John Denver is mentioned on a large number of WebPages here in Australia, from how he inspired someone, to birthday gifts, sing-a-longs, bands doing covers of his songs, Weddings, Funerals and many other things.
This section of the website is so you can read through and decide for yourself which ones you would like to check out. Some are posted in full others are not, there are links to every article or snippet
Have fun.
 



 Kevin Jacobsen, Jacobsen Entertainment: 28th August 2003

What events of yours were personal favorites and why?
Long Way to the Top;
The Man From Snowy River - Arena Spectacular;
 Barbra Streisand and SHOUT -The Musical.
Each was a huge challenge and
I was personally thrilled and satisfied with each of the productions.
As a performer my own favourite was John Denver who was probably one of the nicest people I have ever met.

Opening Spectacular for Aussie Stadium
(featuring performer John Denver)
Venue: Aussie Stadium
Date: 24 January 1988
Attendance: 21, 609
Hirer: Kevin Jacobsen

RAAF National Memorial Rededication Friday 1 November 2002

Friday 1 November marked the rededication of the RAAF National Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra. It was a very
moving ceremony with all the pomp and military ceremony it deserved. A timely reminder of the 14,000 lives given by
Australian Flying Corps and RAAF members over 90 years (from 400,000).
Our Prime Minister, the Honourable John Howard, spoke so impressively of our current RAAF members who did such a
good job moving the wounded from Bali recently. But he also reminded us of the dreadful toll by 2% of the WWII enlisted
members who made up Bomber Command who became 20% of the dead!
Luckily for your webmaster, her father survived this dreadful period of history to return and give the rest of his working
 life to the RAAF and Australia. Dad flew Lancasters in WWII, then most aircraft types used by the RAAF from 1950 - 1970.
I was very proud to represent my family at this ceremony.
It was the largest gathering of RAAF Squadron Colours, I think I counted 39. They came from all around the country to
represent the men and woman currently serving Australia. A most moving sight as they were marched from the Australian
War Memorial to the RAAF Memorial.
It was lovely to see the aircraft fly directly over our heads coming from Lake Burley Griffin in front of Parliament House directly
 up the right hand side of Anzac Parade and then turning away before the War Memorial and Mt Ainslie. The aircraft included 3
Iroquis helicopters (ex RAAF, Vietnam era); HARS Neptune; Temora's Wirraway, Meteor, Vampire and Canberra; Ex Ansett DC-3;
Harvard; Winjeel; 6 Roulette PC-9s; 3 Hornets; and last but definitely the best 3 F-111s with their wings at different settings.
The ceremony closed with everyone singing the national anthem - and everyone sang and knew the words.

Extract from the official Dedication booklet:

Prayer:

Almighty God,
We thank you for the diligence and service of the Royal Australian Air Force in times of peace and war.
May we be inspired by the example of those who served in the quest for freedom, justice and peace.
We pray for all Air Force personnel; May they be courageous and skilful in ocercoming difficulties and
 always aware of your guiding and sustaining Spirit. AMEN

Loving Father,
Who gives life to all,
We entrust to your keeping all those who have died in the service of our country.
We pray for all who suffer from the effects of war; Grant them healing of their memories and your peace.
For those who in sadness at this time recall lives lost; Grant them healing of their mourning and your comfort. AMEN

God of the Nations,
Bless this land of ours. Enable us to love our country, not in word only, but in deed and truth.
May our service be worthy of our Nation's true greatness so that Australia may be able totake its place in preserving peace on earth.
In the face of violent and unjust aggression give us the courage to defend those unable to protect themselves. AMEN

Anthem - was sung by Sing Australia Choir, music by RAAF Air Command Band

FLIGHT (THE HIGHER WE FLY)
Words by John Gillespie Magee Jr, John Denver and Joe Henry. Music by Lee Holdridge.

