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American vocalizer, songwriter, and activist

John Denver
John Denver 1974.jpg

Denver in 1974
Born

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.


(1943-12-31)December 31, 1943

Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.
Died Oct 12, 1997(1997-x-12) (aged 53)

Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove, California, U.S.
Cause of expiry Airplane crash
Resting place Ashes scattered in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Occupation
  • Vocalist-songwriter
  • player
  • record producer
  • activist
  • humanitarian
Years active 1962–1997
Spouse(s)

  • Annie Martell

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    (chiliad. 1967; div. 1982)​

  • Cassandra Delaney

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    ​

    (m. 1988; div. 1993)​
Children 3
Musical career
Genres
  • Folk
  • folk rock
  • popular
  • Western
  • state
  • soft rock[1] [2]
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • acoustic guitar
Labels
  • Mercury
  • Reprise
  • RCA Records
  • Windstar
  • Sony Wonder
Associated acts
  • The John Denver Band
  • Starland Song Band
  • The Back Porch Bulk
  • The New Christy Minstrels
  • The Chad Mitchell Trio
  • The Muppets
  • Cass Elliot
  • Olivia Newton-John
  • Plácido Domingo
  • Emmylou Harris
  • Peter, Paul and Mary
  • Johnny Cash
  • Tina Turner
  • George Burns
  • Frank Sinatra
Website johndenver.com

Musical artist

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – Oct 12, 1997),[3] known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, actor, activist, and humanitarian whose greatest commercial success was equally a solo singer. Later on traveling and living in numerous locations while growing upwardly in his military family, Denver began his music career with folk music groups during the late 1960s.[4] Starting in the 1970s, he was 1 of the most pop acoustic artists of the decade and 1 of its all-time-selling artists.[five] Past 1974, he was ane of America's best-selling performers; AllMusic has called Denver "among the well-nigh beloved entertainers of his era".[6]

Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. He had 33 albums and singles that were certified Gold and Platinum in the U.S by the RIAA,[7] with estimated sales of more than 33 1000000 units.[8] He recorded and performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, disdain for city life, enthusiasm for music, and relationship trials. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including state music, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, earning 12 gilt and iv platinum albums with his signature songs "Take Me Abode, Country Roads", "Poems, Prayers & Promises", "Annie'south Song", "Rocky Mountain High", "Calypso", "Thank God I'yard a Country Male child", and "Sunshine on My Shoulders".

Denver appeared in several films and television specials during the 1970s and 1980s, including the 1977 hit Oh, God!, in which he starred alongside George Burns. He continued to record into the 1990s, also focusing on ecology issues as well as lending vocal support to space exploration and testifying in front of Congress to protest censorship in music. He lived in Aspen for much of his life, and he was known for his love of Colorado. In 1974, Denver was named poet laureate of the state. The Colorado country legislature too adopted "Rocky Mountain High" every bit one of its ii country songs in 2007, and West Virginia did the same for "Take Me Habitation, Country Roads" in 2014.

An avid pilot, Denver died at age 53 in a single-fatality crash while piloting a recently purchased light plane.

Early life [edit]

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. was born on December 31, 1943, in Roswell, New Mexico, to Captain Henry John "Dutch" Deutschendorf Sr. (1920–1982),[9] a United states of america Army Air Forces pilot stationed at Roswell Army Air Field, and his wife, Erma Louise (née Swope; 1922–2010).

In his 1994 autobiography, Accept Me Domicile, Denver described his life equally the eldest son of a family shaped by a stern father who could not show his love for his children. Considering Denver'due south male parent was in the military and his family moved often, information technology was hard for him to make friends and fit in with other children of his own historic period. Constantly existence the new kid was troubling for the introverted Denver, and he grew up always feeling as though he should be somewhere else, but never knowing where that 'right' place was.[ten] While the family unit was stationed at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, Denver was a member of the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus for two years. He was content in Tucson, just his father was and so transferred to Maxwell Air Forcefulness Base in Montgomery, Alabama, where Denver disliked the racism of his segregated school.[11] The family later moved to Carswell Air Force Base of operations in Fort Worth, Texas, where Denver graduated from Arlington Heights Loftier School. Fort Worth was a sorry feel for Denver, and in his third year of high school, he collection his father'south car to California to visit family unit friends and begin his music career. His father flew to California in a friend's jet to retrieve him, and Denver reluctantly returned to consummate his schooling.[12]

