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Does anybody remember John Denver?
Posted on 01/13/2018 9:46:22 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
He died in a plane crash.
To: VermithraxPejorative
This was not the plane he died in but he was an aviator. That makes him pretty cool in my eyes.
He would just climb into a plane and go up into the sky. The one time, he did not come down safely.
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:50:35 AM PST
by
EveningStar
(I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
To: VermithraxPejorative
If I recall correctly, he ran out of gas over Monterrey Bay.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:50:43 AM PST
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Bryan24
(When in doubt, move to the right..........)
To: SamAdams76
It only takes one time not to come down safely to die.
To: VermithraxPejorative; SamAdams76
He died in an experimental plane he was flying that crashed into the ocean in Calif. Hi songs were awesome.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:51:47 AM PST
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b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Bryan24
That’s “Monterey” with one r. “Monterrey” is in Mexico.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:51:51 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: SamAdams76
I was a big John Denver fan back in the day. One of my favorites was "Calypso," which was almost a sea chanty. That was before the crew of that ship became a bunch of whale-saving queers, but the tune is memorable.
He had a lot of other good music. "Farewell, Andromeda" and "Cold Nights in Canada," for example.
He was heavily into "est," the self-actualization system devised by Werner Erhard, and it seemed to work for him ... for a while. He fell out of favor and started drinking, divorced his wife (the subject of "Annie's Song") and hit a low point.
But he was rebuilding his life when he crashed into the Pacific Ocean in an experimental aircraft. He was the son of an Air Force father and loved to fly.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:52:38 AM PST
by
IronJack
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To: SamAdams76
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:52:50 AM PST
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b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: SamAdams76
I remember watching his Christmas specials as a kid. Beautiful scenery and wonderful music. He had an easy unforced voice like James Taylor.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:53:05 AM PST
by
SunTzuWu
To: b4its2late
This might have been the plane he died in.
John Denver...he would just get into an airplane and fly up into the sky! That's how he rolled.
To: SamAdams76
I wasn’t a fan, but I saw him at the Forum in the late 70’s. It was an amazing concert. The concert was in the round. His band took a break but he continued to play and sing until they returned.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:54:02 AM PST
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Yogafist
To: SamAdams76
My mom loved John Denver. Dad got her one of those big console record / cassette tape players stereo system around 1980 and she literally wore out John Denver's greatest hits cassette (that and Johnny Cash, an interesting combination...). I heard the songs so much growing up, at one point I could have told you the lyrics for every song and what order they were played on the cassette
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:54:46 AM PST
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apillar
To: SamAdams76
Not a favorite of mine, but he could write. Rocky Mountain High, Thank God Im A Country Boy, Country Roads, Fly Away (with ONJ), Calypso and my favorite of his set Shanghai Breezes. All big bits off the top of my head with no Internet search.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:54:56 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: SamAdams76
No, but I remember Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:55:58 AM PST
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Jim W N
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:56:12 AM PST
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b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: SamAdams76
Oh, God! Im an ocean buoy!
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:56:27 AM PST
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Redleg Duke
(Build KateÂ’s Wall! Never Forget!)
To: SamAdams76
I met him in the late 60s when he was a student at Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX. My aunt was the choir director at Pioneer Methodist Church in Lubbock and John sang in her choir. He was also a regular at her dinner table and always brought his guitar for after dinner. He was a nice guy and always had time to talk with the kids....red
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:57:04 AM PST
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rednek
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To: SamAdams76
“Almost heaven, West Virginia.
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze.”
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:57:13 AM PST
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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