Wild Montana Skies- John Denver (With Lyrics!)+

Well, my next video is finally here. It took me a LONG time. I hope you like it, and remember that constructive critisism and ideas are welcomed!

[@gtiernan1]

I live in the Bitteroot Valley, Corvallis, MT to be exact. I adore this song. It is the epitome of Montana and a home I'll always love even though I was not born or raised here - it is my home!

[@lorenrk]

I live in Yellowstone county Billings

[@addisontruc6637]

Gina Tiernan so do I!

[@addisontruc6637]

Actually my mom just moved to Florence but my dad still lives in Corvallis and I go to school here

[@cheryljune1603]

Can you PLEASE tell me more

[@davidreynolds2740]

You definitely live in a beautiful area. We love going to Montana. Darby has been one of the places we've fallen in love with Thanks to a friend that loved it out there. He made me go spread some of his ashes in the Big Hole Valley near Van Houten. Once I saw it, I knew why he loved it and always get excited when we can go back. We'll be making our 6th trip to Montana soon and we can't wait. It's just breath taking every time.

[@TheCyndy13]

This morning, the beauty of the sky in Red Lodge, Montana, caused this song to go off in my head like fireworks! I am grateful to live in this beautiful state!

[@jamiebarnard405]

I sure miss John Denver. I grew up through the 70's and 80's listening to him. What an incredible talent he was.

[@dearyxoxo]

My grandpa had a cabin in Montana we visit it every summer but he died.. So I always listen to this song which was his favorite song

[@wayneandersen2658]

This song represents Montana at it's best. My son lives in Missoula and I wish I could go there many more times. One of the most beautiful places on this earth.

[@tonybarde2572]

This song is an ode to the Old American West and how it was. The boy in the song is the personification of the Old West. The ending verse explains the end of the west (Annexation of New Mexico and Arizona in 1912) and how people reacted. Some were glad the Wild West era was over (It was a violent and troubled time with gunfights, robberies, and drunk cowboys, not to mention the Indian Wars) but some will miss the era and the great heroes who lived in it.

[@ahsz7093]

John Denver just hits different every time, and this song is one of his best. It makes you feel at peace with everything and forget everything you worry about and makes you want to get in a truck and drive on down to the great Montana Skies

[@emfricia9794]

One of my favorite Denver songs.

[@rin8823]

Yes same

[@mirorizzo3872]

the more you listen the better it gets

[@renafox4481]

Mine,too! I grew up in Montana

[@FondriniAlberto]

quasi, quasi, la mia preferita!

[@javarenee3422]

My favorite John Denver song of all time!!!!! Makes me cry!!!!

[@cherokeegreyfox]

I miss him dearly! This song touches my heart and makes me homesick for a place I've never been before.

[@tombreen932]

very well put that was the idea to give you this is my home time to stay a while enjoy Peace to you friend

[@TheBgfrog65]

Watching this from Australia, looking at scenery I have never seen but now would love to see. Beautiful images and put to a wonderful song. My Mum loved John Denver and played his records at home when I was growing up, sadly Mum has advanced dementia now and I am now 52 and these songs mean much to me. March 2018

[@spiffyspits3605]

I have met men like the man whom John Denver have sang about. May many Montanans have hearts of Wild MT Skies!!!

[@AmicoLeonard]

I love Denver and 🇺🇸! God bless Montana!

[@karendelacarriere7666]

it was a lovely song, with beautiful words that painted pictures in the mind. Thank you John Denver, love your compositions. Fly high and happy trails.

[@dakvaylikendhaya1474]

Lovely song for the beautiful wild Montana, I'm not American but I love country music as I'm from a similar country landscape in the north of Algeria.

[@montanastranger]

God Bless and wanted to "shake your hand".

[@dianebanowetz2350]

Absolutely beautiful! John Denver will always be my favorite singer/ songwriter.

