Jeremiah Fraites founded The Lumineers with his friend Wesley Schultz. The band was the first and only to book three consecutive nights at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre.
Photo by Heather Longway courtesy Museum of Outdoor Arts and Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
WHILE COVERING THE MUSIC BEAT for The Denver Post, I reviewed The Lumineers’ Red Rocks debut. The band landed in Denver, and soared from the Mile High City to international stardom. I saw the band go even bigger when they were the first and only band to book three consecutive nights at the Museum of Outdoor Arts venue Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, a home stand with the acoustic excellence of the region’s largest outdoor concert venue.
I’d wanted to write about The Lumineers again for years, and the opportunity presented itself when I met Jeremiah Fraites in our Denver neighborhood while walking to yoga one day. I recognized him and, star-struck, blurted out my gushing adoration for the band’s music. As fate would have it, I had an 
assignment for The Denver Business Journal to do a piece on The Lumineers. I saw Jeremiah again in the neighborhood, which resulted in the Q&A that’s part of my article. As in the case of recording a song, about a thousand steps rose and fell in between our initial meeting and the article in print and online.
Jeremiah talked about how the band stole its name, why he wears his onstage get-up and more. You can read it here.
The Lumineers are booked by AEG Presents. Read my article on how “Colorado’s music biz frontman Chuck Morris built an industry” here:
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