Career [edit]

Early on career [edit]

At age xi, Denver received an acoustic guitar from his grandmother.[13] He learned to play well enough to perform at local clubs past the time he was in college. He decided to change his name when Randy Sparks, founder of the New Christy Minstrels, suggested that 'Deutschendorf' would non fit comfortably on a marquee.[14] Denver attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock and sang in a folk-music group, "The Alpine Trio", while studying architecture.[15] [16] [17] He was also a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Denver dropped out of Texas Tech in 1963[13] and moved to Los Angeles, where he sang in folk clubs. In 1965, he joined The Republic of chad Mitchell Trio, replacing founder Chad Mitchell. Later on more personnel changes, the trio later became known equally "Denver, Boise, and Johnson" (John Denver, David Boise, and Michael Johnson).[thirteen]

In 1969, Denver abandoned band life to pursue a solo career and released his beginning anthology for RCA Records, Rhymes & Reasons. Two years earlier, he had fabricated a cocky-produced demo recording of some of the songs he played at his concerts. It included a song he had written called "Babe, I Hate to Go", after renamed "Leaving on a Jet Aeroplane". Denver fabricated several copies and gave them out as presents for Christmas.[18] Producer Milt Okun, who produced records for The Chad Mitchell Trio and the loftier-profile folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, had become Denver's producer besides. Okun brought the unreleased "Jet Plane" song to Peter, Paul and Mary. Their version of the song hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.[19] Denver's song too made it to No. two in the UK in February 1970, having also fabricated No. ane on the US Cash Box chart in Dec 1969.

RCA did not actively promote Rhymes & Reasons with a tour, simply Denver embarked on an impromptu supporting bout throughout the Midwest, stopping at towns and cities, offering to play free concerts at local venues. When he was successful in persuading a school, higher, American Legion hall, or coffeehouse to let him play, he distributed posters in the town and usually showed upwards at the local radio station, guitar in hand, offer himself for an interview.[20] With his pes in the door as writer of "Leaving on a Jet Plane", he was oftentimes successful in gaining some promotional airtime, usually featuring one or two songs performed live. Some venues let him play for the 'door'; others restricted him to selling copies of the anthology at interruption and after the testify. Later several months of this abiding low-cardinal touring schedule, he had also built a sizable and solid fan base, many of whom remained loyal throughout his career.[13]

Denver recorded two more albums in 1970, Take Me to Tomorrow and Whose Garden Was This, including a mix of songs he had written and encompass versions of other artists' compositions.

Career peak [edit]

Denver's side by side album, Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971), was a breakthrough for him in the United states of america, thank you in part to the single "Take Me Home, State Roads", which went to No. 2 on the Billboard charts despite the first pressings of the track being distorted. Its success was due in function to the efforts of his new managing director, futurity Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, who signed Denver in 1970. Weintraub insisted on a reissue of the rails and began a radio airplay campaign that started in Denver, Colorado. Denver's career flourished thereafter, and he had a series of hits over the next four years. In 1972, he scored his first Elevation X album with Rocky Mountain High, with its championship rails reaching the Top X in 1973.[21] In 1974 and 1975, Denver experienced an impressive chart dominance, with a cord of four No. 1 songs ("Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Annie'south Vocal", "Give thanks God I'm a Country Boy", and "I'm Pitiful") and three No. 1 albums (John Denver's Greatest Hits, Back Dwelling Again, and Windsong).[22]

In the 1970s, Denver's onstage appearance included long blond hair and wire-rimmed "granny" glasses. His embroidered shirts emblazoned with images commonly associated with the American Westward were created by the designer and appliqué artist Anna Zapp. Weintraub insisted on a meaning number of television appearances, including a series of half-hour shows in the Uk, despite Denver's protests at the time, "I've had no success in Britain ... I hateful none".[23] In December 1976, Weintraub told Maureen Orth of Newsweek: "I knew the critics would never go for John. I had to get him to the people."

