Denver, CO

Music connected to Denver

Ready to discover a city that's inspired countless artists? Denver, the Mile High City, boasts a vibrant music scene and a landscape that's as inspiring as its tunes. With over a hundred songs referencing it, from Jimmy Eat World's "Lucky Denver Mint" to the numerous versions of "Get Out of Denver," this city clearly strikes a chord. The spirit of the Front Range pulses through its venues, echoing the sounds of artists like Bob Seger and Alela Diane, who have all been touched by Denver's unique vibe.

But Denver is more than just a muse; it's a place where urban energy meets outdoor adventure. Imagine catching a show at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, surrounded by sandstone formations that predate even the dinosaurs! Or perhaps you'll find yourself wandering Colfax Avenue, one of America's longest streets, soaking in the city's rich history, which began with the Colorado Gold Rush. Just keep an eye out for those wandering black bears – a reminder that the wild is never too far away.

About Denver

• Tim Allen, comedian and actor known for "Home Improvement," was born in Denver.
• The Denver Boot, a vehicle immobilization device, was invented here in 1955.
• The Colorado Gold Rush of 1858-59 sparked Denver's rapid growth and importance.
• Denver has the 10th largest downtown in the United States.
• The Great Fire of 1863 destroyed much of early Denver's wooden structures.
• Named after James W. Denver, it was established in November 1858.
• With over 715,000 residents, it's the 19th most populous US city.
• At 5,280 feet, it's nicknamed the "Mile High City" due to its elevation.
• Professional, scientific, and technical services drive much of Denver's economy.
• Being here feels like a blend of urban energy and outdoor adventure.
• The Denver Basin's sedimentary rocks were formed during the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene periods.
• Red Rocks Amphitheatre features massive sandstone formations dating back 290 million years.
• The South Platte River flows through Denver, providing water and recreational opportunities.
• Black bears sometimes wander into Denver's foothills and even the city itself.
• Cottonwood trees are common along Denver's waterways, providing shade and habitat.
• The Denver area was inhabited by Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute tribes before European settlement.
• A fire destroyed much of downtown Denver on April 19, 1863.
• The Colorado State Capitol Building, completed in 1894, features a gold-leafed dome.
• The Molly Brown House Museum is rumored to be haunted by Molly Brown herself.
• Colfax Avenue, once part of the Lincoln Highway, is one of the longest continuous streets in America.

