Canadian Singer's First Time Hearing John Denver - Rocky Mountain High | MUSIC REACTION VIDEO 

What a great song for the holidays…. John (Düsseldorf) Denver is probably the greatest singer/songwriter in my opinion. My personal favorite is Calipso, the name of the boat owned by Jacque Cousteau, famous sea explorer, He really captures the essence of the sea. Happy holidays!

@@malcolmberke4862 it's Deutschendorf His father was a Lt. Col. in the military.

@@davidcochran6291 thank you. I stand corrected.

The studio version of this is so much better, IMO. You should really listen to that one.

THIS SONG WAS USED IN THE HORROR FILM, 'FINAL DESTINATIONM'!!!

And he starred in the movies too! He made three or four movies I believe including the ‘Oh God’ movies with George Burns.

I saw John Denver in concert, during his "Evening With..." tour, at the Capital Centre, in Largo, Maryland. It was like being in church... Best concert EVER!!

You forgot the song that put him on the map: "Take Me Home Country Roads".

Your comment really sums it up. When I was a kid John Denver was this young, goofy and cool singer, actor and the biggest entertainer who was able to cross genres and perform with all other mega celebrities of the time. His celebrity was 100% talent based and clean. In 1985 as his star was fading and he was going through personal struggles I was in the summer before senior year of high school. I went to a non denominational Christian camp in Canada with a youth group. There were rumors that John was in the area which was very remote and that the camp was reaching out to him to come sing for us. As the week came to a close nothing happened. As they were serving dessert after dinner on our last night they announced a special guest and proceeded to introduce John Denver. One of the camp leaders came out dressed like 1971 John Denver and began playing CountryRoads. I was so mad... We'd been had! Then one of the the councilors interrupted him and they got into an argument about him not being JD. After a back and forth about his cowboy hat fake John said he'd prove that John Denver wears a cowboy hat. He walked into the kitchen and a moment later the real John Denver walked out in a cowboy hat! There was probably less than 150 kids and adult chaperones in the room and he played a full solo concert as if he was on TV or at a sold out stadium. He told the background of each song and what he was thinking when he wrote them. He shared personal stories of his life and faith. He had just performed in the Soviet Union which was a big deal at the time so he talked about that and sang the last verse of Annie's Song in Russian. The Perseid Meteor Shower was going on and he explained "raining fire in the sky" and told us to stay up late and watch the shooting stars which we did. It was pretty incredible that he did that for us, during his vacation with family and friends but I think he really truly loved sharing his music with people.

@@SquawkCode Great story and experience! He probably enjoyed performing the small concert a lot more than the any large one or media special, going back to you roots it's called. That's where the love of performing takes place. Thanks for sharing!

Seriously, but I guess that's what happens. Maybe it got overplayed or something and just got "banned" if you know what I mean. But yeah, you'd think it would be playing as background music in stores etc.

A dozen times a week.

Or anywhere in the USA, for that matter.

Looking for space

Agree!!

I agree!

Yes yes yes. Better pacing and the opening guitar from Mike Taylor.

The guitars! It’s hard to realize it, but there’s no percussion, no anything but guitars.

Yes, why for heaven's sake react to a much lesser quality live version?

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It does hit different at altitude!

This song gives me a c o l o r a d o a colorado

Big butt a blue blue Big o blue bed give ya colorado