Sweet Lunacy: A Brief History of Boulder Rock

 

 Today at 4:40 pm, The Denver Film Society in cooperation with the Root 40 Music Festival presented the film Sweet Lunacy: A Short History of Boulder Rock.

Sweet Lunacy looks back at the music scene in Boulder from roughly 1960-1990, and stars the Astronauts, Flash Cadillac, Zephyr, Dusty Drapes and the Dusters, Chris Daniels, Rosewood Canyon, Magic Music, Spoons, Steve Conn, Sonny Landreth, Tim Duffy, Woody and the Too High Band, Judy Roderick, Firefall, Freddi-Henchi, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Candy Givens, Otis Taylor, Tommy Bolin and Richie Furay and many more and places like Tulagi, Shannon's, the Blue Note and Caribou Ranch Studios.

Filmmaker Leland Rucker was there in person for the introduction and a Q&A that followed the film. Also spotted in attendance was guitarist/bandleader Chris Daniels.

Leland Rucker and Chris Daniels at the Denver Film Center on Colfax Avenue. Photo by Jonny B.