John Denver & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Take Me Home, Country Roads (Live at Farm Aid 1985)

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John Denver and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band perform "Take Me Home, Country Roads" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985.
A performance from the first Farm Aid benefit concert. Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid and serve on the board of directors. The three agreed that family farmers were in dire need of assistance and decided to plan a concert for America. The show was put together in six weeks and was held on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois before a crowd of 80,000 people. It raised over $9 million for America's family farmers. Performers included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and many more.
Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's Board of Directors in 2001 to help further Farm Aid's mission of keeping family farmers on their land.
For more, visit www.farmaid.org/youtube

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@markjohnson6194 5 жыл бұрын

I met John in high school. I drove a fuel truck at the airport. He showed up one day, I refuelled his plane, ran his card on card paper and said "John Denver? Like Gilligan's island?" He laughed and said "no, that's Bob". He jumped into the truck with me to get a ride to town and when he saw my banjo sitting on the seat we talked about music. We played together, all simple songs but so much fun. That went on for 3 years before someone told who he actually was.... The day he went down, America lost a treasure. I lost a friend

@universaljoyconboyz4ever161 5 жыл бұрын

Proof

@sylviapatterson1670 4 жыл бұрын

Tears and a hug. Never met him but I know what we all lost that day. Treasure your memories.

@giovannigino3675 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of the first songs that I learned to play on my keyboard.

@bfmlobo3880 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing John

@bfmlobo3880 4 жыл бұрын

Son

@adriantomlin2902 Жыл бұрын

Nobody will ever be able to sing this song any better then good ol John Denver. End of story.

@sylviapatterson1670 4 жыл бұрын

Never have we needed him more.

@carolecarr5210 9 ай бұрын

John was my generations musical poet. Loved him.

@wb6162 8 жыл бұрын

I remember this performance watching from home with my 1 month old baby girl on my lap. She's 30 now and has a baby of her own! Crazy how time goes by.

@nightrider3067 6 жыл бұрын

wb6162 It is indeed

@shimchimpmadness3346 5 жыл бұрын

must be nostalgic. 😁

@marc8605 5 жыл бұрын

wb6162 you should be a proud father.

@aepacker 11 ай бұрын

Love you John Denver

@Frank00 3 жыл бұрын

John was one of those guys that was humble enough to know he had a good voice and was happy to share it with the rest of us.

@redraiderrider3289 7 ай бұрын

I mean....his voice is pretty generic. Not to be rude. But it'd the lyrics and the songwriting that you are truly enjoying. Any dude who can song can sing the song and get the same reaction.

@KyleEasonAnimation 8 жыл бұрын

Once more, here's to John and his legacy.

@bguenther6304 Жыл бұрын

I first heard this song during a break from a fishing float trip on the Illinois River with my late father while sitting at Peyton's Place. It brings tears to my eyes........

@juliapletta5653 9 жыл бұрын

I love the look John Denver gets when he's singing. You can tell he really feels and believes what he's singing and that makes me feel and believe it too. RIP John Denver, Music Legend

@markbrommer5146 9 жыл бұрын

I'm a trucker am half way home for good!! I got 4 hrs yet to go. my wife called me I started singing this to her lol

@markbrommer5146 9 жыл бұрын

x33mmm am home for 10 days in the states!!

@samuelsech2278 5 жыл бұрын

Roll on brother

@samuelmaingi6365 4 жыл бұрын

@x33mmm my dad walked on my family 20+ years ago

@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын

I love him. I miss him so much. He was a simple country boy who had big ideas that he wasn't afraid to share with us. The best thing he shared was love and his voice.

@adriantomlin2902 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I believe we all should go out like we came in, simple and humbled.

@gabrielledormuth4634 Жыл бұрын

Such a sweetheart of a man taken from us but his songs had such a reach that even now days they still touch the hearts of people everywhere

@daycareladysab 8 жыл бұрын

John Denver you may be gone but you will NEVER be forgotten!

@kajixdn 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Steven Irwin

@thenaturallyinsane1 4 жыл бұрын

Yet the dumb Rock n Roll HOF doesn't induct him yet they have pop and rap artists....nor is he in the Country Music HOF. Crying shame

@retriever19golden55 3 жыл бұрын

I sure did love that guy! And the Dirt Band, too.

@Eliam9 8 жыл бұрын

When vocalist were actually genuine.