[@josephevans7641]

❤❤❤

[@barbarabrown3219]

Loved this song from 1st time I heard it. I'm mountain girl at heart & this always brings a tear to my eye. Will watch & listen many more times.

[@rouka120]

This song always makes me cry. It makes me think of my grandmother who passed away. With the tough life she had, she lived the best years of her life in Montana. And somehow, I think I lived mine there too. Love for the big sky state 💗🇺🇸 If you ever get the chance you really do need to see it.

[@drewdeming2183]

S. Albertsen I live here an it’s wonderful

[@furyrich1]

Wonderful. I had the pleasure of seeing John Denver in concert at Wembly in England, with some very good friends. What an amazing night, I will never forget it

[@amycreamer4985]

I almost ALWAYS get goosebumps when I listen to his music because it's SO GOOD!!!! I'm a total country boy at heart, so when ever I listen to Rocky Mountain High I have the irrisistable urge to move to the rocky mountains...his music is THAT powerful!! At first Rocky Mountain High was my favorite, but now it's this!!!!!

[@colleenbrowne739]

I get so homesick when I listen to this song. I was just home a week and a half ago and I miss Western Montana already.

[@tacoma1309]

Thank you for this, moment in time. I was camped up across from 49 North the night he died. I had my radio going in the faithful 72 international travelall and the canadian radio show played this song and i cried alot. There's more to cry about today , but i'll always remember dearly that night, thanks again.

[@humbledandgrateful7411]

Pierces my heart everytime I listen to it! There's something in the end... how Emmylou is nose-up on the "wild" then wheels-off on the "skies". Like it casts the song into infinity. I have this notion that folk driving through Montana on a clear night can hear this tune faintly in the sparking of the stars.

[@slavebitch1]

This record was the start of my appreciation of Emmylou Harris - what a voice.

[@humbledandgrateful7411]

Ian James Batkin What a voice! :)

[@TheMKEWERBY]

Mine too! Absolutely breathtaking! Until COVID-19 hit this year, I was to go there in June. Such a shame!

[@pixyk335]

Wow! What a beautiful description you gave! 😍

[@ronanhaj2605]

Miss you John great song you left us way too early

[@DirkStarlight]

Mom posted this to my Facebook before she died in the summer. But I did cry. And I never knew my dad. This song hits me so close I cry everytime.

[@emilyrose1382]

DirkStarlight oh I'm sooo sorry😪❤️

[@DirkStarlight]

@@emilyrose1382 Thank you, 3 year anniversary now

[@usereagle917]

Amazing song!! Johm Denver made many years of my life happy and hopeful. He was a great person and a great & loving singer.

[@robertlytle9752]

A great troubadour we have surely missed. He is composing songs now with Pete Seeger and Mary Travers.

[@eileenlangecahoon4025]

It has been almost 23 years and I still miss John. I hope he is flying with the angels.

[@lilliemonsky6483]

OK OK!! This needs to be Montana's state song!

[@michaelmcgee7953]

Lillie Monsky is one of them. john Denver 1943-2000 wrote a few state songs

[@trfesok]

Lillie Monsky How about "Montana" by Frank Zappa?

[@nicolel.2398]

YES.

[@mackereltacos2850]

+trfesok Frank Zappa is my favorite. John Denver was my childhood favorite. Funny how they worked together against the PMRC!

[@dmichaelmcgeerox8426]

Lillie Monsky yes

[@AegisNova]

When Emmylou Harris sings duet with you, you know you've made it.

[@brianjohnson6053]

When emmy lou gets to sing with john and who is Emmy lou

[@AegisNova]

@@brianjohnson6053 You had better educate yourself, old son! Emmy Lou Harris doesn’t just sing with any old person. I get what you mean. John Denver was once RCA’s number two recording artist.

[@martigleason6332]

True. She's awesome.

[@jameswolff5200]

Well put. ❤

[@jameswolff5200]

@@brianjohnson6053lol google her. She’s a legend, Bri-guy :)

[@ramonatody9837]

I just heard this song for the first time. I’ve fallen in love with it. I miss John Denver and his music. He was one of a kind. Beautiful beautiful song!!!

