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Monday, October 15, 2018

Pueblo's 1973 Country Music Spectacular

Hey all! So I'm digging through boxes of music memorabilia, which still had not been opened since I originally packed them up, for my move back home to Colorado, in 2015. I know, I know...

In between various records, and paper items, I found this program for the Country Music Spectacular, held at the Pueblo West Saddle Club, in 1973.

Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Ernest Tubb headlined the concert, which also featured Denver's Buster Jenkins, Pueblo's Margie Bortles and David Finn, who was in Buster's group, The High Country Travelers (High Country was also the name of Buster's own 1970s-era label).

Local KPUB disc jockey and former West Texas country star, Ace Ball, served as announcer. R.W. Dick McComb, who spent several years at the helm of the Pueblo West Bulletin, and later the city manager in that zip, put together the event, and is noted as the "executive producer."

Cool piece of Pueblo music memorabilia. Let's take a look:

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Elk Bugles Radio Show - Episode 11

Every Thursday from 4:00 -5:00 pm (MT) Elk Bugles is the Colorado music show featuring the little-known vinyl of the state. Tune in every week to hear unknown and unheard Colorado vinyl records, from the 1930s to the 1980s – the records missing from the state’s music history books.

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Little Girl Blue

And They’ll Know

The Don Lewis Experience

It’ll Be Me

The Decades

Let Her Cry

Middle of the Road

The Farmer and the Bumble Bee

Tom Withrow

Life in My Death

Nicky Cruz

The Big Bang

Ian Tescee

We Stand United

Sasa Di

Always Knew You’d Be There

Mel Vonne

Bossa-Netti

Vic Cionetti

Coming Together

Brownstone

Make it Right

Daniel Hoffman

Ballad of Roger Sparks

Randy Handley

Floyd’s Song

Monroe Doctrine

No Credit
Joey Buffalo and Sonics

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Wanna chat about esoteric Colorado vinyl?

Hey all! So I'm slow on the take, when it comes to social media, but I've gathered that people really like interaction, when it comes to like-minded interests. I've had several readers suggest that I put together an Elk Bugles Facebook group, to go with my Elk Bugles Facebook page, for anyone interested in chatting about obscure Colorado vinyl.

So.... if you want to join in: Elk Bugles Facebook Group.

I'm thinking the "page" will be dedicated more to the radio show (much like what this blog has become) and the "group" will be more interactive, for anyone who wants to chat about obscure Colorado records. A place where you can post your obscure Colorado vinyl finds, etc...

There are only three rules to the group:

1) NO POLITICS, pretty please.
2) No John Denver, Firefall, or any other "famous" Colorado records (and 1930's-1980s, only).
3) Just be cool and respectful.

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Elk Bugles Radio Show - Episode 10

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On today's show - I can’t begin to tell you how many Colorado records I find about the rail. These are mostly sound effects records, and they are plentiful….but don’t worry, we aren’t doing an entire hour of whistles and track sounds. So let’s climb aboard today’s episode, for an all-vinyl show entitled trains….