AMERICAN AQUARIUM : LIVE AT RED ROCKS

 

  1. Crier
  2. All I Needed
  3. Casualties
  4. Saint Mary
  5. Before The Dogwood Blooms
  6. Lonely Ain’t Easy
  7. Losing Side Of 25
  8. The Luckier You Get
  9. Wichita Falls
  10. I Hope He Breaks Your Heart
  11. Burn. Flicker. Die.

Label : Losing Side Records

Venue : Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, USA

Recording Date : May 9, 2024

Release Date : November 21, 2025

Length : 45:27

Review (The 1063 Buzz) : American Aquarium dropped their Live at Red Rocks album today and they performed their song about Wichita Falls during the concert. It was just over a year ago that American Aquarium performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. This was not the band's first show at this venue, however this one in May of 2024 was recorded for a live album. The eleven song album is officially out today if you want to go check it out. One song that a lot of folks love here locally is 'Wichita Falls'. We have a lot of songs that mention or are written about Wichita Falls. Pat Metheny's album 'As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls' is probably the most famous nationally. American Aquarium's song titled Wichita Falls is probably the most famous here in town. American Aquarium front man BJ Barham wrote the song after a concert in 2013 at The Iron Horse Pub. He said the song was written at La Quinta near the overpass across from the Whataburger. BJ says he still has the hotel stationary that the lyrics were wrote on that night. Hate to break it to the guys in American Aquarium if they were not aware. That hotel officially shutdown in Wichita Falls back in November of 2023. So if they were hoping for a little nostalgia on their next trip through town they will have to break in to the abandoned property.

Review (Pancho's Picks) : Well, I finally got my wish. American Aquarium just dropped the full album Live at Red Rocks, recorded at that holy amphitheater carved into the red sandstone walls of Morrison, Colorado — a place where sound doesn’t just echo…it blooms. But to really understand why this release matters, you gotta know a little something about the land it was born on. A Little Red Rocks History — Where Stone Became a Stage Long before guitars screamed and crowds roared, Red Rocks was just ancient earth — 300-million-year-old sandstone tilted toward the heavens. Those two giant monoliths guarding the theater — Ship Rock and Creation Rock — were sculpted by time long before a single boot ever scuffed their shadow. Back in the early 1900s, a dreamer named John Brisben Walker stood between those towering slabs and declared it the perfect concert hall. He hosted small performances right there in the dirt, letting the wind carry the music across the canyon. Then the Civilian Conservation Corps came along in the 1930s and chiseled the place into the masterpiece we know — every bench carved into the hillside, every angle matched to the sky, like a cathedral built from rock and sweat. Red Rocks officially opened in 1941, and the legends showed up soon after. U2 turned the place into myth in ’83 with Under a Blood Red Sky. The Grateful Dead nearly made it a second home. Everyone from Johnny Cash to Jimi Hendrix to Willie Nelson to Brandi Carlile carved their names into that Colorado air. Red Rocks isn’t just a venue. It’s a rite of passage — a proving ground where music meets geology and the result becomes history. And Now… American Aquarium That’s the weight BJ Barham carried when he walked onto that stage — altitude in his lungs, fire in his voice, and a crowd that sounded like thunder rolling off the canyon walls. He didn’t just sing; he staked his claim on sacred ground. You can hear it in the recording — the wind, the electricity, the roar. This isn’t a greatest-hits compilation. It’s a moment, preserved forever. American Aquarium now sits among the names who stood where stone becomes sound. They earned it — every mile, every scar, every midnight show in a smoky bar that led them to this one impossible, unforgettable night. And now that wish we talked about? It ain’t a rumor anymore. It’s live. It’s loud. It’s immortal. American Aquarium — Live at Red Rocks. A band in full command, echoing off the oldest walls they’ve ever played.