Later on appearing every bit a invitee on many shows, Denver hosted his own variety and music specials, including several concerts from Red Rocks Amphitheatre. His seasonal special, Rocky Mountain Christmas, was watched past more than 60 million people and was the highest-rated testify for the ABC network at that time.[24]

Denver's alive concert television special An Evening With John Denver (1975)

His live concert special, An Evening with John Denver, won the 1974–1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Special, One-act-Variety or Music.[25] When Denver ended his business concern human relationship in 1982 because of Weintraub'due south focus on other projects,[26] Weintraub threw Denver out of his office and defendant him of Nazism. Denver later told Arthur Tobier, when the latter transcribed his autobiography,[27] "I'd curve my principles to support something he wanted of me. And of course, every time you lot curve your principles — whether because you don't want to worry about it, or because yous're afraid to stand upwards for fearfulness of what you might lose — y'all sell your soul to the devil".[28]

Denver was also a guest star on The Muppet Show, the showtime of the lifelong friendship betwixt Denver and Jim Henson that spawned two tv specials with the Muppets, A Christmas Together and Rocky Mount Vacation. He likewise tried acting, actualization in "The Colorado Cattle Caper" episode of the McCloud television movie in February 1974. He starred in the 1977 motion-picture show Oh, God! opposite George Burns. Denver hosted the Grammy Awards 5 times in the 1970s and 1980s, and invitee-hosted The This evening Prove on multiple occasions. In 1975, he was awarded the Country Music Clan's Entertainer of the Year accolade. At the anniversary, the outgoing Entertainer of the Year, Charlie Rich, presented the award to his successor after he set fire to the envelope containing the official notification of the honour.[29] Some speculated Rich was protesting the selection of a non-traditional country creative person for the accolade, only Rich'southward son disputes that, saying his begetter was drunk, taking pain medication for a broken foot, and but trying to exist funny. Denver's music was dedicated past country vocalizer Kathy Mattea, who told Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly: "A lot of people write him off as lightweight, simply he articulated a kind of optimism, and he brought audio-visual music to the forefront, bridging folk, popular, and state in a fresh way ... People forget how huge he was worldwide."

In 1977, Denver co-founded The Hunger Project with Werner Erhard and Robert West. Fuller. He served for many years and supported the organization until his death. President Jimmy Carter appointed Denver to serve on the President's Commission on World Hunger. Denver wrote the song "I Want to Live" as the commission'southward theme song. In 1979, Denver performed "Rhymes & Reasons" at the Music for UNICEF Concert. Royalties from the concert performances were donated to UNICEF.[30] His father taught him to wing in the mid-1970s, which led to their reconciliation.[xv] In 1980, Denver and his father, past then a lieutenant colonel, co-hosted an award-winning idiot box special, The College We Wing: The History of Flight.[31] It won the Osborn Accolade from the Aviation/Space Writers' Association, and was honored by the Houston Movie Festival.[31]

Political activism [edit]

In the mid-1970s, Denver became outspoken in politics. He expressed his ecologic interests in the epic 1975 song "Calypso", an ode to the eponymous exploration transport RVCalypso used by Jacques Cousteau. In 1976, he campaigned for Carter, who became a close friend and ally. Denver was a supporter of the Democratic Party and of a number of charitable causes for the environmental motility, the homeless, the poor, the hungry, and the African AIDS crisis. He founded the charitable Windstar Foundation in 1976 to promote sustainable living. His dismay at the Chernobyl disaster led to precedent-setting concerts in parts of communist Asia and Europe.[xv]

During the 1980s, Denver was critical of the Reagan assistants and remained active in his campaign against hunger, for which Reagan awarded Denver the Presidential World Without Hunger Accolade in 1987.[15] Denver's criticism of the conservative politics of the 1980s was expressed in his autobiographical folk-rock ballad "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)". In an open letter to the media, he wrote that he opposed oil drilling in the Chill National Wildlife Refuge. Denver had battled to expand the refuge in the 1980s, and he praised President Nib Clinton for his opposition to the proposed drilling. The alphabetic character, which he wrote in the midst of the 1996 Us presidential ballot, was one of the concluding he ever wrote.[15] Denver was also on the National Space Gild's lath of governors for many years.

