John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads

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“Take Me Home, Country Roads” – Single by John Denver from the album Poems, Prayers & Promises
Released: April 12, 1971

“Take Me Home, Country Roads”, also known simply as “Country Roads”, is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard’s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971.

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The country roads in this song are in West Virginia, but Denver had never even been to West Virginia. Bill and Taffy Danoff started writing the song while driving to Maryland – they’d never been to West Virginia either! Danoff got his inspiration from postcards sent to him by a friend who DID live there, and from listening to the powerful AM station WWVA out of Wheeling, West Virginia, which he picked up in Massachusetts when he was growing up.

The song represents a state of mind rather than a specific location, even though it is set in West Virginia. “It was the idea of country roads anywhere that inspired the song,” Bill Danoff told the Library of Congress. “The thought that originally drove me to write the song, that this experience of enjoying driving down the country road, was a universal one and it proved to be correct… People all over seem to like those ‘country roads’ that promise to go to the place you belong.”

In 1969, it really did seem idyllic in a way. Other than the farms and a few houses, there was nothing between Gaithersburg and Boyds other than the few stores and a few businesses in Germantown, and a gas station/country store at the corner of Clopper Road and Rt. 118.

Today, the road is built up from Quince Orchard Road to Seneca Creek, but the last mile or two is like it was back then. The concrete batch plant has been gone for a number of years, the old B&O railroad flag stop is now a MARC commuter rail stop for Boyds, but the rest of Clopper Road has been sold to housing developments. The trip from Rt. 118 to Boyds and to Dickerson beyond is still one of the nicest and peaceful drives in the Metropolitan area.

John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (Live from The Wildlife Concert)
John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads

Take Me Home, Country Roads, este probabil, cea mai cunoscută melodie a lui John Denver. A fost compusă de  Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, și John Denver. Piesa a fost lansată pe disc single la 12 Aprilie 1971 și a fost inclusă pe albumul Poems, Prayers & Promises, lansat în aceiași lună.
Compoziția melodiei a fost începută de Bill și Taffy Danoff (erau căsătoriți atunci), iar John i-a ajutat cu ultimele elemente. A doua zi după ce au compus piesa au cântat-o pe scenă.
John Denver a realizat că are un hit, și toți 3 au înregistrat la scurt timp piesa la un studio din New York, Bill și Taffy, făcând backgound vocal.

Bill și Taffy, au avut în minte melodia pentru Johnny Cash, nefiind siguri că se potrivește lui John Denver. În aceea vreme, ei erau într-o formație numită Fat City. John Denver a mai întregistrat și alte cântece compuse de Bill și Taffy Danoff.

Video este o înregistrare live din 22 Februarie 1995, la Sony Studios din New York. Concertul a avut că scop strângerea de fonduri pentru Național Wildlife Foundation, și a fost lansat pe CD și DVD în 1995.

John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads

 

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