Watch The Tale of the Dog: Denver's Greatest Music Venue

The Tale of the Dog uncovers the genesis of Denver's transformation from a cow town to a major music destination, when the Chet Helms and the San Francisco hippies decided to open a rock club on the outskirts of town in 1967.Open from September 8, 1967, through July 19, 1968, the Family Dog brought to Denver, for the first time, the best rock and blues artists to ever live: the Grateful Dead, the Doors, Cream, Howlin' Wolf, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds and more.