Later years and humanitarian piece of work [edit]

Denver had a few more US Top xxx hits equally the 1970s ended, but nothing to match his before success. He began to focus more on humanitarian and sustainability causes, focusing extensively on nature conservation projects. He fabricated public expression of his acquaintances and friendships with ecological design researchers such as Richard Buckminster Fuller (nigh whom he wrote and equanimous "What 1 Homo Can Practise") and Amory Lovins, from whom he said he learned much. He also founded the environmental grouping Plant-It 2022 (originally Plant-Information technology 2000). Denver had a keen interest in solutions to world hunger. He visited Africa during the 1980s to witness immediate the suffering caused past starvation and work with African leaders toward solutions.

From 1973 to at least 1979, Denver annually performed at the yearly fundraising picnic for the Aspen Camp School for the Deafened, raising half of the camp'south annual operating budget.[32] During the Aspen Valley Infirmary's $1.7 million capital campaign in 1979, Denver was the largest single donor.[32]

In 1983 and 1984, Denver hosted the annual Grammy Awards. In the 1983 finale, Denver was joined on stage by folk music legend Joan Baez, with whom he led an all-star version of "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Let the Sunshine In", joined by such diverse musical icons every bit Jennifer Warnes, Donna Summertime, and Rick James.

In 1984, ABC Sports president Roone Arledge asked Denver to compose and sing the theme song for the 1984 Wintertime Olympics in Sarajevo. Denver worked as both a performer and a skiing commentator, as skiing was another of his enthusiasms. He equanimous "The Gold and Across", and sang information technology for the Olympic Games athletes, besides every bit local venues including many schools.[31]

In 1985, Denver asked to participate in the singing of "Nosotros Are the World", only was turned down. According to Ken Kragen (who helped to produce the vocal), Denver was turned downwardly because many people felt his image would injure the brownie of the vocal equally a pop-stone anthem. "I didn't agree with this cess", Kragen said, only he reluctantly turned Denver down anyway.[33]

For Earth Day 1990, Denver was the on-photographic camera narrator of a well-received environmental television program, In Partnership With Earth, with then-EPA Administrator William K. Reilly.

Due to his love of flying, he was attracted to NASA and became dedicated to America's work in outer space. He conscientiously worked to help bring into being the "Citizens in Space" plan. In 1985 Denver received the NASA Infrequent Public Service Medal for "helping to increase awareness of space exploration by the peoples of the world", an award normally restricted to spaceflight engineers and designers. Also in 1985, he passed NASA'south rigorous physical exam and was in line for a space flight, a finalist for the first citizen's trip on the Space Shuttle in 1986. After the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster with teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard, Denver defended his song "Flying for Me" to all astronauts, and connected to support NASA.[31] He entered discussions with the Soviet space program about purchasing a flight aboard one of their rockets. The talks roughshod through subsequently the toll tag was rumored to be equally loftier as $20 million.[34]

Denver testified before the Senate Labor and Commerce Commission on the topic of censorship during a Parents Music Resource Center hearing in 1985.[35] Reverse to his innocuous public image as a musician, Denver openly stood with more than controversial witnesses similar Dee Snider (of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister) and Frank Zappa in opposing the PMRC'southward objectives. For example, Denver described how he was censored for "Rocky Mountain High", which was misconstrued as a drug song.[36]

Denver also toured Russia in 1985. His 11 concerts in the USSR were the first past any American artist in more than ten years.[37] He returned ii years afterwards to perform at a benefit concert for the victims of the Chernobyl disaster.

In Oct 1992, Denver undertook a multiple-city tour of the People's Republic of People's republic of china. He besides released a greatest-hits CD, Homegrown, to raise money for homeless charities. In 1994, he published his autobiography, Have Me Home, in which he candidly spoke of his cannabis, LSD, and cocaine use, marital infidelities, and history of domestic violence.[38] [39] In 1996, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

In 1997, Denver filmed an episode for the tv set series Nature, centering on the natural wonders that inspired many of his best-loved songs. His last song, "Yellowstone, Coming Home", composed while rafting along the Colorado River with his son and young daughter, is included.[40] In the summer of 1997, soon before his death, Denver recorded a children's train album for Sony Wonder, All Aboard!, produced past longtime friend Roger Nichols.[41] The album consisted of old-fashioned swing, big band, folk, bluegrass, and gospel music woven into a theme of railroad songs. It won a posthumous Best Musical Album For Children Grammy, Denver'southward only Grammy.[42] His concluding concert was held in Corpus Christi, Texas, at the Selena Auditorium on October v.

