nitions and experiences the band says: “We’re the same young guys enjoying each of our concerts and closeness to the people since day one.”They continue to declare their

perspectives of the issues they deem important, similar social and economic problems that exist eve-rywhere in the world. They create their music with strength and mo-tivation to express through their work, “the joy of living, sharing, sometimes we use humor, ordinary things, stories that have happened to us, stories we’ve lived and what better way than to turn them into songs.”


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888 “Critical Mistakes”

After 12 years, 3 albums, and a 2013 project gone dormant, members of the late hybrid metalcore band Drop Dead, Gorgeous have a brand new sound and EP under the new name, 888 - plus a single pleasantly suited for radio called “Critical Mistakes.” The MySpace/wannabe scene kid in me that listened to other Colorado bands Single File and Tickle Me Pink growing up wishes 888 was around back then; while I hate to be cliche and automatically compare them to other Colorado bands, 888 is up there with the best of them and “Critical Mistakes” is proof that they’re the real deal.

New Beat Fund “No Type”

Usually I hate when new bands release a cover as a single, but this fresh take on a Rae Sremmurd song works. New Beat Fund takes a song that would obviously never make sense to put on an alternative radio station, and effortlessly morphs it into a tune that not only fits the format perfectly, but is catchy as hell. Finally, I hate to go there but I have to (so I will): if bad bitches is the only thing that you like, you’re gonna love this song.

Young the Giant “Something to Believe In”

The first radio single off their new album, “Home of the Strange,” Young the Giant’s “Something to Believe In” may or may not give you something to believe in, but it will give you a lot to think about. Serving as a follow-up to the online release of their Franz Kafka-inspired track “Amerika,” the song represents one piece of the puzzle to what we know as the American Dream - just part of the baggage and symbolizing one of many emotions that comes with it.

Band of Horses “Casual Party”

The leading single off their first album in 4 years, “Casual Party” very honestly explains how many of us feel at family get-togethers: anxious, awkward, and leaving us murmuring to ourselves, “get me the Hell out of here.” Consequence of Sound says frontman Ben Bridwell wrote most of the album around family rather than secluding himself in a cabin or beach house as usual; however, it wasn’t until he received some encouraging words from Rick Rubin that Bridwell was able to bring the record inspired by family baggage to fruition (Rubin is credited as Executive Producer on the LP, Why Are You OK).

Wild Belle “Throw Down Your Guns”

Running away, “crazy” producers, and a rough breakup during one long Chicago winter, along with experimental Jamaican musical textures on saxophone, keyboards, and kalimba led to one Hell of a record that I can’t get enough of from brother-sister duo, Wild Belle. “I ran away for a while, then we started making some dope s---,” Natalie Bergman told the Chicago Tribune of her tumultuous-yet-empowering relationship with producer Doc McKinney, who told her that her song wasn’t a hit soon after they first met. This reality check certainly worked, because the track is simply kickass.

Fitz and the Tantrums “HandClap”

Fitz and the Tantrums is one of those bands that has no problem following up catchy songs from previous albums with tunes that are equally as catchy. This song proves that, and it’s totally worthy of being played during an Ellen Degeneres Show dance party.

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Only a handful of indie hip-hop artists have experienced the me-teoric rise to fame Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have. From rela-tive obscurity to the cover of Rolling Stone, the Seattle-based duo is deeply submerged in the spotlight. It’s all moving incred-ibly fast, but they are apparently enjoying the roller coaster ride. The pair’s latest album, This Un-ruly Mess I’ve Made, chronicles his growth as a husband and fa-ther while juggling the insanity that comes along with his new celebrity status.

Born Ben Haggerty in 1983, he grew up in Seattle and graduat-ed from Evergreen State College in 2005 during which time he re-leased his first EP, The Language of My World. But that’s where his career came to a screeching halt. Haggerty was struggling with a menacing drug addic-tion behind closed doors, which zapped his creativity. He cites 2005-2009 as years of very low production.

“I had always wanted to get clean and sober, but didn’t really have the tools to do it,” Haggerty explains. “I had the desire to quit using drugs and alcohol, but I didn’t know how to get out of my environment, I didn’t know how to get out of my head and really focus on who I wanted to be. I didn’t have that resource.”

Macklemore’s live shows now swarm with people of all ages, race and gender. During his per-formances, he often addresses his personal struggles with ad-diction in the most genuine and sincere way ever witnessed at a hip-hop show. At a 2014 show in Omaha, Nebraska, he said, “A lot of rappers tell you that in or-der for them to be creative they have to be high or drunk. For

me, it was the exact opposite. If I got high or drunk, my creativ-ity would completely shut off. I went years back of forth of bat-tling this and trying to get clean, but it was not working. Finally in 2008, for the first time in my life I went to rehab and I got sober. I came out of rehab and I had nothing I was broke. I moved back into my parent’s house.”

