He wrote some beautiful music
Classics are "City of New Orleans" Arlo Gutherie did not write this! John Denver wrote it along with Tom Goodwin one night while they were on tour..
Another Classic "Take me Home Country Roads"
and another "Leaving on a Jet Plane" Peter, Paul and mary didn't write it!
The rest of his "Hits" are too obvious to mention.
His popularity was tainted by the "Good ol boy' "Country Boy" Muppet show " image.
No Kidding?
I never knew that about John Denver. Boy, he sure went downhill. My freshman year in college, my roomate was a bigtime John Denver fan, and I fell asleep to the sounds of "I, calypso, the sound da da da...." I forget the rest.
I could never really get into JD, and I always thought his specials on TV were silly. I had no idea he had sucess as a writer as well.
Brent
