A Denver Buffett
2009-02-26 09:06:00 (Artist credit: Dan Mackin)I've been having dreams lately of soft white sand beaches, turquoise waters as far as the eye can see, and gently swaying palm trees. In these dreams, I'm in a kayak on the water that looks, if you're standing on the shore looking my way, like I'm flying just above the water. You know how that looks in some pictures? The water is so clear and from a distance, a kayak or a boat can look like it's flying? I also dream of whales, dolphins, manta rays, and manatees in this perfect little world I envision while sleeping. One of of these days, I hope it will not be a dream but actual real life moments I can experience and treasure.Perhaps these dreams are being inspired by the fact that I've taken another round at reading Jimmy Buffett's books. Tales from Margaritaville, Where is Joe Merchant, A Pirate Looks at Fifty, and A Salty Piece of Land. That last book is my favorite.I also have had John Denver on my mind. Grew up with his music and it alw...
For Pee Wee Obama From John Denver
2008-05-24 21:08:00 edward cropper(guest blogger) Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Tee Vee: You Fill Up My Senses
2008-05-13 21:45:00 If I hear Cable Tee Vee playing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" ONCE MORE I'm going to become homicidal...I know the DC songwriters who wrote that tune and others "I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado" - so would I right now with no TV - for John Denver. Bill Danoff, nice Jewish boy, and his then-wife Taffy backed up Denver as "Fat City" and later had a 1976 with "Afternoon Delight" in their next life as the "Starland Vocal Band."The Massachusetts good ol' boy and Georgetown University graduate reinvented himself again as a popular DC restauranteur. "The Starland Cafe" closed after a 10-year run.The adorable Bill and stunning songbird Taffy also wrote "Please Daddy, Don't Get Drunk This Christmas". Jim Beam me up, Scotty. It's the TV, stupid! It's the stupid TV...
By: Chickaboomer
What's your mountain theme?
2008-03-18 15:36:00 I?ve recently talked a little with different folks about how music relates to skiing and being in a mountain environment. One thing to distinguish is that there is a huge difference from music you listen to on the mountain while you?re skiing, music you go to hear at a local bar or après venue, and music you think about when you picture mountain living. I know this may sound a little odd, but if you could suspend normal thinking for a moment picture you last trip to Telluride or Tahoe or wherever. If there was a soundtrack for the places you ski, what would be on it? I recall watching movies form the 70?s and 80?s that had a lot of country/western in them. I can see this; mountains have that rugged feeling that comes through particularly well in such music. So I pose the question of what musicians and types of music you associate with your favorite ski town. I?m still working on a list for mine, but for any town surrounding Lake Tahoe, it really is country/western all the way; John ...
By: The Blue World
John Denver karaoke sparks Thai killing spree
2008-03-13 06:12:00 A gunman in Thailand shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, after tiring of their karaoke versions of popular songs, including John Denver?s Country Roads. Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head of a respected female doctor and seven of her guests as they partied at her home in Songkhla Province, South Thailand. "When I began shooting nobody pleaded for his life because they were all drunk," he said after his arrest.
By: Attuworld
[Scary] Today?s Fark-ready headline: ?John Denver karaoke sparks Thai killi
2008-03-09 01:27:00 Telegraph
John Denver - The Very Best of John Denver [2001]
2008-02-25 02:24:00 Mini Biography As the son of an Air Force officer, Denver was constantly moved from state to state and country to country. It was in Tucson, Arizona that his grandmother gave him his first acoustic guitar, a gift that would prove an icebreaker when meeting other students at the many new schools in which he was ...
Never buy a wooden frying pan.
2008-02-22 01:32:00 Click on the image to the right to see the full size page. For those of you wondering at the title of this post, I could find no other place to put this wisdom down, and it's the finest piece of advice I've ever received. Some days are diamonds, said John Denver. He also said some days are stone and this day is very definitely beginning to take on all the features of a large granite thing. I don?t use face book. Won?t, dislike it in the extreme. It?s like a canker on the soul of society. It is ironic that through another?s use that I managed to contract some evil little VBS thing virus-hate-spawn that denies all computers access to my USB. We know this, and still seek a cure. Other computers see it, they register the USB drive, but it cannot be read, or written to. Which is not a good thing, as they say in the classics. Quite frankly it made me feel completely flat, like I should drag myself out on the street and be run over a couple of times rather than posting today....
