Barry Fey (1938 – April 28, 2013) was an American rock concert promoter from Colorado who was best known for bringing prominent music acts to the United States for the first time.
30,000 fans packed the park, including Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Owsley Stanley, Tim Scully and the rest of the "Merry Pranksters" on the Furthur bus.
Some of the acts Fey booked at The Family Dog included: The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company, Blue Cheer, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Buffalo Springfield, Van Morrison, Canned Heat, The Jefferson Airplane, Chuck Berry, Tommy Bolin, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and more.
September 1st, 1968, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Vanilla Fudge, The Soft Machine and Heir Apparent headlined Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
On December 26, 1968, Fey promoted the first Led Zeppelin show in North America, which took place at the Denver Auditorium.
June 28, 29 and 30th 1969, Feyline presented the Denver Pop Festival at Mile High Stadium, which featured the final performance of The Jimi Hendrix Experience along with Frank Zappa, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Iron Butterfly, Joe Cocker, Zephyr and many others.
November 7th, 1969, Barry Fey promoted The Rolling Stones at Colorado State University's Moby Arena.
Feyline worked with the University of Southern Colorado (now Colorado State University Pueblo) to bring Van Halen to the campus in 1980, setting in motion events that would lead to the famed incident in which the band damaged the facility after discovering brown M&M's when they specifically requested none in their contract rider (given the heavy equipment used in their shows, the demand was to ensure the venue had read the contract).
When the historic Paramount Theater in downtown Denver was facing destruction, Fey stepped in, and signed a ten-year contract, saving the building.
On January 1, 2010, his official website [5] titled the "Rockfather" was launched, where he announced that he would be teaching a class "Real History of Rock -n- Roll" at the University of Colorado beginning in February and doing speaking engagements worldwide.
Fey committed suicide on Sunday, April 28, 2013, quite literally between a breakfast omelet order with son Geoffry and its delivery.