At that point in his life, he started making music again, this time with former tour photogra-pher Ryan Lewis, who eventually became his producer. One day he was in Lewis’ parent’s base-ment (which ironically is a recur-ring theme in his life) and Lewis looped a Red Hot Chili Peppers’ song. He quickly wrote the lyrics to what would become the song, “The Other Side,” one of his most powerful songs.

“That’s probably the fastest song I’ve ever written,” he says. “I didn’t really have to think about writing that song. It just happened. Music is just kind of an outlet for me to kind of clean out the cobwebs and really go through whatever it is I’m going through emotionally on a piece of paper. That’s what music has always been for me in its purest form. That was definitely that song for me. It took me like 15 or 20 minutes to write the whole thing.”

Sadly, Haggerty suffered a re-lapse in December 2011 after re-turning home from tour. Anyone who has struggled with addic-tion knows what a devastating blow this is, especially when you want nothing more to stay clean.

“Initially getting sober, I went to a treatment facility and there I was able to get perspective on the broader scheme of life and realize that there’s something

greater than myself,” he says. “I had lost any contact with God or power greater than myself dur-ing the time I was using drugs and alcohol. I don’t consider myself a religious person at all, but I do consider myself a per-son that believes that there is something greater than us out there. Getting back into a sober mind state, I got in touch with something I lost a long time ago. I was able to realize I had a certain amount of control but I don’t in the same sense. I have the ability to choose whether I’m using drugs and alcohol yet all these things that are happening to me are false. I could choose them or I can just going against them. I used drugs and alcohol as a numbing device. The min-ute that I lost the desire to numb myself was the most essential tool of the tool belt.”

Thankfully he was armed with these tools because the relapse could have easily derailed him completely, but instead, he forged ahead, started over and released 2012’s The Heist, which catapulted him to international recognition. The album debuted at number 1 on iTunes within hours of being released without any major label support.

“It’s a lot of hard work and a lot of sacrifice to put into the art,” he says.” It’s nice to see it take off in a new way on the level that it’s at right now.”

That’s an understatement. One thing, however, has seem-ingly remained the same, which is his authenticity. While his hit single, “Thrift Shop,” was the track that more or less got the ball rolling, there’s much more to him than a silly, albeit catchy, song about used clothing.

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ing he usually does in between songs paints an accurate pic-ture of who Ben Haggerty really is underneath the fur coats and ‘coon hats. He knows there is a balance. While he stays true to his sobriety and the messages he puts out into the world, he knows it’s not for everyone.

“If you’re at that point in your life where you’re drinking and drugging and that’s who you are and what you stand for, that’s what is going to reflect in your music,” he explains. “Schoolboy Q, Danny Brown and A$AP Rocky are all my friends, but they talk about sippin’ lean or smoking weed and taking pills. They have their own spin on drug culture, but that’s what they do. To be like, ‘you know what, you guys shouldn’t rap about this.’ I’m not in a position to say that. What makes me frustrated is seeing people that don’t drink or smoke who rap about it and glorify it and try to make money off of it because it’s popular. I want to be as genuine and authentic as possible.”

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By 2006, Matisyahu (real name Matthew Miller) had experienced a meteoric rise to fame. The live version of “King Without a Crown” had broken into the Modern Rock Top 10 and he was named the Top Reggae Artist by Billboard that same year. With his roots firmly planted in his Jewish heritage, the fact he was a Hasidic reggae artist became his whole persona. Not surprisingly, when he shaved off his infamous beard in 2011, a lot of people were shocked.

“It was more than facial hair,” Miller explains. “It was my whole identity. My whole identity was connected to this beard and this look, and this Hasidic thing. It would be like if Bob Marley shaved his dreadlocks. People would be like, ‘How could he do that? He’s a Rastafarian.’ That’s what makes him, to some extent, who he is. Real fans or any person with half a brain would say, ‘He is who he is and people change. His music is really what matters.’ People have a hard time separating the music from the identity.”

It took a lot of growing for the Pennsylvania native to figure out who he is, and in many ways, he’s still working on that. Born in West Chester, his family moved to White Plains, New York when he was a kid. He spent his childhood learning about Judaism, but as most teenagers do, he eventually rebelled against his strict upbringing. Music, however, was always a constant in the Miller household and eventually gave him a sense of purpose.

“Music was a big part of my life growing up,” he says. “My parents had great taste in music. I always felt music was exciting for me. As a kid, I liked to perform and be in choruses. When I was in about 5th grade, the chorus were kind of segregated. There was the Performing Arts Choir, which was mostly white kids doing chorus music I really didn’t like. Then there was the Cultural Horizons Choir, which was mostly the poor Black kids from the projects and they were doing gospel music. I was always more interested in that.”

He joined Cultural Horizons and was the only white kid, which he says was the first difficult experience that made him feel like he didn’t fit in. When he would hear the young Black girls singing, however, it moved him inside. It wouldn’t be the first time music touched his soul.

