John Denver is still flying high, 25 years after he died and 50 years after he released his song that became a soundtrack for this state, 'Rocky Mountain High.'
is enjoying a resurgence today,
Author G. Brown, who interviewed Denver and helped found the Colorado Music Hall of Fame, worked with the singer’s estate to go through his personal effects for exhibits at the Hall, which was originally at the 1STBANK Center and is now at the Trading Post at Red Rocks. “We put it on display at the 1STBANK Center on a little pedestal. Then, I think it was after a Halloween show, some drunken idiot walked out with it,” Brown recalls. It was never found., a website that serves as a hub for multimedia music history, with podcasts, videos, profiles and books. He looks back on John Denver’s career as a reporter, not a music critic, and he doesn’t agree with beating up on Denver’s hit songs. “I never wanted to play the rock critic game,” he says.
A musical revue of his songs hit the stage in 2006; DVDs of his 1970s specials are hot collectibles today.
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