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Left to right: Gasoline Lollipops' Jeb Bows (fiddle), Clay Rose (vocals and acoustic guitarist) and Brad Morse (stand-up bass). Rose, center, talks about his struggle with sobriety as a touring musician. Gasoline Lollipops plays Denver's Hi-Dive on Nov. 11. Photo courtesy of the band.
Left to right: Gasoline Lollipops’ Jeb Bows (fiddle), Clay Rose (vocals and acoustic guitarist) and Brad Morse (stand-up bass). Rose, center, talks about his struggle with sobriety as a touring musician. Gasoline Lollipops plays Denver’s Hi-Dive on Nov. 11. Photo courtesy of the band.
Denver Post music editor Dylan Owens ...
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As a musician, an American, a father — hell, a human — this is a big week for Clay Rose, the singer-songwriter and frontman of the Boulder-born punk-Americana band Gasoline Lollipops.

On Tuesday, there’s the pesky matter of the presidential election, an event that Rose, who’s been as morbidly fascinated with it as any of us, unironically likened to the dawn of the dark ages. (“It’s about to get ugly, regardless of who wins,” he said.)

And if we make it to Thursday, Rose’s Gasoline Lollipops are gearing up to play the Hi-Dive, its first headlining show in Denver, one they’ve understandably been hungrily anticipating.

“Being a Boulder band playing Denver feels like we’re from Siberia sometimes,” said Gasoline Lollipops drummer Adam Perry.

Read more about Clay Rose’s big week on The Know.