“I felt I could do that,” he says. “When I was getting into my own music and reggae, there was this summer or fall when I was living in Burlington, Vermont, sleeping in the park, and there was a guy who was singing the ‘Rastman Chant.’ The same thing kind of happened. It moved me and I felt like I could do that, too, so I started singing that song.”

When Miller was 16, he saw Phish in Massachusetts and had an intense psychedelic experience, another monumental event.

“It wasn’t about watching the performer,”

he remembers. “It was a fully encompassing experience, where you felt like it wasn’t about being impressed by the skills of the musician or being moved by them, but more that you entered into an atmosphere or a space, and they kind of took you on journey through different rooms in a house. In these rooms, you were able to explore yourself. At that point, I felt that my true love was music. That was when I could really find myself.”

Throughout all of his evolutionary changes, one thing remained constant—his passion for creating. After 2006’s breakthrough album, Youth, Miller followed up with 2009’s Light, 2012’s Spark Seeker, and 2014’s Akeda. In between albums, he found time to appear in two films, 2010’s A Buddy Story and 2012’s The Possession.

“When I was 18, I was in a play called ‘Equus’ in a theater in Central Oregon,” he recalls. “I was going to see which road opened up for me—acting or music.”

The road soon led to music. Miller returned to New York, where he attended to The New School and took a lot of acting classes, but continued to work music himself. Eventually, he stopped doing both to focus on religion and spiritually, although after a couple of years, he returned to music. “That door opened up so I ran with it,” he says.

In 2016, Miller is focused on raising his three boys—ages 10, 9 and 5—while doing shows (he’s going out with 311 again this summer), carpooling to hockey or soccer practices, and riding motorcycles with his father. While he doesn’t claim to be a spiritual guru of any kind and his face is still freshly shaven, there’s a sense he’s found a peace only a higher power could provide.

“Spirituality means a lot of different things to different people,” he says. “It’s nothing you can define or give a prescription for. Today my music is about putting together the right band and right musicians, and having the right focus; allowing music to be a lot of improvisation and exploration to create this space for people to enter into it. It’s less about me and more about environment I am trying to create with music. That’s the drive for me.”

Matisyahu with Saul Williams and The Polish Ambassador, June 12, at Red Rocks, Morrison, Colorado, 5 p.m. Tickets are $20. Visit www.redrocksonlinecom for more information .

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Chubby Carrier and The Bayou Swamp BandJay Wallace | BandWagon Magazine

Blues music is not a homogenous genre. The various sub-genres of blues music are very much shaped by the location they come from. Zydeco, for instance, hails from Louisiana, shaped by French Creole speakers and taking its inspiration from blues, R&B and indigenous music from both Louisiana Creoles and Native Americans. And Grammy Award Winner Chubby Carrier is bringing some Zydeco to the Greeley Blues Jam.

Chubby Carrier and The Bayou Swamp Band are definitely a unique flavor for the Blues Jam, but if anyone is qualified to bring Zydeco here, it’s Carrier. His grandfather, Warren, father Roy and cousins Bebe and Calvin are among the best Zydeco artists out there; Chubby even played in his father’s band at age 12. Roy Carrier went as far to create The Offshore Lounge, a club for Zydeco musicians to practice and perform.

Carrier’s discography stretches back to 1989 with Go Zydeco Go, and has played on stage with various other groups and musicians ranging from Carlos Santana and Travis Tritt to Eddie Money and Weird Al Yankovic. His 2010 album Zydeco Junkie earned him a Grammy for Best Zydeco or Cajun Album in 2011. Chubby Carrier and The Bayou Swamp Band are playing the West Stage at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 11.

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Bringing a little taste of Mississippi country blues to the Greeley Blues Jam, Luther and Cody Dickinson are the two brothers behind North Mississippi Allstars, celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year. Both are the sons of Memphis institution Jim Dickinson, who, along with fronting Mud Boy and the Neutrons, also worked along Aretha Franklin, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan as a pianist and producer. So Cody and Luther have an enviable background. They describe their sound as “blues-infused rock and roll.”

The two brothers put out five albums from 2000 to 2008, and nabbed two Grammy nominations for “Best Contemporary Blues Album,” before they decided to work on their own projects. Cody worked on movie and television scores, such as Black Snake Moan, and produced Ian Siegal’s last two albums. Luther, in the meantime, formed two bands, The South Memphis String Band and The Wandering, and released a solo acoustic album that earned a nomination for “Best Folk Album” at the 2013 Grammys.

In 2010, Cody and Luther reunited, following their father’s passing, and recorded Keys to the Kingdom. Their most recent album, World Boogie Is Coming, was released in 2013. The North Mississippi Allstars will be playing on Saturday, June 11, at 9 p.m.