Personal life [edit]

Denver'due south first marriage was to Annie Martell of St. Peter, Minnesota.[43] She was the subject of his striking "Annie's Vocal", which he composed in only ten minutes as he sat on a Colorado ski lift.[15] [44] They lived in Edina, Minnesota, from 1968 to 1971.[45] After the success of "Rocky Mountain High", inspired past a camping trip with Annie and some friends, Denver bought a residence in Aspen, Colorado. He lived in Aspen continuously until his expiry.[46] The Denvers adopted a boy, Zachary John, and a girl, Anna Kate, who, Denver said, were "meant to be" theirs.[31] Denver once said, "I'll tell you the best matter about me. I'm some guy's dad; I'm some little gal's dad. When I die, Zachary John and Anna Kate's father, boy, that's enough for me to exist remembered by. That'south more than than plenty".[47] Zachary was the subject of "A Baby Just Similar Yous", a song that included the line "Merry Christmas, little Zachary" and which he wrote for Frank Sinatra. Denver and Martell divorced in 1982. In a 1983 interview shown in the documentary John Denver: Country Boy (2013), Denver said that career demands drove them apart; Martell said they were too young and immature to deal with Denver'due south sudden success. Following the holding settlement, Denver near choked Martell. He cut their marital bed in half with a chainsaw.[38] [39] [48]

Denver married Australian actress Cassandra Delaney[49] in 1988 after a 2-year courtship. Settling at Denver's abode in Aspen, the couple had a daughter, Jesse Belle. Denver and Delaney separated in 1991 and divorced in 1993.[15] Of his second marriage, Denver said that "before our short-lived marriage concluded in divorce, she managed to brand a fool of me from one end of the valley to the other".[39]

In 1993, Denver pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge and was placed on probation.[48] In Baronial 1994, while even so on probation, he was again charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence later on crashing his Porsche into a tree in Aspen.[48] Though a July 1997 trial resulted in a hung jury on the 2nd DUI charge, prosecutors later decided to reopen the case, which was closed but after Denver'southward adventitious death in October 1997.[48] [fifty] In 1996, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determined that Denver was medically disqualified from operating an aircraft due to his failure to abstain from alcohol; in October 1995, following Denver'south drunk-driving confidence, the FAA had directed Denver to abstain from booze if he wished to continue flying airplanes.[51] [52]

Beyond music, Denver'due south artistic interests included painting, just because of his limiting schedule he pursued photography, maxim one time, "photography is a way to communicate a feeling". An exhibition of over xl never-before-seen photographs taken by Denver debuted at the Leon Gallery in Denver, Colorado, in 2014.[53]

Denver was also an avid skier and golfer, but his principal interest was in flying. His dearest of flight was second only to his beloved of music.[50] In 1974, he bought a Learjet to fly himself to concerts. He was a collector of vintage biplanes and owned a Christen Eagle aerobatic plane, 2 Cessna 210 Centurion airplanes, and in 1997 an amateur-built Rutan Long-EZ.[31] [52] [50]

On April 21, 1989, Denver was in a plane blow while taxiing down the track at Holbrook Municipal Aerodrome in his vintage 1931 biplane. Denver had stopped to refuel on a flying from Carefree, Arizona, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Reports stated wind gusts caught the plane, causing information technology to spin around and sustain extensive impairment. Denver was unharmed by the incident.[54] [55]

Death [edit]

Denver died on the afternoon of October 12, 1997, when his lite homebuilt aircraft, a Rutan Long-EZ with registration number N555JD, crashed into Monterey Bay nigh Pacific Grove, California, while making a serial of touch-and-get landings at the nearby Monterey Peninsula Airport.[51] He was the plane's only occupant.[56] [57] The official crusade of decease was multiple blunt forcefulness trauma resulting from the crash.

