john-denver

Singer-songwriter John Denver touched millions of people and reached superstar status through his pop-folk songs based on folk, with a lot of them being set in Colorado. Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., born Henry John Deutschendorf in Roswell near New Mexico fell in love with Colorado. He settled in Aspen. Denver's state anthems are a hit and have attracted many visitors to Colorado. G. Brown, curator of Colorado Music Hall of Fame claimed that John Denver is the only musician to truly embody Colorado. Denver was the first Hall of Fame inductee in the year 2011. Today he personifies the state for people worldwide. When I travel, I always come across someone from another end of the planet, someone of New Zealand and you say "I'm from Colorado and the first thing that comes out of their mouths is"Oh John Denver! Brown said. Take Me Home Country Roads composed by Bill Danoff and Denver after his brief involvement in a folk group and was his debut Top 10 solo hit. Danoff composed the track in conjunction with Johnny Cash in mind but once Denver was introduced to an earlier version it was clear that it was one of the top hits. In the days following his performance for a packed crowd at Washington D.C., the performer recorded his own song.