CULTURE

stage: Colorado’s own Red Rocks Amphitheatre, now a regular venue for Gordon, who “figured out a way

[that] an analog show could live in a modern stage environment.” Carrying on the tradition started by Fine and

Ham, his company has since worked with everyone from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard to The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Phil Lesh of The Grateful Dead.

Now Gordon heads to Boulder, alongside the innovator Fine who helped change rock shows forever, where the pair will be presented with the Legends of the Liquid Light Show Award for their respective contributions to the medium, ahead of a performance by Joslyn and The Sweet Compression on July 1. According to Matt Cottle, director of operations at the Roots Music Project, the reason for the honor is simple: “They’re keeping an art form alive.”

ON THE BILL: Dead and Company after-party series featuring Joslyn and The Sweet Compression and Dave McMurray. 11:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 1 and 2, Roots Music Project, 4747 Pearl Suite V3A, Boulder. $20-$200