Verne Byers, aka Vern Byers, (né Vincent LeRoy Beyer, b. March 14, 1918, Denver, CO; d. December 19, 2008, Las Cruces, NM) was an American bandleader of a territory band, a bassist, a concert promoter, and an owner-operator of several live music clubs and restaurants in Denver. Byers is most widely known and remembered as the man who, as executive producer and promoter, brought The Beatles to Denver — their only Denver appearance. The Beatles performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 26, 1964.
Read more about Verne Byers: Bandleader, Family, Las Vegas Years
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“People who whisper lie.”
—Swedish proverb, trans. by Verne Moberg.