If those granola-eating liberals would just stick to eating granola, and leave the rest of us alone...
John Denver—could he be related to Jim Denver, the Mexican War and Civil War veteran and politician for whom a city was named?
I always loved his work and when mom passed I inherited her collection. (Yanni, too, but pfft. LOL)
He was on a tv show with Frank Sinatra. He was about to sing a Sinatra song and Frank said to him “don’t hurt yourself”.
John Denver had some good tunes.
I saw him in concert in 1984. I just uncovered the t-shirt a few days ago, still wearable (it fits again).
I recently read something about him, written by the friend who played a part in his death through no fault of his own. Apparently, Denver was out flying his plane one day over California and decided on a whim to buzz the friends home further out on the coast, completely forgetting to check his fuel level. He crashed the plane on his return flight when he ran out of fuel. How this was known to the friend who wrote about the incident escapes me now. This friend was a conservative and I was a little surprised to learn they were friends. Who the friend was also escapes me.
I have wondered how many thousands of people that “Rocky Mountain High” added to the permanent population of Colorado.
Growing up in Iowa in the 70’s; it seemed like Colorado was everyone’s favorite place to go.
It is mine now.
Back then the guys who went out would bring back some of that exotic nectar called Coors!
You couldn’t get it in many places then; it was pretty special to see it.
His Dad flew a B-58 and held several world speed records in them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-58_Hustler
The night before he crashed, a bunch of friends and I were singing Karaoke. I did Rocky Mountain High. I won’t sing Karaoke again.
There is a fantastic exhibit of his life works in the Denver International Airport....very extensive.
There is a plaque on the beach in Pacific Grove memorializing his death.
Guy deserves a statue.......
“Oh God” was one of the few movies that I would watch again.
He became big when I was in Junior High School. I was a fan.
Just yesterday, SiriusXM 70s reran an old American Top 40 from back January 1973. Among the Top 40 that week was “Rocky Mountain High.” I was reminded what an excellent song that is.
He was a likable, talented fellow who, like all of us, had some issues. He later got into some New Agey stuff, but he seemed a sincere, down to earth guy.
Poor choice of words dude........