@joejohnston3591 Жыл бұрын

John Denver had 12 years left to live. Don't go flying John, leave that to the Eagle and the Hawk. R.I.P.

@LegoBattletruck Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Dad.. RIP

@jaymoreno6955 3 жыл бұрын

This performance is an ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE!! John sings it MAJESTICALLY... A consummate professional !!

@charlottenay5994 5 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace, John Denver. Love you! You will NEVER, EVER be forgotten! ❤️

@Jazzycat47 4 жыл бұрын

One of my closest friends at Texas Tech in 1963. Still miss him.

@michaelnaretto3409 Жыл бұрын

You know you made it when Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is your back up.

@ShakespeareCafe 4 жыл бұрын

Driving across Colorado John Denver is what I’m listening to...I owe him that much

@actionman9451 Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace John your legacy will live on.

@spiceee1 8 жыл бұрын

Marvelous. Those were the days. Miss them terribly.

@adriantomlin2902 Жыл бұрын

Amen brother.👍

@rush437 6 жыл бұрын

this was one day after my 4th birthday. my grandma used to play john denver all the time when i was a kid. id give anything to go back and sit and listen to john denver with my grandma.

@johngraham1001 2 жыл бұрын

And playing with The Dirt Band what a treat

@Lester-te3vb Ай бұрын

Time goes by so fast, like a vapor that appears for a little while and puff it’s gone.

@bambino100011 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing as American as hearing John Denver song this song. :). Iconic song and great singer.

@marksnider8914 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. JOHN Denver !!! West Virginia, moma !

@yiannisparaschos8031 7 жыл бұрын

no matter where you are coming from if you are away from home, this is how you feel... Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain momma Take me home, country roads

@loindafl 2 жыл бұрын

How much great music did we miss with John’s passing?

@virginiaconner3340 2 жыл бұрын

This song always makes my youngest brother and me homesick because we were raised in a rural area and nearby towns were small to smaller. Now we live in separate states, neither of them is our home state.

@all-roundermahrafin8831 6 жыл бұрын

John denver is still the icon. No one can forget him.

@jamesjacocks6221 4 жыл бұрын

A century from now all this will be faded and distant but, like Steven Foster, John Denver will keep lifting hearts.

@tccycling 3 жыл бұрын

These songs are priceless

@richardwingate6150 2 жыл бұрын

John Denver is one of the greatest singer songwriters that ever lived

@Phil92G 5 жыл бұрын

the song sung around the world 🙌🏻 rest in peace john ❤️

@astonifyed 8 жыл бұрын

Man. Who knew Steve Irwin could sing so well?!

@ethanlowry8757 7 жыл бұрын

ha ha ha he John looks like Steve.

@madelinemanning5695 7 жыл бұрын

astonifyed OMGGGGGGGGG

@josslynlippens7092 7 жыл бұрын

astonifyed this is John Denver

@ethanlowry8757 7 жыл бұрын

it's only a joke

@tigerbait134 7 жыл бұрын

Complicate Democratize Channel are you saying that because he is dead or do you know for a fact steve irwin can't sing?

@adriantomlin2902 Жыл бұрын

I'll bet West Virginia is a beautiful and majestic part of the United States. I have never visited it.

@davidhutchinson5233 2 жыл бұрын

This song always makes me so humble....happy and yet sad. So much love with my relatives there (Clarksburg, WVA) when we would visit them from Baltimore in the 70s. I couldn't have asked for more loving and caring people to be surrounded by. They are all gone now but they live on in mine and a lot of other peoples' memories.

@sergeantmetalhead417 2 ай бұрын

I remember being in a bar in Kaiserslaughten, Germany with some Army buddies, a young guy that called himself German Elvis kept singing this song over and over making us join in

@tageschance5501 Ай бұрын

Weneedyourhelpingermany ❤❤❤❤❤

@Skaitania 12 жыл бұрын

I heard this song first in English classes at school. Couldnt get it out my head since then...I just love it.

@changingstars3407 2 жыл бұрын

REST IN PEACE JOHN DENVER

@Artyom_1987 2 ай бұрын

One of my favorite songs !! Never been in USA , but I like Country music. Dear John , you were a great man and singer

@harrellkerkhoff8054 7 жыл бұрын

I was there that night. Just a 22 year old kid. Champaign, IL. Concert started in the morning and lasted well into the evening. There had to have been 100,000 people there. Very electric atmosphere. The place went wild when Denver sang "Thank God I'm a Counrty Boy". Sammy Hagar also rocked hard that night. Great times like this night don't come often.

