Red Rocks Amphitheater is a stone structure near Morrison, Colorado, 10 miles (16 km) west of Denver, where the concert is given in the open amphitheater. There is a large, sloping, disc-shaped rock behind the stage, a vertical boulder tilted out of the right stage, several large outcrops tilted out of the left stage and seating area up to 9,525 people in between. At its peak, the amphitheater sits at 6,450 feet, and the surrounding Red Rocks Park covers 868 hectares. The amphitheater is owned and operated by the City and County of Denver, Colorado and is located in Red Rocks Park, part of the Denver Mountain Garden system.
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History
In the first decade of the twentieth century, John Brisben Walker had a vision of performing artists on a stage located in the perfect acoustic environment of Red Rocks, possibly used by the Ute tribes of old. Walker produced a number of concerts between 1906 and 1910 on a temporary platform; and from his dream, the history of Red Rocks as a place of entertainment began. It took the Red Rocks natural amphitheater more than 200 million years to form. The city of Denver acquired the Red Rocks amphitheater from Walker for $ 54,133, a total area of ​​728 hectares. In addition to the platform, Walker also built the cable train Mount Morrison Cable Incline that took travelers from a base in the amphitheater parking lot to this day to enjoy the view from the peak of Mount Morrison; The rise of operations for about five years began in 1909.
Geologically, the rocks that surround the amphitheater represent the Fountain Formation. Originally the place was known as the "Garden of the Angels" (1870s-1906), and later as the "Garden of the Titans" during the Walker years (1906-1928). This park, however, was always known by the folk name of "Red Rocks", which became its official name when Denver got it in 1928. The amphitheater rocks were named "Creation Rock" in the north, "Ship Rock" in the south, and "Stage Rock" to east. Red Rocks Amphitheater was designed by Denver architect, Burnham Hoyt. The amphitheater wall contains records dating from the Jurassic period 160 million years ago because a nearby dinosaur trace has been discovered as well as a fossilized fragment of a 40-foot sea snake Plesiosaur.
In 1927, George Cranmer, Manager of Denver Parks, convinced City of Denver to buy Red Rocks area of ​​Walker for $ 54,133 ($ 737,382 in 2015 dollars). Cranmer convinced Benjamin Franklin Stapleton, Mayor of Denver, Colorado, to build the foundation founded by Walker. By applying for the assistance of the Civil Conservation Corps (CCC), and the Employment Progress Administration (WPA), labor and materials are provided for the business. The construction of the amphitheater began in 1936 and was opened to the public in June 1941.
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Famous performance
Public, organizational and private performances have been held in Red Rocks for over 100 years. The earliest documented performance in the amphitheater was the Opening of the Grand of the Garden of the Titans, installed by famous editor John Brisben Walker on May 31, 1906. Featuring Pietro Satriano and his 25-piece brass band, it was the formal opening of the natural amphitheater for use by the general public after Walker bought it with sales of Cosmopolitan Magazine .
The biggest show at the amphitheater today is the Feast of Lanterns on September 5, 1908. Commemorate the opening of a beautiful street near Mt. Falcon, was patterned after the Nagasaki festival, Japan, and featured four military bands and fireworks from Mt. Falcon, Mt. Morrison and two medium hills.
The famous opera singer Mary Garden put Red Rocks on the world music chart with her performance on May 10, 1911. After performing in many opera houses around the world, she declared Red Rocks the best place she ever did.
After the full development of the amphitheater to its present form by the Civil Conservation Corps, the place was officially dedicated on June 15, 1941. It has held regular concert seasons every year since 1947.
The first performance of each season is the Easter Sunrise Service , non-denominational service on Easter Sunday each year.
The earliest rock and roll show in Red Rocks was by The Beatles on August 26, 1964, the only unsold concert during their US tour. When Ringo Starr returned to Red Rocks with his All-Starr Band on June 28, 2000, he asked if anyone in the crowd was present at The Beatles concert thirty-six years earlier. On August 26, 2004, the East Coast-based Beatles-tribute band, "1964" was flown to Denver to revive the Beatles concert held at the site exactly forty years earlier than that date. The beautiful and unique settings have made the place a favorite for many players. Jimi Hendrix played in Red Rocks on September 1, 1968, along with Vanilla Fudge and Soft Machine.
The Blues Brothers performed at the amphitheater on July 15, 1980.
