. My most memorable evening was when I had a stint with the band 421 on a thursday night opening for a cover band who's name will eventally come to me- but I spotted an insanely gorgeous redhead who wore 5 inch black stilhetto heels- which would make my blood boil. It came to me, not too long beforehand I saw a column in the Denver Post about the mayor of Georgetown named Kolleen Brooks- I saw her pic and my eyes BLEW UP.

It was really her. I approached her and to her credit, she politely declined my advance. I got rejected by the mayor of Georgetown! So when I saw a few months later on The Rocky Mountain News that she got recalled in a special election, her face looking dejected was on the front page. A part of me wanted to think it was karma for turning me down, but she had the decency to not have led me on. I always wanted to share that.

I was lucky enough to live at the apartment complex across the street from Eck’s. No need to drive, and all my favorite bands played there. One night Jackyl played and Jesse James Dupree asked to join me for a nightcap. I said no.

Quiet Riot was the first metal band I ever really got into. I remember trying to "bang my head" in middle school, not even really knowing what that meant, so when we got the gig opening for them at Eck's Saloon, I was ecstatic.

It was 2005, I think, when we got the call. Peace Love and Destruction opened the show for them and tore the bar a new one. Then Quiet Riot hit the stage with a vengeance. Seeing them in that smaller venue was so much more satisfying than a big stadium.

After the show they hung out, met with fans, signed all our stuff and drank with us. It was a once in a lifetime night. That kind of experience is only available in an intimate venue like Eck's Saloon.