@slhines7 11 жыл бұрын

I so very much love John Denver's music and truly do miss him.

@kathrynmolesa1641 5 ай бұрын

One of the best singer/songwriters of the boomer generation. God I miss John.

@patrickmcintosh1528 9 жыл бұрын

Two of my favourites, JD and the NGDB. Love them borh

@Daehawk 6 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite songs as a kid. Had the 45 record of it.

@marcob4630 10 жыл бұрын

Great country: one of the best ! R.I.P John: you were the best country songwriter ever !

@ducdeur8941 7 жыл бұрын

this song is to emo for me, cant hold my tears :'(

@jonswenk8073 3 жыл бұрын

Greatness !! 💙

@boweandrew3 10 жыл бұрын

This song is world famous now matter where I am I will always love wv and its railroads and the small towns long live John Denver

@ValueForValue1965 11 жыл бұрын

I love the NGDG and John Denver...such pure music...connecting to real life and appreciating what is real around us is so profound and a true gift - thanks guys!

@aliwhitwell 6 жыл бұрын

Such a talented singer and musician taken far too soon. R.I.P. John.

@tallships2Me 9 жыл бұрын

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS!! Country roads, take me home to the place I belong...WEST VIRGINIA, mountain mama...take me home, country roads!

@stampymax9520 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! How did you know the lyrics?

@SergeLenfant 9 жыл бұрын

Je suis Charlie John Denver, sans doute l'un des meilleurs folksingers américains. Et l'un de mes préférés, bien sûr!

@89.8kiwifm9 5 жыл бұрын

Bravo! Bien dit.

@danoesq2 Жыл бұрын

Got to see him once. One of the greatest of all time.

@RolandElcid 8 жыл бұрын

I was privileged to have seen him preform live. It was an intimate concert of about 3 or so thousand. He encouraged us to sing along with him and since his song are so famous all of us did.

@gilbertoferraz1019 8 жыл бұрын

I am never tired of listening so marvellous song and sung by so missed singer. Luckily it remains for ever. Thanks John RIP

@solveigmetus6798 8 жыл бұрын

One of our greatest Country artists ever! Love from Sweden!

@nascarfan88ta 8 жыл бұрын

Denver wasn't a country artist in the typical sense. He was a cross over artist with country sounding songs. Nonetheless, he was a great singer

@josslynlippens7092 7 жыл бұрын

Solveig Metus John Denver is awesome

@ashe984 6 жыл бұрын

IKR I love him always

@str8out 6 жыл бұрын

So you there's county music in Sweden? interesting.

@hejda8548 5 жыл бұрын

Solveig Metus synd att Sverige inte har så bra musik...

@matteoromenghi 2 ай бұрын

Iconic song.

@HufftownGirl 9 жыл бұрын

He looks and sounds gorgeous, and what a pairing... With NGDB!!!

@YouAreMySunshine2 6 жыл бұрын

really nobody does this song like John Denver. Something about his voice tells the story.

@johnlappin5881 2 жыл бұрын

He was a great singer CATHI gone to soon

@garyhallford7422 4 жыл бұрын

Watching in 2019 and way too many are gone... Great concert for an even greater cause.

@deckiedeckie 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing....Showbiz world among the cruelest....ole J. Denver so quickly forgotten...

@lorithorne9206 10 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear this song I change the words to Pennsylvania instead of West Virginia! It always makes me happy! RIP John, you're definitely missed!

@diegomairenamoreno350 10 жыл бұрын

Guess we all do the same.. I change it to the place where I grew up. Very sentimental song.. love it!

@brysonraber9932 9 жыл бұрын

why would you destroy a good song with replacing the words with Pennsylvania that would destroy the songs meaning

@lorithorne9206 9 жыл бұрын

No, not really...just listen to the song and if you haven't moved away from home, then you'll know what I'm talking about! I grew up in Pennsylvania and I now live in SE Idaho...makes perfect sense to me!

@itissobeautiful.andrewpern4479 6 жыл бұрын

To me, I love the way John Denver sings that song *TAKE ME HOME,COUNTRY ROAD*and is the best song ever the number one song . Thank you for sharing this video with me and I really appreciate it very much .😀🎸🎤🎶

@SuperSandisandi 8 жыл бұрын

my all time favorite singer!love all his songs ...his songs always tell a story like country music should...miss him!