[@colinthompsett4692]

WOW! COULDN'T KEEP STILL WHILE THIS WAS PLAYING WHAT A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE

[@johnpastirchak1053]

It's my favorite John Denver song. Emmy Lou Harris complements him perfectly on background vocals. Yes, as you said, it's a powerful performance which I believe snapped him out of that stale slumber of soft rock/folk/pop country, if only for a while. Though a bit of a "sleeper," I believe Montana to be his best performance ever.

[@Wordwoman54]

Absolutely love it! Brings tears to my eyes every time. Miss you, JD. You still crop up in my dreams from time to time :)

[@erwinmanzano7596]

I first heard this awesome country song on casette tape when I was 14 years old, summer of 1987. I learned to admire John Denver. Now I'm 48 and still playing his songs while driving my car from hospital work to home.

[@trevmac8362]

my life is better because of John Denver

[@maranathagape]

Mine, too.

[@mariateresaturi3656]

Me too man

[@JackSmith-uu9ps]

@@mariateresaturi3656 far better!!

[@terrykiernan6276]

One of the best. I love Montana. Fabulous State.

[@louisebetdashto9621]

It's a beautiful state

[@amycreamer4985]

John sings about all the stuff that that is good and true about the land, and they're so deep and moving and beautiful, that you can almost see the things he is singing about! I have never liked modern music; it just doesn't carry the same power and beauty as the old songs, and is not expressing the things that should be sung about. Even though I'm 14 and - if I wasn't raised by older parents- would not even know about these amazing songs- I'd probably be listening to rap, heavy rock, and other "music"

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

Amy Creamer This is the best comment I've seen in a while! And I couldn't agree more. I'm only 16, and find it sad that so many other kids don't know this amazing music.

[@ronanhaj2605]

Wonderful one of my favourite Denver songs. Love it.

[@dedeye2000]

John Denver was one of the greatest song writers and musicians of all time.

[@montanastranger]

I've read some posts below about Montana being like other places and not much different. 5th gen Montana boy here. Montana will always be different and grow moreso as this world see's no need to open a door for a gal or carry an old gal's groceries to her car. We live here and some were born here. There is a code you must abide by and respect. Some call that manners but in Montana the guy that doesn't do the above gets taken outside and taught manners.

[@fiainphoenix]

Love my Montana!

[@robertlytle9752]

We also do that here in the Midwest. It's called manners. My seven year old grandson lives by these rules. In fact when we go to a restaurant his manners are impeccable and he always says please and thank you to the waitstaff. The waitstaff at our local Applebees always marvels at his manners.

[@alexvandyke6449]

montanastranger I'm a 10th gen native to the last best place on Earth and man I'm right there with you nothing beets a summer sunset over a lake in the Bob martial wilderness

[@WoodArtAndWoof]

I moved to Montana 10 years ago and there is DEFINITELY a difference in this state! I love Montana and never to return to my "home" again!!!!

[@khappy1286]

I am now in love w Montana just because of what youve written. It deeply warms my heart. I am a woman who never married( yet) here in south Florida because the manners I just cant swallow. God bless you and all the kind men in the world. And God bless Montana.

[@BriarRoseThorne]

There are days I really miss Montana... Such a beautiful place. This song always reminds me of my baby brother.

[@edwardbutler6735]

The unforgettable John Denver and the lovely Pat Hawk thanks for the memories

[@jeffwestlund9044]

I think this was Emmylou Harris singing a duet. I don't see the Pat Hawks in this one.

[@audreyweis-maag5908]

My son is moving to Montana today from Portland OR. Wonderful scenery in the video. John Denver's lyrics give it life. Good luck in your new journey, Adam. Love you, Mom

[@rogerflores1839]

I don't live in Montana, but I have just about always loved this song. I saw Mr. Denver perform this song on the Tonight Show, then I heard it on the radio.

