On August 30th, Colorado Music Hall of Fame member Harry Tuft is releasing a new recording at Denver’s Swallow Hill Music Association. The event doubles as a delayed celebration of his 90th birthday last December. The CD and the party got delayed due to Harry getting treated for cancer and developing some singing issues soon after recording of this disc began last year.
In addition to being perhaps the nation’s only 90-year-old releasing a full-length recording this summer, Harry is a folk-music icon in Colorado and beyond. He founded the Denver Folklore Center in the Sixties and helped start the revered Swallow Hill Music Association. In his early days he promoted Joan Baez on her first big tour in Colorado and introduced her to The Beatles when they played Red Rocks.
Harry has played and worked with numerous national and Colorado music heavies, several of whom appear on the new recording. The CD’s, “Friends, Lovers and Other Strangers,” details are at https://harrytuft.com/wp-content/newfold-page-cache/friendscd/_index.html .
Harry will also play Songwriters at the Speakeasy on Sept. 8.
