Take Me Home, Country Roads - Southern Raised

[@this_is_my_stop]

About 10 years ago, I was standing on a subway platform in NYC. I was on my way home from an awful day at work. I was late on my rent, my car had been towed, my bank account was overdrawn, and I had just used the last ride on my MetroCard. I was hungry and I knew I didn't have any food at home. I wouldn't be paid for another 2 days. As I stood on this train platform, a homeless man with a guitar sang this song, tears on his face. I gave him the last $3 in my wallet and stood there on that platform and cried with him while he sang. This song will always remind me of that moment.

[@stevenbertrand475]

Thanks for sharing that story.... Powerful

[@jerrynunley9956]

But how did things go for you after you did that?

[@Javiersch777]

Mientras escucho esta canción, tus letras se hicieron sus letras... Maravilloso.

[@ErangaArangala]

👏👏👏

[@hannahhannah7489]

J'aurai bien aimèe te rencontrer, aujjourd'hui encore, malgrè ma vie precaire, j'aide toujours les autres...dieu te benisse....❤

[@sallysvision3545]

I’m not even close to America, I live in Azerbaijan and i am azerbaijani dude))) , but I feel homesick for West Virginia because of this song 😂 Masterpiece once made by John Denver is equally amazingly made by this people! Bravo! Especially bravo to violin lady ❤️ that’s overawesome

[@BriarHood]

America needs more proud citizens! If you go through the immigration process as intended, I'd be happy to sponsor you! It might take a while, but it will be well worth it!

[@ozpiroglu]

​@@BriarHood and what? Have him subjected to constant alienation in West Virginia?

[@addiroids]

You have a great chef in Azerbaijan on KZbin. I can’t remember his name but he is in the mountains and always cooks for the kids.

[@mindymorgan8479]

It. Makes you LONG for home no matter where you are from. The southern states are where you can call home no matter wherr you are from. Land is cheap. Buy some! Some here! Be apart of it all. ❤

[@acdyman]

Is it just me, or does American want our country to be what John Denver imagined it would be? An honest, pure and beautiful country it once was for a brief spell? I do believe it that is what America wants and needs. Now more then ever.

[@Acorn905]

Im Canadian but i still feel bad for how things could of been if America was actually a country filled with freedom and pride and all that stuff :/

[@richardcobey8259]

Your right, its what we need more now than ever before

[@eltonwiltshire6904]

Gday! I'm 72yrs young, a country boy from a little country town, Allora, in Australia. My son lived in Pittsburgh for a while and my wife and I visited him and his wife there in 2004. I borrowed their car and toured eight states and loved it, with the first one being West Virginia. Listening to the car radio while driving, we heard Bluegrass music for the first time and loved it straight up. Coincidentally, that first bluegrass music for us came from an Aussie radio station Hawkesbury Radio, broadcasting through one of the West Virginia radio stations, how good was that! While travelling in your great land, we avoided the freeways and the blacktop (a word we had to find the meaning of 😄) and took to the country roads which is what we do back here at home. So the Country Roads song hits the spot with me. One of my favourite bluegrass bands no longer plays, but now I've found you guys, you're now top of my list. Luv yas!

[@johnbenn2481]

Thank God for John Denver country songs

[@francesmeyer8478]

The blue highways!🇺🇸

[@ComputerBob99]

About 25 years ago a good friend, who was a huge John Denver fan, died from melanoma from exposure in the Marine Corps. His family was from West Virginia and we attended his funeral deep in the hills outside of Morgantown. The women of this little church sung this with such heartfelt sorrow that we cried for days.

[@zunairaaziz]

really love you all

[@curtismartin2866]

I don't want to alarm anyone but the Banjo player is SINGING. 😯

[@kaylamarie7972]

Glad I'm not the only one freaking out about that 😂 Great job Banjo Guy!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@timdonovan8733]

Yes Curtis Martin, I noticed that too! Glad to see & hear Alex singing..🎤😊

[@zimhavendairyfarm1953]

I missed it! guess i will have to watch again!

[@senormusica81Gaming]

Ha! Thats fantastic!

