John Denver – Looking for Space
AMERICA LOOKED TO HIM FOR PERFECT MOUNTAIN SUNSHINE — BUT ONE HAUNTING RECORDING REVEALED A SUPERSTAR DESPERATELY WRESTLING TO FIND HIS OWN IDENTITY BENEATH THE HEAVY CROWN OF FAME. To…
John Denver – Sweet Surrender
AMERICA SAW THE SMILING CAPTAIN OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC — BUT ONE SOARING BALLAD REVEALED A SUPERSTAR WHO WAS DESPERATELY BEGGING TO FINALLY LET GO OF THE WHEEL. By the time…
John Denver – Wild Montana Skies
AMERICA SAW A CHEERFUL WANDERER WHO PAINTED THE MOUNTAINS IN PURE SUNSHINE — BUT ONE DEVASTATING DUET REVEALED HE KNEW EXACTLY HOW UNFORGIVING THE WILDERNESS COULD TRULY BE. John Denver…
John Denver – Don’t Close Your Eyes, Tonight
A MIDNIGHT LOVE SONG ASKED FOR ONE THING — NOT FOREVER, JUST THE COURAGE TO STAY AWAKE TO THE TRUTH. “Don’t Close Your Eyes, Tonight” does not feel like a…
John Denver – Whispering Jesse
A SONG CALLED A NAME INTO THE QUIET — AND SOMEHOW THE WHOLE PAST ANSWERED BACK. “Whispering Jesse” does not sound like a song trying to impress anyone. It sounds…
John Denver – Goodbye Again
A GOODBYE CAN SOUND GENTLE — UNTIL YOU REALIZE IT HAS BEEN SAID TOO MANY TIMES BEFORE. “Goodbye Again” is not the sound of someone leaving with certainty. It is…
John Denver – Today
A SONG CALLED “TODAY” HELD THE SIMPLEST TRUTH — LOVE IS ONLY OURS WHILE WE ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO LIVE IT. “Today” does not sound like a song trying to…
John Denver – The Eagle and the Hawk
A SONG LIFTED ITS EYES TO THE SKY — BUT WHAT IT REALLY WANTED WAS FREEDOM FROM THE WEIGHT BELOW. “The Eagle and the Hawk” does not simply begin. It…
John Denver – Darcy Farrow
A BALLAD NAMED A GIRL SO GENTLY — THEN LEFT HER FOREVER IN THE SNOW OF MEMORY. “Darcy Farrow” does not feel like a song rushing toward tragedy. It feels…
John Denver – Late Nite Radio
THE WORLD REMEMBERED JOHN DENVER FOR SUNSHINE — BUT “LATE NITE RADIO” FOUND HIM ALONE WITH THE STATIC. There was always a glow around John Denver. To millions, he sounded…
John Denver – The Wings That Fly Us Home
JOHN DENVER SANG ABOUT THE SKY — BUT “THE WINGS THAT FLY US HOME” REACHED FOR SOMETHING EVEN HIGHER. There are songs that feel like they were written from a…
John Denver – It’s About Time
THE TITLE SOUNDS LIKE A CLOCK — BUT JOHN DENVER MADE IT FEEL LIKE A WARNING FROM THE HEART. “It’s About Time” does not arrive like one of John Denver’s…
John Denver – Seasons of the Heart
JOHN DENVER MADE THE WORLD SOUND LIKE SPRING — BUT “SEASONS OF THE HEART” KNEW LOVE ALSO HAS WINTER. There was always something open in John Denver’s voice. It sounded…
John Denver – Matthew
AMERICA GAVE HIM SOLD-OUT STADIUMS — BUT ONE DEEPLY PERSONAL SONG REVEALED THAT HIS TRUEST HERO WAS JUST A KANSAS FARMER WHO HAD LOST ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. By the mid-1970s, John…
John Denver – Wildflowers in a Mason Jar (The Farm)
JOHN DENVER COULD SING OF MOUNTAINS — BUT “WILDFLOWERS IN A MASON JAR” HELD A WHOLE CHILDHOOD IN GLASS. Some songs feel less like music and more like something found…
John Denver – Aspenglow
JOHN DENVER SANG OF WINTER LIGHT — BUT “ASPENGLOW” MADE THE COLD FEEL LIKE HOME. There is a certain kind of song that does not walk into the room. It…
John Denver – How Can I Leave You Again
JOHN DENVER COULD MAKE HOME SOUND SIMPLE — BUT “HOW CAN I LEAVE YOU AGAIN” KNEW LOVE IS SOMETIMES A DOORWAY AND A WOUND. There are songs that sound like…
John Denver – Love Is Everywhere
JOHN DENVER WAS LOVED FOR SINGING ABOUT HOME — BUT “LOVE IS EVERYWHERE” MADE THE WHOLE WORLD FEEL LIKE ONE. Some songs do not try to impress you. They simply…
John Denver – Love Is the Master
JOHN DENVER SANG LIKE A MAN LOOKING FOR PEACE — BUT “LOVE IS THE MASTER” SOUNDED LIKE HE HAD FOUND THE TEACHER. There was always something openhearted about John Denver.…
John Denver – It Makes Me Giggle
JOHN DENVER COULD TURN MOUNTAINS INTO PRAYERS — BUT “IT MAKES ME GIGGLE” REMEMBERED THE HOLY SOUND OF A CHILD LAUGHING. Not every John Denver song stands on a mountaintop.…