{"id":7760,"date":"2013-04-29T08:56:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T15:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=7760"},"modified":"2013-04-29T08:56:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T15:56:25","slug":"barry-fey-legendary-colorado-concert-promoter-dies-at-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=7760","title":{"rendered":"Barry Fey, legendary Colorado concert promoter, dies at 73"},"content":{"rendered":"\"facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>
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Barry Fey in Denver on Monday, November 14, 2011. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Joey Bunch and Ricardo Baca
\nThe Denver Post<\/em><\/p>\n

The colorful promoter who made Colorado a destination for the biggest names in music died Sunday. Barry Fey was 73.
\nThe cause of death was not immediately available, but an unusually downtrodden Fey told The Denver Post last week that he was recovering from hip-replacement surgery.<\/p>\n

“Barry Fey is one of the giants of a generation,” said William Dean Singleton, chairman and publisher of The Denver Post and a close friend of Fey’s. “He brought the music scene to Colorado, and every part of the music scene you see here today has his fingerprints on it.”<\/p>\n

Fey promoted tens of thousands of concerts and other events from the 1960s until he retired his Feyline corporation in the late-’90s. (He even dipped his toes back into the waters with a consulting gig with House of Blues in the 2000s.) He was friends with acts he promoted, a list that included the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, the Who, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and other big-time acts read more:<\/a> <\/p>\n

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