john-denver

John Denver is a popular performer and songwriter that has touched a multitude of people through his music. The majority of his hits have roots in Colorado. Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. was born Henry John Deutschedorf in Roswell near New Mexico fell in Love with Colorado. The place he settled was Aspen. Many people made their way through Colorado due to Denver's famous tunes for the state he was raised in. G. Brown the curator of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame stated it was John Denver was the best musician to ever capture Colorado. In the year 2011, Denver was selected as the Hall of fame's first inductee. Denver has become the image of Colorado to a large number of people around the world. People you meet in other nations, for instance New Zealanders, and they ask them "I come from Colorado" then they react with Oh John Denver. Brown declared. Take Me Home Country Roads written by Bill Danoff and Denver after his brief involvement in folk groups which was Denver's first Top 10 solo hit. Danoff wrote the tune inspired by Johnny Cash, but Denver could hear the song's early versions and was aware that it would eventually become a Top 10 pop hit. After performing the song on stage in Washington D.C. to a large audience, Denver recorded it just days later.