Rocky Mountain High (album)
Encyclopedia
Rocky Mountain High is the sixth album released by American
singer-songwriter
John Denver
in September 1972. It was his first Top 10 album, propelled by the single "Rocky Mountain High".
United States
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
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...
in September 1972. It was his first Top 10 album, propelled by the single "Rocky Mountain High".
Side 1
- "Rocky Mountain HighRocky Mountain High"Rocky Mountain High" is a folk-rock song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor about Colorado, and is one of the two official state songs of Colorado. Recorded by Denver, it went to number nine on the US Hot 100 in 1973...
" (Denver, Mike Taylor)- 4:37 - "Mother Nature's SonMother Nature's Son"Mother Nature's Son" is a Lennon–McCartney song, written primarily by Paul McCartney and released by The Beatles on The Beatles . It was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the Beatles were in India. The same lecture inspired Lennon's unreleased song "Child of Nature",...
" (John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
/Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
)- 2:28 - "ParadiseParadise (John Prine song)"Paradise" is a song written by John Prine for his father, and recorded for his 1971 debut album, John Prine. Prine also re-recorded the song for his 1986 album, German Afternoons. The song is about the impact of coal mining both while in activity and what happens to the area around the Green River...
" (John PrineJohn PrineJohn Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...
)- 2:13 - "For Baby (For Bobbie)" (Denver)- 2:57
- "Darcy Farrow" (Steve Gillette, Tom Campbell)- 4:22
- "Prisoners" (Denver)- 3:36
Side 2
- "Goodbye Again" (Denver)- 3:36
- "Season Suite: Summer" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) -2:51
- "Season Suite: Fall" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) - 1:38
- "Season Suite: Winter" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) - 1:36
- "Season Suite: Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes To Mexico)" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) - 4:00
- "Season Suite: Spring" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) - 2:27
Personnel
- John Denver - guitar, vocals, arrangements
- Gary ChesterGary ChesterGary Chester was one of the 20th century's busiest studio drummers. Gary is counted as one of the greats when it comes to studio session musicians. His work appears on thousands of tracks, including hundreds of hit records from the '50s, '60s and '70s...
- drums - Eric WeissbergEric WeissbergEric 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 - William DanoffBill DanoffBill Danoff is an American songwriter and singer. His best known song as a performer is "Afternoon Delight", which Danoff performed as a member of the Starland Vocal Band...
, Martin Habib, Bruce Innes, Mike Kebluk, Taffy Nivert - vocals - Richard Kniss - bass, arranger
- Frank Owens - piano
- Paul Prestopino - guitar, autoharp
- Mike Taylor - guitar