![]() Sommers probably felt a bit of glee he was only visiting La-La land. ![]() As legend has it, Sommers wrote the song on Denver’s 30th birthday-which is also New Year’s Eve-on December 31, 1973, while he was driving from his home in Aspen, Colorado to Los Angeles. Sommers, who was a multi-instrumentalist, a guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin player, performed in Denver’s backing band. It got so big, Denver would later host a variety show of the same name in 1977. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Billboard Hot 100 charts. But it was when a live version was included on Denver’s 1975 concert album, An Evening With John Denver, that the song got its full recognition. Released in 1974 on the LP Back Home Again, “Thank God I’m A Country Boy” was originally written by John Martin Sommers for Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.). Denver’s puffy cloud voice and sunshine eyes have you. It hooks and reels before you even know what’s hit ya. And John Denver’s “Thank God I’m A Country Boy” is one of those songs. ![]() Some tunes engender such goodwill and joy that they immediately become anthems of the people. Some can simply galvanize in the matter of a few beats or words. ![]()
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