So, this is a thing.
I don’t know about you, but growing up my old man rocked a lot John Denver. I can still sing-a-long word-for-word to so many of his songs. Most all my family holiday memories recall a John Denver mixtape in the Voyager cassette deck.
Today ATO Records released, The Music Is You: A tribute to John Denver.
A pretty wonderful collection of contemporary artists putting their shine on a John Denver classic… except sadly, “Grandma’s Feather Bed.”
Track Listing for John Denver: The Music Is You
1. My Morning Jacket – Leaving on a Jet Plane
2. Dave Matthews – Take Me to Tomorrow
3. Kathleen Edwards – All of My Memories
4. J. Mascis & Sharon Van Etten – Prisoners
5. Train – Sunshine on My Shoulders
6. Old Crow Medicine Show – Back Home Again
7. Lucinda Williams – This Old Guitar
8. Amos Lee – Some Days Are Diamonds
9. Allen Stone – Rocky Mountain High
10. Brett Dennen and Milow – Annie’s Song
11. Evan Dando – Looking for Space
12. Emmylou Harris & Brandi Carlile – Take Me Home, Country Roads
13. Blind Pilot – The Eagle and the Hawk
14. Mary Chapin Carpenter – I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado
15. Josh Ritter and Barnstar! – Darcy Farrow
16. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Wooden Indian
Here are a few of my favourites that I could track down on soundcloud.
Love it… I might need to buy this one, at least one, for my old man.
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 