Earl Nelson & the Company have emerged from Golden, Colorado to revitalize Americana Blues music. Influenced by everything from early hill country blues & bluegrass to the groovy era of country funk, the music behaves without genre boundaries. The band merges heavy basslines, killer country guitar, rolling banjo, swinging drums, with vintage piano & organ to back Earl's gritty vocals and slide guitar. Earl's writing is heavily inspired by a passion for labor rights & his early career as a welder.

As the band-all stars- perform and compliment like a road tested brotherhood, John’s guitar is a force of its own: killer tone, attitude, melodic invention, and an organic instinct for rhythm. Many colors, but it’s all John. Just listen to the solo on ’Phineas Gage’! His guitar smolders through the mix with jam-band abandon. And again, in ‘Weddings and Funderals’, with harmonic agility and pristine expression, his soloing serves to enhance and illuminate the song’s emotion. CD review from Tor Snyder 

Blue Hideaway is three seasoned Fort Collins musicians who have each been active in our amazing local music scene for well over a decade. Frontman David Michael Boyd directs a music nonprofit called Blues Behind Bars which has been performing in prisons since 2009. David grew up in the age of classic rock and roll, influenced by the like of Clapton and Hendrix. He lived in Vienna, Austria for 12 years, played music in 19 countries and has won first place in two guitar competitions. Frank Lans is a hard working musician playing regular gigs with several bands.

Formed in 2008, the Buzz Brothers have been delivering hard-charging boogie all over the state, and laying down grooves deep enough to twist your ankle in!

Try putting the musical style/genre of Wolves in Cheap Clothing into a pigeonhole! The four members of the band – Marco Barberis, drums; Nathan Potter, guitars and vocals, Dan Tinker, guitars and vocals, and Mark Zieres, bass guitar and vocals - bring together diverse backgrounds and musical influences, including blues, jazz, rock and a little country to produce a collection of original songs that meld this diversity into a rockin’ sound that is absolutely unique these days.

Swamp Candle is an indie blues-rock trio based in Fort Collins. Guitarist and vocalist Mikko Jimenez writes songs based in traditional Chicago blues backed by Jacob Hoeffner on bass and Ryan Friebertshauser on drums.