December 2020

Yes. Caribou Ranch, The music icon of the 70’s, has been sold for $32.5 million. Evidently a family has purchased the property with plans to steward — not develop — the land. Sources said the buyer — described in real estate transaction documents as Indian Peaks Holdings LLC — is part of the Walton family,

Caribou Ranch is For Sale! If I had $45,000,000.00  I’d buy it, but I could only come up with $45.00. Darn! While it struck me as a sad thing, I guess it’s just that things have changed for Jimmy and it makes sense for him. After all, he’s owned it for a long time, and

Barry Fey – the Great Concert Promoter – Has Died I never would have worked at Caribou if it hadn’t been for Barry Fey.  He had invited Jimmy Guercio to watch Tommy Bolin perform, and the group I was associated with at the time, Gerard, was asked to perform also.  That’s when Jimmy decided to

Surfin’ With The Beach Boys… Not! The Beach Boys had finished recording some things and taken off. So we packed up the 24 track master tape and it was taken to Stapleton (the Denver airport in those days) to be shipped to California so they could work with it. It was in the middle of

Rod Lugs 2 Fender Guitar Amps For Me! When I learned that Rod Stewart was coming to the ranch, my heart skipped a beat! No, not because of Rod, but because of his girl friend at the time – Britt Ekland.Rod Stewart and Britt Ekland In high school several of my friends and I were

We’ll All Miss Dan Fogelberg “Dan left us this morning at 6:00am . He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side. His strength, dignity, and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who

Ever Watched “Too Close For Comfort”? Naturally, most of the stories here are about famous recording artists. However, there’s one story about one of the non-famous employees who went on to become famous after leaving the ranch. I thought that would be fun to tell, too. One of the girls who worked at Caribou was

Remember The Midnight Special?  Where have I been? Well, I’ve been busy building an internet business, and have planned to post here a thousand times! My how Tempus Fugits!  Then the other day I saw a long Infommercial advertising DVD’s with all the performances from this late-night TV show in the 70’s. It just brought

“Straight from the Horse’s Mouth” Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup, and Buddy Holly If you know anything about the history of Rock & Roll, you probably know that Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash in 1959. There’s an interesting story attached to that story, and that is that Waylon Jennings was playing bass for