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John Denver, Remembering a "Rocky Mountain" Guy!
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Nancy Hart
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Annie's Song - 1974
(I still have the 45 rpm)
(I still have the 45 rpm)
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Nancy Hart
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John Denver sings a John Prine song
Paradise
Paradise
Jacob Petersheim
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I liked him more before he became a cult icon for drug usage.
Nancy Hart
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Thank God I'm a Country Boy
I remember when this came out. Cute song.
I remember when this came out. Cute song.
Brothers, Ron and John
"Feisty mother of John Denver died on in 2010 at the age of 87. Erma Deutschendorf Davis, had a recording of every song her son performed. “You always make sure your mom has a copy of everything,” said Davis’ son, who lives in San Diego. Denver’s mother and father often went to concerts he gave, especially in other countries, giving them a chance for a trip, said Ron Deutschendorf."
"A few years ago, Davis and two of her women friends went to Branson, Mo., to hear a singer perform John Denver songs. “She was feisty and full of life,” said her longtime friend Jody Fleck of Denver. “But you’d have to have an angel on your shoulder when you rode with her because she liked to drive 90 miles an hour,” Fleck said."
"She also loved pecan-roll candy bars and bought $63 worth of them to bring back from Branson. When she went to her condo in Las Vegas, she and friends sought out bingo parlors. Davis had no interest in sports, but when a local Mexican restaurant offered 25-cent tacos whenever the Colorado Rockies scored seven runs, Fleck would call Davis, who would zoom to the restaurant for the taco."
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1986- John Denver - TV Performance
"This archival video features John explaining his reasons for writing and singing "Flying For Me", followed by "Don't Close Your Eyes", concluding with a duet of "This Old Guitar" with Val Doonican on his British tv show. Early summer of his 1986 British & European tour."
Nancy Hart
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This Old Guitar
John Denver's Opportunity Lost?
Bill Fay
FORT MYERS, Fla.
One day in a frequent flyer room, I looked over and saw John Denver. It was pretty obvious with his distinct features and signature guitar that it was him.
I went over and said, "John!" He jumped up, stuck out his hand and said, "I haven't seen you in a while." I said, "No sir, we've never met. But I am a man who's prayed for you for over five years, and I have a message for you from your dead father, Dutch."
'You see, years earlier, in the height of my pagan lifestyle, John Denver's father was the co-pilot on the Learjet that used to fly me around the country to do my illegal mob business. His father -- whose hand I held when he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ -- made me promise that one day I would share with his son. I said, "Dutch, if God provides the moment, the privilege is mine."
"Now it looked like the moment was going to come. I met with John in a private room in the Denver airport for the better part of two hours. I took him line by line through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There wasn't a single verse of Scripture he did not understand -- nor was there a single verse of Scripture that he would accept."
Finally, I said, "John, when did you make up your mind Jesus Christ would never become your Lord and your Savior?" He could remember the date, the time and the place. A godly Sunday School teacher, like some of you, said to him Jesus Christ was The Way, The Truth and The Life. I left with a saddened heart, tears in my eyes.
I asked God, "Why did You go to all this trouble if John Denver was not going to accept You?" And a verse of Scripture came into my heart that took evangelism to another level for me. I hope it will for you. It comes out of 2 Corinthians 2:16, and it says, "To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life." The word "death" in Scripture means eternal separation from God.
"Wherever you go, to whomever you speak, wherever you stand, you represent life and you represent death -- for you and them it will be either an opportunity, or an opportunity lost."
Bill Fay is an evangelist and author of Share Jesus without Fear. To contact him, visit www.sharejesuswithoutfear.com.
© Copyright 2010 Baptist Press. Used with permission.
Originally published February 04, 2010.
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Nancy Hart
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Some Days are Diamonds
A new one to me. Thank you, @Nancy Hart !