The
Improbable John Denver:
From
the first time I heard “Country Road-West Virginia” I was hooked on John
Denver. What was John Denver? He was a folk, country singer/song writer who
excelled in crossover. Think about it. When he came along folk was dead and the
new country hadn’t been born yet. He literally wrote and preformed in a genre
that didn’t exist. Although his timing was lousy, his talent and musical style won him everything but the love of his wife. His fans numbered in
the hundreds of millions worldwide, but he was always a square peg in a round
hole.
As
a teen, he stole the family’s “other car” and took it from Texas to California
only to find his father waiting there for him. His father, an Air Force test
pilot and holder of speed records still unbroken, was tipped off by a friend as
to John’s plan. They returned home to Texas and John was forced to finish
school, along the way he learned to play the guitar, and the rest is history.
I
first heard “Country Road” on a TV variety show. He performed with his
co-writers, a husband and wife team. She was at the time about 7 or 8 months
pregnant, something unheard of on TV at that time. I’d never seen a pregnant
woman on TV before. Now each time I hear the song, I get an image of them
singing it, and I wonder if she is still pregnant.
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