Denver was a airplane pilot with over two,700 hours of experience. He had pilot ratings for unmarried-engine country and body of water, multi-engine land, glider and instrument. He also held a type rating in his Learjet. He had recently purchased the Long-EZ shipping, fabricated past someone else from a kit,[58] and had taken a one-half-hour checkout flight with the aircraft the day before his accident.[59] [60]

Denver was non legally permitted to fly at the time of the crash. In previous years, he had several arrests for drunk driving.[61] In 1996, virtually a year before the accident, the FAA learned that Denver had failed to maintain sobriety by non refraining entirely from alcohol and revoked his medical certification.[51] [52] The accident was non influenced past alcohol use; an autopsy found no sign of alcohol or other drugs in Denver'due south body.[51]

Post-accident investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) showed that the leading accident source was Denver's disability to switch fuel tanks during flight. The quantity of fuel had been depleted during the aeroplane's flight to Monterey and in several brief do takeoffs and landings Denver performed at the airport immediately before the concluding flying. His newly purchased amateur-congenital Rutan aircraft had an unusual fuel tank selector valve handle configuration. The handle had originally been intended by the plane'south designer to be between the airplane pilot's legs. The builder instead put it behind the pilot'due south left shoulder. The fuel gauge was besides placed behind the pilot's seat and was not visible to the person at the controls.[51] [52] An NTSB interview with the aircraft mechanic servicing Denver'southward plane revealed that he and Denver had discussed the inaccessibility of the cockpit fuel selector valve handle and its resistance to being turned.[51] [52]

Before the flight, Denver and the mechanic had attempted to extend the reach of the handle using a pair of Vise-Grip pliers, but this did non solve the problem, and the pilot nonetheless could non accomplish the handle while strapped into his seat. NTSB officials' post-accident investigation showed that because of the fuel selector valves' positioning, switching fuel tanks required the pilot to turn his body 90 degrees to reach the valve. This created a natural tendency to extend one's right foot against the right rudder pedal to back up oneself while turning in the seat, which caused the aircraft to yaw (nose correct) and pitch upward.[51] [52]

The mechanic said that he told Denver that the fuel sight gauges were visible only to the rear cockpit occupant. Denver had asked how much fuel was shown. He told Denver that there was "less than half in the right tank and less than a quarter in the left tank". He so provided Denver with an inspection mirror and so he could wait over his shoulder at the fuel gauges. The mirror was subsequently recovered in the wreckage. Denver said that he would use the autopilot in flight to hold the airplane level while he turned the fuel selector valve. He turned down an offer to refuel, saying that he would be flying for about an 60 minutes.[51] [52]

The NTSB interviewed 20 witnesses about Denver'south terminal flight. Vi of them had seen the aeroplane crash into the bay about Point Pinos.[51] [52] Four said the aircraft was originally heading west. 5 said that they saw the plane in a steep banking company, with 4 saying that the banking concern was to the right (due north). Twelve described seeing the aircraft in a steep nose-down descent. Witnesses estimated the plane'south distance between 350 and 500 feet (110 and 150 m) when heading toward the shoreline. Eight said they heard a "popular" or "backlash" accompanied past a reduction in the engine noise level just before the aeroplane crashed into the sea.

In improver to Denver's failing to refuel and his subsequent loss of control while attempting to switch fuel tanks, the NTSB determined other primal factors that led to the accident. Foremost among these was his inadequate transition preparation on this type of shipping and the builder's decision to put the fuel selector handle in a hard-to-attain place.[51] [52] The board issued recommendations on the requirement and enforcement of mandatory training standards for pilots operating abode-built aircraft. It also emphasized the importance of mandatory ease of access to all controls, including fuel selectors and fuel gauges, in all shipping.

Legacy [edit]

Upon the annunciation of Denver's death, Colorado Governor Roy Romer ordered all state flags to be lowered to half-staff in his honor. Funeral services were held at Faith Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Colorado, on Oct 17, 1997, officiated by Pastor Les Felker, a retired Air Force chaplain, after which Denver's remains were cremated and his ashes scattered in the Rocky Mountains. Further tributes were fabricated at the following Grammy and Country Music Association Awards.

In 1998, Denver posthumously received the Lifetime Achievement Accolade from the World Folk Music Association, which also established a new award in his accolade.[62]

In 2000, CBS presented the boob tube film Take Me Home: The John Denver Story loosely based on his memoirs, starring Chad Lowe as Denver. The New York Post wrote, "An overachiever similar John Denver couldn't accept been this slow".[63]

On September 23, 2007, nearly ten years later Denver'due south expiry, his brother Ron witnessed the dedication of a plaque placed near the crash site in Pacific Grove, California.