Oh, I slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the sky on laughter and slivered wings.
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth,
Of sunsplit clouds and done a hundred things.
I've wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence.
Hovering there, I've chased the shouting winds aloft,
And flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.
The higher we fly, the father we go,
The closer we are to each other.
The darker the night, the brighter the star,
In peace, go my sisters and brothers.
Up, up the long delirious burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark nor even eagle flew.
And while with silent lifting mind I trod,
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
The higher we fly, the father we go,
The closer we are to each other.
The darker the night, the brighter the star,
In peace, go my sisters and brothers

The Royal Australian Air Force motto is Per Ardua ad Astra - Through Struggle to the Stars
The RAAF has a long and proud history. It is one of world's oldest independent air forces, having been established on 31 March 1921 -
 just three years after the first, the Royal Air Force.
Military aviation first began in Australia when Central flying School was formed at Point Cook (Victoria) in 1912, only nine years after
Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first successful powered flight at Kitty Hwak, North carolina. Central Flying School grew quickly into the Australian Flying Corps. By 1914 Australian pilots had been despatched on active service to New Guinea, to help seize German colonies.
One year later, the Australian flying Corps was fighting in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq); and by the end of World War I, four Australian squadrons were in action in the Middle East and on the Western Front in France.
In World War II, the Air Force fought with tenacity, skill and great sacrifice in all theatres of conflict. Australian airmen served in Britain, Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, India and Burma, South-East Asia and the Pacific. Aircrew serving in Bomber Command suffered massive casualties in the air war over Germany and Occupied Europe, taking the war to the  heartland of the enemy. In direct defence of our nation, men of the Royal Australian Air Force and women of the Women's Auxilliary Australian Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service made a major contribution to victory in the Battle for Australia.
Since World War II, men and women of the Royal Australian Air Force have served with distinction in the Cold War, the Korean War,
 the Malayan Emergency, Indonesian Confrontation, South-East Asia, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, East Timor, the War Against
Terrorism, numerous peacekeeping operations throughout the world and many humanitarian and search and rescue operations in
Australia and the region.
PRINCIPAL DONORS TO THE MEMORIAL FUND
Commonwealth of Australia, Government of the Australian Capital Territory, Government of New South Wales, Government of Queensland,
Government of South Australia, Government of Tasmania, Government of Victoria, Government of Western Australia, Royal Air Force,
 Air Force News, BAE Systems, Boeing Australia, Dassault Aviation, Lockheed Martin, National Air Support, Northrop Grumman Corporation,
 Pilatus Aircraft Limited, Rolls-Royce, Thales.
SIGNIFICANT DONORS
Royal Australian Air Force Association, Katherine Town Council, Council of the City of Wagga Wagga, Wellington Shire Council (Vic),
Ball Solutions Group, Tenix Pty Ltd.
Source: Notebook Pub
Using John's work as an example to writing Peace poems
Yes there still is time to turn around
And make all hatred cease
Let's give another name to living
And we can call it peace.
Source:
World Peace Society of Australia


Nanolighting at Birchip
(Easter 2002)
 