[@kittiwa1]

I used to live in Bozeman, MT for 4 years during mid 70's. Listening to this song remind me of those wild college days. I never grow tired of listening to his songs even now. He was and remains my favorite singer of all time.

[@angelyoungheart3851]

John Denver makes me so happy!!!!!!!!!!

[@511robyno]

you Americans have such a beautiful country.I sometimes wonder if some of you appreciate it. j d. certainly did and cared so much and did so much.now windstar has gone who cares now? Anne

[@ms-gil4850]

America is such an amazing place. No place quite like it. I wish my fellow Americans appreciated this country as much as I do.

[@dimentio1030]

+anne smith I appreciate it. I wish my fellow citizens did.

[@Dronesword123]

You think America is beautiful, Canada is 10 times better. I live in America but my family's cabin is up north in the woods of Canada, truly heaven on earth

[@meadowmorph3291]

Oh Anne, Most of us do. We love our country and its beauty. We love to see other countries and to hear how those living there appreciate THEIR countries, for each has a beauty of its own. Those of us who do not appreciate the beauty generally stay in the cities or the 'burbs where they feel more comfortable. Canada (Alberta) is equally as beautiful and perhaps more wild than Montana. You see, where ever we call home, we sometimes don't see the unique glories... it's just home. Come visit. We will talk and you can tell me of what makes your country unique and lovely. Cheers!

[@tombreen932]

Me! I have always enjoyed Johns songs and music and also use to be a park ranger. I will always care about nature and the great outdoors enjoy it while you can

[@jeffwatts3708]

This song brings tears to my eye's, sutch beautifull country, two beautiful voices.

[@strandjohn23]

My class loved this song. Thank you so much John30Denver for uploading.

[@strandjohn23]

Go owls.

[@strandjohn23]

My second class loved it as well. They thought it really exemplified the 10th tenet of transcendentalism.

[@strandjohn23]

This was insane. It was a true bop.

[@strandjohn23]

Club bang ger, but the audio could be a bit better.

[@strandjohn23]

Go owls.

[@StephenFiddle]

What can I say??!!! THIS IS PERFECT!!!! If John hasn't contacted you DIRECTLY for your beautiful video to go with this beautiful song.....he needs to GET BUSY!!! What a BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO JOHN, HIS SINGING, AND MOST OF ALL, HIS LOVE OF THE MOUNTAINS, LAND, WONDERFUL LANDSCAPES OF MONTANA!! Thank You from the bottom of my heart!

[@chasegilmond5637]

I have such a deep yearning to go back to Montana. I absolutely love that place. Was born there and eventually moved to Idaho. I would happily go back

[@shiroibasketshoes]

+Stephen Anderson Emmylou Harris would be pleased at this, I think, but John died in a plane mishap. Yes, this is excellent.

[@khappy1286]

Um. John Denver died in a tragic plane crash in 1997.

[@rebecca75588]

Stephen Andersen he is deceased but I'm sure he would love the video

[@fredihde1211]

This song tears me to shreds every time I listen to it. I can't even get through the first verse of it. Born and raised in Montana! Can you tell? So true. So true.

[@brucethesenga]

Remind me of how much I miss John Denver. Great music from a great guy.

[@chrisadamo1720]

Wonderfully presented. The pictures are great, and really reflect the region. Even the ones that are actually Wyoming! But we love our open spaces, magnificent mountains, and unspoiled wilderness here too.

[@poopboy3998]

But we have too much people

[@erwinmanzano7596]

An awesome wonder for the God-given talent of John Denver. His song made me know the State of Montana, USA although I am not an American citizen. It's a paradise state!

[@thesquirtinators1]

Part of the reason I came on a mission from God to find by beautiful wife and my best friend here in the Bitteroot Valley Mt No place like it on earth . Today is our anniversary 18 years and counting

[@renafox4481]

Timothy McNulty paradise valley is just as beautiful. i grew up in Livingston

[@dunbass7149]

Congratulations now hopefully it’s your 25th

[@kenjacoby7404]

Truly looks like God's country!!!

