Sam Bush Tuesday on Telluride Inside… and Out, 6/1/2010
"Sam Bush Tuesday" continues this week on Telluride Inside...
"Sam Bush Tuesday" continues this week on Telluride Inside...
This weekend, Mountainfilm in Telluride and SquidShow Theatre present "War of the Words: A Murder Trial, Endangered Language vs. English. The dramatic event takes place Saturday, May 29, 9:15 p.m. @ The Masons.
After bringing Howard Zinn's Voices of a People's History to life last year, SquidShow Theatre is excited to pair up with Mountainfilm again, this time creating an original play based on the Festival's theme: extinction.
“Festival Director David Holbrooke approached us about creating an original play, because he wanted to incorporate theatre and live performance in this year’s Festival again," said Sasha Cucciniello. "After several conversations about what we might write about, David mentioned language extinction. After doing some research, the choice was made. Being a writer, I was blown away by the subject, the impact language extinction is having on our world and the implications for the future of language.”
Sam Bush Tuesday is a rather new feature on Telluride Inside... and Out, an opportunity to see an old Telluride friend in different circumstances. Last week's submission told of the CD release party of Sam's recent recording, "Circles Around Me." That event was also Sam and Lynn Bush's 25th wedding anniversary. We'll let Sam's people tell the story.
"As the release of Circles Around Me and Sam and Lynn's 25th wedding anniversary were celebrated on the same night, this week’s episode of Sam Bush TV gives additional insight into the 25th wedding anniversary portion of the celebration at Sound Emporium Studio, in Nashville, TN.
On Saturday, May 29, 12:15, at The Palm, Mountainfilm in Telluride guest author/journalist John Vaillant talks about his latest book,"The Tiger" (Knopf).
On Saturday, May 22, 7 – 10 p.m., Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House hosts a Spring Rock Concert featuring local talent from director Mark Galbo's Rock and Roll Academy.
by Tracy Shaffer
Denver starts to rock, the season of new beginnings. The town is warming up for the summer nights to do what Denverites do best— hit the streets! Not long after the ski slopes close, concert venues open: for the next five months, music will waft through our city’s all too thin air. Picnics in the park, treks up to Red Rocks: I can almost hear the clickety-clack of Prada sandals as the charge of the Botox Brigade hits the patio at Elway’s. Kicking it off this Saturday is the 7th annual Five Points Jazz Festival at 27th & Welton Street.
A new feature on Telluride Inside... and Out is a regular Tuesday post by Sam Bush, one of Telluride's favorite musicians. Last week was the opening of this series, a Doers column with Sam, a podcast interview with Sam by Susan, and a video from Sam Bush TV.
This week's article is not quite that elaborate, but includes a video from SBTV. The video will be a weekly part of TIO's coverage, and we at Telluride Inside... and Out appreciate the opportunity to help spread the gospel according to Sam. The following is a description of this week's video from Sam's organization:
"On this week's episode of Sam Bush TV, we're revisiting the Circles Around Me CD Release party (which, coincidentally, was also Sam & Lynn Bush's 25th wedding anniversary) at Sound Emporium Studio, in Nashville, TN the spot where most of the CD was recorded.
In Telluride, he is royalty, but please, hold the drum rolls and cornets. The instrument of choice for Sam the Man, King of Telluride, is the diminutive mandolin. Throughout his 30+ year career, by ignoring orthodoxy, Sam Bush did as much as anyone since Bill Monroe to put his instrument on the map. The way he dug in, plucked and strummed, and never mind what he played, added new power and syncopation to the mandolin's percussive chops. Sam's harmonic vocabulary continues to cross musical boundaries, fusing the instrument's more traditional sounds with jazz, rock, blues, funk, and whatever other sounds entered his busy head.
Sam Bush is a trailblazer and Doer #367.
Tea Leaf Green and Cornmeal are joint headliners for a post-PHISH party at Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House. Shows are August and August 10, 11 p.m. Tickets go on sale at sheridanoperahouse.com at NOON on Saturday, May 8 and will ONLY be on sale at...