A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, in which Jerry Greene interviews Gary Duncan on November 7, 1980. Gary is a resident of Telluride, Colorado, and is contractor, designer, journalist, and architectural consultant. Gary grew up in Montrose, Colorado and was raised on a farm. He was bored. At age 16, he started working for a radio station, KBC, and really enjoyed it. Gary then went on to work in radio at CSU (in Ft. Collins, Colorado) and then onto Boulder, Colorado, where he continued to work in TV/radio. Duncan was forced to join the Navy, where he ran the public affairs office and the TV/Radio station. The irony is that Gary does not listen to the radio, nor watch TV. Instead, Duncan enjoys socializing, playing the guitar, reading, writing, and photography. Gary gets his news from his friends that keep up with it. Gary next speaks of his Vietnam experiences. Then, poetry and writing are discussed. Where is Gary's place in Telluride? Duncan currently runs a carpentry & designing businesses, works for HARC (Historic and Architectural Review Commission), and reads his poetry, but he doesn't really know what he's doing in Telluride.
Why does Gary like Telluride? He says it's beautiful, small and remote, full of talented & intelligent people. Duncan believes that Telluride absorbs people, regardless of their talents. He says that people can do parts of things that they want to do here (Telluride) and that people mean something here.
Next, Greene and Duncan discuss HARC and Gary's consulting job with them. The various building styles in Telluride are then mentioned and investors purchasing homes/buildings in Telluride. This recording ends about 30 minutes in. The rest of the recording is of a story being read about Winnie the Poo.
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