By Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post | Billiards, live music and beer are on tap at Denver’s newest bar, now open at a familiar address. Velvet Banjo, which made its public debut at 741 E. Colfax Ave. over the weekend, hopes to be a hot spot for lovers of “newgrass” music by spinning tunes from a CD-powered jukebox and hosting bands on a small stage. The opening weekend lineup featured the band Three Days in the Saddle.
Given its proximity to other venues on Colfax, the owners of Velvet Banjo hope it will become a stop on fans’ trips to or from concerts. General manager Patrick McNally billed it as a beer-and-shots type of haunt with six taps serving predominantly Colorado craft brews.
The concept was originally inspired by McNally’s experience playing league pool. He and his seven partners wanted to create a space where the music they loved was a hallmark of the soundtrack. Co-owner Josh Kravette describes newgrass as bluegrass music with modern influences from jazz, funk, jam, electronic music and other genres – think the likes of Billy Strings and Kitchen Dwellers.
The bar gives new life to a space that previously centered on a musical ethos: the two-decade-old Sancho’s Broken Arrow, owned by Jay Bianchi. . . .
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