[@Shirley-td8pe]

Go Alex 😊

[@dayatdragster]

hai dapat salam dari tunggul timur, semanu, semanu, gunugkidul, di yogyakarta, indonesia

[@sonyahannah]

One of my life's premier memories is driving through West Virginia in the summer of 1973. My 3 best friends were with me, and we harmonized to "Country Roads" as we drove. . . I could barely see the road for my tears at the beauty of blended voices and scenery.

[@rustillthere.5024]

Well said sir.

[@mponceaguilar]

Great comment!

[@stephancharette880]

My daughter and I drove from Canada to Florida and back in March. We passed through this marvelous landscape. I could have just stayed in West Virginia. Just beautiful!

[@MatthewMarinus]

Oh Man! How incredible!

[@MatthewMarinus]

I wish I could document your story of this. So meaningful and beautiful!

[@robert-m9f]

Beautiful song. Greetings from South Korea.🇰🇷🇺🇲

[@pedro21011]

Thanks. I needed that. I feel that I'm not home any more since I'm now in a senior residence. No quiet any more, just roaring traffic. Thank God for music. Good music, like yours.

[@plunkett68]

I don't know you but I love u. God be with

[@youssefyouss2130]

Think all in paradise sing for God...👍👍🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@Acorn905]

Sometimes it really sucks how quick things can change in our lives, but i hope you're still finding things in tour day to day life that make you feel at home ♡

[@not-so-obvious_autism777]

Hallelujah 🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@averymills25]

This song takes me back to my childhood, I’m an old man now, it’s good to reflect upon your life to remember the good times and the bad! As that’s what makes you a man!

[@davemitchell1323]

great .

[@dwel13r]

that acapella at the end was the Reason we should listen until the end of the video, always.

[@kevinwhetzel3036]

Really loved this!!!!From a born n breed West Virginian!!!!

[@karrenpopovics2780]

My grandma was from Cowen WVa . I am 78 and this reminds me of all of the great times I had with her ...I am from NJ and live in Upstate NY..I miss her😢❤I felt so safe with you grandma..

[@benallen1167]

When I moved to West Virginia nearly 18 years ago I knew I was home. I love my country roads and mountain streams. Well done you nailed it.

[@jeffharper7579]

I moved to east Tennessee in2012 and in a very short time I felt that way to. Driving down the roads and having people waving or going to the store and having people talk like they have known you for years. They always want to help you if you need it😃😃. That is how I was raised. Wish more people would be that way. It would be a better world I feel.

[@pennsyltuckyreb9800]

I'm in PA Appalachia. All my side of the family are in FL and SC. I also lived in NC for a time. There is some magic for sure bout WV...I've contemplated homesteading there many times. There's also a place in my heart round the Smokies both NC and TN sides.

[@jeffharper7579]

Years ago my former wife and I visited Cass WV. Liked it there ( road the train) . very nice and great people but don't care for all the snow, that is some of why I chose eastern Tn.

[@2steaksandwiches665]

I drove through West Virginia 10 years ago with my grandfather who is now dead. The first time we saw the sign West Virginia we were astounded by how beautiful it was a few minutes later going down into this valley. My grandfather started crying because he knew his time was coming soon.. I visited West Virginia for work a few months ago and it’s very spiritual. I asked my bartender at this hotel in West Virginia if she knows how beautiful it is and why other people don’t know about it and she said… We want to keep it that way. People talk crap about the state and their people and it’s completely unjustified. I’ve never met more genuine people in my life. What you see is what you get

[@olvinyldude]

You chose, some beautiful part of this Country...

[@music-hx5lf]

A ma zing. Greetings from Southern Italy...👋👋🌅🌅🇮🇹🍝🍕.

[@Country_Nostalgia_1168]

*Anyone else listen to the 90's country just to take you back to a much simpler time and wish they could go back there???*

[@antoniccezar8439]

Music beautiful beautiful - linda voz Brasil Goiânia

[@sirtango1]

Was this filmed in Cades Cove? Never mind, I KNOW this is Cades Cove. See anything black and fuzzy? I’ve always wondered how they would react to live music. Beautiful place, but keep your head on a swivel! 😀 Beautiful song! John Denver would be proud!

