What does the Americana band play?

The Colorado songbook, which is two things at once: the songs everybody associates with a mountain evening, the Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Band, the Allman Brothers, John Prine, and the songs written here, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Gregory Alan Isakov, the Lumineers, plus the bluegrass standards. It's played on acoustic guitar, fiddle or mandolin, upright bass and drums.

Why book a Colorado act for a conference group?

Because a group that flew in for a conference or an incentive trip wants one evening that could only have happened here. Planners now list local flavor among the things they want most from an event, and this act is the music version of it.

Is it a bluegrass band?

It plays bluegrass when the night wants it, and the fiddle and mandolin are in the configuration for that reason, but the songbook is wider. The trio at a welcome reception leans acoustic and conversational; the quartet with drums on a ranch dance floor leans Petty and the Dead. Tell us the evening and we'll build the set to it.

The trio plays a reception or dinner at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, a level guests talk across. The quartet with drums is a dance floor act and runs at whatever the venue allows. Mountain venues often carry a decibel cap or a curfew, and we'd like the number early so the set is built under it.

Can it play outdoors and at altitude?

Yes, and lawns, ranches and resort decks are its natural work. It needs a covered, level and dry performance area with power run to it, and we agree a move-indoors plan with you ahead of time.

How much space does the band need?

The trio plays in 12 by 8 feet on one dedicated 20-amp circuit with a 60-minute load-in. The quartet needs 14 by 10 feet, two circuits and 90 minutes. Sound support that's the right size for the venue is included at both sizes.

Americana band

An Americana band for welcome receptions, retreats and mountain evenings.

Acoustic guitar, fiddle, upright bass and drums, playing the songs people expect to hear in the mountains and the songs written in them: the Grateful Dead and Tom Petty beside Nathaniel Rateliff and Gregory Alan Isakov. Think a welcome reception, a ranch dinner, a summer picnic, or the last night of a retreat.

It’s a great fit for a planner with a group landing at DIA and one evening to make it feel like Colorado. It plays a conference welcome reception downtown, the dinner at a Vail or Beaver Creek resort, the company picnic in July, and a patio wedding.

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The songbook

A sample of the songbook.

Think Friend of the Devil, Wildflowers, S.O.B. and Big Black Car. It’s two songbooks in one. The songs everybody associates with a mountain evening: the Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Band, the Allman Brothers, John Prine, the Avett Brothers. And the songs written here: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats out of Denver, Gregory Alan Isakov out of Boulder, the Lumineers, The Head and the Heart’s Colorado years. The fiddle and mandolin carry the bluegrass standards between them.

A set is built around the flow of your evening. A welcome reception leans acoustic and conversational; a ranch dance floor leans Petty and the Dead with the drums in. The band’s wider covers list is searchable on the repertoire page, and the first learned song is included in every booking.

Configurations

Two configurations, a trio and a quartet.

The trio: Voice and acoustic guitar, fiddle or mandolin, upright bass. Conversation volume for a welcome reception or a dinner, 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, in 12 by 8 feet on one dedicated 20-amp circuit with a 60-minute load-in. It’s the configuration for the reception a group walks into on its first night.
The quartet: The trio plus drums. A dance floor act for a ranch dinner, a picnic that runs into the evening or the last night of a retreat, in 14 by 10 feet on two circuits with a 90-minute load-in. It still plays the dinner set first at talking level and picks up the energy once the tables are cleared.

Outdoors, and most of this act’s work is outdoors, it plays on a covered, level and dry performance area with power run to it, and we agree a move-indoors plan with you ahead of time. Mountain venues often carry a decibel cap or a curfew, and we build the set under the number you give us.

Altitude, load-in, lodging past the passes and Colorado’s noise law are on the mountain corridor page. Footprints and power by size are on the technical page.

Occasions

Common occasions for an Americana band.

Conference welcome receptions: The first evening of a conference or an incentive trip, downtown or at the convention-center hotels, when the group has just landed and the planner wants the city to introduce itself. The corporate page covers the corporate details.
Mountain retreats and incentive groups: The ranch dinner, the resort deck, the last night in Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen or Breckenridge. The retreats page covers the mountain evening, the drive and the lodging.
Summer company picnics: A lawn, a park pavilion, a brewery patio in July. Company picnic entertainment ideas in Denver puts this band beside the other formats a summer party can take.
Patio weddings and private parties: A mountain wedding cocktail hour, a ranch reception, a milestone birthday outdoors. Weddings and private parties cover the configurations and the venues.

Booking it

One reception, or the whole evening.

The trio books for a single reception hour or for arrival through dessert, and the quartet takes the same evening onto a dance floor, on one contract and one load-in.

Sound support that’s the right size for the venue is included at every size, which matters a lot on a ranch or a resort deck, where acoustic instruments disappear without it. A resort date past the passes adds the drive and a night’s lodging to the quote.

If the evening runs long, another half hour is easy to add on the night.

Send the date, the venue and the headcount, and we’ll come back with a recommendation on trio or quartet. What live music costs in this market.

Americana band questions

The operational questions, from substitutions to decibel caps, are on the full question list.

What does the Americana band play?: The Colorado songbook, which is two things at once: the songs everybody associates with a mountain evening, the Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Band, the Allman Brothers, John Prine, and the songs written here, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Gregory Alan Isakov, the Lumineers, plus the bluegrass standards. It's played on acoustic guitar, fiddle or mandolin, upright bass and drums.
Why book a Colorado act for a conference group?: Because a group that flew in for a conference or an incentive trip wants one evening that could only have happened here. Planners now list local flavor among the things they want most from an event, and this act is the music version of it.
Is it a bluegrass band?: It plays bluegrass when the night wants it, and the fiddle and mandolin are in the configuration for that reason, but the songbook is wider. The trio at a welcome reception leans acoustic and conversational; the quartet with drums on a ranch dance floor leans Petty and the Dead. Tell us the evening and we'll build the set to it.
How loud is it?: The trio plays a reception or dinner at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, a level guests talk across. The quartet with drums is a dance floor act and runs at whatever the venue allows. Mountain venues often carry a decibel cap or a curfew, and we'd like the number early so the set is built under it.
Can it play outdoors and at altitude?: Yes, and lawns, ranches and resort decks are its natural work. It needs a covered, level and dry performance area with power run to it, and we agree a move-indoors plan with you ahead of time.
How much space does the band need?: The trio plays in 12 by 8 feet on one dedicated 20-amp circuit with a 60-minute load-in. The quartet needs 14 by 10 feet, two circuits and 90 minutes. Sound support that's the right size for the venue is included at both sizes.

Book the Americana band for a welcome reception or a ranch dinner.

Live music for your event, from a solo musician to a full band, with sound support that’s the right size for the venue and a personal contact for the night.

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Send us the date and the venue, and we’ll come back with a recommendation and a price for your night. What live music costs in this market is on the pricing page.