BILL DANOFF AND HIS WIFE TAFFY HAD NEVER BEEN TO WEST VIRGINIA. THEY WERE INSPIRED
TO WRITE "COUNTRY ROADS" BY LOOKING AT PICTURE POSTCARDS OF WEST VIRGINIA
SENT BY A FRIEND WHO LIVED THERE.
THE SONG WAS UNFINISHED WHEN JOHN DENVER MET THE DANOFFS. HE HAD NEVER BEEN TO WEST VIRGINIA EITHER, BUT THE LYRICS SEEMED TO MEAN SOMETHING TO THE NEW SINGER. THE DANOFFS AND DENVER STAYED UP THAT
NIGHT AND WORKED ON REARRANGING
LINES AND FINISHING NEW LINES.
JOHN DENVER TOLD THEM HE WANTED
THIS NEW SONG ON HIS FIRST ALBUM.
IT WAS RELEASED IN APRIL 1971.
FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE SONG
CERTIFIED A MILLION SELLER!
MUSIC BOOK #3 AND #7 SEE MORE DENVER WEBS
"IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN"
"SOMEDAYS ARE DIAMONDS"
A COUNTRY MUSIC BAND FROM JAPAN PLAYED THE ACCOMPANIMENT FOR JOHN DENVER FOR THIS RECORDING IN 1991.
COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME
DLS 5-4-2000
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees,
Younger than the mountains, blowin' like a breeze.
