John Denver Interviewed by Johnny Carson and Sings "Prisoners" - 9/19/1972

John Denver Interviewed by Johnny Carson and Sings "Prisoners" - 9/19/1972 - The Tonight Show

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Full interview & performance by JD near peak of his career. "Prisoners" was about POW's in Vietnam. Look for the World Trade Center under construction in the "new" Frosted Mini Wheats ad (which weren't so mini in those days).

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@dancingmeerkat2078 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! A talk show guest who addresses the host as “sir”, gives an eloquent and entertaining interview, then sings like an angel without any auto-tune. Miss him very much!

@AtortAerials Жыл бұрын

BIG time. Those times will never be again either and all while Johnny smoking a cigarette on national tv. Legends

@carlt8188 Жыл бұрын

Eloquent? Are you referring to the part where he spoke of having hard core sex with his wife and broke her rib?

@AtortAerials Жыл бұрын

@@carlt8188 that’s f’n eloquent for sure! 🤣😁

@trvman1 Жыл бұрын

Always love these people who are in the entertainment field telling how much they love their wives only to divorce them several years or so later :)

@megeldridge1745 Жыл бұрын

@@trvman1 they were married for 15 years, starting out as young people. That’s a pretty great stretch of time. Marriages don’t always last forever. Growth happens.

@mikebottiaux5850 Жыл бұрын

Hard to believe he would have been 80 this year (2023). Such a talent.

@briteness Жыл бұрын

I really don't need TV anymore. I could live almost entirely on a diet of 70s TV on youtube.

@andrewvelonis5940 5 ай бұрын

Same here. Bonanza, Dragnet, One Step Beyond, The Addams Family...

@lewisturnbull12 2 ай бұрын

i was born in 2002, and i completely agree!! what has television turned into nowadays. even within my lifetime i can remember TV being decent! unwatchable nowadays. thank god above we have these youtube archives.

@LibertarianHoosier 2 ай бұрын

There will never be anyone like John Denver. I'm only 25, but God knows I would have loved to meet him. Seems like such a genuine human being.

@OttoByOgraffey Ай бұрын

I'm glad you found him.

@LibertarianHoosier Ай бұрын

@OttoByOgraffey Thank you. It's truly amazing how much his music and life have inspired me. He was the biggest reason I went to Colorado on my birthday last month. And boy, what a great 2 days I had. I almost want to move to the mountains. I truly felt at peace there. I traveled all the way from West Central Indiana. I love my home, but one day, I think I just might go back and stay. 🏞

@baneverything5580 11 күн бұрын

My favorite song in 1972 in 2nd grade was his song Rocky Mountain High. I really loved Someone Saved My Life Tonight by Elton John when it came out too even though at the time I didn`t grasp the full weight of the deep lyrics. I felt them somehow anyway and still love that song. There was so much great variety and sheer talent in music back then before it was dumbed down. Every night I sat alone in the front room with the light off with indirect light from another room coming in listening to a little clock radio in a rocking chair. Later I started sitting in my mom`s car each night listening to music. I got a decent little battery powered radio for Christmas one year and I remember hearing Stevie Nicks for the first time in the 70s outside under the bright stars on a late summer night and it felt magical like it was coming from the whole Universe. Music was so important to everyone back then and it remained that way for me through the 80s but in the 90s the record companies started ruining it and I remember getting angry about what was happening and Bill Clinton was 100% responsible because he destroyed real radio...local radio...independent radio. The last full album that truly impressed me was The Better Life by 3 Doors Down in 2000 but by that time radio had become too cringe to continue listening to. FBC! And FJB!

@camlendrim7609 Жыл бұрын

Huge John Denver fan. I’m nearly 70 and somehow have never heard this great song. A remarkable songwriter with a powerful, clear voice that could hit and sustain the upper octave ranges without effort. R.I.P. JD. 🙏🏻

@patsyanndixon Жыл бұрын

I love ❣️ you Sir John Denver!!!!!!!!!!

@yvonnemurray5537 Жыл бұрын

Me too. I was like wow…thought I knew every one of his songs. Not this one.

