You may know that Willie Nelson’s ode to the Mile High City, simply titled “Denver,” is one of the shortest, sweetest tracks on his 1975 country classic “Red Headed Stranger.”

But did you know that Nelson has rekindled his love of Denver over the last decade thanks to Colorado songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff? The latter has played, written with, recorded, and released music by Nelson, even as he leads his own revered soul outfit, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats.

Countless tidbits like that swirl through the Colorado music scene, showing that the state has an impact on well-known musical artists — and not just the other way around.

Here are a few notable ones:

You may know that The Beatles played its only Colorado show to a less-than-full Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Aug. 26, 196

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