Artists From Denver

16 Horsepower 25 Rifles 49 Stories 888 Abigail Osborn Accidental Superhero Ace Young Adam McKay Adam Rosenblatt Air Dubai Airsick Akhlys Alexander Botwin Alexander Ross Alexis ALEXSUCKS Americo Angelic Desolation Angellic Rage Annaleigh Ashford AnnaSophia Robb Annette Lowman Arthur "Artie" Shapiro Astral Tomb Asystole Backseat Vinyl Bandits Barclay Allen Becca King Ben Goldberg Ben Kronberg Ben Wysocki Benightment Bestia Arcana Big Head Todd Bill Austin Bill Frisell Bille Woodruff Billie Woodruff Bladecatcher Blood Incantation bloodsports Blusom Bob Alford Bob Peak Boldtype Born in the Flood Brandon Barnes Brave Saint Saturn Breathe Carolina Brent Boutte Brent Cowles Brett Tuggle Brian Joseph Bright Channel Brother Sister Hex Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze C.J. Vanston C.L. Fondal Cabaret Diosa Camryn Carin C. Tietze Carolyn's Mother Catheter Chad Jaynes Chemically Crippled Cherokee Social Chilly Folks Chimney Choir Christian Clayton Christie Front Drive Chthonic Deity Chuck Berghofer Chuck E. Weiss Church Fire Churchill Cindygod CITRA Claire Guerreso claire nichols Clay Street Unit Clayton Counts Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire Cloud Catcher Cobraconda Cold Moon Conni Ellisor Corey Harris Corpses as Bedmates Craig C. Crick Wooder Crypticus Cuscuta Cynthia Lawrence Daisy Delahoya Dallas Taylor Daniel Conca Darker Days Tomorrow David Fincher David Pearl David Perry Dead Phish Orchestra Dead World Dethcentrik Devin Hoff DeVotchKa Devra Hoff Digital Dirt Heads Disco Lines Disgustingest Dissonance in Design DJ Frank E DJ Vajra DOGTAGS Don Grusin Don Robertson Dotsero Dreadnought Dressy Bessy Drop Dead, Gorgeous Drums and Space Dry Mouth DZIRAE GOLD Edward Newman Edward Seidensticker Edwin McArthur Elektric Animals Elka Empire of Modern Though Epileptinomicon Esmé Patterson Eugene Fodor Evergreen Refuge Everything Absent or Distorted (A Love Story) Fannie Charles Dillon Fantastic Palace Fast Eddy Fear Before the March of Flames Fiancé Firefall Flobots Fluid Fluid Dressy Bessy Forbidden Temple Foreskin 500 Fourth Estate Fox Lake Frank Welker Frantix Fresh Fruit! Friends Forever Frozen Tide Future Jazz Project Gary Stites Gauntlet Hair Goathial Goon Grace Gale Green Druid Greg Harris Grimace GS5 Guilty as Charged Guy Forsyth Hallie Haglund Hang Rounders Harvested Haskell Sadler Havok Headshrinker Hell's Half Acre High Tide Low Tide Hilary Weeks Hit & Run Bluegrass Human Head Transplant Iceaxe If I Fail Il Cattivo Images Incignia India.Arie Indigo Innerplaid Inoculated Life Isaac Slade Isabella Osborne Isaiah Ardie Itchy-O Jack Swigert Jade Day Jan-Michael Vincent Jerry Livingston Jerry Scheff Jill Sobule Jody Reynolds Joe King Joe Waters John Browning John Dolan John Gunther John Hines John Lutzow John Patrick Thomas John Searle Jonny 5 Josephine Antoine Josephine Foster Josh Dare Josh Graham Joshua Lopez Judge Roughneck Juice of the Barley Justin Lassen Kade Hoffman Kahanna Montrese Keefus Ciancia Keith Olsen Kenny Malone Kenny Passarelli Kevin Thomas Khemmis Kip Winger Kirk Knuffke Kristen Renton Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind & Fire) Larry Jordan Last Heroes Lee Bartley Levi Double U Levi Weaver Lina Los Mocochetes Lothar and the Hand People Love Gang Lowfills Lucilla Udovich Luna Sol Madison County Sound Labs Madison McConnell Magic Beans Many Blessings Marfa Mark Biesterfeld Marti Epstein Martin Moran Marty Cooper Mary D. Watkins