Rockin' the Rockies

Earlier this August, the Empty Pockets piled into the Pocket Rocket and headed out to Boulder, CO to participate in the FMQB Triple A Radio Conference at the St. Julien Hotel. We arrived on Thursday just in time to meet our new band buddies for life, "The Brew," [link] and venture to The Fox Theatre together to check out the main act of the evening, the anthemic musical-stylings of "Fun." [link]

Fun rocks the Fox Theatre in Boulder

The Empty Pockets performed at lunch on Friday along with friendly fellow-Chicago rock band "Van Ghost." [link] The FMQB Triple A conference gave us the chance to reunite with some of our Sunset Session pals as well as meet some delightful new folk, including Chad, Brad and Pete of Dispatch! [link] Chad even included his breakfast plate, sans delicious food of course.

The Empty Pockets and Dispatch: Let's do breakfast

As we packed up our van and prepared to head out to Evergreen, CO for our next show, we received an awesome surprise: lo and behold, our old friend, Richie Furay, was sitting by the sound engineer waiting to perform! He sang with Chris Daniels & The Kings on the very same stage we had played the day previous, and we sure were glad to see him. We got a chance to chat for a few minutes before splitting for The Little Bear in Evergreen for our evening show.

The Empty Pockets  ♥  Richie Furay

The Empty Pockets really love The Little Bear. I mean, really, really love it. The crowd is always interested and engaged and it's clear that they all love music as much as we do. We had quite a dance party happening by the end of the night.  Our band-buddy Richie Furay and his lovely wife Nancy even came out to see us.  What an honor it was to have this Rock and Roll Hall of Famer in the audience.  Plus, a big thank you goes out to Drew, our live sound engineer, for helping us to sound our best and rock it out, Pockets' style. Saturday night's alright for fightin', but it's much better for boogiein'.

The Little Bear: A Perfect Empty Pockets Fit

Our trip to 'rado ended far too soon, but The Empty Pockets can't wait to head West again and enjoy the wonderful friends, food and fun that the great state of Colorado has to offer. Check out our Facebook page for more pictures of our excellent trip. [link]

Sharif don't like it,

-Nate Bellon(bass)