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Famous and Infamous People, Leaders & Luminaries in Colorado Arts, Culture & Folklore

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• Willie Nelson <WillieNelson.com> - Venerable country western singer Willie Nelson owned a mountain home in Evergreen, Colorado (near Denver) until 1990 November when it was seized by IRS agents who robbed Nelson for 16.7 million dollars in "unpaid back taxes" for the years 1975 through 1982.. The home has been described as a two story, 4,700 square foot house on a 116 acre estate. It included a large teepee.
  - ref: Coloroddity anecdote in R.M.News 97Je10Tu,p6a.

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• Mike Nile - Denverite Mike Nile, owner of Alley Records reportedly has had an incredible depth of a music career with major national bands. Nile was also vocalist, songwriter and bass player for a nonlocal but Denver-affiliated band called Spirit which I seem to recall may have had some measure of national fame.

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• Mojo Nixon <MojoNixon.com> - Singer guitarist Mojo, aka Kirby McMillan, was a member of Zebra 123 in Denver in the early '80s when he was still appearing under his birth name Kirby McMillan. He didn't become "Mojo Nixon" until he moved to San Diego and joined up with Skid Roper, achieving a measure of national fame with swaggerin' punk originals like "Elvis is Everywhere" and "Moanin' With Your Momma." Mojo is originally from North Carolina. and came to Denver in January, 1980.
  Contact: Mojo Nixon, 3624 Fir, San Diego, CA 92104
  Direct Survey: 940619MN; 950610MN.
  Indirect Survey: 940520 S.Bruner; 921201P.Deville. One dir.survey with Mojo.