@EmpyreanLightASMR Жыл бұрын

Yes it's one of my favorites. Check out the studio album version if you can. When John can layer his audio, his music just goes into the divine. I was singing along with this one!

@lolaottinger3038 Жыл бұрын

My grandson who turned 36 in September loved John “Member” we bought him a little tape player when he was a toddler and a tape with Sunshine On My Shoulder on it, he often fell asleep listening to that tape. John Denver was such a wholesome man, doubt that a mean thought ever crossed his mind. He was truly one in a million.

@EmpyreanLightASMR Жыл бұрын

@@lolaottinger3038 Ergh... Sadly that's not the case. Mean thoughts did cross through his head. But I love the man also and his memory. I read his book though and he went into his darker periods (fortunately I don't recall all the details). Money changes people though.

@marydonohoe8200 Жыл бұрын

Boy, this takes me back. In July of 1971 my husband was discharged from the navy after four years in and out of Vietnam on a supply ship. He was so lucky to have been at sea and not fighting in the jungle. We finally did bring our boys (and girls!) home, but it had been a brutal slog for everyone. We became John Denver fans soon after he started his solo recording, and stayed fans until his tragic death. He wrote and sang for all of us. RIP, friend John. 🙏🏼❤️

@Godwinpounds4333 Жыл бұрын

Hi how are you doing?

@cliffordbowman6777 Жыл бұрын

He was still there and obeying his orders. Our woke trash don’t have to do that anymore

@Mo-gg8ts Жыл бұрын

I hope you apologised to the victims of Vietnam. Serving a man’s greed rather then gods commandments . RIP to all civilians and Iraq

@LorrieannR Жыл бұрын

So hard to believe this was 50 years ago. I remember waiting up late to watch this.

@acgillespie Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I just wrote in another comment..Getting old now

@ProfessorJM1 Жыл бұрын

Woah....thanks?...and no thanks....for pointing that out 🤣🤣😂🤔

@TopJimmyWinn Жыл бұрын

Far out!!!

@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын

I liked your comment for the 50 year part. Wow!

@ikkenhisatsu7170 Жыл бұрын

He was so great - so underrated today, but Dom DeLuise treated him so well on the show. Nicely done by everyone. I miss those days when we treated each other with respect, even if we didn't agree.

@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. What happened to being allowed to form, and hold your own opinion?

@ikkenhisatsu7170 Жыл бұрын

@@patriciajrs46 I could say, but I'd be censored.

@stinkstank5177 Жыл бұрын

The mean spirited hateful left!

@manomyth11 Жыл бұрын

Dang''''''' I forgot who Dom Deluise was', thanks'.

@quasarcom5041 Жыл бұрын

Dom was as gay as a 2 dollar bill. That’s why.

@quasarcom5041 Жыл бұрын

He with out a doubt had the best voice of any performer and till this day no one has been better. 2023

@andreagilsenan6313 4 күн бұрын

Effortless singing.❤

@davidhemstreet3026 Жыл бұрын

John Denver is an American treasure. 🏔🌻⛰

@joynjrny Жыл бұрын

He was my first crush as a little girl. I wanted to marry him at the age of 6 lol. That voice just reaches into your soul and lifts you up with the wind. His music taught me to look at nature and each other with curiosity and compassion. How we need you in this world but I think it would break your heart. I miss you JD.😢❤

@lizzyfitz311 Жыл бұрын

I'm right there with you. He was the first man I fell in love with after my dad. I was about the same age..6 or maybe 7. I loved him that strongly every day of my life..still do. I miss him terribly. He was an awesome human being that is rare nowadays. He will be one of the first souls I look for when I go where he is...and I look forward to it the closer it gets. What a great moment that will be.

@Ryan91115 Жыл бұрын

I'm only 14 and I love his music! I can also listen to him talk for hours about whatever he has such a great voice!

@Kaitypoos 5 ай бұрын

Me too! And I love the Beatles aswell✌️

@OttoByOgraffey Ай бұрын

I'm glad you both found him.

@princessj624 8 күн бұрын

Have you seen the movie Oh, God? John Denver and George Burns.

