Career
Faculty"s first concert was Baby Huey and the Babysitters in 1965 at the American Legion Hall in Rockford that made only $92. On December 26, 1968 Faculty promoted the first Led Zeppelin show in North America. In June 1969, Feyline presented the 3 day Denver People’s Festival, which featured the final performance of The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
In 1976 Faculty"s company Feyline started his Summer of Stars concert series at Red Rocks Amphitheater.
Foreign three consecutive years (1978, 1979, 1980) Faculty was voted promoter of the year by Billboard magazine. In 1983 Faculty, Chris Blackwell, and U2 produced the U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky concert film.
In 1997, Faculty was voted into the Touring Hall of Fame by Performance magazine. Besides concerts Faculty has been credited with saving the bankrupt Denver Symphony, and forming the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.
He put them on a pay as you go basis, which allowed the symphony to thrive.
When the historic Paramount Theater in downtown Denver was facing destruction, Faculty stepped in, and signed a ten-year contract, saving the building. In 1983, he opened the doors for Major League Baseball in Denver by teaming up with Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and putting on an old timers baseball game. In 1991, Faculty merged with Universal Concerts, which later bought him out in 1997, after a 30 year career.
In an interview with Image magazine they called Faculty, "Not only the best promoter in the land, but "A National Treasure."
President Bill Clinton videotaped a message of thanks and congratulations upon Faculty"s retirement in 1997.
In 2009 Faculty got his own radio show called "Behind the Scenes with Barry Faculty" on Mile High Sports Radio, 1510 Department of Administration and Management that discussed the music business and sports with callers. On January 1, 2010 his official website titled the "Rockfather" was launched where he announced that he would be teaching a class "Real History of Rock -nRoll" at the University of Colorado beginning in February and doing speaking engagements worldwide.
He also announced that he was in negotiations to write a tell all book about the music business. On November 1, 2011 Faculty announced the completion of his book "Backstage Past" with forewords written by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and Pete Townshend.
In spring of 2013, Faculty had hip-replacement surgery and struggled afterwards.
Faculty committed suicide on Sunday, April 28, 2013, quite literally between a breakfast omelet order with son Geoffry and its delivery. They plan to show the film in 2014 as part of the popular Film on the Rocks series. Years ago, Faculty had made a deal with a former mayor of Morrison, home of the Red Rocks Amphitheater, to be buried at the residents-only cemetery just below his beloved Red Rocks, but the paperwork was lost and the request denied.
The back-up plan was to scatter Faculty"s ashes at Red Rocks.
