Mile High Music Festival 2009
Photos from this last years Rocky Mountain Music Festival, you can click and slide the film strip below to quickly browse the thumbnails, or click on one to enlarge , you can also start a slide show once you have a photo enlarged by clicking the play button on the lower center portion of the [...]
Gomez
Ben Ottewell of Gomez
Gomez performed at Denver’s Mile High Music Festival on July 19, 2009 on a hot sunny afternoon appeasing thousands of hard core fans. ATO Records recording artist Gomez has revealed details of its highly anticipated new album, A NEW TIDE .
Joe Pug
I was bleary eyed and exhausted from the marathon photo shoot the day before, 14 hours of non stop walking and shooting bands at Denver’s Mile High Music Festival. Photography and music are my passions but even I was a bit burned and didn’t even feel like getting up and getting back to the venue [...]
The Fray
Isaac Slade of The Fray
A massive purple black thunderhead approached the Mile High Music Festival Sunday evening threatening to put a damper on the much anticipated Fray show, but after a brief sprinkle that brought the temperature down from about 90 to 75F, the clouds moved out just in time for a spectacular show by [...]
Matisyahu
Watching Matisyahu perfrom is different than watching a “normal” band, its more like a jamming religious experience, the crowd is different, calm, happy, and passionate about just being in the presence of a man with this authenticity. The experience might be summed up nicely by Van The Man’s line “it stoned me to my soul…”, maybe that’s what Matisyahu’s [...]
G. Love and Special Sauce
Garrett Dutton or G. Love as his adoring fans refer him blasted through a passionate set of music some call hip-hop blues for the enthusiastic crowd that packed into the Rhapsody Tent at the Mile High Music Festival on July 18, 2009 in Denver Colorado. Trying to shoot this performer is easier said than done, you see this [...]
Thievery Corporation
Thievery Corporation was the warm up act for The Fray at the Mile High Music Festival this past Sunday evening and to say they warmed things up is truely and understatement. This Washington, D.C.-based band consists of the founders and DJ duo of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists. Their music style mixes elements of [...]
DeVotchka
DeVotchKa is an eclectic indie rock band from Denver, Colorado, combining elements of cabaret, folk, punk, gypsy, eastern bloc, mariachi, and polka. Originally a backing band for burlesque shows in Colorado DeVotchKa also toured with Dita von Teese. At the beginning of the 2000s the band began touring around the US to promote their self [...]
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy is a straight forward, hard working Bluesman, plain and simple. Sure he may be the quintessential Bluesman according to the likes of Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck but what do they know, right? Sporting a gold rings one with the words Blues written out in small diamonds and the other simply BG. Buddy [...]
Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello is a multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City, they might have been ny favorite act of the Mile High Music Festival weekend, the passion that this band performed at such that I could not take my eyes of them, let alone leave na dhead to [...]
Guster
Guster is an American alternative rock band that is known for its live performances, humor, and cult following. It was formed by Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel in 1991 while attending Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
Jack’s Mannequin
Having survived acute lymphatic leukemia in 2004, Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin seems ro play each show as if it were his last, I think thats whats called living in the now. If he EVER comes your way you must check him out. The energy level he plays at for two hours is astonishing. There [...]
The Wailers
The Wailers
The world renowned Wailers took the stage at the Mile High Festival 2009 last Sunday and provided a healthy dose of Reggae to legions of their devoted fans starting off for a second round of their sold-out nationwide “Exodus Tour,”. The Wailers will be using the tour to bring more attention to their “I [...]
ELECTRIC TOUCH
Electric Touch
When Electric Touch hit the West Main Stage at Denver’s Mile High Music Festival I knew I was in for something special, my favorite flavor of music, hard rocking blues!
Strange Condition
Strange Condition is a Denver-based rock phenomenon bringing unparalleled energy and charisma to packed venues across Colorado. With band members coming from diverse musical backgrounds, Strange Condition is well equipped with a wide array of emotion and originality.
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco plays with a passion that must be seen to be believed, she is a small woman with a huge stage presence and voice. I have waited years to see her live and I could hardly wait to see her do her thing, I was not disappointed last Saturday when she belted out a [...]
2009 Mile High Music Festival Part 2
Mystery Jumper
Well its started, the painfull process of elimination, the work of selecting a few good shots from over 2,500 shots taken. But before I get started do you know who this piano diving mad man is? Below is one photo of each of the 27 bands I photographed.
Mile High Music Festival Part 1
This last weekends festival was all about endurance. I survived the weekend physically, barely, but the mental and emotional toll will take a lot longer to heal, just thinking about wading into over 1,500 photos is more than I can even think about now. But the show must go on so here are a few [...]
Angie Stevens & the Beautiful Wreck
When Angie Stevens starts to sing, you will be struck by the authenticity of her lyrics and passion in her voice, you will feel fortunate to be present. Angie and her band The Beautiful Wreck performed a phenomenal show June 6, 2009 at the Fillmore Plaza downtown Denver, a benefit concert for children charities, see [...]