Birchip, "home of the Mallee bull" is a small country town in the middle of a flat expanse, 300km NorthWest of Melbourne, Australia. Every Easter, hang glider pilots, mainly from Victoria and the neighbouring South Australia, gather for the annual "flatter than the flatlands" hang gliding competition (from tow launch), and the sleepy town is overrun for 4 days by overloaded cars with long bundles on the roof.
Normally I spend Easter at Bright in North Eastern Victoria, but this year(2002) my daughters' school camp overlapped Easter, and so I had a couple of days free. I decided to go give Birchip a go - but not as a competitor. Instead I would see how my Thistledown Nanolight performed in an environment where it was flying with "normal" hang gliders.
I went for the last two days of the comp, coinciding with the only two days the wind actually allowed the comp to run. When I arrived there were many frustrated pilots after 2 days of blown out afternoons in the tow paddock.
Unfortunately the local camping ground was not taking any new residents as they were full up, so I ended up sleeping in the back of the wagon at the local airfield. It was very quiet!
Pilot briefing on the Sunday was held at the local RSL, and it being Easter Sunday, Warwick Duncan, the organiser, began tossing tiny Easter eggs into the crowd. Very soon they were being tossed back at him. Then it was off to the paddock, about 20km north of town where the wind seemed to be a light nor-easter, and folks just milled around trying to figure out which strips to use (the paddock is laid out with permanently marked strips for different wind directions). Eventually they decided that I should go up and check the wind direction, so the Thistedown was set up with some haste while many curious hangies eyed the structure and cast doubtful comments on the general concept and airworthiness, while still others quietly took mental notes.
When ready, I blasted off, finding that there was only a very light drift from the NE at altitude. The tow pilots scattered to set up on the northerly strips. As the thermals were still a bit light, I landed to get the balance of my gear together.
The task was announced over the UHF radio - a 73km one way downwind trip to Warracknabeal.
A few pilots soon launched, and within an hour, some were getting up.
I launched and headed upwind. My first attempt to kill the engine and fly away misfired when I either lost the thermal or it petered out, and I ended up landing back at takeoff, but on the second attempt, I found a reasonable thermal upwind of the paddock and was able to kill the engine and climb out. Then I turned and began the trek toward Warracknabeal.
Climb rates were slow, and I was topping out at about 3000ft. There were quite a few hang gliders scattered on the ground along the course. At one stage, about 20km out, I thought I was about to have to land, but picked up a zero sink core at about 800ft and worked it hard for about 10 minutes until it took off and I rocketed back up.
At about the 30km mark, I was at 4000ft and could see the destination quite well and had a decision to make. My car was at the tow paddock 20km north of Birchip. If I went to Warracknabeal, I would have to hitch a ride back to Birchip with one of the other crews, but there would be no room for my trike, so I would then have to hitch out to the paddock, get my car and drive to Warracknabeal to get the trike, then drive back to Birchip. I decided that it just wasn't worth the hassle, so I figured I'd try for an out-and return from the point I'd reached.
Unfortunately, I didn't seem to find a decent thermal on the return track, and landed about 18km from the paddock. However, I was able to then start the engine and motor back another 10km, where a thermal I couldn't pass up tempted me to kill the engine and come back the rest of the way in silent mode. Then I headed back to Birchip for the evening's entertainment (the "Blue Max" on video).
About 11 pilots had made goal, and on a conservative estimate, assuming that I found no thermals if I had continued down the course line, I would have come in the top 15 pilots (out of about 60), so I was pretty happy with the day’s performance.
The next day dawned with a light Northerly, and the performance was repeated after a great breakfast at the local milk bar.
I had left my wing and trike out at the paddock, so I left the car in Birchip and hitched a body ride with "Team John Denver", who sang karaoke style along with a CD of the late departed singer’s most popular works all the way out to the field, even broadcasting the resulting wail over the CB. The price of the ride was joining in, so I added a bass line to the familiar tunes.
This time there was no ambivalence in the paddock. The northerly breeze was a clear indicator of which strips to use, but it died fairly quickly and was often overtaken by thermal cycles leading to some "interesting" launches and landings for some of the pilots in the paddock.
The task was once again announced on the UHF, sending everyone scrambling for their maps, then complaining loudly that they couldn’t find the goal - only to find that it was an April Fools joke. The real task, a 65km downwind dash to the south, was announced shortly.
I launched and headed upwind again to find a promising thermal over a paddock that was being ploughed. In fact there were several small dust devils following the tractor. Killing the engine led to a climb to about 2000ft where the thermal became really diffuse. Rather than give up, I spent the next half hour working this absolute rubbish, never getting higher than 2500 ft and often dropping below 2000, and drifted about 5km downwind, all the time watching other folks in thermals well away from me get up and go. But you don’t leave lift. At last the rubbish lifted off and I climbed to 4000ft or so and turned the nose toward Birchip. A thermal at about 8km out from the town lifted me back up, but by the time I crossed the outskirts of town I was getting desperate, and in fact was down to 500ft looking to set up a landing at the local airstrip, when a peep on the vario offered hope. A very long, hard scratch later, I was back at 5000ft and heading South.
From this point the going was fairly easy, with good thermals every 7km or so, and the thermals topping out at about 5000 to 6000 ft. I occasionally joined up with other hang gliders – some of whom dropped .out. As I’m not very comfortable in gaggles, I let some of them have the better part of the thermal and waited until they had climbed away from me before proceeding. This slowed me down a bit.
Eventually my GPS indicated I was near the goal, and looking around, I saw a bunch of gliders in a paddock about 6km away in approximately the right spot.
Stretching a glide, I came over them at about 500ft and landed gently in the rather soft paddock.
About 25 of the 60 or so pilots made goal that day, but quite a few pilots never made it out of the paddock even after several tows.
The landing paddock was too soft to take off from to do a self retrieve, so I packed up the wing and trike and left them in the field and hitched a ride back to Birchip. Then I jumped in the car, drove back to the landing area, loaded up and continued on my way home (it was on the way).
What did I learn from the weekend’s flying?
Basically it demonstrated that in the hands of a reasonably capable pilot (and I’m not going to play false modesty here) a basic nanolight is perfectly capable of soaring flights of both good distance and duration, and adds the advantage of guaranteeing a first thermal as well as a limited self retrieve capability. On the downside, on long XC flights in wind, your retreive may be somewhat more difficult than on a standard hang glider.    