Mary Jo Catlett Massacration Matt Drake Matt Morris Matthew Berry Matthew Masters May Be Fern MC Dino Mia Asano Michael Madruga Miki Ishikawa Milton Samuels Mindy Simmons MIRE Misanthropy Moccasin Modern Witch Mombi Moongold Moonrakers MTHDS Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Natürgeist Necropanther nGomA Nick Columbia Nick Perito Night Fishing Nina Storey Noelle Scaggs Norman Shelly Octopus Tree Old Man Saxon Omnicron Paper Diamond Paul Davies Paul Quinichette Paul Warburton Paul Whiteman Pearl Gildersleeve Curran Pedestal for Leviathan Perry Domingo Pete Webber pH10 Phil Austin Philip Bailey Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire) Photon Phthisis Pierce Brown Pinhead Circus Plague Garden Porlolo Povi Primitive Man Q.G Qualm Ralov Ralph Alexander Random Hero Randy George Randy Thompson Raw Breed Record Thieves Red Kitsu Refugium Reno Divorce Rhoda Williams Rick Kulwicki Riot Act Robb Peezy Robert Black Robert Moran Rodney Rice Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez Ron Miles Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille Rowan Kerrick Roy Fox Ryan Lott Safford Cape Said the Sky Sam Silverman Satan’s Host Scott Johnson Scott Nickoley Scott Wendholt Scott Wilson Seems Good Sera Cahoone Serberus Serpentinam Shamie Royston Shane Endsley Sierra Boggess Signal Path Signs of Tranquility Silencer Single File Skeið Slim Cessna Auto Club Slim Cessna’s Auto Club Small Hands Smoke-Signals Snatam Kaur Spectral Voice Speedwolf Spell Stephen Mosko Stillborn Fawn Stryker & MFT Sugarloaf Sur Royal Da Count & The Parliaments Swells T.J. Miller Teenage Wasteland Tennis The Apples in Stereo The Assdroids The Blackout Pact The Blue Ribbon Boys The Czars The Dollhouse Thieves The Doppler Effect The Fantastic Zoo The Fray The Gamits The Groovetime Sitters The Jinns The La Donnas The Lucky Strokes The Lumineers The Lylat Continuum The Motet The Photo Atlas The Pierce Paradox The Poor The Quiet Room The Railbenders The Rainy Daze The Swayback The Velveteers Thew Throcult Thunder And Rain Thy Shade Tim Allen Tina Malia Tom Bower Tornado Alley Tristraum Twenty Hands High Tyler Ward Ukko's Hammer United Dope Front Untold Want Vale of Pnath Vaux Vedic Velvet Acid Christ Vermin Womb Vimana Vocivus Voicecoil Voight Volplane Voodoo Economics W.R.D. Walls of Genius Warlock Pinchers Wayfarer Wayne Carson Thompson Wheelchair Sports Camp White Dwarf Wholly Oracle Wildermiss Will Ross William Pell Willow Pill Winger Witch Hands Woodsman World Famous Johnsons Wovenhand Yrx Royale Yvie Oddly Zach Heckendorf Zakarion Zara Alexandra Zebroids Zingaro Big Richard Trout Steak Revival Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts Extra Gold Union Gray Rhett Haney Eric Golden Holographic American Monica The Great Neoma Trev Rich Jon Chandler Lannie Garrett Walt Conley iZCALLi Pink Hawks Ritmo Cascabel Rene Heredia The Mother Folkers Beau David The Crooked Rugs Pink Fuzz Kiltro A Place For Owls Broken Record Destiny Bond Public Opinion FAIM Candy Apple Heavy Diamond Ring Bison Bone Super Bummer Juanners The Still Tide YaSi Hollow Head Little Fyodor & Babushka Band Inactivists SPELLS Palehorse/Palerider Ghosts of Glaciers Lykotonon Flesh Tape Replica City Irah Nox Suicide Cages Talking Point Shady Oaks The Losers Club In Plain Air Deth Rali Tarantula Bill Tiny Tomboy i.O. Underground Public Figure Band Tuff Bluff Soy Celesté Team Nonexistent Idle Freaks Bleed Moxie Andy Tran The Shaky Experience

