Travel letters: This Colorado amphitheater rocks their worlds
Great article on Red Rocks [“A Rocking Good Time in Thin Air,” by Christopher Reynolds, July 15]. I’m a native Angeleno who has seen Widespread Panic there year after year since the late ’90s.
It’s the mecca of concert venues!
Aiman Shawaf
Mar Vista
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I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the article on Red Rocks. I had no idea about the park there or its construction. Nor did I know about the “vibe” felt by the musicians playing there.
I was lucky enough to catch Jimi Hendrix at the show Reynolds mentioned. It was Sept. 1, 1968. I was 17. The emphasis was on the show, and I knew nothing about the venue itself. I headed back to Southern California for my senior year of high school and really didn’t give it a second thought.
Thanks again for enlightening me about it.
Peter Smith
Lake Arrowhead
‘Music’ memories
I loved Andrew Bender’s story about the “Sound of Music” tours [“Sounds Like an Austrian Idyll,” July 8]. It brought back memories of studying at the University of Vienna summer school at Strobl am Wolfgangsee cq in the summer of 1964.
I was on the same lake where they were filming parts of this iconic film. I have always felt a great connection to this movie because of having experienced that landscape, along with trips to Salzburg at the time of its filming.
I loved the writer’s use of all the lyrics from the show in his article. Of course, like many, I know them all. Thanks for the memory!
Bill Bowersock
Los Angeles
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