From a very young age, inspired by a piano inherited from his grandparents, Howard Dlugasch took piano lessons of his own volition. By his early teens, he started playing a multitude of instruments, such as guitar, drums, bass, and vocals. He jokes that he is mediocre at all of them, but only because he is a musician who wants to focus on a multitude of instruments at once rather than completely on one specific instrument.

Playing the piano, he focused on musicians such as Ray Charles and Billy Joel and musically complex styles such as jazz and blues. Moving into the guitar, he started playing more simple folk tunes. Even though he retained his music theory training transitioning to guitar, he decided to play more easy-going music on that instrument.

Coming out of college, Dlugasch interned and then worked at the legendary Manhattan recording studio Greene St. Recording. He recalls many experiences with various musicians during and even before his time there, including spending a month in the Himalayas with Beastie Boy Adam Yauch. From Greene St., he became involved in a band called Elwood with singer-songwriter Prince Elwood Strickland III and co-producer and songwriter Brian Boland. The band ultimately released the record The Parlance Of Our Time in May 2000, which included a Billboard-charting cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Sundown.”

Since then, Dlugasch has continued writing music, including an original song for the 2014 Steven Oritt-directed documentary “American Native.” He is currently part of Morning Moon Productions, specifically their music division Morning Moon Music. Along with Dan Lotti and Mike Sivilli, he operates the music division, providing services including music editing, scoring, composing, music supervision, and soundtrack curation.

Dlugasch has been involved in various projects for the company, including Morning Moon’s latest film production, “Wildflower,” directed by Matt Smukler, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022 (as of this publication, the film is available to stream on Hulu).

Often, Dlugasch focuses on playing covers that people love listening to, but he will occasionally pepper in his own original songs. He loves it when people know and/or love the songs he plays and they start to smile and tap their feet, as even if he’s not the primary focus of the night, he loves being able to leave the smallest of impacts on the audiences he performs for.

If you want to see Howard Dlugasch performing live, you can catch him at the Canyon Tavern, 32138 Highway 72 in Coal Creek Canyon, on Saturday, July 13, 2024, starting at 6 p.m. You can also check out his original music on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/howarddlugasch.

Article Corrected: Sunday, June 30, 2024

“The URL to Dlugasch's SoundCloud is incorrect. It should read https://soundcloud.com/howard-dlugasch instead.”

Music Events

Busey Brews

Sunday, June 30 at 2 p.m. - Troy Yanel

Friday, July 5 at 4 p.m. - The Nippers or The Low Down

Sunday, July 7 at 2 p.m. - Eric Richard Stone

Sunday, July 14 at 2 p.m. - S’moreGrass Duo

Sunday, July 21 at 2 p.m. - Gratefully Acoustic

Sunday, July 28 at 2 p.m. - Tip of the Spear

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BuseyBrews/

Website: https://buseybrews.com/

Location: 70 E. 1st Street, Nederland

Phone: 1-855-633-2739

Canyon Tavern

Saturday, June 29 at 5 p.m. - Scrapyard Izzy

Saturday, July 6 at 6 p.m. - Derek Hall

Saturday, July 13th at 6 p.m. - Howard Dlugasch

Sunday, July 21 at 3 p.m. - Will Whalen

Saturday, July 27th at 6 p.m. - Ibby Cline & Michael Walters

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Coalcreekcanyontavern

Website: https://canyontavern.com/

Location: 32138 Highway 72, Coal Creek Canyon

Phone: 303-642-3180

Gold Hill Inn

Friday, June 28 at 8 p.m. - Bottlerocket Hurricane

Saturday, June 29 at 5:30 p.m. - Poorfree

Sunday, June 30 at 6 p.m. - Daniel Rodriguez and His Band

Thursday, July 4 at noon - Fourth of July Twang Fest and Barbecue 2024

Saturday, July 6 at 5:30 p.m. - New Family Dog

Sunday, July 7 at 6 p.m. - Paul MacDonald and the Mourning Doves

Friday, July 12 at 8 p.m. - Bear Hat

Sunday, July 14 at 5:30 p.m. - Damn Tall Buildings

Friday, July 19 at 8 p.m. - Brandywine and the Mighty Fines

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoldHillInn/

Website: goldhillinn.com

Location: 401 Main Street, Gold Hill

Phone: 303-443-6461

Gold Hill Store

Friday, June 28 at 7 p.m. - Dwayne Haggins

Thursday, July 11 at 7 p.m. - Bobby Coe

Saturday, July 13 at 3 p.m. - Andres Santana

Saturday, July 13 at 7 p.m. - Something Slight

Friday, July 19 at 7 p.m. - Ashlei Priest

Friday, July 26 at 7 p.m. - Queso Ra

Saturday, July 27 at noon - Queso Ra

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gold-Hill-General-Store/

Website: https://www.goldhillstore.com/

Location: 531 Main Street, Gold Hill

Howlin Wind Brewing

Saturday, June 29 at 5 p.m. - 3rd Anniversary Party with Magoo

Saturday, July 6 at 5 p.m. - High Lonesome

Saturday, July 13 at 5 p.m. - Riverspell

Saturday, July 20 at 5 p.m. - Goldie and the Grindstones

Saturday, July 27 at 5 p.m. - Strangebyrds

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howlinwindbrewing

Website: https://www.howlinwindbrewing.com/

Location: 51 A Main Street, Rollinsville

Phone: 309-825-5245

Jamestown Fourth of July

Thursday, July 4 at 10:30 a.m. - PJ Moon

Thursday, July 4 at 12:30 p.m. - Katie Farmer (Star-Spangled Banner)