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 Жыл бұрын

I’m 55 and watching John Denver takes me back many years 🥰 He was so amazingly talented!!!

@hansy3612 Жыл бұрын

i'm still 19 and i love listening to john denver and not even john denver, i also like frank sinatra... been listening to this kinda music since i was 15 😅 and all my friends asked me like why you listening to this kinda music and i was like i dont know 😂😂

@bsquared4604 Жыл бұрын

half a century ago. how amazing it is to have all these archived recordings and videos to watch and remember.

@acgillespie Жыл бұрын

*What's funny I can remember watching it live when I was 12 years old. They let me stay up late just to see Mr Denver, I loved him so much and still do* I was sitting at a Bar the day he died and that wasn't a good thing either.

@mitseraffej5812 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I’m the same age as yourself. Don’t you just love the fashion and haircuts of the time. At least the music of the time is not so cringe inducing, Denver’s music will remain great forever.

@acgillespie Жыл бұрын

@@mitseraffej5812 .LOL.. I was looking at that hair, Today it would drive me insane. I now keep mine about 1/2 an Inch at all times. I was told my whole life I looked like john. Him and Jeffery dahmer

@acgillespie Жыл бұрын

@@mitseraffej5812 .Also, did you notice his manners? - Another lost thing of the past

@mitseraffej5812 Жыл бұрын

@@acgillespie Yes, unlike Kanye West and others.

@RobertLandHoustonSportsTalk Жыл бұрын

This performance was a treasure. I can't imagine what this meant to the spouses of POW's listening at the time

@nomiddlenamenmn427 Жыл бұрын

John had a gift of singing others’ pain. So grateful for him making the world a better place.

@Msfifisquarepantz 9 ай бұрын

That’s because he was in a lot of pain himself. And he’s being truthful about groupies. He went to his room alone.

@pinknight310 7 ай бұрын

That’s what I love about him.. when I hear him sing I feel like he takes my pain, feels it, then gives it back to me so that I can sort it out myself. He’s just so comforting

@user-uu1wc6yz5z 7 ай бұрын

That's why they call it folk music

@mariaeliza9235 6 ай бұрын

@@pinknight310eu tambem sinto a mesma coisa

@alanrylands7004 Жыл бұрын

If there was someone talented enough to be in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame, it would be John Denver. I'm saddened that John is not yet in either. Prisoners was and still is a favorite song, me being of draft age for that war.

@user-vy5bk5jl2h 5 ай бұрын

Dolly Parton now.

@stephenhall5694 Жыл бұрын

To put it simply: the man had the soul. The talent, too, yes. But the music ran deep, deep in his soul.

@chuckersimsII 9 ай бұрын

I saw him 32 times in concert he was great every time I saw him goose bumps every time what a talent miss him so much

@siggylloyd3566 Жыл бұрын

I showed up for Johnny but stayed for John Denver. Good video

@neilmurray6943 Жыл бұрын

I wore out a few of his RCA tapes. Saw him in concert about four times. Pure love for the great talent. Gone way too soon. RIP John

@ruiseartalcorn Жыл бұрын

John Denver was a huge talent! Such a sad loss! :(

@user-mr1fm2rg7d 5 ай бұрын

Poignant today. Loved him, such a talented humble man. RIP. Thank you for all the worn out records & my very first concert with my parents. I was 9 my brother was 7, at the Fabulous Forum in LA. I remember everyone in the audience singing the entire show. You were one of a kind. ❤️🇺🇲🙏🏼🤙🏼

@fifthbusiness1678 Жыл бұрын

One of the purest singing voices I’ve ever heard (and no auto-tune). And an underrated guitarist as well.

@EmpyreanLightASMR Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the reviews on his live in Russia album, where i (iirc) played basically solo the entire concert, his guitar playing is apparently pristine and fabulous. I don't know enough to compare him to Lindsay Buckingham or anything 😂 but his guitarwork is fun to watch, even on this video here.

@georgemallory797 Жыл бұрын

Did anyone notice during the Frosted Mini Wheats ad that the ferry boat was named JFK and the WTC in the background was nearing completion? Both jumped right out at me. Think I'll have some Mini Wheats right now. I miss John Denver and Johnny Carson. I miss my old life. Precious times.

