Hall of Honor Inductee

Starting in 1995, the volunteer-run Durango Bluegrass Meltdown was dreamed up to bolster Durango’s off-season economy before rafts take over the Animas River. “Michael Burke and a few other folks who are big into the Bluegrass scene wanted to put together a festival during one of the lowest tourism times of the year,” Meltdown Executive Director Jenny Hirt said.