[@jeffharper7579]

I noticed that to. Posted in a earlier comment. Love these guys🎶🎵🎶😃.wish I could have been there for this.

[@zcurtiss2899]

It definitely had that feel! I know I haven’t seen all the scenic places of the South by far, but my memory was taking me to the Smokies for sure. Nice to have a confirmation on my suspicions!

[@jeffharper7579]

You are right, so many beautiful places to see, I wish I could see more. Only get to see a couple of places in Eastern Tennessee but I love the old structures and amazed at how they built with out the use of power tools.

[@sirtango1]

@@jeffharper7579 it’s hard for me to get past Dandridge Tn. There is a drop zone there called skydive East Tn. You can get a lot of scouting in and have a blast too!

[@joecronin8559]

This has to be Caves Cove! It's such a beautiful place too.❤

[@Regina-ov7yi]

John Denver has always been special to me. My Uncle was an Air Force pilot in WW2 and came home to have a career with my aunt and 2 cousins. Stationed on the NW coast of the USA we visited with them on the Airbase. His neighbors son sat on the front porch and played guitar singing-all the time. He had longish blonde hair and wore thick wire framed glasses. I was a few years younger but fell in love with John that summer.

[@SMichaelDeHart]

As a born and bred Mountaineer (West Virginian), this is a song we hold in our hearts. In 1980, I got to see John Denver perform 'Country Roads' at the opening of the brand new Mountaineer Stadium in Morgantown, WV, for the first football game of the season. In 1987, I moved to Annapolis, MD, for my first real job out of college. I was there for just over a year when an opportunity opened up right in the area where I was raised. With my parents and my fiancé still living there, I jumped at the chance to move back home. Will never forget while driving back to the Kanawha Valley area, 'Country Roads' came on the radio and tears were streaming. It was a great welcome home!! I've always lived by the ole saying..."You can take the boy from the mountains, but you can never take the mountains from the boy"!!

[@patriciaecampbell372]

My Daddy is from Hugheston, WV ❤

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@patriciaecampbell372 my next-door neighbor, grew up on Hughston Hollow. Still has family there. I've worked all over Kanawha County, so I know it well. I live in western Kanawha County

[@1exkyman]

You can take a hick out of the sticks but you can not sticks out of a hick. I am one and will be until the day I die.

[@DedekindMusic]

Good Music Oh Yeah

[@BlondieG63]

As a West Virginian, I’m overwhelmed by this beautiful arrangement of “our” song. 💙💛

[@gracie99999]

[@2steaksandwiches665]

Love your state. It’s a hidden gem.

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

2022.love it.

[@mizzmead8077]

LOL yes WVA is nice so is PA LOL we do have those country roads also :

[@ackec-umsekkruch-ekucki952]

As a Pole from Poland I am overwhelmed too. I'm overwhelmed by the music, the scenery and the sincerity of the musicians. I love these guys!

[@kris6700]

Hello from France🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵 , Strasbourg 👏😉

[@MelodeBaisden]

I learned to walk and talk, learned to read and write in the hills of West Virginia. My momma a coal miners daughter taught me how to pray in the hills of West Virginia. It will always be a special place to me.

[@Javiersch777]

Que hermoso.

[@MisumaruShimomura]

・It's my favorite song・・・Nice sounds..

[@ramondelosreyes3056]

What a bunch of talented young musicians, well I'm 75 you know 🤠🇵🇭🇺🇲

[@stufcellar]

well, you're still a kid then.

[@kaziiqbal7257]

These videos fill me with such indescribable joy

[@blacksheepofthefamily1082]

Greetings From France.... Love it....

[@GregLedder]

Sublime - what a wonderful cover of this legendary song. John Denver must be smiling down on you all right now! Love it! 🙂

[@michaelquillen2679]

OMG, the opening seconds took me back 65 years in a flash!!! Back to my grandparents little farm in the hills of Tennessee. Nice rendition of this John Denver classic. Thanks for the video!

