The Tank

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

An industrial water tank-turned-concert hall in the high deserts of Colorado is nothing less than a sonic wonder of the world. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-tank-rangely-colorado

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0:00.0	I'm doing Therese and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration, oh my god.
0:11.0	Welcome to the tank.
0:18.2	Let me try that again.
0:20.2	I'm doing Therese and this is Atlas Obscura.
0:23.7	Today we're going inside the tank.
0:26.2	An industrial water tank turned concert hall in the high desert of Colorado.
0:31.3	To those who know it well, the tank is nothing less than a sonic wonder of the world.
0:38.0	Mool meet a man who has dedicated the last 45 years of his life to the tank.
0:43.1	After he first found out about it, through what some might call an abduction.
0:47.6	This big muddy truck pulled up with two beefy rough necks in it and saying,
0:54.7	are you that sound guy?
0:56.0	And here I have microphones all over me.
0:58.2	What am I going to say?
0:59.2	No.
1:00.2	Yes.
1:01.2	Get in.
1:02.2	Okay.
1:03.2	I got in.
1:04.2	More after this.
1:09.0	Rangely Colorado is a small town.
1:11.3	It's home to about 2,400 people.
1:14.2	It's not in the snowy peaks and ski resorts part of Colorado.
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