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John Denver

John Denver. Singer Songwriter Musician Humanitarian. Nicknamed jitterbug because he was always singing Started playing guitar at age 12 Most of his college experience involved making music and sometimes getting paid for it Dropped out of college in 1263 to pursue music.

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John Denver

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  1. John Denver Singer Songwriter Musician Humanitarian

  2. Nicknamed jitterbug because he was always singing • Started playing guitar at age 12 • Most of his college experience involved making music and sometimes getting paid for it • Dropped out of college in 1263 to pursue music Henry john deutschendorf1943-1997 Born December 31 in Roswell New Mexico 1974 Back Home Again album: This Old Guitar His music as in this song is usually acoustic, guitar heavy and void of percussion and fancy extras. He has a beautiful clear-tone, tenor voice.

  3. Moved to LA and began performing with the Chad Mitchell Trio • 1967 Marries wife Annie (1982 they get divorced) • 1969 RCA records signed John • John Denver died in 1977 when an experimental airplane he was driving crashed Biography continued “Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics, or the expression of our love and faith, music proves we are the same” ~ John Denver

  4. John’s music 1969- Rhymes and Reasons 1971-Poems Prayers and Promises 1972-Rocky Mountain High 1973- John Denver’s Greatest Hits 1974- Back Home Again 1975-Windsong Several more… 1997- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2007- The Colorado legislature adopts Rocky Mountain High as one of two official Colorado state songs

  5. (explain what makes it country) Crossover artist: Country Country Songs/Style: Thank God I’m a Country Boy Country dialect and themes Classic country instruments Sincerity in delivery Clapping

  6. Crossover artist: Folk Consciousness, instrument of advocacy Softer Protest Songs It’s About Time 1985- Receives the Distinguished Public Service Medal from NASA and the Presidential World without hunger award from President Reagan. 1992- First American artist to preform in communist China.

  7. John Denver and The Muppets A Christmas Together • Perhaps Love sang with Placido Domingo • SangEdelweisson a TV Special with Julie Andrews Crossover artist: Interesting collaborations

  8. "John Denver." Britannica Book of the Year, 1998. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158108/John-Denver>. • Stansfield, John. John Denver: Man for the World. Palmer Lake: Filter Press,      2008. Print. • John Denver. Red Light Management, 2012. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.      <http://johndenver.com>. Bibliography

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