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John Denver

  • Birth

    Birth
    He was born in Roswell (New Mexico).
  • His first guitar

    His first guitar
    He got into the world of music when his grandmother gave him his first guitar when he was 12 years old,(1910 Gibson acoustic guitar).
  • His musical beginnings

    His musical beginnings
    He dropped out of college and moved to Los Angeles, California to join the Chad Mitchell Trio, a folk group.
  • Solo career

    Solo career
    He left the group, then known as Denver, Boise and Johnson,to start a solo career.
  • First record

    First record
    This year he released his first LP, (Rhymes and Reasons). For the next four years (1969-1973), he established himself as a star of the popular American song.
  • Films

    Films
    He had a minor career as an actor. His most notable film-was "Oh, God!".
  • He recorded other specials (Some other TV productions)

    He recorded other specials (Some other TV productions)
    John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together. He recorded other specials.
  • Conservation projects in Africa

    Conservation projects in Africa
    Denver was also very interested in the causes and solutions of hunger, and visited Africa to witness first hand the suffering caused by hunger and also to work with African leaders to find a solution.
  • Environment projet

    Environment projet
    He also founded his own environmental group called Windstar Foundation.
  • Conservation projets in Alaska

    Conservation projets in Alaska
    He helped create the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
  • Tour with P.D

    Tour with P.D
    He was presented together with the tenor Plácido Domingo
  • More TV productions

    More TV productions
    He recorded other specials with dolls John Denver and the Muppets: Rocky Mountain Holiday.
  • Going to court

    Going to court
    Denver testified along with Frank Zappa and Dee Snider on a censorship issue at a PMRC hearing.
  • Festival

    Festival
    He appeared at the XXVI International Song Festival of Viña del Mar (Chile) and caused a great success in that country.
  • Project with the Soviet singer Alexandre Gradsky

    Project with the Soviet singer Alexandre Gradsky
    He was presented in China, the Soviet Union and in the recently devastated Chernobyl. The effort of Denver to strengthen ties between the opposing powers in the Cold War led him to record a song against the arms race together with the Soviet singer Alexandre Gradsky, the first time the regime allowed something similar.
  • Tours in china

    Tours in china
    John Denver traveled even further to appear in China.
  • Autobiography

    Autobiography
    He wrote an autobiography titled "Take Me Home".
  • Penformance in Vietman

    Penformance in Vietman
    He sang in Vietnam, being the first time that an American artist sang after the Vietnam War.
  • Nature series

    Nature series
    He was recording an episode of (Nature Series), focused on natural wonders, the inspiration of his most beloved songs. The result is a moving and melodic film that records his last trips into the wilderness and contains his latest song "Yellowstone, Coming Home," composed while navigating the Colorado River with his son and young daughter.
  • Death

    Death
    As an experienced pilot, Denver had its own Learjet, gliders and flew on aerobatic planes and sometimes on an F-15. This passion for the air cost Denver his life when he fell into the sea in his recently acquired Rutan Long-EZ (N555JD) on.