john-denver

Singer and songwriter John Denver touched millions of people and reached superstar status with his folk-based pop songs that were often rooted in Colorado. Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. was born in Roswell, New Mexico. He fell in love with Colorado and eventually settled in Aspen. Denver's popular state anthems have brought many fans to Colorado. It's hard to think of another performer in the world who is as empathetic to Colorado as well as John Denver said G. Brown curator of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. Denver was the one of the first Hall of Fame inductee in 2011. In the present, he's seen as the symbol of Colorado to people from all over the world. Certainly in my travels you meet someone from the other side of the world someone comes from New Zealand and you say "I'm from Colorado The first word to come they say is"Oh John Denver! Brown declared. Take Me Home Country Roads written by Bill Danoff and Denver after his brief career in a folk group it was Denver's debut Top 10 solo hit. Danoff was the one who wrote the song inspired by Johnny Cash, but Denver had the opportunity to listen to an early version and knew the song would be a top 10 smash. The singer recorded the song only a few days afterward following a performance to an enthusiastic audience at Washington D.C.