Davy KnowlesKyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine

Growing up in the Isle of Man, 29-year-old blues musician Davy Knowles learned to play guitar by listening to records he’d find in his father’s collection, which included artists like Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher, Oasis and Eric Clapton. At 19, after sharpening his skills in the local music circuit, he opted to split for America, where he toured with his band, Back Door Slam.

His debut solo album, 2009’s Coming Up For Air, peaked at #2 on the Billboard Blues chart and permanently put him on the musical map. He quickly captured the attention of the media and soon booked performances on Jimmy Kimmel and Good Morning America.

According to singer Peter Frampton, who produced his sophomore album, “Davy already has a recognizable style. He’s definitely the gunslinger guitarist of the 21st century.”

After his initial success, a four-year tour cycle followed at legendary festivals such as Lollapalooza, Memphis In May, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits. He also headlined shows at The Troubadour, Red Rocks, World Cafe, and The Iridium. As if that wasn’t enough, he got to tour with legends Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, The Who, Warren Haynes, George Thorogood, Peter Frampton, Joe Bonamassa, Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rhythm Devils, and the Satriani/Hagar inspired supergroup, Chickenfoot.

In 2014 as Ambassador for the Isle of Man’s “Year of Culture” he played the International Celtic Festival in Lorient, France, and that same year began filming the documentary Island Bound – tracking the migration of Celtic and European folk music with the early settlers to the British Colonies. With input from a host of local Manx and international artists, including Richard Thompson and Martin Simpson, Knowles demonstrates how this music was preserved and passed down through generations, evolving into Bluegrass, Folk, Country and Americana, ultimately influencing contemporary blues and rock music.

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Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Charlie Musselwhite was exposed to music early on

in his life. His father played guitar and harmonica, his mother played piano and one of his relatives was a bonafide one-man band. When he was 3-years-old, Musselwhite moved to Memphis. At the time, Memphis was experiencing the period when rockabilly, western swing, and electric blues and other forms of African-American music forged together to birth rock and roll.

Much like the blues songs he writes, Musselwhite left Memphis in pursuit of the rumored “big-paying factory jobs” up the “Hillbilly Highway” to Chicago, where he continued his

education on the South Side, making the acquaintance of blues legends like Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Howlin’ Wolf.

While studying under the tutelage of his contemporaries, Musselwhite lived in the basement of Jazz Record Mart with Big Joe Williams, working as a driver for an exterminator.

During the ‘60s, he spent his time hanging out at the Jazz Record Mart and a nearby bar, Mr. Joe’s, with his fellow musicians, playing for tips at other clubs around the city. He forged a lifelong friendship with John Lee Hooker, who served as best man at Musselwhite’s third marriage. Gradually, Musselwhite became a household name.

Since then, Musselwhite has released over 20 albums, including 1970’s Memphis, Tennessee, 1984’s Where Have All the Good Times Gone? and his most recent, I Ain’t Lying, which was released in 2015. Interestingly enough, he also performed on Tom Waits’s Mule Variations and INXS’s “Suicide Blonde.”

With 14 W. C. Handy Awards, six Grammy nominations, Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Monterey Blues Festival and the San Javier Jazz Festival and the Mississippi Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts under his belt, he’s earned his place among the upper echelon of blues musicians.

BandWagon Magazine: What drew you to Blues?

Charlie Musselwhite: Well, I heard all kinds of music growing up I liked like gospel and old hillbilly stuff, but blues to me sounded like I felt. That’s the short answer (laughs). It was a comforter, it made me feel good. I was kind of a lonely kid, I didn’t have any brothers or sisters and I had a single mom who worked all the time. I was alone a lot.

When did you know you were going to play music for a living?

I’m still working on that (laughs). I guess when my first album came out and I started getting calls from around the country to come and work, it made it kinda real. But i hadn’t really taken it that seriously before that, because I loved the music but I never thought I would make a living at it. I was working in these tiny blues clubs in Chicago but it wasn’t enough money to live on, everyone had to have day jobs. I was just getting by. I didn’t know where it was going to go but I loved the music and I felt compelled to play it.

What was your experience like performing at the White House in 2013?

It was awesome to be in the White House. It was a tribute to the music of Memphis as I recall, and so there were a lot of old friends there, and it was fun to be there with them and play with them, what a thrill. I had met President Obama already and I had given him a harmonica. I told him, ‘I heard you like blues, if you have want some lessons I’d be happy to give them to you,’ and he said ‘that’s great Charlie but I’m a little busy right now.’ (laughs)

What are some of your favorite places to play?

Home (laughs). Every place has something unique to offer. Not all those people can come to my house so it’s great to get out and see all the smiling faces and people dancing it’s really rewarding.

“PLAY YOUR OWN HEART”

How did your relationship with Ben Harper begin?

