Whatever it was, I rejoiced in his lyrics and guitar chords, and mourned when he died far too young.Įven today, I still hang onto every word as he sings the words to This Old Guitar, the painfully honest love song he wrote about the 1910 Gibson guitar his grandmother gave him at the age of 12 and how it so very affected the path his life took.
Perhaps it was his love of the Rocky Mountains that reflected my own love of the Blue Ridge, or maybe it was his appreciation of the simple things like the outdoors, good friends around a campfire, and the power of music to heal a hurting soul that drew me to him. the vintage-John Denver I'm Sorry, and later in his career the hauntingly heart-tugging Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight, John Denver has been my favorite singer/songwriter since 1969. but it lives on because his songs are still with us.įrom his earliest music like the quietly simple Poems, Prayers & Promises to the fun and rowdy Thank God I'm a Country Boy and Grandma's Feather Bed to the little known but one of my favorites to play on the guitar Shipmates and Cheyenne. In a sense, for me the music died that day. The birth of baby Daisy Eloise now makes her a grandmother.ĭenver was tragically killed in October of 1997 at the age of 53 when the plane he was flying crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Anna Kate and Zach's mother is Annie of the innocently beautiful Annie's Song fame who was married to Denver from 1967-1982, and still lives in Colorado. His daughter Anna Kate, 35, who lives in New Zealand with her husband Jaime Hutter, gave birth to a daughter, Daisy Eloise, on December 21, 2011.Īnna Kate's brother and Denver's son Zachery, 35, lives with his wife Jennifer in Basalt, Colorado. John Denver - forever in our minds as the youthful, blonde-headed, wire-rimmed granny glasses-wearing troubadour - would now be a 67-year-old grandpa if he had lived.
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