Chronological Review of John Denver’s Albums, Part X: 1980-1981

[@graygrand]

Again I’m enjoying your talks about John Denver music. Wish I could have seen him in person.

[@CorinneHSmith]

If you get a recording of The Wildlife Concert of 1995, you can come pretty close to experiencing the atmosphere in person. Thanks for watching!

[@graygrand]

@ I was able to watch the wildlife Concert on of the streaming channels.. That was good.

[@CorinneHSmith]

Good for you!

[@jansmith6229]

I first saw John in 1975 on the Evening with John Denver tour in Chicago. It was the same set list as the album including juggling. It included the videos behind him during Mother Nature's Son and Matthew. Pretty trail blazing at the time. I had seen Fat City (Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert) in 1971 in Montreal, Ontario, Canada in the US Pavillion at the expo center. They told us about John Denver and writing Take Me Home, Country Roads with him. A great and memorable experience.

[@CorinneHSmith]

COOL BEANS! I lusted after seeing John in concert, from the time "An Evening with John Denver" came out, to five years later when I finally had the local chance. I play the album on the same night I knew he was performing in Philadelphia, pretending I was there ...

[@erikspurrell8021]

And i have it on Cd but only 13 songs and iTunes

[@erikspurrell8021]

And i also have it on Cd And iTunes

[@ErnestIII83]

Didn't know all that about the Some Days Are Diamonds album. Bummer since I actually like that one a good deal. Don't mean to brag, but I have that Japan DVD as part of a 5-disc (!!!) DVD set from Eagle Rock/Eagle Vision called Around The World Live which also has Live in Australia 1977, Live in England 1986 (very interesting one since he's wearing a bit of eye makeup for some reason and he's a little under the weather but he pulls through like the pro he was), another show in Japan but it's solo acoustic and it's from 1984, his three Farm Aid performances, his 1990 Earth Day program and Day At The Bighorn.

[@CorinneHSmith]

VERY COOL! I'll catch up with those DVDs, one of these days. 🙂

[@ErnestIII83]

@@CorinneHSmith There are clips of them here on KZbin anyway, so. About that England 1986 show, he was either under the weather or just losing his voice a bit since he'd been on a long grueling tour during that period. His voice cracks a bit here and there, but like I said, he pulled through like a pro and put on a good performance anyway. Really enjoying your John Denver videos. I think you're the only one on here talking about him in this way. Looking forward to the next one. All the best. 😊

[@CorinneHSmith]

When I look online at some of the old touring schedules of John and others from the 1970s-1980s-1990s -- I don't know how they did it. The record companies were pushing performers to be out there to sell records. And the musicians were in different cities, every other day, with the expectation to be at their best, over and over again. I'm a public speaker myself at times. And I did one specific program more than 100 times over five years. That was enough for me. It's exhausting being "on" for several hours a day. I don't know how and why they tolerated it.