The Denver Post

John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High” turns 50: Love, censorship and constant tributes define song’s history

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This year marks five decades since John Denver’s iconic, occasionally controversial and resolutely pastoral folk anthem “Rocky Mountain High” was released, ...
Colorado Public Radio

Most Coloradans think ‘Rocky Mountain High’ is the state’s only official song. Here’s the story of the other.

“Where does the state song, “ Where the Columbines Grow ” come from?” Resnick said. “I was talking about John Denver with my roommate and Rocky Mountain High, and I was wondering where this other kind ...
The Denver Post

Renck: “Rocky Mountain High” is Colorado’s song, but “Country Roads” connects John Denver to West Virginia

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – He is ours. But he is also theirs. Few artists are more closely associated with Colorado than John Denver. The capital is ...