@22ano 12 жыл бұрын

der song macht richtig glücklich und jede party kommt auf hochstimmung weil des lied jeder kennt ! John denver

@directapprec 7 жыл бұрын

Song is about those darn 'teardrops in my eye'

@joerooney6724 4 жыл бұрын

2 of the best in country music.

@stampymax9520 4 жыл бұрын

Yee-haw! I love this song!!!

@atticusfinch626 9 жыл бұрын

Love it!! Brings back soo many memories!! RIP John Denver, gone too soon.

@Dix424USA4 8 жыл бұрын

Classic bands, classic Country/Folk...

@AlexandrUkraine 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant voice!

@Roger_EC 2 жыл бұрын

Este tipo es un espectáculo, seguro en el cielo todos se regocijan con su voz.

@ranganathan223 5 жыл бұрын

The Best Ever !

@cathylamb7004 10 жыл бұрын

I was born in Richmond Virginia 53 years ago, I want to do nothing but go home."God Willing & The Creek Don't Rise

@chicagotransferservicessch2303 2 жыл бұрын

I was there we all sang with John all 60 thousand of us Ill never forget it

@itissobeautiful.andrewpern4479 6 жыл бұрын

I love John Denver the song Take Me Home Country Road .😀

@Gingerjake2 11 жыл бұрын

I just saw the Dirt Band Tuesday night (5-7-13) They haven't missed a beat & the show was long & SO much fun! The only one missing was Jimmie Ibbotson who stayed home due to sickness in the family. Love all these guys & am happy to say now I've met them all. ♪

@AmanGill-cu5xx 5 жыл бұрын

Country roads-This song will be remembered and sung even after 100 years. Some song never go out of trend.

@screamlight1211 2 жыл бұрын

Ever seen the movie Covanant? It's an Alien movie but this song was broadcasting in another galaxy on a different planet. Really eerie. Check it out if you haven't ;)

@bigarf88 10 жыл бұрын

miss this guy......

@user-dd8vd2kd8l 6 жыл бұрын

Douglas Nacion Me too fm korea. Someday i wanna visit his place.

@opungfajar1769 4 жыл бұрын

Inilah lagu kesanganKu di Radio, lg msh sekolah SD jaman dulu itu

@xandx100 5 жыл бұрын

Take me Home ❤️

@mgtnquasar8092 5 жыл бұрын

Legends never die!

@robertperez4583 7 жыл бұрын

this song has become a anthem for my state

@anthonyscott9063 2 жыл бұрын

Love this. Reminds me of Alaska and it's all about other places. Rock on John.

@The911sierra 8 жыл бұрын

loved John Denver! thanks for posting....

@rifqimuflih12640 2 жыл бұрын

1985 is the gold time for music

@kateglenn2825 10 жыл бұрын

I love JD and NGDB, the #Farmaid effort is a real need! Belonging to #seabreezeorganifarm a small CSA here in San Diego we are standing on the premise that local access to real food is your right! Support local farmers :) Doesn't get any better than hearing those words from JD's lips...he's gone but the need to support local farming continues....love this!

@dmcewen772 7 жыл бұрын

Love this song

@sergiocanalini3979 6 жыл бұрын

Dylaan McEwen hai scritto una frase meravigliosa grazie. Ciao

@angelaschouten1747 2 жыл бұрын

Great video of the NGDB with John. Love playing their songs on my guitar, just learning. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺

@CABERARD 9 жыл бұрын

Good job John, we will miss you

@gulawskielisabeth2148 4 жыл бұрын

Schön der Song. ❤️ Das Lied gehört zu jedem Konzert. ❤️ ❤️ Ist eine biograpfie

@copykon 8 жыл бұрын

I remember when he was a mega star in the U.S, he even hosted The Tonight Show a few times.

@marvinmorley9358 6 жыл бұрын

Great listening anytime, real music you can hear not the bull crap that is passing for music these days.

@markrush5013 3 жыл бұрын

legends!

@kassieraine110 6 жыл бұрын

Miss John Denver SO much.

@inthemix7640 8 жыл бұрын

returning from Florida the summer of 1970 we drove through WV and this song played constantly since we had to change radio stations as we drove. this song reminds me of WV, my dad and just being young. beautiful song

@bluegrassboy7544 4 жыл бұрын

1971