Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with KPBS Passport!
John Denver is one of the most successful and best-loved recording artists of the 20th century. His easygoing manner, fine voice, superb songwriting and dedication to environmental issues all combined to build a huge global fanbase that has continued to grow since his untimely death in a plane crash in 1997.
This 1986 concert, from the NEC in Birmingham, is packed with classic John Denver songs all delivered with his characteristic charm and good humor. “John Denver: Country Roads - Live In England” is part of special programming on PBS.
Performances in the program include:
- “Farewell Andromeda”
- “Take Me Home Country Roads”
- “Grandma’s Feather Bed”
- “The Harder They Fall”
- “Flying For Me”
- “Sunshine On My Shoulders”
- “I’d Rather Be A Cowboy”
- “Fly Away”
- “Rocky Mountain High”
- “Annie’s Song”
- “Calypso”
- “It’s About Time”
- “Perhaps Love”
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