JOHN DENVER Singer Songwriter Musician Humanitarian.

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JOHN DENVER Singer Songwriter Musician Humanitarian

HENRY JOHN DEUTSCHENDORF Born December 31 in Roswell New Mexico 1974 Back Home Again album: This Old Guitar His music as in this song is usually acoustic, guitar heavy and void of percussion and fancy extras. He has a beautiful clear-tone, tenor voice.  Nicknamed jitterbug because he was always singing  Started playing guitar at age 12  Most of his college experience involved making music and sometimes getting paid for it  Dropped out of college in 1263 to pursue music

BIOGRAPHY CONTINUED “Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics, or the expression of our love and faith, music proves we are the same” ~ John Denver  Moved to LA and began performing with the Chad Mitchell Trio  1967 Marries wife Annie (1982 they get divorced)  1969 RCA records signed John  John Denver died in 1977 when an experimental airplane he was driving crashed

JOHN’S MUSIC Rhymes and Reasons 1971-Poems Prayers and Promises 1972-Rocky Mountain High John Denver’s Greatest Hits Back Home Again 1975-Windsong Several more… Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame The Colorado legislature adopts Rocky Mountain High as one of two official Colorado state songs

CROSSOVER ARTIST: COUNTRY Country Songs/Style: Thank God I’m a Country Boy Country dialect and themes Classic country instruments Sincerity in delivery Clapping  (explain what makes it country)

CROSSOVER ARTIST: FOLK CONSCIOUSNESS, INSTRUMENT OF ADVOCACY Softer Protest Songs It’s About Time Receives the Distinguished Public Service Medal from NASA and the Presidential World without hunger award from President Reagan First American artist to preform in communist China.

CROSSOVER ARTIST: INTERESTING COLLABORATIONS  John Denver and The Muppets A Christmas Together  Perhaps Love sang with Placido Domingo  Sang Edelweiss on a TV Special with Julie AndrewsEdelweiss

BIBLIOGRAPHY  "John Denver." Britannica Book of the Year, Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., Web. 26 Nov /John-Denver  Stansfield, John. John Denver: Man for the World. Palmer Lake: Filter Press, Print.  John Denver. Red Light Management, Web. 20 Nov