Sinister: John Denver

[Alex Ward]

On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Andrew O'Sullivan wrote:

> 
> However, I did listen to some of his 'Greatest Hits' yesterday; 'Follow Me'
> is truly a wonderful song. And the duet he did with Placedo Domingo works
> frighteningly well. A bit of history from the Obituary I scanned in a free
> second today - Leaving on a Jet Plane was pretty much his first released
> material - it was soon covered by the bizzare trio of Peter, Paul and Mary
> [Haha! - Remember?], which gained him some reputation and his first album
> sold well as a result. Then his first big solo thing was This was all,
> what, early-mid70s?
> 

To the best of my knowledge, actually, he was a song writer before his solo
career. PP&M didn't cover the song, but rather played the song which Denver
wrote. 

-Alex in Califor-nI-AX

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