We first met when he opened for John Lee Hooker a long time ago. John Lee would call me from time to time to sit in with him all the time so I was there. Not long after that John was in the studio and each tune would have a different band on it. He asked Ben and his band to back him up and have me on harmonica. At this point Ben and I knew each other but we had never really played together. But we really locked in there in the studio and decided we needed really ought to do more things together.

When you’re not touring how do you like to spend your time?

Oh, catching up. I’m gone so much there’s a lot of stuff that needs doing around the house. Just fixing stuff and cleaning stuff. And seeing friends and reading and relaxing. Sitting in the yard watching the clouds go by. When you’re sitting there staring out the window that’s an artist at work. That’s when you get ideas.

Is there any advice you would give young musicians?

I say follow your heart. Play what you want to play, don’t try to play like someone else. It’s great to learn from other players but you really want to play your own music. Play your own heart.

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CONCERT CALENDARWednesday June 1stSoda Jerk Presents:Devour the Day@ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins–7pm w/ Special Guests

Bryson Tiller@ Red RocksDenver–8pm

Disco Biscuits @ The Ogden TheatreDenver–9pm

Thursday June 2ndBill Smith and Friends perform a Michael Jackson Tribute @ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–8pmw/ special guests

Foco Hip Hop Summer Bash ft/ Tx2, Rob The Galaxy, Mystic I, Prexcher and Vzyual@ The Artery DowntownFt. Collins–8pm

Satsang@ Hodi’s Half Note, Ft. Collins–8pmw/ Rawtune, and AMac-DZ

Chromeo and Jamie XX@ Red Rocks AmphitheaterMorrison–5:30pmw/ Four Tet, What So Not

Saints of Never After@ The Marquis Theater, Denver–7pmw/ Implicit Whispers, Corey Leiter, Smith House, Matt Rouch

Disco Biscuits@ Ogden TheatreDenver–9pm

Friday June 3rdBen Pu & Crew@ Moxi TheaterGreeley -7pmw/ Bre Davis, Ubre Brown & The Dream Train, Kevin Johnston

Kimock@ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–8pm

First Friday with Zobomaze and The Echo Chamber@ The Artery DowntownFt. Collins–8pm

The Party People@ Hodi’s Half Note, Ft. Collins–8pmw/ Boom Dispensary DJs, PhloEhitk, Executive Reality, and Cezbot

Matoma@ The Mishawaka, Bellvue–6pmw/ Pandasaywhat and Moon Frog

Rebelution@ Red Rocks AmphitheaterMorrison–6pmw/ The Green + J Boog, Stick Figure, Through The Roots

Langhorne Slim & The Law@ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pmwith Kid Reverie, Edison

Disco Biscuits@ Ogden TheatreDenver–9pm

Racing On The Sun@ The Marquis Theater, Denver–7pmw/ Popfilter, Hour 24, Manic

Saturday June 4thHouse of Bass presents:EDM Boutique@ Moxi Theater, Greeley–7pmw/ Louiegee x Hawaii-J, Dak-Atk, Garfield, Fresh, DJ knives, R3CKL355, DJ Daca, Loktavious

The Pump and Dump: A Parentally Incorrect Comedy Show and Night Out, For Once [Early Show]@ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–6:30 pm

Shakedown Street Grateful Dead Tribute [Late Show]@ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–9pmw/ Wooleye

Dixie Leadfoot @ Key Largo LoungeGreeley -9pm

Winchester Holiday @ The Artery DowntownFt. Collins–8pmw/ Lunde Station and Professor Fox Band

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The California Honeydrops@ The Mishawaka, Bellvue–6pmwith Mama Lenny and The Remedy

The Disco Biscuits@ Red Rocks AmphitheaterMorrison–5pmw/ Ghostland Observatory, Twiddle

The Old 97’s@ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pmw/ Strange Americans

ShatterproofThe Marquis TheaterDenver–7pmw/ Almost Maine, Vista Kicks, Saving Verona, 1000 Miles of Fire, Bedford Falls

Sunday June 5thBarenaked Ladies@ Red Rocks AmphitheaterMorrison–5:30pmw/ Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Howard Jones

Redbull Sound Select Presents:Soulja Boy @ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pmw/ Fembot, Catch Lungs

KGNU Presents:Death By Stereo@ The Marquis TheaterDenver–7pmCommon War, Stay Wild, Screwtape

Monday June 6thIf I Fail - Tour Kickoff@ Marquis TheaterDenver–7pmw/ The Burial Plot, The Backseaters, Daydream

Tuesday June 7thParadox@ The Artery DowntownFt. Collins–6pm

The Lumineers@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6pmw/ Soak

Jesus Piece@ The Marquis TheaterDenver–7pmw/ Threshold, Hapless, Cyclonus

Wednesday June 8thKatchafire@ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–8pmw/ Mystic Roots Band and Stay Positive Sound

Jon Stickley Trio @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins–8pmw/ Front Country and Rabbit Wilde

