Upcoming Events:
(none currently listed)Press
- Listen to KHEN 106.9 for Colonel Burns when in Salida!
- "If dancing and shaking your booty is your thing, then Colonel Burns is your band..." -Peter Marcus, Denver Daily News
- Listed in Top 10 Shows Not to Miss as voted by CMB Magazine
Venues We Play
- Dulcinea's 100th Monkey
- Quixotes
- Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
- Dazzle Jazz Denver's Premier Jazz Club
- Herman's Hideaway
- Gothic Theatre
- Gunnison Brewery
- Victoria Tavern in Salida
- The Goat whiskey and soup in Keystone
- South Park Music Festival Matt Fecher's kickass festival
About the Band/Bios
Colonel Burns is a jazz-funk-groove band from Denver, playing originals and covers in the styles of Galactic, Greyboy Allstars/Karl Denson, The Meters, and Soulive, and assorted latin and reggae.
This 5-piece instrumental act is comprised of drums, bass, guitar, keys, and saxophone. Members of the group have been active in the Denver scene for years, playing in groups like Flex Luther, 3Litre, Irie Still, and the Demon Funkies, and sharing the stage with national acts and all of the top regional acts. Colonel Burns was one of the handful of bands selected to play the South Park Main Stage at the South Park Music festival, out of over 1200 applicants.
Pete L -- Tenor Saxophone
Pete (Flex Luther, Demon Funkies) has been playing saxophone for over 20 years. He has shared the stage with Big Head Todd, Yo Flaco!, ALO, Garaj Mahal, and other tasty acts. His top influences are Karl Denson, Charlie Parker, Maceo Parker & James Brown, Fred Wesley, Jay DiBiasio, the Meters (Zig), and the best band ever, Steely Dan.
Phil D -- Electric Bass
Phil (FPD) has been playing bass going on 25 years in Jazz, Funk & Blues bands, and is pleased to be kickin' it with Da Colonel. Basic Ingredients include: Paul Jackson, Ray Brown, Roger Waters, Aston Barrett, Ron Carter and Donald 'Duck' Dunn.
Gotta luv the Low FreQ!
Bmills -- background hogwash
I exist mainly to listen to everyone else's musical ideas, then tweak them ever-so-slighly and immediately declare them as my own.
Musical influences over the years, in no particular order, include Fishbone, Phish, the Dead, Marley, the Godfather (JB), Genesis, Rush, Tribe, Beasties, Tower of Power, Allman's, Jamiroquai, Steely Dan, Weather Report, Miles, Sly & the Family, etc ...
Former bands in Denver: Irie Still, Flex Luther
Michael Smith -- Keyboards / Guitar
Mike plays the keys.
Mike's background is in academic jazz and extra-curricular funk.
