Telluride
Telluride is a Birmingham-based rock band founded in 1977 by guitarists Moose Harrell and Rick Carter with keyboardist Roger Bailey, drummer Robert Churchill, and bassist Jim Liner.
Bailey and Liner left not long afterward and were replaced by Kevin Derryberry and Scott Walker. Other some-time members included Kent Peterson, Barry Waldrip, Joe Breckinridge and Chip Snow.
The band was in heavy rotation in the Southeastern US during the late 70s and early 80s. In 1980 they had a local hit with Derryberry's song "Birmingham Tonight", which helped boost regular attendance at their club shows from 100 or so to over 500. They were finalists in a Miller-sponsored band search contest in 1985, which led to their signing a contract with RCA Records. Their single "Breaking Away" reached number 77 on the Billboard chart that year.
They performed at the 1990 and 1997 City Stages. They were invited to perform at two Alabama gubernatorial inaugurations, and have been named musical achievers by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, a precursor to being inducted into the hall.
Carter, Harrell, Bailey, Churchill and Breckinridge put together a reunion tour in 2008, performing at WorkPlay and at that year's City Stages.
Carter, as a co-founder of the group, holds the federal trade mark on the name "Telluride". In 2010 it was announced that he was in a legal battle over the name with the record label of a Nashville-based country band which has scored success on the country charts.
Discography
- Telluride (1980) Telluride
- Telluride (1983) "Stand Alone"
- Telluride (1985) "Acting Odd on Even Days"
- Telluride (2007) "The Complete Vinyl Set" (2-cd compilation)
References
- Harvey, Alec (June 13, 2008) "Birmingham band plays again: A decade after its last show, Telluride is back together for 30-year reunion tour." Birmingham News
- George, Sam (April 15, 2010) "If 6 was 9." Birmingham Weekly
External links
- Telluride music downloads on bandcamp.com
- Telluride on Facebook.com
- "Birmingham Tonight" performed by Telluride at 2008 City Stages on YouTube.com
- Telluride photos at bamarok