Source: Aerial Pursuits
About Metropolis Records

Metropolis Records Pty. Ltd. opened its doors for business on 11th, March1996. It is a business that started from the ground up, literally. The store at Neutral Bay was the first shop opened, which for Garry was the realisation of a dream, of one day owning and running his own music store.Whilst at University, Garry worked at Warped Records for almost five years where he grew to love and appreciate music.
Opening your own business is a challenge whatever it is, but if you love what you do, the risks, hurdles and problems never seem to be insurmountable. There are not many people who can say that they truly love what they do. The team at Metropolis never take for granted that they are in a very fortunate position of working with something they love. (I hope the staff read this!)
It wasn't long before the space in the Neutral Bay store became filled with CDs and music of every genre and with the store bursting at the seams, the shop has undergone a number of changes in order to be able to fit more stock into a very small space. The customers at Neutral Bay know how creative we can be with space. (mezzanine level, mezzanine level, mezzanine level)
At the end of 1999, Metropolis Record Pty. Ltd. opened it's second shop out at The Seven Hills Shopping Centre. The company purchased an existing store and has benefitted from being able to offer customers from the North to theWest a much wider selection of choice. The store at Seven Hills offers a very different selection of music with a wide range of country, nostalgia and rock as well as the usual suspects. The Seven Hills shop has also been a musical education especially if you are ever after a Slim Dusty, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash or John Denver album.
A further two years later, at the end of 2001, Metropolis Records Pty. Ltd. made another purchase in Crows Nest taking over the old Music Plus store which was a well established store in Willougby Rd for over twenty five years. The Crows Nest store with its generous amount of floor space, offers a great range of jazz and classical as well as an ever growing range of DVDs and electronic/house/chill-out selection.
Between the three stores we cover almost every genre and if we don't haveit, we will do our best to get it.
The success of Metropolis Records has been due to the fact that every one behind the counter loves music and our combined knowledge of music would bean asset in even the most obscure music trivia quiz. (Ken is available on request but you probably couldn't afford Dean or Garry). Music is in the blood of every member who has ever worked at Metropolis Records and is a key ingredient in being able to find our customers the music they seek. We are always up for a challenge and work hard to provide a high level of customer service in every respect. Nearly every day we find that people come in and are happy to sing us the song they are after. Often we pretend not to know what the song is, just to hear you sing.
Metropolis Records works hard to remain one of the leading independent musicstores. We think Metropolis Records is the best music store in Australia and we will work hard to make you think so too.

The Staff
The Current Team
Garry Sands - Strengths: 80s, 90s, electronic and dance music.
Dean Spencer - Strengths: Stevie Ray Vaughan and blues in general. Also loves to rock.
Karien Danieluk - Strengths: 60s, 70s, country, rock, nostalgia. Has been known to play a chillout album now and then.
Martina Puntingham - Strengths: Anything John Denver (thanks to her mum),90s and current chart.
Andi Mackin - Strengths: retired international jet-setting DJ - knows his dance music. One of the world's biggest Radiohead fans.
Dylan Young - Strengths: Pink Floyd, Radiohead and Jeff Mills.
Peter Vagne - Strengths: Hip-Hop, Beats, Drum 'N' Bass.
Shouts go out to Ken Yates, Niki Beeston, Jeremy Griffiths, Anthony James Brown, Dominic Mann, Kym Hagon, Geoff Davis, Deborah Johnson, Trevor Saloman, Rene Hernandez, Robbie Miles, Simon Thomas, Simon Ditcham and Gerrard Pigram who have all helped in the success of Metropolis Records.
A very big thank you to Serge Luca who, for a number of years, has helped put together a mighty fine Metropolis Magazine, which we all enjoy writing for our customers.
Thanks also to my very first customer, David Allen Klum, who is still a customer and remains one of my closest friends after all this time.
Source: Metropolis Record

Seabrake Inventor and Designer Captain John Abernethy

John, an old Bass Strait skipper, grew up on a farm, moving to Port Fairy, a thriving commercial fishing centre on the rugged south-west coast of Victoria after active service with the Australian Defence Forces in Vietnam in 1970. It was hoped that the sea air would heal an injured lung attributed to his service which bought about his tansformation from the land to the sea.

For several years John crewed on local fishing boats, worked as a salvage diver and established his own Charter Boat Operation in 1973. He obtained his qualifications as a Ships Master and Marine Engineer (Commonwealth of Australia) and soon built an international reputation as a renowned charter skipper, experienced in sailing some of the roughest seas in the world. John’s game fishing clients included actor Lee Marvin and singer John Denver.