@ralphebuffalo Жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out!! Very cool!

@clicks59 Жыл бұрын

October 12, 2022 marks 25 years since John’s passing. RIP, John.

@reidwhitton6248 Жыл бұрын

What a mop of golden hair he had. I used to listen to his Back Home Again album in the 70s.

@mjlirette9297 6 ай бұрын

Back when Network TV was worth it...what a change in 2024.

@thyslop1737 Жыл бұрын

Johnny and John. What a combo. Nobody on late night could touch Carson not even today.

@yepitsme3336 Жыл бұрын

He was the nicest guy. So humble and kind. Such a loss to the world 😪

@TheWorldAccordingtoJim Жыл бұрын

I remember as a young kid in the '70s when my dad bought his Cadillac as a complimentary gift they gave you John Denver's 8-track tape,and we listened to it all the way to the Giant Redwood Trees in California. What an amazing memory.

@melodyelson3202 Жыл бұрын

thank you share your words ... our world lost a most wonderful person husband family man that windy day... his songs have influenced so many .... May his spirt help to turn our world spining in the right direction.... g-d bless !°•~\☆♡♡`~•

@tedsta 5 ай бұрын

What a guest. What a host. What a show. It's so refreshing to watch it now after half a decade.

@lindaeasley5606 Жыл бұрын

He was just beginning to rise to stardom when he did this appearance. Rocky Mountain High , Sunshine On My Shoulders and Annie's Song were yet to come

@markclifford1857 Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 Linda. How are you doing? Hope you are fine, I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

@IAMCAVE 4 ай бұрын

Johnny Carson was just promoting the Rocky Mountain High album.

@coolworx Жыл бұрын

The 70's and 80's were such a great time to grow up. I really feel sorry for the generations after genX.

@blakeh6250 Жыл бұрын

Agree!!

@andrewvelonis5940 5 ай бұрын

We probably didn't fully appreciate it at the time

@BIGLOVE4TRUTH Жыл бұрын

I remember when Buddy’ Hackett was hosting the tonight show during this era. There was some sort of distraction on the set when John Denver was on. Hackett remarked “ hey cut that out! Don’t you know I’m talking to John Colorado?!” 😂

@maricarol85 8 ай бұрын

😂

@wygantsh Жыл бұрын

John Denver was one of kind. A true pure folk singer with a golden voice.

@robblos9358 2 ай бұрын

John Denver is the one singer that will strike that emotional signal in my inner soul, what a voice, and what a song writer he was.

@godblessamerica7048 Жыл бұрын

I miss my old neighbor John Denver! He was our neighbor during the time of this show.

@maricarol85 8 ай бұрын

Neat! Did you get to know him personally? That would be so cool if you did. 😊

@pennylanghorn6712 Жыл бұрын

Wow The good old days John looks so young and confident Who would have believed he would be a victim of such a tragic accident God bless you John

@Gratefulman1965 Жыл бұрын

That wretched experimental plane John bought ( The Rutan Long-EZ) was created and built by a man who lives in the next town over from me here in Oregon. Every time I drive through that town I think of John. (R.I.P. Legend)

@jasminespencer3992 Жыл бұрын

Not really a tragic accident, his flying license had been suspended by the FAA and he was not permitted to fly. He was flying a brand new plane which had very technical issues with the fuel system and he had only had a 30 minute training flight with it not nearly enough time to familiarize yourself with an aircraft.

@jasongallops536 Жыл бұрын

John was not a victim of the plane crash; He died doing one of the things he loved.

@jasminespencer3992 Жыл бұрын

@@jasongallops536 No he died a horrible death flying a plane he was not licensed nor properly trained to fly. It’s a wasted senseless death that could’ve been prevented and didn’t need to happen. That’s the sad part it was a preventable accident

@dyer2cycle Жыл бұрын

I remember hearing John's songs as a little kid in the 70's..one of my second grade teachers liked his music and would play his records for us at recess when it rained and we couldn't go outside..I liked the songs then, but only later did I realize what a talent he really was...such a sad thing that he went the way he did, and as early as he did, but at least he didn't die in his 20's or 30's just when his career was getting started, like far too many have... :(

@ritabussie2201 Жыл бұрын

I saw him in person. 4 times. I really miss that voice

@EmpyreanLightASMR Жыл бұрын

You're so lucky. I never got to see him live.