Copies of DVDs of Denver'southward many television appearances are now sought-after collectibles, especially his one-hour specials from the 1970s and his six-part serial for Britain's BBC, The John Denver Show.[64] An anthology musical featuring Denver'southward music, Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday, premiered at the Rubicon Theatre Company in 2006.[65]

On March 12, 2007, the Colorado Senate passed a resolution to make Denver's trademark 1972 striking "Rocky Mount High" one of the state's two official state songs, sharing duties with its predecessor, "Where the Columbines Grow".[66] The resolution passed 50–11 in the Firm, defeating an objection by Representative Debbie Stafford that the song reflected drug apply, most specifically in the line "friends around the campfire and everybody's loftier". Senator Bob Hagedorn, who sponsored the proposal, defended the song as having nothing to do with drugs, simply rather everything to do with sharing with friends the euphoria of experiencing the beauty of Colorado's mountain vistas. Senator Nancy Todd said, "John Denver to me is an icon of what Colorado is".[67]

John Denver Memorial stone with the lyrics to "Rocky Mountain High" in Rio Grande Park, Aspen, Colorado[68]

On September 24, 2007, the California Friends of John Denver and The Windstar Foundation unveiled a bronze plaque near the spot where his plane went down. The site had been marked by a driftwood log carved by Jeffrey Pine with Denver'due south proper noun, but fears that the memorial could be washed out to sea sparked the campaign for a more permanent memorial. Initially, the Pacific Grove Council denied permission for the memorial, fearing the place would attract ghoulish curiosity from extreme fans. Permission was finally granted in 1999, but the project was put on concord at the request of Denver's family. Somewhen, over 100 friends and family unit attended the dedication of the plaque, which features a bas-relief of the singer'south face up and lines from his song "Windsong": "And then welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers. Follow her summons when she calls again."[69]

To marker the 10th anniversary of Denver's death, his family unit released a prepare of previously unreleased recordings of his 1985 concert performances in the Soviet Wedlock. This two-CD ready, John Denver – Live in the USSR, was produced past Roger Nichols and released by AAO Music. These digital recordings were made during 11 concerts and then rediscovered in 2002. Included in this set is a previously unpublished rendition of "Annie's Vocal" in Russian. The collection was released November six, 2007.[37]

On October 13, 2009, a DVD box set of previously unreleased concerts recorded throughout Denver'due south career was released by Eagle Stone Entertainment. Effectually the Earth Live is a 5-disc DVD prepare featuring 3 consummate live performances with full ring from Australia in 1977, Nihon in 1981, and England in 1986. These are complemented by a solo acoustic performance from Nippon in 1984 and performances at Farm Help from 1985, 1987, and 1990. The final disc has two-hour-long documentaries made by Denver.

On April 21, 2011, Denver became the first inductee into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. A benefit concert was held at Broomfield's 1stBank Center and hosted past Olivia Newton-John. Other performers participating in the issue included the Nitty Gritty Dirt Ring, Lee Ann Womack, and John Oates. Both his ex-wives attended, and the award was presented to his three children.

The John Denver Spirit sculpture is a 2002 bronze sculpture statue by artist Sue DiCicco that was financed past Denver's fans. It is at the Colorado Music Hall of Fame at Ruby Rocks Amphitheatre.

On March vii, 2014, the W Virginia Legislature canonical a resolution to make "Take Me Abode, Country Roads" the official state song of Due west Virginia. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed the resolution into law on March 8.[70] Denver is just the second person, along with Stephen Foster, to take written two state songs.

On October 24, 2014, Denver was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California.[71]

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Denver began his recording career with a group that had started every bit The Chad Mitchell Trio; his distinctive vocalism can be heard where he sings solo on "Violets of Dawn", among other songs. He recorded three albums with the Trio, replacing Chad Mitchell equally high tenor.[13] Denver as well wrote a number of songs that were covered by the group, such as his hits "For Bobbi", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", also equally "Deal with The Ladies" (later recorded on his 1988 album, Higher Ground (John Denver album)) and "Stay With Me". The group Denver, Boise, and Johnson, which had evolved from The Chad Mitchell Trio, released a single before he moved on to a solo career. The Trio as well performed at higher campuses beyond the United states.[14]

Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, billed every bit Fat City[72] and credited as co-writers of Denver'south vocal "Have Me Abode, Country Roads", were shut friends of Denver and his family, appearing as singers and songwriters on many of Denver's albums until they formed the Starland Vocal Band in 1976. The band's albums were released on Denver's Windsong Records label, later known as Windstar Records.