The Lumineers@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6pmw/ Soak

Local H@ The BluebirdDenver–9pm

Koo Koo Kanga Roo@ The Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm

Thursday June 9thThe Ugly Architect@ Moxi TheaterGreeley– 8pm w/ The Covz, Poets & Wolves

Sole, Church Fire , Otem Rellik, CURTA’s Bread & Circus Tour Kickoff Show

@ The Artery DowntownFt. Collins–8pm

Brit Floyd@ Red Rocks AmphitheaterMorrison–6:30pm

Dale Watson@ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pmw/ Dixie Leadfoot

Lowjob@ The Marquis Theater, Denver–7pmw/ Cowcatcher, Straight Outta Luck, Flight Kamikaze

Friday June 10thGreeley Blues Jam presents:Austin Young @ Moxi TheaterGreeley– 8pm

Wish You Were Pink (Pink Floyd Tribute) @ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins– 8pm

Musketeer Gripweed @ Hodi’s Half Note, Ft. Collins– 8pmw/ special guestsLettuce@ Red Rocks AmphitheaterMorrison– 6pmw/ The Wailers, Manic Focus, Pete Rock, Rahzel

Haley Reinhart@ The Bluebird Theater–9pm

Chrisette Michele@ Ogden Theatre, Denver–9pm

Speakeasy EP Release ShowThe Marquis Theater, Denver–7pmw/ Creature Canopy, Falchemist, The Uglys

Saturday June 11thThe Crew Presents: As The Sky Darkens@ Moxi Theater, Greeley– 8pmw/ The Caveat, Draghoria, Imprisonment

Cervantes’ and Reggae Movement Present:Gondwana@ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–8pmw/ Nattali Rize, Mindstate

Austin Young Friday June 10th @ Moxi Theater in Greeley

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Soda Jerk Presents:Native Daughters @ Hodi’s Half Note, Ft. Collins–8pmw/ Khemmis, Cult of the Lost Cause, and Harkener

Trevor Hall@ The Mishawaka, Bellvue–6pmw/ John Wayne and the Pain

Big Head Todd and The Monsters@ Red Rocks AmphitheaterMorrison–5:30pmw/ Dwight Yoakam, Tracksuit Wedding

Russ@ The Bluebird Theater–9pmw/ Kontrast & Fo Chief, Sid

A$SP Ferg & Tony Lanez@ Odgen TheatreDenver–9pmw/ Madeintyo

Valient Thorr@ The Marquis TheaterDenver–7pmw/ Hammer Fight, Necropanther

Sunday June 12thSmallz One & Razakel Murder the World Tour@ The PitGreeley–7pm

The Polish Ambassador@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pmMatisyahu, Bluetech, Saul Williams, Ayla Nereo + Yoga w/ Hannah Mus

Monday June 13thSteely Dan@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5:30pmw/ Steve Winwood

Joywave@ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pmw/ ON AN ON, Gleemer

Meatless Monday - Vegan Pizza Party@ The Marquis TheaterDenver–7pmw/ Pretty Mouth

Tuesday June 14thJoe Prudy@ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pm

Wednesday June 15thJMSN@ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–8pmw/ Tiffany Gouche and Sur Ellz

Caravan Palace@ Ogden TheatreDenver–9pmw/ Mikey Thunder

Ben Nichols (of Lucero) & Oliver Peck (of Ink Master) Bikeriders Tour @ Hodi’s Half Note

Ft. Collins–8pmw/ Jeremy C. Grant

Nothing@ The Marquis TheaterDenver–7pmw/ Wrong, Culture Abuse

Thursday June 16thLos Ghost F**K Cancer Tour ft/ Illiminate@ The PitGreeley–7pm

The Oh Hellos@ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–8pmw/ Gipsy Moon

Paa Kow @ The Artery DowntownFt. Collins–8pmw/ special guest

Cervantes’ and Aggie Theater pres-ent:Authority Zero Summer Sickness Tour @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins–8pmw/ Brewfish

Devotchka w/ The Colorado Sym-phony ft/ Ozomatli@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6pmw/ Josh Blue

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Ben Nichols (of Lucero)@ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pmw/ Brent Cowles

Radio 1190 Presents:Damien Jurado & The Heavy Light@ The Marquis TheaterDenver–7pmw/ Ben Abraham

Friday June 17thBryan Thomas Band@ Moxi Theater Greeley - 8pmw/ Special Guests

Tribute Night with Mellowship Fel-lowship (Red Hot Chili Peppers) @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins–8pmwith Sabotage (Beastie Boys) and Lowdown Brass Band

The Dead Floyd w/ special guests @ The Mishawaka, Bellvue–6pmw/ Technicolor Tone Factory and Miscomunicado

Gramatik@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pmw/ Hippie Sabotage, Sweater Beats, The Geek x Vrv, ProbCause

Blue October@ Ogden TheatreDenver–9pmw/ Danny Malone

Authority Zero@ The Marquis TheaterDenver–7pmw/ Wake The Bat, Brewfish, Ameri-can Blackout