@rlbrown1009 Жыл бұрын

There are no singers like John, humble, kind, loving & determined to create a better world ❤ I miss him & his music.

@tonibeavers219 Жыл бұрын

My husband and I saw John in concert, he was a wonderful entertainer ..so talented and charismatic...miss him !

@tobydavis5673 Жыл бұрын

That’s the John Denver I remember. R.I.P. Mr. Denver.

@colonelkurtz2269 Жыл бұрын

One of the best voices in music. What pure talent.

@jeffstewart7976 Жыл бұрын

I just turned 59 . I just feel in love with his music. This is an incredible song

@mrwhite2628 Жыл бұрын

From another Jeff that turned 59 in August. I feel the same way!

@patriciajrs46 5 ай бұрын

Thank you John for all of the memories you gave us, and the great music.

@dwightdowson9259 9 ай бұрын

Àm in Pacific Grove where the folk here have Memory and paid Homage to the Great Artist's life and contribution to Humanity.

@joanne4758 Жыл бұрын

It is by chance my son mentioned he was heading to the Rocky Mountains - and a flood of memories of John Denver came back. Still remember all the words - can't remember what I had for breakfast. God bless you all (New Zealand)

@anneoaks775 2 жыл бұрын

I have always enjoyed John Denver, so this was a treat!

@marvingreenough2344 2 жыл бұрын

And the commercials even 🧡

@shorty7363 Жыл бұрын

@@marvingreenough2344 I had a commercial get interrupted by a commercial. 😂😂😂

@beatleschick Жыл бұрын

Wow. I love ❤️ John Denver! No apologies, the end.

@CatchMagazine 6 ай бұрын

This is absolutely incredible. I hope everyone realizes how special this recording is. I’ve never seen this live. Mike Taylor in the back with John upfront, unbelievable. The best of the very best right here. Thanks for the upload. This is a gem.

@paulineh4019 Ай бұрын

You might enjoy John singing this live on the Geraldo show. He extends the last part of the song....just incredible. If my memory serves me correctly, John Taylor and Dick Kniss are backing him.

@ernestconnell8087 10 ай бұрын

Sometimes you just have to listen to some old John Denver 🍻

@AtortAerials Жыл бұрын

Everyone showed respect after they heard him sing…legend doesn’t go unnoticed all jokes stopped only pats on the back and respect. 🙏🏾

@cathyizzo7886 10 ай бұрын

I had read somewhere that the Live Aide group that put on that feed the world song with all the rock stars wouldn't let JD participate because he was too folksy. 🙄

@maricarol85 8 ай бұрын

Sad, because John Denver belonged there.

@dianavasile8067 10 ай бұрын

I’ve never heard this song before. It’s beautiful

@thomasmartinscott Жыл бұрын

I was living in Mexico City when this aired and never even heard of John till the next year when I came back to Texas. The guy who told me about him was kind enough to put on a John Denver album and play the whole thing. I was an instant fan. What a songwriter and what a voice. I still miss him and can only wonder what music he might have written by now.

@NSResponder Жыл бұрын

John was a treasure, and so was Johnny. Thanks for sharing this.

@ssnoc Жыл бұрын

He was a terrific song writer and had such a beautiful voice -

@Dannycovich3401 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant song..even today in 2023.

@christinerobinson890 Жыл бұрын

What a voice! And no background vocals. He surely was good. I thought I knew all of his songs, but that was a new one to me. In 1975, when I was 10, we got his greatest hits album. I played until I wore the grooves off!

@markclifford1857 Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 Christine. How are you doing? Hope you are fine, I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

@vickipetrotta8167 Жыл бұрын

They all in heaven now

@HeatherValentineMsFoodie 6 ай бұрын

I think they should just bring back old commercials 😂😂❤❤❤ I LOVE THEM!!