[@melaniewillden986]

I love this video. This is one of my favorite John Denver songs. Well done Maggie!

[@mikemaddox7339]

One of my favorite places songs sung by John. My sons fav too. ❤️

[@jimquigley1127]

Loved John Denver and his music. Here's one of my favorites of his. Great song, but once he is joined on the vocals by Emmy Lou it takes off into the wild blue yonder, especially on the final harmony and high note. Such talent. They were amazing together. John was a treasure. He immeasurably contributed to the ever-expanding, ever-enriching American songbook.

[@sheenaschiffer5629]

I have always loved anything John Denver sings.. As a Montanan this one is special.

[@Chanticlair47]

Love this song! It’s one of those songs you can listen to over and over and never get sick of it! And yes it has my vote for Montana’s state song!

[@hannahmoore2794]

I never heard this song until now and I agree that is a great song! Also, "Meet Me In Montana" is another great song!

[@armandoorozco8940]

Love John Denver's music. It truly is one of a kind.

[@ericburow6436]

The first of John Denver's songs I ever heard. When he died, I called a radio station in Sioux City, Iowa and had them play this twice.

[@murraybowden5373]

Soundtrack to our childhood🤗 We were so lucky .. thanks John

[@patriciaurie1977]

I recently listened to this song for the first time since moving to Montana. It's exactly what Montana is. It's exactly why I'll never leave. One of his greatest songs.

[@joannescholes3742]

Oh Yes! The Best Again of John Denver! 👏❤️👏❤️🌹🙏😘 Forever Loved. 💕Forever Missed.🙏

[@carolbyrne2751]

I have missed him so much for 20 years. I do love his music so. Thanks for posting!!! I'm going to Montana for the first time this summer, I can hardly wait.

[@zanzan7710]

Another one of my favorites 😊. Love it...This song is beautiful, just llike this scenery ! I miss you John ! Driving cross country listening to his music is beyond words. His music is soooo touching ❤️

[@andrewsessa7137]

Susanne Roders he was a man of many talents wasn’t he ?

[@john30edenver]

I'm so glad you liked it. It always makes me joyful to see some one enjoyed it as much as I did :) I will never get to see the whole country, so my videos are my way of exploring

[@hemersomcolt]

John Denver é sussesso aqui no Brasil. Lindas canções!

[@bandoheme]

I’ve loved that song sing he released way back when. He was a master of his art and sorely missed to this day.

[@AggieFern]

To visit the Bitterwood Valley was an awesome vacation. The Montana Mountains are breathtaking and beautiful...

[@juneberry1982]

I absolutely LOVE John Denver and those photographs of God's marvelous creation are stunningly breathtaking!!! Thank you so much for this!!! ♥♥♥

[@lorencardenas7537]

Just coming back home from Glacier National Park through Kalispell, MT listening to JD, the best…⛄️🎶🎶🇺🇸

[@jvanleishout]

I was born in the mountains of Montana, playing amidst the trees and flowers at the foot of the Bitterroot Mountains. The chorus has become my anthem.

[@Ronnie1989ism]

This is my USA.kisses & respect from Calcutta india.

[@johntracy72]

I still remember the first time I heard this song on the radio in 1983 soon after moving to Florida. I have liked this song since then.

[@jakib1590]

I remember my father listening to this song.. He loved MT.. My son was born in Bozeman.. I am far away now, even further soon.. But Montana will always be my home. My son's home..

[@margaretknight8721]

Beautiful song - and what superb scenery in the video - wow.

[@karlbeilstein8774]

My absolute favorite John Denver song!!!

[@Eric2112rush]

The girlfriend and I are moving from NW Indiana to the Missoula area of Montana in a couple of years. I've only heard this song one or twice before in my 51 years on this rock but now it's officially in my JD favorites list! Can't wait to relocate out there!

