Bands on the run: Location, airplay and sale of music, make Denver a hot spot on rock tour
schedules
by Steve Knopper
Rocky Mountain News
June 5, 1996
P. 9D
© 1993 Rocky Mountain News
You're a rock 'n' roll band, hauling huge amplifiers in vans, trucks and
buses to theaters around the country. You start, say, in New York City, where
the traveling is easy: Nearby New Jersey has good arena crowds, and
profitable Philadelphia is just a couple of hours south. Baltimore's an hour beneath
that, then Washington. Head northwest for a few hours and you can hit Pittsburgh.
In subsequent days, there's Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis........
''Geography plays a lot,'' says Bernie Finkelstein, president of singer-
songwriter Bruce Cockburn's record label. ''Because we don't have big
commercial hits, it's hard for us to justify going to Florida. To go to
Florida, you have to go out of your way.'' But after playing Denver, he says, Cockburn
and crew can head easily to Salt Lake City or swing through Texas.