@JT-sz7xc Жыл бұрын

I sure miss John Denver, he was plucked from this earth to soon, what a beautiful voice.

@melcrose Жыл бұрын

He flew an experimental airplane over the ocean. I'm not sure you know what "Plucked" means.

@JT-sz7xc Жыл бұрын

@@melcrose I’m very well aware of how John died, I’ve been a commercial pilot for over 35 years and his plane crash was something I followed to know the cause. Also, the meaning of plucked is to quickly remove, which John was quickly removed from earth. It seams you are the one who doesn’t know the meaning of plucked.

@oldladylovesBruno 7 ай бұрын

I miss John Denver so much. His music, his voice, his love of nature. He left us far too soon. I feel sad when I see videos of him. His death was a rough one for me. But I still listen to his music in my car on long rides. I always will.

@cathyarthur3199 Жыл бұрын

72, my second baby was born, just got out of the baby. Went home to Oregon. So much reminds me of that time, good time. John Denver's music was such a wonderful part. So funny, our doctor was John Denver's double, it would really catch people off guard.

@ClarkieandJoseph Жыл бұрын

Far out! This was fantastic! I was only a couple months old when this aired. What a gentle soul and so damn cute! And the commercials were an added bonus! Thank you! 😊

@yvonnemurray5537 Жыл бұрын

My thought exactly…the commercials really took me back. Wish they would do that on all the Carson vids

@billh.5360 Жыл бұрын

The commercials were great to see again!

@hereandthere9023 5 ай бұрын

I saw John Denver in concert back in the 70s. Great show! Never got close to him, but always admired him. Although he has done a lot of more recognizable songs, I always think of his "Readjustment Blues" when I hear his name.

@AmericanPatriot1776AP Жыл бұрын

What great sole. Rest In Peace John Denver. Gone, but never forgotten.

@daisyday8266 11 ай бұрын

He went to my high school…just a few years before me. He would come back to town and visit with old friends at a breakfast cafe here.

@catherinemelnyk 5 ай бұрын

Some people aren't meant to live to old age...How I miss JD and his music. ❤❤❤

@user-qr9uh1fd8g Ай бұрын

😥

@teresanewman4656 Жыл бұрын

John Denver simply the best

@victorhoe2321 7 ай бұрын

Boy I sure miss John Denver. Maybe, I'm getting old.

@warrenwatters1800 Жыл бұрын

Sure do miss this man...

@adriaanboogaard8571 Жыл бұрын

My mother Loved John Denver. She was old enough to be his mother . She thought he was adorable and left too young . When she passed away we were on the way to the Cemetery and decided to listen to the Radio and out came County Roads take me home ❤ not a dry eye in the car . No doubt. He loved his fans and they him 😁 . We all took it as we don't know what's next but if John and Mom are there it's probably far out and pleasant.

@carmelscott1706 Жыл бұрын

I am 61 and live in Canada. I remember listening to John Denver, in my High School years. I can still picture sitting in the family room, right by the floor model HiFi stereo system, with John Denver's 8Track tape playing. I can still see that. Looking up into the ceiling, picturing the windy Kansas wheat fields. Oh, how the world lost a great talent.

@shanespence6128 Жыл бұрын

I’am 62 and also from Canada, and a great John Denver fan ... I also remember playing and singing John’ s songs in high school . Very similar to you .... I remember seeing John Denver live in concert in Vancouver,B.C. ..... he sounded just like his albums live ...very impressive and incredible voice... He past way too young

@markbrown7103 Жыл бұрын

I always did like John Denver to me. He was a wonderful guitar player. They said he was also a fairly nice person. What a shame to lose such a talented person. I sure miss him, and I always say this he was well loved by many and missed by all. May he rest in peace.🥲🥲🎸😎💖

@robedmunds7163 Жыл бұрын

We are lucky he has left his songs with us.

@mickylawless1941 Жыл бұрын

I saw JD twice back in the day. His concerts were truly amazing. He gave so much of himself when preforming.

@tonya.2113 Жыл бұрын

I saw John in KCMO around 1984. 2.5 hour concert on a rotating stage in the middle of the arena so everyone got a good view of the band. Quite the entertainer and talent.