Thursday, July 4 at 12:45 p.m. - Stellar J

Thursday, July 4 at 2 p.m. - River Mann

Thursday, July 4 at 3:15 p.m. - Floondog

Thursday, July 4 at 5:30 p.m. - Foggy Mountain Spaceship

Thursday, July 4 at 7 p.m. - River Spell

Thursday, July 4 at 8:30 p.m. - Poorfree

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamestown4th/

Website: https://jamestownco.org/news/4th-of-july-celebration/

Location: Elysian Park, Main

Street, Jamestown

Jamestown Mercantile

Thursday, June 27 at 7 p.m. - Dwayne Haggins

Friday, June 28 at 7 p.m. - Wrenn Van Band

Sunday, June 30 at 12:15 p.m. - Davey and the Midnights

Wednesday, July 3 at 7 p.m. - Shake it like a Caveman

Friday, July 5 at 7 p.m. - The Brothers Burn Mountain

Sunday, July 7 at 12:15 p.m. - Ashlei Kendall Priest

Wednesday, July 10 at 5 p.m. - Open Mic

Thursday, July 11 at 7 p.m. - Derek Dames Ohl

Friday, July 12 at 7 p.m. - Zimbira

Sunday, July 14 at 12:15 p.m. - Steven Hoffman

Wednesday, July 17 at 5 p.m. - Open Mic

Thursday, July 18 at 7 p.m. - Hunter James and the Titanic

Friday, July 19 at 7 p.m. - Chuck Sitero (of High Lonesome) and Friends

Sunday, July 21 at 12:15 p.m. - Annie and the Bang Bang

Wednesday, July 24 at 5 p.m. - Open Mic

Thursday, July 25 at 7 p.m. - Heavy Diamond Ring

Friday, July 26 at 7 p.m. - Janestown

Thursday, July 28 at 12:15 p.m. - Danny Shafer

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamestown.mercantile/

Website: https://www.jamestownmercantile.com/

Location: 108 Main Street, Jamestown

Phone: 303-442-5847

Knotted Root Brewing

Friday, June 28 at 6 p.m. - DJ

Saturday, June 29 at 5 p.m. - Danny Shafer

Wednesdays at 6 p.m. - Open Mic

Sundays at 5 p.m. - Jazz Sundays

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/knottedrootbrewing/

Website: https://www.knottedrootbrewing.com/home

Location: 250 N. Caribou Street, Nederland

Phone: 720-248-7129

Nederland Farmers Market

Sunday, July 7 at 10:30 a.m. - River Spell Duo

Sunday, July 21 at 10:30 a.m. - Built to Last/Al Capones

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NederlandFarmersMarket/

Website: https://www.nederlandfarmersmarket.org/

Email: nederlandfarmersmarket@gmail.com

Location: 85 E. 1st Street, Nederland

Nederland Summer Concert Series

Saturday, July 6 at 4 p.m. - Banshee Tree w/ Benjamin Sproul Band

Website: https://www.timeservedproductiongroup.com/

Location: Chipeta Park

Old Gallery at Allenspark

Saturday, June 29 at 5 p.m. - Hogabluesa Blues with Blues-Based Trio

Wednesday, July 10 at 2 p.m. - Summer Porch Series

Friday, July 19 at 6 p.m. - Open Mic with Tim Merkle

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAPOldGallery

Website: https://www.theoldgallery.org/

Location: 14863 Highway 7, Allenspark

Phone: 303-747-2906

United Center

Sunday, July 14 at 6 p.m. - The Wildwoods

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedCenterInc/

Website: http://www.unitedcenterinc.com/

Location: 1440 Colorado Boulevard, Idaho Springs

Phone: 303-900-8689

Very Nice Brewing Co.

Friday, June 28 at 6 p.m. - Mountain ReVerb

Saturday, June 29 at 5 p.m. - Steepland String Band

Sunday, June 30 at 5 p.m. - Poorfree

Friday, July 5 at 6 p.m. - Mad Dog Blues

Saturday, July 6 at 7 p.m. - Derek Dames Ohl

Sunday, July 7 at 5 p.m. - Ella Wren

Thursday, July 11 at 6 p.m. - John Meerts

Friday, July 12 at 6 p.m. - Magnum Mike

Saturday, July 13 at 5 p.m. - David Tilmon

Friday, July 19 at 6 p.m. - Johnny Blueheart

Saturday, July 20 at 5 p.m. - Stone-Hall

Friday, July 26 at 6 p.m. - Daniel C. Jones

Friday, July 16 at 6 p.m. - Windy Pines

Saturday, July 27 at 5 p.m. - Andreas Boehmer

Sunday, July 28 at 4 p.m. - The CBDs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/verynicebeer

Website: https://www.verynicebrewing.com/

Location: 20 E. Lakeview Drive, #112, Nederland

Phone: 303-258-3770

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