Saturday June 18thMoxi Theater & MILE HIGH Fashionz Greeley Present:Top Flite Empire@ Moxi Theater, Greeley–7pmw/ High Quality, DiViiNE, Digital Art-istry, TYJA3, Good Bad Brakes Ent, Sincere Kid, Life At Risk Entertain-ment, Poerty X

Twisted Insane’s Voodoo Tour@ The Pit, Greeley– 7pm

Dave East@ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pmw/ Ray Reed, Baby Sean, Damien the Architect

The White Buffalo@ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–8pm w/ special guests

All Girls Rock Night ft/ Amy and the Peace Pipes, HighJacked, and Blue Mesa@ The Downtown ArteryFt. Collins–8pm

Odesza@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–7pmw/ RÜFÜS DU SOL

Girl Pride with special DJ set from Kate Moening@ Ogden Theatre, Denver–9pm

MAGFest Presents:Game Over Denver@ The Marquis Theater, Denver–7pmw/ Danimal Cannon, Rainbowdrag-oneyes, Michael Zucker, Aethernaut, Dr Zilog

Sunday June 19thBob Dylan and His Band@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–6pm w/ Mavis Staples

Monday June 20th

Snow tha Product@ The Aggie TheaterFt. Collins–8pmw/ Stay Tuned, Swizzy J, Soul Men and Kanon Lebron

Birdy@ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pmw/ Lawrence Taylor

Tuesday June 21stSlipknot@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pmw/ Marilyn Manson, Of Mice and Men

Andy Black@ The BluebirdDenver–9pmw/ Colours

KOOL 105 Presents:Totally ‘80s Tour: Missing PersonsThe Marquis Theater, Denver–7pmw/ Bow Wow Wow, Trans X

Wednesday June 22ndSeriesfest ft/ Sia@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–7pm

Thursday June 23rdSunBoy @ The Downtown Artery Ft. Collins–8:30pm

w/ special guests Serpentfoot, Meeting House and Syrup

Friday June 24thThe Crew Presents:Metalachi@ Moxi Theater, Greeley–8pm

Taiyamo Denku & Qbala @ Hodi’s Half Note, Ft. Collins–8pmw/ Kind Dub Krew, Thin Air Crew, DJ Deadbeat, PDF, Marble Cake

Widespread Panic@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pm

James McMurtry @ The Bluebird TheaterDenver–9pmw/ Max Gomez

METALACHIFriday June 24th @ Moxi Theater in Greeley


The Growlers@ Ogden Theatre, Denver–9pm

Channel 93.3 Presents:Holy White Hounds@ The Marquis Theater, Denver–7pm

Saturday June 25thThe Crew Presents:Afroman@ Moxi Theater, Greeley–8pmw/ VT, Bass Music Ent., Drunken Boxing Club, Church of Lazlo, Es-senceUGP, Travis Emidy

The Growlers@ The Mishawaka, Bellvue–6pmw/ special guests

Widespread Panic@ Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison–5pm

Vale of Pnath Album Release Show@ The Marquis Theater, Denver–7pmw/ IAMTHESHOTGUN, Seren, Te-thys, Apotheon

Sunday June 26th

Widespread Panic@ Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison–5pm

Medic - CD Release Show@ The Marquis Theater, Denver–7pmw/ Paper Lights, Popfilter

Monday June 27thSublime with Rome@ Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison–6pmw/ Tribal Seeds, Hieroglyphics, New Kingston

Tuesday June 28thBen Harper and The Innocent Criminals@ Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison–6pmw/ City and Colour

Bad Cop/Bad Cop@ The Bluebird Theater Denver–9pmw/ The Atomic Age, The Murder-burgers

Wednesday June 29thBrand New and Modest Mouse@ Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison–6:30pm

Peter Bjorn and John@ The Bluebird Theater, Denver–9pm

Thursday June 30thAn Evening with Dark Star Orchestra@ The Mishawaka, Bellvue–5:30pm

Zeds Dead@ Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison–6pmw/ Tchami, Lil Dicky, Rezz, Pusher

The Drunken Hearts@ The Bluebird Theater–9pmw/ Mama Magnolia, Cold River CityAFROMAN

Saturday June 25th @ Moxi Theater in Greeley

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No. 792 Medium Previous solution - Very Hard

36

4 22 13 51 3 6 8

93

7 6 9

48

79

1

2

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Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

6 8 2 42 5 1

1 6 22 9

3 1 8 26 5

9 3 67 1 66 5 4 9

© 2

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Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

4 5 7 3 1 8 6 9 23 8 2 6 9 5 4 1 76 9 1 4 2 7 3 8 55 1 3 2 8 6 7 4 92 7 9 5 3 4 8 6 18 6 4 1 7 9 2 5 31 2 5 8 4 3 9 7 69 3 8 7 6 1 5 2 47 4 6 9 5 2 1 3 8


