Aspen Day 3

Besides attending two concerts today, we walked around town to do some shopping and to visit the JD Sanctuary to take a few pictures.   It was a clear, but cold, day with the temperature topping out at a brisk 42 degrees. On the left is one entrance to the sanctuary.  On the right is a view of Aspen Mountain from the sanctuary.

This afternoon we attended the Jim Horn talk about his memories of being a backup musician to John Denver and many other artists.  The stories he had to tell were very interesting! He related many humorous events that happened on the road as well as tales of eating out late after concerts.  After his talk, he played a bit on several of his instruments, including several types of flutes and recorders as well as a saxophone. The event wrapped up with his playing 3 songs with Ron Matthews on guitar, the final one being the Canned Heat number "Going Up The Country".

The evening event was a Ron Matthews concert. We thought it was going to be Ron and his brother, Dave, but when we got there Ron had an entire backup band (lead guitar, base and percussion)! Dave did join in for a few numbers and took the lead on two songs. It was a great concert with a wide mix of John Denver songs.

Tomorrow we have a concert at noon, another at 4pm, and the Tribute concert in the evening.