john-denver

Singer and songwriter John Denver touched millions of fans and became a star through his pop-folk songs based on folk, with a lot of them being set in Colorado. Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. who was born Henry J. Deutschendorf of Roswell located in the state of New Mexico, fell in Love with Colorado. He settled in Aspen. Denver's state anthems are a hit and have attracted many newcomers to Colorado. G. Brown the curator of Colorado Music Hall of Fame said that John Denver was the best artist to capture Colorado. The year 2011 was the year that John Denver was selected as the first Hall of Fame inductee. Denver is a symbol of the state to people around the world. It is commonplace to meet people from other nations, for instance New Zealanders, and they ask them "I am from Colorado" and they instantly reply with Oh John Denver. Brown stated. Take Me Home Country Roads, co-written by Bill Danoff and Denver after his brief time in a folk group, was Denver's debut Top 10 solo hit. Danoff created the song using Johnny Cash in mind but the moment Denver first heard the song he knew right away the song was likely to become an instant hit. The singer recorded the song just a few days later after performing it to crowds that were enthralled in Washington D.C.