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ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH heightened John Denver's profile as one of the key folk singers of the 1970s. The record became the artist's first to hit the Top 10 on the strength of its expansive, memorable title track and an overall sound distinguished by a more fully fleshed band, including backing vocals, fiddle, and lap steel. As opposed to ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH's predecessor POEM, PRAYERS AND PROMISES, there is some percussion here as well.
The album is suffused, in lyrical content and its earthy, folky sound, with a feel for open, outdoor spaces (which reflected the singer's growing environmental activism). Even Denver's choices of cover songs, which includes the Beatles' "Mother Nature's Son" and John Prine's "Paradise," feature pastoral imagery, as do his originals "For Baby (For Bobbie)" and the lovely, melancholic "Goodbye Again." The album's closing suite takes the listener on a musical journey from "Summer" to "Spring," and puts a cap on this '70s folk classic.
Arrangers: Dick Kniss; Mike Taylor .Rolling Stone (10/26/72, p.56) - "..a crisp, muscular album with compelling singing and some of the most powerful acoustic guitar-dominated arrangements...in years.." Rocky Mountain High Music John Denver Rocky Mountain High Songs Rocky Mountain High Music Rocky Mountain High Music Review Buy Rocky Mountain High CD Purchase Rocky Mountain High CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | John Denver Windsong CD (1975)
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| | John Denver Poems, Prayers And Promises CD (1971)
Rocky Mountain High
$6.75
John Denver's breakthrough album, 1971's POEMS, PRAYERS AND PROMISES, is also one of his best. In addition to containing two of Denver's strongest and best-known compositions, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Sunshine on My Shoulders," POEMS, PRAYERS AND PROMISES epitomizes the straightforward folk of the artist's early recordings, without the ...
| | John Denver Back Home Again (Rca) CD (1974) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Rocky Mountain High
$7.59
As the 1970s progressed, John Denver slowly moved away from the melancholy folk-singer mode that characterized his early albums and towards a brighter, more country-inflected sound. BACK HOME AGAIN crystallizes the latter phase, and consequently proved one of Denver's most commercially successful albums. In large part, this has to do with the fine batch of songs here, which includes the warm, comforting title track; the lazy, lilting "Cool an' Green an' Shady;" and the sprightly "Grandma's ...
| | John Denver Greatest Hits CD (1973) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Rocky Mountain High
$7.59
Released in 1973, Greatest Hits only sums up a handful of years of hitmaking for John Denver, but what years those were. Between 1971 and 1973, Denver actually didn't have that many hits, but they were songs that defined him -- "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Rocky Mountain High," and "Sunshine on My Shoulders." Those three songs, along with "Leaving on a Jet Plane" -- which he wrote but Peter, Paul & Mary made into a standard -- are all here, along with seven other early songs recorded between 1969 and 1973 that may not be familiar to the average casual fan, but all capture Denver's warm folk-pop at its best. There may be more hits on Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, but this collection is every bit as engaging as that record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Released in 1973, Greatest Hits only sums up a handful of years of hitmaking for John Denver, but what years those were. Between 1971 and 1973, Denver actually didn't have that many hits, but they were songs that defined him -- "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Rocky Mountain High," and "Sunshine on My Shoulders." Those three songs, along with "Leaving on a Jet Plane" -- which he wrote but Peter, ...
| | John Denver Rhymes & Reasons CD (1969) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Rocky Mountain High
$7.59 
Relative newcomer John Denver -- his work with the Chad Mitchell Trio notwithstanding -- released his debut in 1969 to a relatively empty room. It wasn't until Peter, Paul & Mary took the singer/songwriter's "Leaving, on a Jet Plane" to the top of the charts later in the year that he began his ascent from fresh-faced folkie to America's best-selling recording artist in 1974. While the producers did their best to position Denver away from the dwindling folk scene by incorporating lush orchestrations and murky backing vocals, there was absolutely no way that they could remove the artist's heartfelt delivery and gentle disposition. RCA tested the waters by filling Rhymes & Reasons with reliable covers like "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "The Love of the Common People," but it's the four Denver originals that caught the ears and hearts of what would eventually become a gargantuan fan base. The sweet, soft, and ferociously earnest title track, the whimsical "Daydream," "Circus," and the formidable "Jet Plane" -- the latter was originally called "Oh ...
| | John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas CD (1975)
Rocky Mountain High
$6.09
This 1998 reissue contains 5 bonus tracks (including the previously
unreleased "White Christmas") not included on the original release.
