Hi all Just created this for my fellow John Denver fans and all interested in an environment/entertainer/musician/idol with a vision for the world. Rob

Excellent topic for a really kind, gentle and wonderful man who left us far too soon. Now if only we could get rid of this wallpaper. William, put the pajamas back or something from my files. This is awful and Alexander no longer comes to Spring. PLEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!

Hi all Some of John Denver's lesser known songs like American Child, and Stonehaven Sunset, tell of things and lessons that I think all should hear. Take for example these lines from Stonehaven Sunset: Stonehaven Sunset, the desert's on fire, Christ on the cross again burns with desire, They are shooting at random though they aim at us all, It's the children who rise up and the children who fall. And: Stonehaven Sunset, the city's on fire, The soldiers just smile and say this gun's for hire, Give into the beast boy, give into the thrill, It's just human nature to hunt and to kill. The September 11 monsters were "shooting at random" but their collective hate was "aimed at us all" Words like these tell a story or a message that a lost of people do not hear, know or want to know. John Denver was more than a musician and entertainer: he was a man with a vision for making the world better and he had the determination to play his role. He founded Plant-it-2000 to support the environment and also Windstar. Rob

Hi all What do people think of the quotes in the previous message? Rob

They are strong messages and I can see them from several aspects John Danver never dreamed of like the World Trade Center attack. When do we stop blaming the innocent and get really angry with the perpetrators for a change?

Hi all As angry and shocked as I am certain he would have been, I think he would have recognised that US Foreign Policy and Western society does have some faults. I think with countries like Afghanistan, he would hope that greater understanding of Western culture by Muslims and others, and vice versa would reduce conflict. I hope the same will improve Western society and in turn help make nation infertile for terrorism. His view of the world taught me that a military solution for things like this is half the answer only. A better understanding of other cultures and vice versa would do that. Rob

We are human like all the rest of the human inhabitants on earth. We all make mistakes and hindsight is always the clearer and wiser. We are a big nation of many diverse ideals and backgrounds. It is not easy and I have voted for losers in elections often enough to know one person can't really make much of a difference on the higher levels. I try to take care of my little plot and hope it propagates out to those who CAN do something about it. John Denver would have been horrified just as the rest of us have been.

I have also hear discussions with American Muslims about why they are not speaking out and joining in the fray. Some have said they are so new to this country and to the West that they are too busy with making a living for their young families to do so. It would behoove their leaders to take the time to assert what is true and honorable about being Muslim. The terrorists are hiding behind the Muslim name and it is being badly tarnished!

Hi all Some of his songs have important messages, as I indicated earlier. One song that has an important theme is "I want to live", teaching us to embrace what we have on Earth and leave something behind for our children and their offspring. Rob

Amen to that. I fear, with few exceptions, we are raising a nation of users and pillagers of the earth with little regard for what comes after them. I think fewer of us need to drive and more of us need to plan weekly store visits instead of daily or twice-daily runs. Yeah, I'm old-fahsioned.

Hi all How many have heard Rocky Mountain High? Rock Mountain High is John Denver's life story told as a song, and a signature song of his that could almost immediately be associated with him. He was born in the summer of his 27th year, (His life as the world knew it was born in 1970, when he moved to Aspen Colorado) Coming home to a place he had never been before, (Had not been there until then and it immediately felt like home) He left yesterday behind him, (His yesteryear was another life) You might say he was born again, (Hence his rebirth) Now his life is full of wonder, But his heart still knows some fear, (Opposed to the Denver bid for the winter olympics because of the environmental risks) Why they try to tear the mountains down, to bring in a couple more, (Large sections of the area where the facilities were to be built were on pristine land) More people more scars upon the land, (Land no longer pristine) These are segments of Rocky Mountain High and my attempt to explain what he was saying in his music. Rob

Hi all I want to sing for you on here, "This old guitar", which John Denver wrote as a tribute to the guitar that spawned his career. This Old Guitar This song appears on eight albums, and was first released on the Back Home Again Album, and has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 2, Favourites, The Country Roads Collection and The Rocky Mountain Collection Albums. Live versions also appears on the An Evening With John Denver, Country Classics and The Wildlife Concert Albums. This old guitar taught me to sing a love song It showed me how to laugh and how to cry It introduced me to some friends of mine And brightened up some days It helped me make it through some lonely nights Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night This old guitar gave me my lovely lady It opened up her eyes and ears to me It brought us close together I guess it broke her heart It opened up the space for us to be What a lovely place and a lovely space to be This old guitar gave me my life my living All the things you know I love to do To serenade the stars that shine From a sunny mountainside Most of all to sing my songs for you I love to sing my songs for you Yes, I do, you know I love to sing my songs for you Rob

Rob, This was a man who lived far beyond his time.He believed in things that are just now being accepted for what is right to do. as long as his music lives on so will his dreams and through those dreams and his music so will we. BJ

Hi all And here is one for any Canadians here. It is called Rocky Mountain Suite but is also known as Cold Nights in Canada. Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta Two men and four ponies on a long, lonesome ride To see the high country and learn of her people The ways that they live there, the ways that they die One is a teacher, and one a beginner Just wanting to be there, wanting to know And together they�re trying to tell us a story That should have been listened to long, long ago How the life in the mountains is living in danger From too many people, too many machines And the time is upon us, today is forever Tomorrow is just one of yesterday�s dreams Cold nights in Canada and icy blue winds The man and the mountains are brothers again Clear waters are laughing, they sing to the skies The Rockies are living, they never will die Up in a meadow in Jasper, Alberta Two men and four ponies on a long, lonesome ride. Words and music by John Denver. Rob

Hi all John Denver was a man of great environmental consciousness and I want to share that in this song that he wrote. It has themes in it that all can learn from. I WANT TO LIVE. There are children raised in sorrow On a scorched and barren plain There are children raised beneath a golden sun There are children of the water Children of the sand And they cry out through the universe Their voices raised as one I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live Have you gazed out on the ocean Seen the breaching of a whale? Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam? Have you heard the song the humpback hears five hundred miles away Telling tales of ancient history of passages and home? I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live For the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar For the native and the wanderer in kind For the maker and the user and the mother and her son I am looking for my family and all of you are mine We are standing all together Face to face and arm in arm We are standing on the threshold of a dream No more hunger no more killing No more wasting life away It is simply an idea And I know its time has come I want to live I want to grow I want to see I want to know I want to share what I can give I want to be I want to live

Hi all Brenda Boone had the good graces to send me the Wildlife Concert video whose proceeds all go to the Wildlife Conservation Society. Rob