An incident during a performance by Jethro Tull on June 10, 1971, led to a five-year ban on rock concerts in Red Rocks. Approximately 1,000 people without a ticket arrived at the sold out show. The Denver police directed the overflowing people and did not pay into an area behind the theater, where they could hear music but did not see the band. The situation seemed satisfactory to some people without a ticket trying to enter the amphitheater by attacking, and breaking through, the police line. Some of them without a ticket start throwing stones at the police, and the police respond by throwing tear gas at the gate. The wind brings tear gas up the hill, to the paying crowd and up onto the stage. After "Riot in Red Rocks," Denver Mayor William H. McNichols, Jr. banning rock concerts from the amphitheater. Over the next five years, performances in Red Rocks are limited to softer acts, such as John Denver, Sonny & amp; Cher, The Carpenters, Pat Boone, Seals & amp; Crofts, and Carole King. The ban on rock and roll was eventually lifted through legal action taken by Denver concert promoter Barry Fey, who attempted to order American bands at the venue in 1975. After being denied permission by the city, Fey took the city to court, and the court ruled that the city had acted "arbitrary and fickle" in banning rock concerts in Red Rocks. Beginning in the summer of 1976, rock bands were once again welcomed at the venue. Jethro Tull plays Red Rocks again on August 12, 2008 and on June 8, 2011.
U2 was performed at the amphitheater on June 5, 1983 during their War Tour, in front of a crowd of 9,000 people. The show was filmed for the U2 Live at Red Rocks concert film: Under a Blood Red Sky . The show was recorded and part of it was used for the group's live album Under a Blood Red Sky .
Depeche Mode performed at the amphitheater four times: the first time July 1, 1986. The second and third on 11 and 12 July 1990 during their World Violation Tour. The fourth was on August 27, 2009 during their Tour of the Universe, in front of a crowd of 8,679 people. The show was recorded for the group's record album project Recording the Universe .
Red Rocks is one of the favorite places for The Grateful Dead and the venue has become a traditional stop for many of the band's next jam. Widespread Panic holds the record for the best-selling show at Red Rocks Amphitheater (54 shows). Blues Traveler has played the venue every Fourth of July since 1993, except in 1999 when vocalist and harmonica player John Popper can not play because of heart surgery.
Geddy Lee from rock band Rush said, "It's a great location, one of the most beautiful concert venues in America... or anywhere, I'd guess it's one of the most beautiful places anywhere." Rush plays Red Rocks on R30 30th Anniversary, Snakes and Arrows, and Time Machine tour.
Recordable records
Red Rocks has become a popular spot for live recording, especially video because of the unique uniqueness of the settings. During the 1970s and 1980s, local folk-rockers John Denver recorded several concerts broadcast on television in Red Rocks. U2's 1983 concert video, Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky , became a lengthy concert video and the "Sunday Bloody Sunday" appearance was often played on MTV. Fleetwood singer Mac Stevie Nicks released a 60-minute DVD from her 1987 concert at the amphitheater, near the end of a Rock a Little tour. In 1992 The Moody Blues performed live for the first time with a symphony orchestra for PBS special "A Night at Red Rocks with Colorado Symphony Orchestra". The concert was also released on CDs and DVDs along with a companion DVD "The Other Side of Red Rocks" which documented the exercises and preparations for concerts and footage from the concert.
Bahan Red Rocks lainnya pada CD dan DVD termasuk album Dave Matthews Band Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 dan CD/DVD Weekend on the Rocks , yang merupakan kompilasi dari band's four night run in 2005 Juga direkam adalah album The Samples live, Live in Colorado , John Tesh's Live at Red Rocks dan Ibadah di Red Rocks , DVD Incubus Hidup di Red Rocks , album The Blues Traveler Live on the Rocks , album komedi Steve Martin A Wild and Crazy Guy , The Moody Blues's A Night at Red Rocks dengan Colorado Symphony Orchestra , dan album Boukman Eksperyans 'Live At Red Rocks'. DVD Panic yang tersebar luas "The Earth Will Swallow You" menampilkan segmen 15 menit di Red Rocks.
Neil Young's live album, Road Rock Vol. 1 , and the accompanying DVD Red Rocks Live was filmed and recorded in Red Rocks in 2000 during the "Silver and Gold" tour. The local Colorado band Big Head Todd and the Monsters released a DVD and a live album from a famous 1995 performance in 2003, capturing what has become an annual tradition early in the local season. In 2009, they followed the original recordings with 2-CD/1DVD sets from their June 2008 performance.
A two-volume album 2003, Carved in Stone, featured live performances by various artists in Red Rocks, including REM, Ben Harper, Coldplay, The Allman Brothers Band, and Phish, with proceeds going towards funding for conservation parks and amphitheater.
