John Denver

Artist:  John Denver
Birth Name:  Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. 
Born:  December 31, 1943.  Roswell, New Mexico, USA.
Died:  October 12, 1997 (Aged 53).  Monterey Bay, California, USA.
Genre:  Folk, Country, Pop
Occupations:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actor
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Fiddle

John Denver was an American Singer, Songwriter.  He began his music career in Folk Music in the late 1960s and started his  greatest commercial success solo singer in 1970s, he sang and played acoustic guitar on variety including Folk, Country.  He recorded and released approximately 300 songs and about 200 songs composed by him, he got twelve Gold and four Platinum Albums with his Signature Songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Rocky Mountain High", "Leaving On A Jet Plane", "Sunshine on My Shoulders" and Annie's Song".

Title:  The Music Is You:  A Tribute To John Denver (2013)
Genre:   Folk, Country, Rock, Pop, Bluegrass
Label:  ATO Records
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Leaving On A Jet Plane  (by My Morning Jacket) (3:56)
 2.  Take Me To Tomorrow (by Dave Matthews) (3:27)
 3.  All Of My Memories  (by Kathleen Edwards) (4:56)
 4.  Prisoners  (by Various Artists) (3:12)
 5.  Sunshine On My Shoulders (by

Train) (4:25)
 6.  Back Home Again  (by Old Crow Medicine Show) (4:22)
 7.  This Old Guitar  (by Lucinda Williams) (2:44)
 8.  Some Days Are Diamonds  (by Amos Lee) (3:58)
 9.  Rocky Mountain High  (by Allen Stone) (4:47)
10. Annie's Song (by Various Artists) (2:58)
11. Looking For Space (by Evan Dando)  (3:39)
12. Take Me Home, Country Roads (by Various Artists) (3:11)
13. The Eagle And The Hawk (by Blind Pilot) (2:36)
14. I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado (by Mary Chapin Carpenter) (3:14)
15. Darcy Farrow  (by Various Artists)  (3:33)
16. Wooden Indian (by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros) (5:01)

The Music Is You:  A Tribute To John Denver is a tribute album by Various Artists, was released on April 2, 2013 by ATO Records to celebrate John Denver's life and music that features covers of John Denver's most popular songs by Various Artists including Lucinda Williams, Dave Matthews, Kathleen Edwards, Amos Lee, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Train, My Morning Jacket, Old Crow Medicine Show and many others.  Highly recommended to Fans of John Denver.