Pure Prairie League - Telluride - August 12, 2015

We spent the last week up in Telluride (gorgeous, highly recommend) and although I had not been there before, I had previously heard about some of their music festivals.  For a town of about 8 people, they get a pretty strong musical presence there in town.  Just over the past two weeks, they've had Dawes, Jewel, and Michael Franti play shows.  Then during the rest of the year they have:

• a massive bluegrass festival (get 'em, Ricky!), 
• the RIDE Festival (Panic, bro!), 
• the Telluride Blues and Brews festival (ah how how how how), and 
• a chamber music festival.

During the summer, they'll also do a free concert series, right at sunset, up in the Mountain Village area up above the town.  The setting was perfect.  Cool weather, a few sprinkles that let up by the time the music started, a gorgeous sunset, and a big grassy hillside for the kids to play around on without bothering us.  We took a growler and some snacks and thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

Oh yeah, and we heard the Pure Prairie League play.  Being that I'm married to an Amy, I was one of the few people there who had any clue who they were.  To jog your memory, here is "Amie."

Beyond that song, which is a classic, I had no clue of any of the rest of their music.  It was pretty, pleasant soft rock in the California-70's-harmony vein just like this tune.  Every once in a while, their slide guitar guy would get fired up and they'd rock a touch harder, but for the most part, this was gentle tunes and the perfect backdrop for us to hang out with some friends.

I also think we lucked out to see them, versus the other acts that bookended PPL, something called "John Wayne and the Pain," (super weird reggae electro) and something else called "Mingo Fishtrap" (funky funk). I can also attest that the people at this show were making use of the newly legal means of recreation there in CO.