John Denver's music always had a warm, home-spun quality to it, so it isn't surprising that his 1975 holiday effort, Rocky Mountain Christmas, is a wonderfully low-key and friendly Christmas album. Divided between classic carols and new numbers, such as the fine "Aspenglow" and "Christmas for Cowboys," the album is ...
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Rocky Mountain High
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Rocky Mountain High
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| | Darius Rucker Back To Then CD (2002)
Rocky Mountain High
$8.05
Unlike the rustic roots-rock fodder Darius Rucker has become known for as frontman for Hootie & The Blowfish, his debut BACK TO THEN has its roots in the R&B he was exposed to by his mom as a kid growing up in South Carolina. To that end, Rucker signed on to neo-soul diva Jill Scott's Hidden Beach imprint and delivers 13 soulful cuts that include "Sometimes I Wonder," a breathy duet with Scott (who the genial singer describes as his Tammi Terrell).
In keeping with the album's overall theme, Rucker includes a cover of Al Green's "I'm Glad You're Mine" dedicated to his late mother Carolyn and packed with the perfect combination of snappy rhythms, laid-back horn arrangements and subtle phrasing that would do Willie Mitchell and Reverend Green proud. Other songs of note include the hand-in-glove Snoop Dogg duet "Sleeping In My Bed," the mellow, horn-driven "Wild One," and a raw, goosebump-inducing a cappella reading of "Amazing Grace" that segues into the lush gospel crossover workout "Somewhere." Hootie fans will be interested to check out Rucker's testifying throughout "Ten Years," the final say on a failed relationship first chronicled on the 1995 hit "Let Her Cry."
Includes liner notes by Steve McKeever.
Hootie/Blowfish Lead Singer. Guests:Lil Mo,Snoop,Jill Scott
Personnel: Darius Rucker (vocals, background vocals); Jill Scott, Snoop Dogg (vocals); Jay Williams, Keith Henderson, Rick Williams (guitar); Erik Sayles (acoustic guitar); Emma Kummrow (violin); Davis A. Barnett (viola); Larry Gold (cello); Andy Snitzer (alto saxophone); Jeff Kievit, Jim Hynes (trumpet); Ivan Dupée (Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, organ, synthesizer, programming, drum programming); Keith Pelzer (Fender Rhodes piano); Byron Williams (organ); Vidal Davis (drums); Edward "DJ Eddie F" Ferrell, Gus Rickette, Darrin Lightly (drum programming); Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Eric Roberson, Daniel Johnson , Gwenita Jackson, Jimmy Cozier, Kipper Jones, Lil' Mo, Antoinette Roberson, Ryan Toby, Vivian Green, Woody Harrelson ...
| | Andy Leftwich Ride CD (2003)
Rocky Mountain High
$14.29
Andy Leftwich is one of those fiddlers everyone talks about in whispers, usually after having seen him tear up the stage as a member of Ricky Skaggs' Kentucky Thunder band. Equally adept on mandolin as the fiddle and a better than average guitarist as well, ...
| | Carolyn Mark Pros And Cons Of Collaboration CD (2004)
Rocky Mountain High
$13.35
Vancouver-based singer Carolyn Mark is from the old-time era of country music as defined on the sweeping "Overture," which moves from dirge-like arrangements to early honky-tonk to a traditional country lament. It sounds as if it's sampled, but is far too polished to be just that. The country overtones give way to more of a vaudeville-meets-ragtime aura on "2 Days Smug and Sober," with Mark's vocals more controlled. "I'm more in love ...
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Rocky Mountain High
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Rocky Mountain High
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| | Dean Evenson Soundings Global Rhythm Collection CD (2008)
Rocky Mountain High
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