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\"LP_A_Christmas_Together_\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday morning, I was driving to a speaking event when NPR broadcast a story about a newly released John Denver tribute album<\/a>, with songs performed by current popular singers including Dave Matthews, Emmy Lou Harris, Josh Ritter, and Olde Crow Medicine Show.<\/p>\n

I sure wish the man of steel, who thinks I don’t like music much, had been along to see the tears streaming down my face when the radio host played several John Denver songs popular during my teen years. Those songs evoked such strong memories of my older sister (who I thought knew everything) describing this new folk singer she said I would love, of dancing to John Denver songs at high school sock hops and college dances, and of our kids singing along to the John Denver and the Muppets Christmas Album.<\/em><\/p>\n

The radio story got me to thinking about my favorite John Denver songs and resulted in this top ten list.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 Lady, My Sweet Lady<\/em>\u2013My friends and I usually went stag to high school sock hops and spent a lot of time imagining slow dancing to this song.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Rocky Mountain High\u2013<\/em>Many of you might rate this song higher, but I love prairies more than mountains.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Leaving on a Jet Plane<\/em>\u2013We thought deeply significant thoughts while singing this song in tenth grade chorus.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Thank God I’m a Country Boy<\/em>\u2013The lyrics make me think of my dad.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0 Merry Christmas, Little Zachary<\/em>\u2013This one tugs at my parent heart every Christmas.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Follow Me<\/em>\u2013Yes, about every other wedding from the 1970s used this song, and musicians got tired of it back then. But now, the song makes me think of the people in those weddings, and I like that.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Sunshine On My Shoulders<\/em>\u2013Because sunshine on my shoulders does<\/em> make me happy.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Annie’s Song<\/em>\u2013Because of our daughter.
\n2.\u00a0 Country Roads, Take Me Home<\/em>\u2013Because of our son.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Grandma’s Feather Bed<\/em>\u2013Because my Grandma Josie shooed her grandkids to the basement where we slept in a bed almost as crowded as the one in the song. We didn’t get much shut-eye, but I wouldn’t trade the good times and good memories for a full night’s rest.<\/p>\n

What are your favorite John Denver songs? Why?<\/p>\n

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