john-denver

John Denver is a popular musician and singer who has been able to touch many with his songs. Many of these have roots in Colorado. Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. was born Henry John Deutschedorf at Roswell in New Mexico, was in Love with Colorado. He settled in Aspen. Denver's anthems for his adopted state have attracted many people to Colorado. There isn't any other performer who embodies Colorado as well as John Denver said G. Brown director of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. Denver became the initial Hall of Fame inductee in 2011. Today he personifies the state to people around the world. In all my travels I've met a lot of people who are not from Colorado. People will say, "Oh John Denver!" When they hear you're from Colorado. Brown said. Take Me Home Country Roads written by Bill Danoff and Denver after his brief time in folk groups, was Denver's debut Top 10 solo hit. Danoff wrote the track to Johnny Cash but Denver recognized the song's potential the moment he heard it for the first time. Danoff recorded the track just a few days later when he performed it in front of an enthusiastic audience in Washington D.C.