@old-n-gettinolder Жыл бұрын

Such a legend in my youth... it would be awesome to see his influence in the current era

@bellatrixg Жыл бұрын

No one could pull off a live performance as close to the recorded version as John Denver

@cathyizzo7886 10 ай бұрын

I made a point to see him every chance I got. I think I went to his concerts about a dozen times. One time I remember he broke a guitar string and he was just so funny when it happened. My favorite memory was one time between songs it for quiet for a second and a friend of mine and I shouted "we love you John!" And he replied "I love you too!" We were thrilled. Another time a different friend of mine and I were walking away from the venue and we saw a limo flying by. We ran as fast as we could and waved and JD clearly waved out the window back at us. I generally am not a star struck person except when it came to John Denver.

@bellatrixg 10 ай бұрын

@@cathyizzo7886 Neato! Saw him three times: Ravinia and Arie Crown in Chicago area and West Lafayette at Purdue. Was in Aspen one spring in late 70s during celebrity pro-am race and he skied up right behind me!

@cathyizzo7886 10 ай бұрын

@@bellatrixg ❤️😍🥰

@grumpyoldlady_rants 9 ай бұрын

Damn, I miss this guy. His music was the soundtrack of my youth.

@fawnebrown4619 Жыл бұрын

Was lucky enough to be at that concert at Blossom Music Center. John is correct in saying that pretty much everyone was hoping he'd sing Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio. We were so excited when he did. It was a really fun night and great concert.

@kathym2501 Жыл бұрын

Love John Denver!! Saw him twice before he passed. Rest in peace.

@markclifford1857 Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 Kathy. How are you doing? Hope you are fine

@mdahlbergUtube Жыл бұрын

My first concert was John Denver. My first vinyl albums were John Denver’s ‘Poems, Prayers and Promises’ and the Jackson 5,s ‘Skywriter’. I still love the music from the 70’s and 80’s.

@shaheersk721 Жыл бұрын

His voice is an antidepressant. Rip 😇

@chrisfreeman9960 Жыл бұрын

Very true. Experienced it that way as well.

@andygossard4293 Жыл бұрын

Truly. Some will say he was corny but when you get into each song it seems designed to lift you up.

@Gemmarose9012 Жыл бұрын

I actually find a lot of his songs to be melancholy.

@Querencia7779 Жыл бұрын

This!

@sampickel1030 Жыл бұрын

Wow what a talent he truly was

@sharonjack8582 6 ай бұрын

Genius. JD was so unique. An amazing songwriter with a beautiful voice. I've not heard this song before. Geniuses often have really difficult times with being married and walking the world between people and the spiritual realm. We people on earth are spiritual beings having a human experience. RIP John. You are far from being forgotten.

@kenseibert144 Жыл бұрын

John Denver sang it all perfectly and the songs really tell what life can be in his music a great artist and talent he was born gifted all in the music that he wrote he was a Great music performer that I listen to his music and enjoy ❤️🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶😊

@mattmelcher4435 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful peace loving humanitarian

@transmitterguy478 Жыл бұрын

I was 13 and remember this. I would stay up to watch Johnny at night and really enjoyed his show. Too bad there is not a night show on today like his.

@thomaskeenan574 9 ай бұрын

An outstanding performer so sadly taken away from us I always 😢 shed a tear

@catherinemelnyk Жыл бұрын

I had such a huge crush on John. Great video. He is still so very missed...

@ElizabethValentine Жыл бұрын

Me too, huge John Denver fan. I fell in love with his music on old 8 track tapes, I was around 8 years old. 53 now. This was such a wonderful performance. I was lucky enough to see him once near the end there at Chastain Park. I was walking down by the stage and he saw me, he smiled and waved. One of the best moments of my life for sure :)

@katherineblakely7142 Жыл бұрын

I saw him that night in Chastain!! Omg! Fell in love with him at age 10 in 1974 and my heart still aches that he's gone. I joke with everyone that when I get to heaven, I want to hug him before my mom who I lost in 1992 at age 47. God Bless John Denver! He's been one of the highlights of my entire life!