Farewell Andromeda is the seventh album by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 John Denver

John Denver

Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...

, released in June 1973. The LP made Billboard's Top 20, reaching #16, with three singles subsequently released: "I'd Rather Be A Cowboy" [#62 POP, #25 AC], "Farewell Andromeda" [#89 POP, #20 AC] and "Please, Daddy" [#69 POP, #69 C&W].

Each single was only marginally successful; however, Denver soon became a megastar the following year with "Sunshine On My Shoulders," "Annie's Song" and "Back Home Again," among others.

Farewell Andromeda is also remembered quite fondly for Denver's cover version of John Prine

John Prine

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's "Angel From Montgomery."

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated

1. "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)"
2. "Berkeley Woman'" (Bryan Bowers
   Bryan Bowers
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   )
3. "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" (Bill Danoff
   Bill Danoff
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   , Taffy Nivert)
4. "Angels From Montgomery" (John Prine
   John Prine
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   )
5. "River of Love" (J.M. Sommers)
6. "Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada)"
7. "Whiskey Basin Blues"
8. "Sweet Misery" (Hoyt Axton
   Hoyt Axton
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   )
9. "Zachary and Jennifer"
10. "We Don't Live Here No More" (Bill Danoff)
11. "Farewell Andromeda (Welcome To My Morning)"

Personnel

• John Denver - guitar, vocals
• Eric Weissberg
  Eric Weissberg
  Eric Weissberg is an American banjo player, best known for the theme from the movie Deliverance.-Biography:Eric Weissberg went to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, then the Juilliard School of Music. He joined an early version of the Greenbriar Boys , but left before they made any recordings....
  
   - banjo, steel guitar
• Jan Camp Garrett - mandolin, vocals
• Victor Garrett - bass, vocals
• Lawrence Gottlieb - steel guitar, vocals
• Lee Holdridge
  Lee Holdridge
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   - string arrangements
• Michael Holmes - piano
• Richard Kniss - bass
• Herb Lovelle - dums
• George Marge - horn
• Frank Owens - piano
• Paul Prestopino - guitar, autoharp
• John Sommers - banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Toots Thielemans
  Toots Thielemans
  Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century...
  
   - harmonica
• Don Wardell - Executive Producer
• Bryan Bowers - autoharp
• Chip Taylor, Steve Chapin, William Danoff
  William Danoff
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  , Steve Mandell, Martin Habib, Taffy Nivert - vocals