"Rocky Mountain High": Colorado's State Song (almost)
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"YAHOO!":YADENVER - "Rocky Mountain High," the late John Denver's love letter to his adopted state, became Colorado's second official song Monday.Lawmakers passed a resolution that puts Denver's 1972 anthem alongside the lesser-known "Where the Columbines Grow."Sen. Bob Hagedorn, who pushed for the second tune, said "Rocky Mountain High" has been an unofficial state song for years and has introduced many people around the world to Colorado.
He said West Virginia adopted Denver's song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" — with its opening line of "Almost heaven, West Virginia" — as a second song in addition to an older state tune."Even if John Denver thought West Virginia was almost heaven, he chose Colorado to live," said Hagedorn, a Democrat from the Denver suburb of Aurora.[YA]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mu/john_denver_state_song;_ylt=ApUMzuMULFhophuBUFZXbjCVEhkF
He said West Virginia adopted Denver's song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" — with its opening line of "Almost heaven, West Virginia" — as a second song in addition to an older state tune."Even if John Denver thought West Virginia was almost heaven, he chose Colorado to live," said Hagedorn, a Democrat from the Denver suburb of Aurora.[YA]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_en_mu/john_denver_state_song;_ylt=ApUMzuMULFhophuBUFZXbjCVEhkF
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