The Rainbow Music Hall: Remembering a Legendary Denver Concert Venue

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I was at tech school at Lowry afb in 1983. A buddy and I went to see Steppenwolf at the rainbow one evening. Great show and a cool venue. Walked all the way back to the base after the show as we had no bucks for a taxi....don't remember how far. Nice to read the article on the rainbow...thanks!!

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Great article! Saw several bands there including Blackfoot, Def Leppard, Triumph, and the first show ever in Colorado for Judas Priest.

I also saw April Wine and was just discussing with a friend the warm up band that replaced Kid Sister who pulled out for some reason. The replacement band was a local Denver band and I'm pretty sure the name of the group was the guitarist's last name. Would greatly appreciate this info if anyone remembers:)

Possibilities on your question, Bill, from a friend of mine: Jinx Jones was active in Denver then as were Chris Daniels and the Kings? Any chance on one of those?

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The Rainbow was a great room! Didn't the sound system consist of Klipsch speakers, and maybe other stuff? I played there in 1980 in a Denver band, TRUX, and we played with another Denver band, the Kamikaze Klones. Great times!