Now retired and living on the South Coast of NSW Australia, John attributes his idea for the revolutionary Seabrake to two key experiences – a stainless steel bucket on a rope that he threw over the back of his boat during a horrendous storm in Bass Straight and the clean lines of a 19 ft White Pointer shark (2,257.5 lbs)he captured and towed during a game fishing expedition. The bucket (slotted by a tomahawk) provided the turbulence and drag to hold the vessel back and the streamlined shape of the shark provided clean and easy movement through the water. In combining these two observations, John came up with the rudimentary principles for the Seabrake.

The Seabrake has been continuously tested and improved over the years and John now gives his time free of charge to act as chief technical consultant for quality assurance and improvement.

John, John Denver & Lee Marvin
Source: Seabrake

When John Denver died I was attending a GIS conference in Jakarta. The news made a front-page mention in the morning paper that I read in my hotel room over bad instant coffee. I remember feeling that, while my attention was directed at unimportant adult things, a link to my childhood had been suddenly and swiftly cut. It was as if the pleasant uncle you expect to see again at Christmas had been killed. It was the ending to one more sentence in my brief paragraph of life, punctuated by the smack of an experimental prop plane plunging into the Pacific.
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Source: KD McClave

Max Moore - Some Days are Diamonds

Max Moore - Some Days are Diamonds. To fulfill a promise to his friend John Denver, Max has brought together many of his memories of the early days of Australia show business. He started out with Lee Gordon and Allan Heffernan in the mid 1950's and went on to work for Harry Miller and the Jacobsen Organisation until his retirement in the early 90's. He was the premiere 'advance man' of his time and knew how to get out of any scrape. He has seen it all, the minor and major stars of Australia and the world and has a story to tell about many of them. For anyone who has any interest in the early Australian music industry, this is well worth the read. You will see how things were done, or not done then and how the stars reacted to it all. As a bonus there are few photos of the early times.
Source: Star Light Records

A non-profit environmental group that John Denver founded is raising money for a life-size bronze statue of the singer.
The Windstar Foundation plans to display the statue Oct 13 to commemorate the five-year anniversary of Denver's death.
Denver and Aikido master Thomas Crum founded Windstar in 1976 with the purchase of 400 hectares in Snowmass. The foundation promotes individual action and responsibility to protect the environment.
The memorial was made by Sue DiCicco, illustrator of many children's books, including Winnie the Pooh.
Denver died at age 53 on Oct 12, 1997, when his home-built plane plunged off the California coast.

This story was found at: The Age Newspaper

Conflict...Resolution

Windstar" (Denver Foundation in Colorado) will create a series of inspirational events. These include the MAGIC OF CONFLICT and HIGHER GROUND. THE MAGIC OF CONFLICT, with Tom Crum, supports people and organisations in seeing conflict as a magical opportunity to grow and to strengthen their lives and relationships. HIGHER GROUND educates people about some of the specifics relating to population, hunger, the ARMS RACE, the environment, society and human issues.” JOHN DENVER SUPPORTS C.R. Tom Crum and Tyler Norris, Windstar Director, will be here in Australia in April 1989 to run workshops.

Australian Catholics
The supporters who signed the banner weren’t the only ones to accompany Madge to base camp. Tina Turner, John Denver and Frank Sinatra inspired Madge to move and groove over the tough terrain. ‘Dance gives me energy so it was a way to energise my spirit and my legs to get me up there.’ Even Madge’s fellow countryman, Billy Connelly, talked her through the journey.


Denver’s Engineer

THE ARTICLE about John Denver in the May-June 2000 issue was both well written and accurate. I am the technician who was with John for about an hour before he made the flight that took his life. Your magazine is the first of any publication (be- sides the NTSB report) that ac- curately depicts the circumstances and events surrounding the tragedy. I can tell that the author read the witness statements and the NTSB report before writing the article. I have read so many different versions of what happened that I wonder if most journalists even care what the real facts are before they spout off their slant on a story. Unfortunately, the whole mess goes to civil court here in Monterey in October. (God Bless the American way).

Chris Hadland, California, USA.
Source: Flight Safety Magazine Nov-Dec 2000

In 1986, the show business newspaper Variety reported that RCA dropped singer John Denver from its roster after the release of his single, "What Are We Making Weapons For." Variety said the record upset the record company's new owner, General Electric, one of the largest defence contractors in the US. GE sold RCA two months later.
Source: bmusic

What’s in a Name.

