(11-12-2012, 08:53 PM)alpha7388 Wrote: Can't believe this hasn't come up for this thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwARpaKHx_w
Right, definitely should be the new state song.
I attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN in the early 70s for a few years before transferring and graduating from the Univ of MN. John Denver came to the campus, about 3000 students, for a concert while I was there because his wife Annie Martell was from St. Peter and they had been married on campus. This was before he got his "Rocky Mountain High"...
From Wiki:
"Denver's first marriage was to Annie Martell of St. Peter, Minnesota. Their wedding was held at the Christ Chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College. Annie was the subject of his hit Annie's Song, which he composed in only ten minutes while on a ski lift in 1974.[8] The couple lived in Edina, Minnesota, from 1968 to 1971. Following the success of "Rocky Mountain High," Denver purchased a residence in Colorado and owned one home in Colorado continuously until his death."
...sadly they divorced in 1982.
However, his 'rocky mountain high' was more attributable to alcohol than marijuana...
Also from Wiki:
'On October 12, 1997, Denver was killed at the age of 53 when his experimental Rutan Long-EZ plane, aircraft registration number N555JD, crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Pacific Grove, California, while making a series of touch-and-go landings at the nearby Monterey Peninsula Airport.[33] The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) accident ID is LAX98FA008.[34] As the crash badly disfigured Denver's head and body, making identification by dental records impossible, records of his fingerprints taken from his arrests for intoxicated driving were used to confirm that the fallen pilot was indeed the singer."
