LOCATION HAS CHANGED!
From COMBO’s good friend and concert organizer Jonny Barber: Save the Colfax Museum Benefit is now set for Saturday, June 29th only. Due to last minute issues that came up, the event needed to be moved so AEG agreed to present the concert at the Fillmore Theater in Denver. Tickets will be tax deductible as a donation to the Colfax Museum and, of course, the Museum will be more than happy to take your just-plain-outright donation!
Headlining is Nashville legend Jim Lauderdale (see below for bio), backed with his full 7-piece band. Opening acts include Mr. Jonny Barber himself – also known as The Velvet Elvis and lead in the band SPIV! Two other well-known country-rock artists will also be performing! More on them soon.
What: Root 40 Concert to benefit the Colfax Museum
When: Saturday, June 29th
Where: The Fillmore Auditorium, East Colfax Avenue at Clarkson St., Denver, CO
Time: Doors at 6:00 p.m.
Ages: Due to the venue change, 21 and up only
Cost: $50
Here’s the link for tickets:
https://www.livenation.com/events/1130907-jun-29-2019-root-40-presents-save-the-colfax-museum
About Jim Lauderdale:
James Lauderdale is an American country, bluegrass, and Roots singer-songwriter. Since 1986, he has released 31 studio albums, including collaborations with artists such as Dr. Ralph Stanley, Buddy Miller, and Donna the Buffalo. A “songwriter’s songwriter,” his songs have been recorded by dozens of artists, notably George Strait, Gary Allan, Elvis Costello, Blake Shelton, the Dixie Chicks, Vince Gill, and Patty Loveless. Most recently, Lauderdale was honored in Nashville at the Americana Honors and Awards show with the WagonMaster Lifetime Achievement Award.
After graduating from college, Lauderdale lived in Nashville for five months in the summer of 1979 while he tried to get a recording or publishing deal. He hung out a lot with Roland White, an accomplished mandolin player, with whom he cut a record. But things never took off, so he decided to move to New York, where he played in Floyd Domino’s band and performed as a solo artist. In 1980 he met singer-songwriter Buddy Miller. He played in Miller’s band in the active twang music scene that was evolving at the time.
During his time in New York City, he also worked in the mailroom and as a messenger at Rolling Stone magazine. He often was assigned to pick up and drop off photographer Annie Liebovitz’s equipment.
Lauderdale joined the national touring production of Pump Boys & Dinettes, which eventually reached Los Angeles where he met musicians Rosie Flores, Billy Bremmer, Pete Anderson, Lucinda Williams, Dale Watson, and others. John Ciambotti became Lauderdale’s manager and Lauderdale relocated to Los Angeles in the late 1980s, recording an album for CBS (which was later released as The Point of No Return). The record was influenced by the Bakersfield sound of Buck Owens.
Eventually, Lauderdale got a publishing deal with Reprise and moved into the second floor of Buddy and Julie Miller’s house until he got his own place in Nashville.
In 2013, Lauderdale started his own record label, Sky Crunch, so that he could release his many albums on a schedule that suited him.
In April 2018, Lauderdale signed to Yep Roc Records.
Lauderdale has had a long-time, successful Music Row career writing songs for many mainstream country music singers under four separate major-label record contracts: CBS, Warner/Reprise, Atlantic, and RCA/BMG.
Songwriting
● Gary Allan: “Wake Up Screaming”, “What’s On My Mind”, “We Touched the Sun”
● Mark Chesnutt: “Gonna Get a Life” (co-written with Frank Dycus) – hit #1 in 1995
● Elvis Costello: “I Lost You”, “Poor Borrowed Dress
● The Dixie Chicks: “Hole in My Head” (co-written with Buddy Miller)
● Vince Gill: “Sparkle”
● Patty Loveless: “Halfway Down”, “To Feel That Way at All”, “You Don’t Seem To Miss Me”
● George Strait:
“The King of Broken Hearts”, “Where the Sidewalk Ends” from Pure Country Soundtrack (1992)
“I Wasn’t Fooling Around”, “Stay Out of My Arms” from Easy Come, Easy Go (1993)
“Nobody Has to Get Hurt”, “What Am I Waiting For” from Lead On (1994)
“Do the Right Thing” from Blue Clear Sky (1996)
“We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This” from One Step at a Time (1998)
“One of You”, “What Do You Say to That” from Always Never the Same (1999)
“Don’t Make Me Come Over There (and Love You)” from George Strait (2000)
“Twang”, “I Gotta Get to You” from Twang (2009)
● Lee Ann Womack: “The King of Broken Hearts”
● Blake Shelton: “What’s On My Mind”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lauderdale
Jonny Barber