Phys frontman, Trey Anastasio included an excerpt from his performance at Red Rocks in 2005 on a DVD accompanying his album "Shine." Country music superstar Gary Allan filmed a music video for his song "Watching Airplanes" during a live sell-out concert at Red Rocks in August 2007. Some British rock rock band Oasis rockumentary "Lord Do not Slow Me Down" was filmed in Red Rocks. The Perfect Circle also includes a live video recording on the AMotion CD/DVD. Insane Clown Posse played with Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Boondox, Ax Boyz Killer, Grave Plott, The ROC, and Motown Rage in May 2008 at Red Rocks while performing the first annual 'Hatchet Attacks Super Show', which they released the year-end video that.
Depeche Mode recorded their show at the amphitheater on August 29, 2009, for their live album project Recording the Universe.
Country superstar Kenny Chesney includes live versions You and Tequila, a duet with Grace Potter, on her latest album, Welcome to the Fishbowl. The tape has a segment with audience participation singing the chorus "You and Tequila drove me crazy, ran like poison in my blood, another night can kill me baby, one too many, one never enough".
Perfect Circle recording DVD parts from their A Perfect Circle Live: Showcase the Stone box and Echo set on August 2, 2011. Also included in the box set is the audio CD of the show.
On August 29th, 2012 Mumford & amp; The children recorded their live performances from their first single "I Will Wait" from their new CD Babylon in Red Rocks Amphitheater. The show was released on September 9, 2012 as the band's official video for the song. The band released a full-length DVD of their show at Red Rocks, recorded on 28 and 29 August 2012, titled The Road To Red Rocks .
On June 10, 2015 Barenaked Ladies performing in Red Rocks on their last Summer 2015 Earth tour. The show aired on AXS TV, then released on May 20, 2016 as a live album titled BNL Rocks Red Rocks.
In movies and television
Part of a concert filmed in Red Rocks state artist Waylon Jennings, was included in the 1980s ABC TV special titled Waylon .
Part of the movie The Adventures of Ford Fairlane was filmed in Red Rocks. Opening the sequence of features of the fictional rock band "Black Plague" plays at Red Rocks Amphitheater where vocalist Bobby Black (played by Vince Neil) creates a massive entrance that hangs from the rock surface of a red rock above the swooping crowd on stage via a zipline.
The amphitheater is the starting and ending line of the reality show of The Amazing Race 9 .
The Red Rocks Amphitheater is featured in the episode of South Park , as the location of the Jonas Brothers concert.
The Red Rocks formation is featured in episodes of Dr. Quinn, Woman Medicine entitled, "Last Dance", in which Sully's character, in 1871, was determined to try to convince the government to appoint the entire area as a protected national park.
Rapper B.o.. filming her music video "Do not Let Me Fall" in Red Rocks. The music video was released on YouTube on November 17, 2010.
Zac Brown Band recorded their song "Keep Me In Mind" in Red Rocks.
The group Train with singer Ashley Monroe filmed the music video "Bruises" in Red Rocks in late summer 2012. The video was officially released on the official Vevo account on Train on November 12, 2012.
American band OneRepublic partially filmed the music video for the single "I Lie" in Red Rocks in the summer of 2014.
On October 28, 2016, reggae rock band Rebelution released their live concert DVD movie "Live At Red Rocks"
On September 17th, 2017, Miracle on the Rocks that benefited the Children's Miracle Network was filmed.
Amphitheatre Red Rocks terlihat di The Simpsons di Season 26, "Covercraft".
Colorado Music Hall of Fame
In June 2015, the Colorado Music Hall of Fame opened its doors at the Trade Post in Red Rocks.
Awards
- After Pollstar awarded the Red Rocks the best small outdoor honors award for the 11th time, the leading concert industry magazine decided to name the national honor of the Red Stone Award - and remove the Red Rocks from running. These are selected annually by magazine membership.
- The American Institute of Architects chose the Red Stone to enter Colorado at the National Art Gallery for AIA's One Hundred Exhibitions in 1957.
Gallery
See also
- List of contemporary amphitheatres
- Red Rocks Park
- Live in Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky (1983) - live video by U2
- Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997) - live album by Dave Matthews Band
- Weekend on the Rocks (2005) - live album/DVD by Dave Matthews Band
- Night Visions Live (2014) - live album/video by Imagine Dragons
References
Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater History and Geology. (n.d.). Retrieved 16 November 2017
External links
- Official website
- Red Rocks Amphitheater Seating Chart
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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