[@marcfrost7175]

From a mountaineer, that was GREAT.Thanks.

[@erichemard7066]

That violin sounds like heaven

[@chrish9155]

Wow beautiful in everything. ❤

[@robertcraig156]

Gotta love these musicians!!BEAUTIFULL MUSIC..❤

[@walkerIkard-b2m]

Great song and wonderful singing and music!**************************Walker Ikard

[@Frank_Nemo]

Greetings from the UK and I see someone is going to have a baby!

[@pandoraalberts5267]

The violin .. OOOUUAAH! I could howl like a dog....sweetest, sweetest sound...❤️

[@rodgerbenson4319]

Gotta miss John Denver. I was an exchange student living in Denmark and every night Armed Forces radio played this

[@charleshooper1465]

what a great song!! the "history" of this song is interesting. Denver didn't write it, nor had he ever been to west (by GOD) Virginia. he was in the Washington DC area recuperating from an auto accident when he heard the song from the couple who wrote it. he bought it, sung it and as they say ,made it a hit. the husband and wife duo would go on to write several more songs for Denver through the rest of his career

[@brianmarshall9398]

Love seeing Cades Cove as the backdrop here.😃

[@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ]

The mission of preserving culture is the greatest!

[@pauljessome5718]

Picking it . The best. These folk are talented.

[@indecisivesimp-leton6236]

I was born in North Carolina, but my momma's side of the family is mostly from west Virginia. I hadnt been there all that much but it was so beautiful, and i wanna go back one day.

[@samcisneros7044]

Loving this, and I'm a an old rocker from Southern California.

[@tomfranz25]

here is a french fan ! ( choir conductor)so wonderful your voices matching together a perfect harmony . the sound a capella is completely perfect. and another thing which is very important : every person of your group is absolutely sympathic ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏. thank you for your gift to us!

[@reginalfree5633]

I would live there in a heartbeat I'm and old country girl and to me that's almost home to me

[@tedp8843]

👏👏👏 best Voice,s - best Music - greetings from Germany👍👋👋

[@ericthompson3982]

Brought a smile to this southern boy's face.

[@claytonazevedo4543]

God is good, and you bless us with your music. Amen.

[@heinerzann6674]

I Like this perfekt greatings from Garmisch Bavaria Germany 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@ritakinder4452]

love this song, I live in the Beautiful State of West Virginia!!

[@joycampbell784]

My hometown, every weekend my mom would drive and we would sing this song. Beautiful

[@keemez]

MAN that vocal intonation!

[@DarrellBarnett-f2n]

I miss my home. Gone 32 years now.

[@DaryanPrescott]

I may be from Alabama, not West Virginia, but this song still rings true. Country roads always will take me home

[@Thegingerscottish]

Mums funeral song 😢 doc 7 weeks later heaven fell inn. Love you mum ❤️

[@LarzGustafsson]

Great tune and brilliant performance! Best wishes from Sweden

[@philpatton8521]

wow the lady playing the bass im in love with beautiful

[@paulmilsaps4476]

I don't live in West Virginia, but I have always loved this song. Beautiful music being played by beautiful people, with beautiful hearts. Thank you for being you!

[@delindaleefallis]

This is Cades Cove (Haywood County, NC) actually. They'rre on the porch of the Tipton Cabin.

[@DZ-TX]

Your version of this song and video is my happy place

[@oldgrumpym37]

I moved to Washington State from Virginia... I will probably never be able to go back, but every time I hear "Country Roads", I sit back and remember for a spell... Your rendition made my eyes leak a bit, but they were good tears... Thank you.

[@leonardnordenstrom6239]

friend, you should never have moved sir.

[@oldgrumpym37]

@@leonardnordenstrom6239 Nothing left for me anymore...

[@chrish9155]

Wow beautiful in everything ❤

[@apollorogers-hi9mu]

I actually cried through this song because of the rain in the background and it reminds me of the country i lived in that I love so much?

[@stephanemelinski7573]

Superbe chanson, reprise par le chanteur "Dick-Rivers" , cette chanson en France : "Faire un pont".