2 3 5 62 1 6 5 4 7 8 93 4 5 6 9 8

5 6 3 4 8 73 5 4 8 9 1

5 6 7 8 9 3 24 7 8 9 5 6

9 8 7 6 3 4 58 9 7 4 5 6

7

6 24

31



SUDOKU




No. 791 Very Hard Previous solution - ToughHow To Beat Str8ts Like Sudoku, no single number can repeat in any row or column. But... rows and columns are di-vided by black squares into compartments. These need to be filled in with numbers that complete a ‘straight’. A straight is a set of numbers with no gaps but can be in any order, eg [4,2,3,5]. Clues in black cells remove that number as an op-tion in that row and column, and are not part of any straight. Glance at the solution to see how ‘straights’ are formed.



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41 5 6 2

3 46 2

8 57 3 2 5

1

9

1

54

8

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016

Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

9 8 3 72

4 7 8 1 57 5

4 51 2

4 2 9 6 73

6 2 7 9

© 2

016

Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

3 9 4 2 1 8 5 7 65 1 8 7 6 3 9 4 22 7 6 4 5 9 3 1 84 3 5 6 9 7 8 2 18 2 1 5 3 4 6 9 79 6 7 1 8 2 4 5 36 4 2 8 7 5 1 3 97 8 3 9 4 1 2 6 51 5 9 3 2 6 7 8 4

STR8TSNo. 541 Easy

8 9 5 4 2 39 8 5 6 3 4 2

5 4 6 1 2 36 7 2 3 5 4

5 7 6 3 2 4 16 2 5 3 4 1 7 84 3 2 1 6 7 83 1 2 4 8 5 6 7

4 3 7 8 9

17

8

59

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SUDOKU





3 6 85 8

1 72

9

5 8

74

96

15

2

3

© 2

016

Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

5 74 3

2 7 6 94 6 5

9 81 4 7

1 2 5 66 8

1 4

© 2

016

Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

9 5 1 8 4 3 2 6 77 8 6 5 2 1 3 9 42 4 3 6 7 9 8 1 58 9 4 3 1 2 7 5 63 6 7 4 8 5 9 2 15 1 2 7 9 6 4 3 84 2 9 1 6 8 5 7 31 7 5 9 3 4 6 8 26 3 8 2 5 7 1 4 9


2 3 6 5 7 82 3 4 6 5 7 8 93 4 8 7 5 61 5 7 6 4 2 3

9 8 3 4 1 27 8 6 1 2 38 6 7 5 4 2 36 7 3 2 4 5

2 4 3 1 5 6

9

1

54

8



SUDOKU





8 26 8 5

4 35 6

35

26

4

12

63

9

© 2

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Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

1 88 4 5

6 32 6 9

4 1 27 8 3

8 2 13 9 8

2 5

© 2

016

Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

6 7 9 3 5 8 1 2 42 8 3 7 4 1 9 6 51 5 4 6 9 2 7 8 35 6 7 4 1 9 8 3 24 9 8 2 3 7 6 5 13 1 2 8 6 5 4 7 98 4 6 9 2 3 5 1 77 3 5 1 8 4 2 9 69 2 1 5 7 6 3 4 8


5 8 7 6 2 15 6 4 3 1 2

8 7 6 5 2 4 37 6 9 8 1 2

7 9 8 3 4 53 4 9 8 7 6

3 2 4 7 6 5 84 3 2 7 6 5 8

2 3 1 6 7

47

93

65

1

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SUDOKU





5 7 15 2

1 23

42 8

7 82 6

47

93

65

1

8

© 2

016

Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

6 1 434 6 2 7

5 19 3 5

8 6 96 9 3

29 1 8

© 2

016

Syn

dica

ted

Puz

zles

3 2 8 6 7 9 4 5 15 9 1 2 3 4 8 7 67 4 6 8 5 1 3 9 22 6 7 4 9 8 5 1 31 3 4 5 2 6 9 8 78 5 9 7 1 3 6 2 49 7 3 1 6 5 2 4 86 8 2 9 4 7 1 3 54 1 5 3 8 2 7 6 9

STR8TSNo. 545 Easy

3 1 2 8 7 91 2 9 7 8 6

5 4 8 9 3 26 9 7 8 5 1 2 3

6 8 9 7 4 58 7 6 3 2 4 59 8 6 7 2 3 1 4

2 5 6 3 4 8 75 4 2 1 7 6

45

6

19

3



SUDOKU





How To Beat Str8ts Like Sudoku, no single number can repeat in any row or column. But... rows and columns are divided by black squares into compartments. These need to be filled in with numbers that complete a ‘straight’. A straight is a set of num-bers with no gaps but can be in any order, eg [4,2,3,5]. Clues in black cells remove that num-ber as an option in that row and column, and are not part of any straight. Glance at the solution to see how ‘straights’ are formed.



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