When I first saw Keller Williams, I was literally taken aback by his seemingly spontaneous and improvisational toots and tweaks and blips and mouth trumpeting and mixing and matching and looping. He bee bops around the stage like a barefooted and floppy haired troll. And he owns it. He is a silly and captivating one man show and a hell of a band leader when he brings his friends on stage with him. Once you’ve seen him play a few times, the magic fades into familiarity but remains just as entertaining. Keller resembles a kooky, Deadhead version of Jack Black, beat boxing and maniacally strumming his way through songs that could be the jammed-out parallels to Tenacious D tracks.

And what better place to seek safety from the vague and intangible “end as we know it” than 9,000 ft up?

On Doomsday, Friday December 21, Keller will be joined by Keith Mosely and Bill Nershi, of String Cheese Incident, up in Keystone at Warren Station. If we all survive the impending ancient prophecy, then on the following evening, Saturday December 22, Mosely will stick around on bass and Kyle Hollingsworth will join in on the keys with Dave Watts of the Motet on drums. Both shows are set to start at 8pm. Show numero uno holds in store some quick pickin’ grassy tunes, while show numero dos will be fresh n’ funktastic. Keller will also be playing solo sets each night, so you’ll still likely hear some freaky, schizo classics. Plus, it’s finally been snowing fairly consistently up on the ol’ hill, so why not make a weekend of it and “float on the freshies”?

Warren Station is a tiny venue located in the heart of the River Run Village in Keystone, just at the base of the mountain and within a 2-3 minute walk from a variety of nearby bars. The place is cozy and casual, resembling a clean and carpeted VFW inside a sort of airplane hangar with a modest bar in the front. Tickets were going for $30/night or $50/two night pass, but alas- they’ve sold out. But surely some ski bum will be loitering out front testing out that new marijuana law and selling an extra. Although if the world is truly ending … who will be worried about checking the tickets?

Allison Cohn loves gold spray paint and nonsense. She also has a very difficult time sitting still and keeping quiet. She can often be found dancing like a fool when she isn’t hiding out in her mountain lair or gallivanting around the globe.