Songs About Denver

Lucky Denver Mint by

Last Song About Satan by

Keep Lodo Off South Broadway by

Kenver by

Rocky Mountain Way by

A Mile High In Denver by

Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street) - Live Version by

Get Out Of Denver by

Love and Sunsets by

Get Out of Denver by

Me and My Uncle - Live at Denver Collseum, Denver, CO 11/21/73 by

Get Out Of Denver - Live In Detroit/1975 by

A New Life by

Colorado Blue by

It's a Miracle by

My Crime by

Die in Denver by

Fight At The Table by

Denver by

Me and Denver by

Colorado by

O.D.'d In Denver by

Denver Rain by

Cactus In a Coffee Can by

Denver Haircut by

Left For Denver by

Satori in Denver by

Mile High by

Colorado Bound by

My Proud Mountains by

Gone to Denver by

Livin’ in America by

Mile High by

Rocky Mountain High by

Lucky Old Colorado by

Outta Time by

Old Paint by

She Ain’t Me by

Be Her by

South of Here by

Cold December by

Mountain Song by

Hole In A Bottle by

77/64/83 (For Elisabeth) by

How Is She by

Stan by

I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore by

I Ain't Never Seen No One Like You by

Natalie by

Darling by

Colorado angel by

Boulder by

Lonesome for Her Heroes by

Intro (Deliverance) by

Sierra Leone by

how to save a life by

Restless Kid - Demo by

Brothers of the Highway by

Please Come To Boston by

All the Small Things by

Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) by

O.D.’d in Denver by

Rosie (Do You Want To Talk It Over) by

You Probably Shouldn't Move Here by

Godfather 4 by

A New Life by

Denver by

the cowboy that never rode away by

Black Sedan by

I’ll think of a reason later by

lone star state of mind by

Get out of Denver by

chasing a dream by

The Lumineers by

life I wanted by

The Lumineers by

pocatello by

cover you in kisses by

I'll think of a reason later by

100 miles by

The Lumineers by

look after you by

never say never by

over my head by

you found me by

Pourin the Syrup by

Me and My Uncle - Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London, England 4/7/72 by

