John Denver: Country Boy

00:00:16 the singer John Denver took off to test his new plane.

00:03:15 My eyes hurt. Sometimes I feel a little nauseous from the smog.

00:05:36 but joined the Air Force in the Second World War and soon became a top pilot.

00:07:53 - "Has got to go!" - "..Has got to go!"

00:10:13 And we looked at him and said, "John - it's PO-li-tics."

00:12:42 Milt Okun passed the song onto another of his acts

00:15:38 The songs were intimate and personal

00:18:09 Take Me Home, Country Roads.

00:20:49 it was just a "tsch-tsch-tsch-tsch."

00:23:33 And we're all camping and we're laying out under the stars

00:26:26 The six-part series combined music, dance and comedy routines.

00:29:01 And he left to go skiing.

00:31:15 My daughter had it played at her wedding.

00:34:04 or the most underground music.

00:36:30 ♪ Blue, just a Kansas summer sky. ♪

00:39:03 He's my father, John Deutschendorf.

00:41:20 He had a great smile and you accepted him in your house.

00:43:25 I don't think he ever accepted the fact that he was as good as he was.

00:46:08 and he was ahead of his time.

00:48:41 ♪ This is the way you lose your very best friend

00:51:31 and she joined his life on the road and his campaigning.

00:54:07 But John Denver had a loyal fanbase

00:56:45 I think he was a great artist.

12:19:09 Monterey Airport, California