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‘John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High’ 1974 Concert Special To Air On PBS In 2023

November 2, 2022/by Lydia Farthing

John Denver. Photo: Courtesy of Sacks & Co.

The John Denver estate is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his beloved song, “Rocky Mountain High,” teaming up with Sony Legacy to digitize John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High. The concert special, which will air on PBS in spring 2023, was filmed in 1974 at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater and features many of Denver’s hits of the time.

The title track from his 1972 album was Denver’s first top 10 album and was officially recognized as a state song of Colorado in 2007. A limited-edition blue vinyl reissue of the album is out now on Windstar Records and Secretly Distribution.

In the early 70’s, Denver was one of the first artists to share an environmental message through his music, contributing to a number of charitable and environmental causes. He has received a number of civic and humanitarian awards over the years, including the Presidential World Without Hunger Award for his work with The Hunger Project and UNICEF, the National Wildlife Federation Conservation Achievement Award and the NASA Medal for Public Service.

A two-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Poet Laureate of Colorado, Denver released 23 studio albums in his lifetime. He is best known for songs such as “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” “Sunshine On My Shoulders,” “Annie’s Song” and “Rocky Mountain High.”

Denver has sold over 33 million records, earned seven Billboard Top Ten Albums in the U.S., and has notched seven multi-Platinum, 13 Platinum and 20 Gold certified albums.

Rocky Mountain High Track List:
Side One
1. Rocky Mountain High
2. Mother Nature’s Son
3. Paradise
4. For Baby (For Bobbie)
5. Darcy Farrow
6. Prisoners

Side Two
1. Goodbye Again
2. Season Suite: Summer
3. Season Suite: Fall
4. Season Suite: Winter
5. Season Suite: Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes to Mexico)
6. Season Suite: Spring

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