Starwood in Aspen by

Fake Names by

Cool Colorado by

The Saint by

losing side of life by

Me and My Uncle by

I Can't Go Back to Denver by

Roll Me Away by

Long Road to Denver by

Long Road to Denver (Live) by

Denver by

Driving You to Denver by

Came Down from Denver by

Denver by

Denver Girls by

Denver by

Od'd in Denver by

My 1st Night in Denver by

Denver to Dallas by

Denver by

The Blizzard by

Me and My Uncle by

took you out on the road by

lonesome dove by

Four Wheel Cowboy by

Colorado by

Bohemian Cowboy Blues by

City of Orphans by

Me and My Uncle by

Goldmine by

Denver - Live Version by

cassie's back in texas by

9.24.13 by

One Foot in the Grave by

Rock Springs to Cheyenne by

Colorado - Bonus Track by

The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster) by

charlie goodnight by

that's my kind of woman by

wolves of new york by

east kentucky by

dicked down in dallas by

40 miles from denver by

Crumble The Satellite by

Colfax Ave. by

Cattle And The Creeping Things by

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Tietze Carolyn's Mother Catheter Chad Jaynes Chemically Crippled Cherokee Social Chilly Folks Chimney Choir Christian Clayton Christie Front Drive Chthonic Deity Chuck Berghofer Chuck E. Weiss Church Fire Churchill Cindygod Claire Guerreso Clay Street Unit Clayton Counts Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire Cloud Catcher Cobraconda Cold Moon Conni Ellisor Corey Harris Corpses as Bedmates Craig C. Crick Wooder Crypticus Cuscuta Cynthia Lawrence DJ Frank E DJ Vajra DOGTAGS DZIRAE GOLD Daisy Delahoya Dallas Taylor Daniel Conca Darker Days Tomorrow David Fincher David Pearl David Perry DeVotchKa Dead Phish Orchestra Dead World Destiny Bond Deth Rali Dethcentrik Devin Hoff Devra Hoff Digital Dirt Heads Disco Lines Disgustingest Dissonance in Design Don Grusin Don Robertson Dotsero Dreadnought Dressy Bessy Drop Dead, Gorgeous Drums and Space Dry Mouth Edward Newman Edward Seidensticker Edwin McArthur Elektric Animals Elka Empire of Modern Though Epileptinomicon Eric Golden Esmé Patterson Eugene Fodor Evergreen Refuge Everything Absent or Distorted (A Love Story) Extra Gold FAIM Fannie Charles Dillon Fantastic Palace Fast Eddy Fear Before the March of Flames Fiancé Firefall Flesh Tape Flobots Fluid Fluid Dressy Bessy Forbidden Temple Foreskin 500 Fourth Estate Fox Lake Frank Welker Frantix Fresh Fruit! Friends Forever Frozen Tide Future Jazz Project GS5 Gary Stites Gauntlet Hair Ghosts of Glaciers Goathial Goon Grace Gale Green Druid Greg Harris Grimace Guilty as Charged Guy Forsyth Hallie Haglund Hang Rounders Harvested Haskell Sadler Havok Headshrinker Heavy Diamond Ring Hell's Half Acre High Tide Low Tide Hilary Weeks Hit & Run Bluegrass Hollow Head Holographic American Human Head Transplant Iceaxe Idle Freaks If I Fail Il Cattivo Images In Plain Air Inactivists Incignia India.Arie Indigo Innerplaid Inoculated Life Irah Nox Isaac Slade Isabella Osborne Isaiah Ardie Itchy-O Jack Swigert Jade Day Jan-Michael Vincent Jerry Livingston Jerry Scheff Jill Sobule Jody Reynolds Joe King Joe Waters John Browning John Dolan John Gunther John Hines John Lutzow John Patrick Thomas John Searle Jon Chandler Jonny 5 Josephine Antoine Josephine Foster Josh Dare Josh Graham Joshua Lopez Juanners Judge Roughneck Juice of the Barley Justin Lassen Kade Hoffman Kahanna Montrese Keefus Ciancia Keith Olsen Kenny Malone Kenny Passarelli Kevin Thomas Khemmis Kiltro Kip Winger Kirk Knuffke Kristen Renton Lannie Garrett Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind & Fire) Larry Jordan Last Heroes Lee Bartley Levi Double U Levi Weaver Lina Little Fyodor & Babushka Band Los Mocochetes Lothar and the Hand People Love Gang Lowfills Lucilla Udovich Luna Sol Lykotonon MC Dino MIRE MTHDS Madison County Sound Labs Madison McConnell Magic Beans Many Blessings Marfa Mark Biesterfeld Marti Epstein Martin Moran Marty Cooper Mary D. Watkins Mary Jo Catlett Massacration Matt Drake Matt Morris Matthew Berry Matthew Masters May Be Fern Mia Asano Michael Madruga Miki Ishikawa Milton Samuels Mindy Simmons Misanthropy Moccasin Modern Witch Mombi Monica The Great Moongold Moonrakers Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Natürgeist Necropanther Neoma Nick Columbia Nick Perito Night Fishing Nina Storey Noelle Scaggs Norman Shelly Octopus Tree Old Man Saxon Omnicron Palehorse/Palerider Paper Diamond Paul Davies Paul Quinichette Paul Warburton Paul Whiteman Pearl Gildersleeve Curran Pedestal for Leviathan Perry Domingo Pete Webber Phil Austin Philip Bailey Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire) Photon Phthisis Pierce Brown Pinhead Circus Pink Fuzz Pink Hawks Plague Garden Porlolo Povi Primitive Man Public Figure Band Public Opinion Q.G Qualm Ralov Ralph Alexander Random Hero Randy George Randy Thompson Raw Breed Record Thieves Red Kitsu Refugium Rene Heredia Reno Divorce Replica City Rhett Haney Rhoda Williams Rick Kulwicki Riot Act Ritmo Cascabel Robb Peezy Robert Black Robert Moran Rodney Rice Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez Ron Miles Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille Rowan Kerrick Roy Fox Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts Ryan Lott SPELLS Safford Cape Said the Sky Sam Silverman Satan’s Host Scott Johnson Scott Nickoley Scott Wendholt Scott Wilson Seems Good Sera Cahoone Serberus Serpentinam Shady Oaks Shamie Royston Shane Endsley Sierra Boggess Signal Path Signs of Tranquility Silencer Single File Skeið Slim Cessna Auto Club Slim Cessna's Auto Club Slim Cessna’s Auto Club Small Hands Smoke-Signals Snatam Kaur Soy Celesté Spectral Voice Speedwolf Spell Stephen Mosko Stillborn Fawn Stryker & MFT Sugarloaf Suicide Cages Super Bummer Sur Royal Da Count & The Parliaments Swells T.J. Miller Talking Point Tarantula Bill Team Nonexistent Teenage Wasteland Tennis The Apples in Stereo The Assdroids The Blackout Pact The Blue Ribbon Boys The Crooked Rugs The Czars The Dollhouse Thieves The Doppler Effect The Fantastic Zoo The Fray The Gamits The Groovetime Sitters The Jinns The La Donnas The Losers Club The Lucky Strokes The Lumineers The Lylat Continuum The Motet The Mother Folkers The Photo Atlas The Pierce Paradox The Poor The Quiet Room The Railbenders The Rainy Daze The Shaky Experience The Still Tide The Swayback The Velveteers Thew Throcult Thunder And Rain Thy Shade Tim Allen Tina Malia Tiny Tomboy Tom Bower Tornado Alley Trev Rich Tristraum Trout Steak Revival Tuff Bluff Twenty Hands High Tyler Ward Ukko's Hammer Union Gray United Dope Front Untold Want Vale of Pnath Vaux Vedic Velvet Acid Christ Vermin Womb Vimana Vocivus Voicecoil Voight Volplane Voodoo Economics W.R.D. 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