American Songwriter

Almost Heaven: The Story Behind “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver

On April 17, 1861, the Virginia Secession Convention voted to secede from the Union. Not all of the delegates agreed, leading to a vote to determine whether a new state would be created. In the ...
American Songwriter

Watch the Only Ever Performance Between Johnny Cash and John Denver—“Take Me Home Country Roads”

One of Cash’s alleged motivations for doing this performance is because “Take Me Home Country Roads” was originally intended to be his song. Written by Bill Danoff and Tyler Nivert, they planned to ...
People

Lana Del Rey Releases Dreamy Cover of John Denver's 'Take Me Home, Country Roads': Listen!

The Grammy-nominated singer dropped the surprise cover on Friday Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Lana Del Rey makes a reference to a John Denver song on the ...
Business Insider

Twitch's new CEO has some pipes! A clip of him singing 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' during an impromptu, low-key livestream has gone viral.

Earlier this week the new CEO of Twitch, Dan Clancy, took to his own channel for an impromptu performance. The former NASA researcher started singing classic songs, including 'Take me Home, Country ...