Friday, September 30, 2022

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, Contemporary Pop, Folk Pop, Soft Rock
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:   Rocky Mountain High (Limited Edition) (2022)

Genre:  Folk, Country, Pop, Contemporary Pop, Folk Pop, Soft Rock

Label:  Windstar Records

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Rocky Mountain High (4:43)

 2.  Mother Nature's Son (2:28)

 3.  Paradise (2:13)

 4.  For Baby (For Bobbie) (2:57)

 5.  Darey Farrow (4:22)

 6.  Prisoners (3:36)


Side Two:


 1.  Goodbye Again (3:36)

Season Suite:

 2.  Summer (2:54)

 3.  Fall (1:42)

 4.  Winter (1:37)

 5.  Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes To Mexico) (3:57)

 6.  Spring (3:03)


Personnel:


John Denver:  Vocals, 6-String Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Mike Taylor:  Guitar

Dick Kniss:  Double Bass

Frank Owens:  Piano

Paul Prestopino:  Mandolin, Dobro

Eric Weissberg'  Banjo, Steel Guitar, Fiddle

Gary Chester:  Drums, Percussion

Bill Damoff, Martine Habib, Bruce Innes, Mike Kobluk, Taffy Nivert:  Backing Vocals

Pupils Of Whitby School, Greenwich, Connecticut:  Backing Vocals on "For Baby (For Bobbie)


Rocky Mountain High is the sixth studio album by John Denver, originally released on September 15, 1972 by RCA Records, remastered and reissued on September 16, 2022 by Windstar Records.  Special Limited Edition 5th Anniversary Edition Blue Vinyl.









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