[@pacsun-guitar]

It's so wonderful and beautiful music!👍👍👍

[@lenamarkusson3180]

💕Thank You💕Greetings from The Free People’s Movement From Sweden💕🙏🏻

[@MatuCountrySongs]

Wow wow wow well done 👍🏼 I love this song so my🥳🎉🎉🎉

[@christopherpotter5963]

John Denver would be absolutely proud and honored to hear his masterpiece song remastered so perfectly by You guys !!

[@nickmagnan6739]

Can't explain how much this song means to me and you guys covered it so beautifully. ❤️

[@leonardnordenstrom6239]

brings tears to a persons/s eyes.

[@garrettviewegh9028]

Some say, you can hear John Denver. Up in the Appalachian mountains, on the trails strumming for the animals, trees, notations and streams. Maybe you’ve caught a glimpse of him.

[@jordancouchman8429]

Beautifully done. Im literally in tears. The American dream is just one more job away.

[@amyhunt2661]

Nostalgia..my daughter and I used to sing this song together years ago along with the original artist. Thank you so much for bringing a happy memory back to me ❤️.

[@frederiquemuzerelle6489]

Hello, I'm french, but since I have heard this music, I don't stop listening it !!!

[@ronsnow8342]

I love your harmony. Such a wonderful tone and blend of voices.

[@LarzGustafsson]

Agreed.

[@19Neil67]

Lady in the hat is stunning, love the song as well thank you for this you all are awesome 👊🏼

[@traviscrankshaw506]

If y'all ever see this I share all your videos to everyone. I love your music and look forward seeing you live in the future

[@traviscrankshaw506]

My great grandfather is 102 years old and I want to take him to see y'all before God takes him home

[@SamG-p4i]

Kick ass

[@philpatton8521]

still love the bass player

[@curtisshartley77]

ALEX IS SINGING!!! 😲 Alert the media! 😄😄😄 Well done, Alex! Great harmonies, all of you. ❤️

[@mohamadibrahim4070]

I love bluegrass songs especially Dillards, Jimmy Martin, Bill Monroe and so many more. I think I'm the only person love bluegrass music in my hometown Malaysia 🇲🇾

You made my day!!! What a voices! What a bass... what a violin... what voice tunes... Lovely!

[@sonjamuller2846]

Wunderschön, ich liebe es! Vielen herzlichen Dank 🌻

[@dipstick5869]

Thank Y'all, that was really neat! Emily, you are looking great and it won't be long now before little Southern Praised will be Southern Raised! 🥀 God Bless!

[@daskritterhaus5491]

l wanna live in that house

[@danyb6113]

Congratulations, best wishes and all of god's blessings to Emily and her child. Now it is obvious and all suspicions of other reasons are gone.

[@DysprosiumJudas]

nothing gets a winery going more than a rousing performance of country roads

[@shawnbartley9223]

I never get tired of hearing you guy's so damn good!😁✌❤

[@adys6115]

Banjo and fiddle, great combo.

[@lasalleman6792]

Lovely . Could listen forever.

[@robertogarcia2177]

I like it that kind of music ,Robert garcia,from México.

[@RyanRude]

Y'all make great music👍 would love to hear a female leading this song, cause the harmony is great ❤

[@gilsonsantiago8444]

Wonderfull.

[@Grace-z3z7u]

I WAS BORN IN MADISON WEST VA 1946 AND I WAS RAISED IN WEST VA, I LOVE IT AND I MISS IT.

[@paolopannuzzo1194]

This song is beautiful. We also have it in our repertoire and my singer who is crazy about this song.

[@jameshall6147]

I like this.......enough said

[@LeonardoLimaharvest]

I loved so much this interpretation...❤❤❤

[@love-if7wt]

Beautiful 😍❤️ 🕊️ ✨

[@cliffordhanson3209]

I just happened to run across your music had to listen to all your songs I am from W.V. and I love bluegrass you guys are amazing! I will be sharing your music with my friends and family, may the good Lord Bless you all!