  It started about 1982 or ’83 when one of our members of Port Hacking Ocean Yacht Club bought a Diamond which was called Fidelity. I quickly followed and bought a Diamond and called it Somedays, after the John Denver song, which I thought typifi ed sailing, “Somedays are Diamonds, some days are Stone”. Fidelity’s name was changed to No Carats, then along came Ace of Diamonds, Sparkler, Hot Rock, Hot Ice, The Stud, DeBeers and then Girl’s Best Friend. When one of our members bought a Diamond with a modified rudder it was nicknamed The Zircon.
  The Diamonds have all gone now, replaced by Etchells.
  The Port Hacking Ocean Yacht Club has gone also, now called Cronulla Sailing Club and will be hosting the State Etchells Titles on 10-12 February.

Gary Ball,
Cronulla
Source: Afloat

CHAPLAIN?S CHAT

Oops, it has happened again!  Sitting in a car with a friend of mine a couple of months ago I heard for the first time Jesse McCartney?s song ?Beautiful Soul? playing on the radio. I was surprised to hear him say that he ?liked this song?,  personally on first hearing I thought it was rather ?girly? and I told him so. However over the next few months I have begun to realise unlike many a ?pop? song it has some substance, and sounds ok, in other words I don?t mind it.

Celebrating my 29th birthday last week I was very excited to receive a John Denver Greatest Hits CD.  Unashamedly I will admit that I do like John Denver mainly because I can relate to the various emotions he describes in his songs. When I mentioned receiving this CD various people have been critical of this musical choice.  What is particularly annoying is that most of these criticisms are from those who don?t know any of his songs whilst the others have not heard ?Johnny D? in a very long time. 

All too often we act on our initial impressions, misguided thoughts or try to enforce our own opinions on others. My response in these situations has been traditionally to agree with those providing the criticism, to blend in with the crowd saying ?I don?t like John Denver that much.? There are times when this type of response is necessary but hopefully we are all strong enough to stand up for our own values and not be too critical of those who stand up for theirs.

Darryl Hill    Chaplain
Source:Newsletters
No one person has to do it all, but if each one of us follows our heart and our own inclinations, we will find the small things that we can do to create a sustainable future and a healthy environment.
John Denver

4BH 1000 Best Songs of All Time
Check out  John's song on this list!!!

Annalisa Kerrigan

Kerrigan grew up on a country property in Victoria and began playing piano at the age of three. At 13, she began the classical studies that have since taken her to prominence with international and Australian audiences. 
She was apprenticed to Norm Fisher, a Victorian quarterhorse trainer, before dismounting from that career to pursue her music. 
“In the stables I was one of the few whose CD collection included Dolly Parton, John Denver, Maria Callas, Grieg and Schubert,” Kerrigan said. “It doesn’t matter to me what type of music I’m listening to, as long as it touches my heart. I was inspired to choose songs for this album that were reflective and peaceful.”

Canberra Irish Club

A Friday night tradition!

Canberra Irish Club really has created something big with it's Friday night karaoke.
It is THE place to visit on a Friday night for an evening filled with fun with the karaoke's fabulous comperes - Pam, Jenni and Brigid.
there is at least 5 John Denver songs in their list.
For more information about Friday night karaoke at the Irish Club, please e-mail : canirish@cyberone.com.au


Joe Camilleri & Ian Chaplin

Today, Joe’s songwriting mastery is well respected around the world, with his songs recorded by such highly acclaimed artists as Elvis Costello, Frankie Miller and John Denver.

Heroes from Heaven

Heroes from Heaven is a show based in Sydney Australia.This Show brings back Elvis,Buddy Holly,The Big O,J.O.K.,The Big Bopper,Ritchie Valens,Ricky Nelson,Patsy Cline,Dusty Springfield,Karen Carpenter and John Lennon for one "Hell" of a night of Rock and Roll!!! We are also doing a Special tribute to the Mamas and Papas and John Denver.

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Funeral Music

John Denver
The Gift You Are
The Wings That Fly You Home
On the Wings of a Prayer
Source: Funeral Information
ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Country 2005

John's
 A SONG'S BEST FRIEND: THE VERY BEST OF JOHN DENVER
Landed 15 on the ARIA end of year chart for 2005
Source: ARIA Chart