Denver'south solo recording contract resulted in part from the recording past Peter, Paul, and Mary of his song "Leaving on a Jet Plane", which became the sole number-1 hit unmarried for the group.[xiii] Denver recorded songs by Tom Paxton, Eric Andersen, John Prine, David Mallett, and many others in the folk scene. His record visitor, Windstar, is even so an active record label today.[73] Country vocalist John Berry considers Denver the greatest influence on his own music and has recorded Denver'southward hit "Annie's Song" with the original organisation.

Olivia Newton-John, an Australian singer whose all-embracing appeal to pop, eye-of-the-road, and land audiences in the mid-1970s was similar to Denver's, lent her distinctive backup vocals to Denver'due south 1975 single "Wing Away"; she performed the vocal with Denver on his 1975 Rocky Mountain Christmas special. She besides covered his "Take Me Abode, Country Roads", and had a hit in the United Kingdom (#15 in 1973) and Nihon (#6 in a belated 1976 release) with it.[74] In 1976, Denver and Newton-John appeared as guest stars on The Carpenters' Very First Tv set Special, a one-hour special circulate on the ABC television set network.[75]

Awards and recognition [edit]

University of Country Music

  • 1974 Album of the Year for Dorsum Habitation Once again

American Music Awards

  • 1975 Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
  • 1976 Favorite Country Album for Back Home Again
  • 1976 Favorite Country Male Artist

Land Music Clan

  • 1975 Entertainer of the Year
  • 1975 Vocal of the Year for "Dorsum Abode Again"

Emmy Awards

  • 1975 Emmy for Outstanding Multifariousness, Music or One-act Special for An Evening With John Denver [31]

Grammy Awards

  • 1997 All-time Musical Album For Children for All Aboard!
  • 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Honour for "Accept Me Abode, Country Roads"

Songwriters Hall of Fame

  • Inducted in 1996

Other recognition [edit]

  • Poet laureate of Colorado, 1977[31]
  • People's Choice Awards, 1977[31]
  • Ten Outstanding Young Americans, 1979[31]
  • Freedoms Foundation Award, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1980[76]
  • Carl Sandburg's People's Poet Award, 1982[77]
  • NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal, 1985[78]
  • Albert Schweitzer Music Honor, 1993[79]

Discography [edit]

Studio albums

Filmography [edit]

Acting credits

  • Owen Marshall, Counselor at Constabulary: The Camerons Are A Special Clan (1973, equally Clark)
  • McCloud: The Colorado Cattle Caper (1974, as Deputy Dewey Cobb)
  • Oh, God! (1977, as Jerry Landers)
  • Fire and Ice (1986, as Narrator)
  • The Disney Sunday Film: The Leftovers (1986, equally Max Sinclair)
  • The Christmas Gift (1986, as George Billings)
  • Foxfire (1987, as Dillard Nations)
  • Higher Footing (1988, as Jim Clayton)
  • Walking Thunder (1997, as John McKay)

Selected writings [edit]

  • The Children and the Flowers (1979) ISBN 0-914676-28-8
  • Alfie the Christmas Tree (1990) ISBN 0-945051-25-five
  • Take Me Domicile: An Autobiography (1994) ISBN 0-517-59537-0
  • Poems, Prayers and Promises: The Fine art and Soul of John Denver (2004) ISBN one-57560-617-eight

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Sources [edit]

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  • Martin, James M. (1977) John Denver: Rocky Mountain Wonderboy, Pinnacle Books. (out of print) Biography of Denver with insight into Denver's impact of the 1970s music manufacture.
  • Orth, Maureen, "Phonation of America", Newsweek, December 1976. Includes information on the role of Weintraub in shaping Denver's career, which has since been edited out of later on versions of his biography.

External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • FBI Records: The Vault — John Denver
  • John Denver at IMDb
  • Appearances on C-Bridge

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