[@karenwelch4977]

I miss my brother. He so loved the Cabinet mountains of NW Montana. The wild wind was his brother.. and I was his sister. RIP Charles Bryan Welch... miss you.

[@Star_Rattler]

John Denver is a guilty pleasure of mine, considering I'm a youth who's supposedly supposed to be into things like Drake and Nicki Minaj. Got respect for them, but this song is where it's at. I guess it's cause I have older parents.

[@francieoverman3484]

+theEPICyus002 same here :D

[@johntracy72]

There's nothing wrong with that.

[@Dronesword123]

Yea bruh. The classics are where it's at. My grandparents own a classic country radio station and that's where I learned how to appreciate great music

[@rikarnobbhattacharyya1747]

Dude. Dont even mention Minaj and Denver in the same breath :|

[@Star_Rattler]

Rikarnob Bhattacharyya nah i enjoy both of their music thank you

[@robo5obionicgamer]

My grandfather has a cabin that we go there every summer from NJ PA and this past summer we drove there in an RV and it was best trip ever! Rode horses, went to the livingston rodeo, went hiking, it was amazing.

[@robo5obionicgamer]

And bought a cowboy hat lol

[@ms-gil4850]

+rbmets5 I love the Livingston area. I camp on a mountain not too far away and it looks across the flats and farms. It's the most amazing view

[@dennycraft2253]

I lived in Bozeman in the mid 80s. Always on my mind to go back there to live one day. Three of the best years of my life.

[@ms-gil4850]

I would happily go back and live in Montana. Absolutely loved that place

[@aikaterine8675]

dedicate to my son, who needs a good family

[@marieholtje8447]

I've really enjoy ed this song. My son is traveling cross-country and is in Montana now! I hope he will listen to this song too..

[@danagalloway1217]

Beautiful pictures you found to go with this amazing song. I miss Montana and I miss John Denver!

[@Scott14383]

what a talent... he should've left flying alone.

[@lilliemonsky6483]

Exactly

[@scottrogers9723]

scott gardner him and lynyrd skynyrd

[@robertmasina4610]

The state of Montana should be given recognition even though I've never been there in my life.

[@paulchacho8853]

Beautiful! I miss John Denver. Thank You.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Yes, he was indeed one of the greatest country singers.

[@austinlapiana6691]

It is the eve of my 21st birthday... And I wish some day to find total peace and happiness like John Denver spreads.

[@colleenbrowne739]

I haven't listened to this song in a very long time. I loved it when it came out when I lived in Ireland and I loved it when I was home and now, living in Seattle, I delight in it.

[@Just_Sara]

Until recently, I knew a very, very old man who grew up in the Bitterroot Valley. He passed away about a month ago, I work in the nursing home he lived in. He used to tell me stories about his hunting dog Teddy he had when he lived there. I'll never forget him, the day he died was kind of a hard one. You get used to death in a nursing home, but that doesn't mean it doesn't affect you. RIP, I hope I get to see him again.

[@ericburow6436]

My absolute favorite of all of John Denver's songs.

[@zoingaboy]

I saw Mr. Denver performing this song on the Tonight Show in 1980, when he was filling in for Johnny Carson. He did well, but the full was on the radio soon thereafter.

[@coeurdalenegal]

Absolutely beautiful scenery

[@renafox4481]

Beautiful song for a beautiful state! Home sweet home!

[@TheMKEWERBY]

Absolutely breathtaking scenes! Thinking of going next year with my family.

[@lizzyblossom]

Amazing state you have to go to glacier national park if you can!

[@matildam.ndhlovu2999]

One my legends, how I wish I could be there physically,,j d you are simply the best

[@gtiernan1]

I love this!! I live in the Bitterroot Valley. This video is excellent. A huge hat tip to you for making it!!

[@janetdavies9612]

Absolutely beautiful song, wonderful lyrics … !*!! 🎼🎶🎤🎸🤗🥰❤️💞💕