John Denver talks about Jacques Cousteau and Sings Calypso
2008-02-01 22:52:00 CalypsoJohn DenverTo sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean,to ride on the crest of a wild raging stormTo work in the service of life and living,in search of the answers of questions unknownTo be part of the movement and part of the growing,part of beginning to understand,Aye Calypso the places you've been to,the things that you've shown us,the stories you tellAye Calypso, I sing to your spirit,the men who have served you so long and so wellHi dee ay-ee ooo doo-dle ohoo do do do do do doo-dle ay yeedoo-dle ay eeLike the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside youTo light up the darkness and show us the wayFor though we are strangers in your silent worldTo live on the land we must learn from the seaTo be true as the tide and free as a wind swellJoyful and loving in letting it beAye Calypso the places you've been to,the things that you've shown us,the stories you tellAye Calypso, I sing to your spirit,the men who have served you so long and so wellHi dee ay-ee ooo doo-dle oh...
John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane
2007-12-26 14:23:00 This Friday Song Of The Day comes to you a bit earlier in the week, because well… I am leaving on a jet plane today. Where am I going? Nice, balmy Fairbanks, Alaska! I have a new job and will be doing some job training at the company’s headquarters. Of course for this occasion I ...
John Denver - Country Roads Collection [1997]
2007-09-25 08:42:00 The Country Roads Collection is a four-disc box set that not only contains all of John Denver’s hits, but also a large selection of choice album cuts and unreleased material. For anyone but hardcore fans, this set will simply have too much music, but for those fans, The Country Roads Collection provides an excellent, exhaustive ...
Beautiful Harmony Never Dies: The Starland Vocal Band in 2007
2007-09-04 10:18:00 That's the Starland Vocal Band, performing this summer - 2007 - on PBS.Their Afternoon Delight was my favorite song of 1976, and has been pretty close if not at the top most years since. Exquisite, zesty, soulful harmonies - not to mention a cleverly truthful lyric, if ever there was one.I gave them a shout out a few months ago on Light On Light Through - did that term even exist in 1976? - and now, the more I listen to this song, I'm thinking it's not only up there with the best of the Mamas and Papas, it's even better (except maybe for 12:30 - "Young girls are coming to the canyon..." - my favorite Mamas and Papas song).But Bill and Taffy and Margot and Jon are up there, singing their hearts and souls out, as good as they ever were, just a few months ago. What other harmony group can you say that about?I put the Starland Vocal Band on my MySpace Top Friends section, and I'm going to keep them there forever. Check it out - and their great page on MySpace, too. And while y...
By: Infinite Regress
It Was on Every Mix CD I Ever Made
2007-08-16 21:22:00 Good Lovin’ (Makes it Right) by Tammy Wynette. At least every one I ever made for a girl. I have a pretty big music collection with a lot more than just country music in it. Of course, girls that I used to date would want me to make mix CDs for them with all types of music. ...
John Denver - A Magical Maestro
2007-08-05 08:20:00 Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wik-ipedia/en/5/56/Rhymesandreasons-.jpg * John Denver* [December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997] American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s. He recorded and released some 300 songs, about half of which he had composed, and was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in 1977. Denver's songs were suffused with a deep and abiding kinship with the natural world. Songs such as "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Calypso", "Annie's Song", "Thank God I'm A Country Boy", and "Rocky Mountain High" are popular worldwide. Denver has been referred to as "The Poet For the Planet", "Mother Nature's Son" (based on The Beatles song he covered) and "A Song's Best Friend". Read more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-ohn_Denver) This guy is my recent favorite Singer. esp the song " Take Me Home, Country Roads ". And guess what even Aurthohin's Sumon covered some of his songs in the albu...
John Denver
2007-06-11 22:48:00 This post from Sista caused me to remember how much I really like John Denver. Oh hush, I can hear you, you know. I grew up when he was popular, and, was still around when he was considered a joke. And now, it's possible that many of you don't even know who he was. How sad. His music was, and, still is absolutely beautiful. If you're not familiar with it, you should be.
By: Busymom.net
John Denver & The Muppets - A Christmas Together [1990]
2007-05-21 08:18:00 Amazon.com The Muppets have sung with so many people over the years, from Elton John to Tony Bennett, yet it has always seemed like their performances with John Denver were somehow the perfect match. Christmas Together is a delightful–what else?–sing-along collection of Christmas favorites as ...
John Denver’s ‘Rocky Mountain High’ Named Second Colorado
2007-03-14 00:00:00 Late country star John Denver's Rocky Mountain High was yesterday named the second official anthem for the state of Colorado, the singer's adopted home. The song, which became a hit for the tragic musician in 1972, now stands alongside the original Where The Columbines Grow, which has been the state anthem since 1915.... Read more! |
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