The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver

[CC]

Fifteen years after his death and 40 years after the release of his widely beloved song "Rocky Mountain High," ATO Records will celebrate John Denver's life and music with The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver, slated for February 2013 release.

Track Listing:

"Leaving, on a Jet Plane" by My Morning Jacket
"Take Me To Tomorrow" by Dave Matthews
"Sunshine On My Shoulders" by Train
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by Brandi Carlile
"Some Days are Diamonds" by Amos Lee
"Back Home Again" by Old Crow Medicine Show
"Darcy Farrow" by Josh Ritter and Barnstar
"All of My Memories" by Kathleen Edwards
"Annie's Song" by Brett Dennen and Milow
"Eagle and the Hawk" by Blind Pilot
"Prisoners" by J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten
"Looking For Space" by Evan Dando
"I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Wooden Indian" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
(Song selection TBA) by Lucinda Williams

MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

http://johndenver.com/

[SauceGod]

introduce this cover at Port Chester...

yes please.

[johnnYYac]

Thanks, CC!  Seems MMJ is involved in every cover project out there these days (The Band, Dylan, Donovan, John Fogarty, Buddy Holly, Shel Silverstein, John Prine, The Muppets).

If you visit the John Denver site, their forum looks familiar...

[headhunter]

Thanks, CC!  Seems MMJ is involved in every cover project out there these days (The Band, Dylan, Donovan, John Fogarty, Buddy Holly, Shel Silverstein, John Prine, The Muppets).

If you visit the John Denver site, their forum looks familiar...

Would love to hear MMJ do this cover at Port Chester.  Loved that song as a kid.  Don't remember the last time I heard it.

[Crispy]

Oh, this is going to GREAT. I have always loved JD, and have been a little disappointed with other cover collections, like Mark Kozelek's. I think Leaving is an excellent choice for MMJ, though I'd love to see what they would do with The Eagle and the Hawk or Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado.

[BH]

Awesome.    I'll never forget spinning my mom and dad's john denver album over and over when I was a kid.     Thank God I'm a Country Boy!

[tdb810]

John Denver music makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. 

[vespachick]

JD and I go waaaaay back. 

[smhoffmann02]

Really looking forward to this.  I love me some JD and I think the song selection is right on for JJ.  Rocky Mountain High is near and dear to my heart - definitely a singer/song writer worthy of a tribute effort.


Give me a butt load of reverb on this one - just pile it on.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk, naturally.

[scosby2]

no where to pre-order yet...guess they have to figure out the tracklisting first

[FiddleCastro]

"Leaving, on a Jet Plane" by My Morning Jacket
"Prisoners" by J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten

[Crispy]

^ PERFECT.


Also:
"Darcy Farrow" by Josh Ritter and Barnstar
"I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado" by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Oh, just the whole damn thing. I wish it would hurry up and get here.

[iLikeBeer]

This is one of my all-time favorite JD covers:

The Samples (Sean Kelly) - Rocky Mountain High
Rocky Mountain High- Covered by Sean Kelly

[SaraBananaBear]

Oooh interesting, thanks for the heads up Riny! 

[pattilovesmmj]

My first concert was John Denver with the Starland Vocal Band (afternoon delight) in California in1974.  I was 13 years old and my guitar teacher took me to see him.  He was one of the reasons I bought a 12 string guitar :)

[johnnYYac]

A preview of The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver... beautiful.

http://soundcloud.com/ato_records/the-music-is-you-a-tribute-to

On April 2, ATO will release "The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver."

Dave Matthews, My Morning Jacket, Train, Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Josh Ritter are among the artists paying homage to the folky musician, who died in 1997 in a plane accident.

While the full album won't be out for two months, ATO has released snippets of several songs. My Morning Jacket's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" borrows heavily from Peter, Paul & Mary's hit version of the song with male and female voices intertwining. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic put their own spin on "Wooden Indian."

Carlile and Harris's voices intertwine beautifully on "Take Me Home, Country Roads," and Old Crow Medicine Show are faithful to Denver in their rendition of "Back Home Again."

Track Listing for "John Denver: The Music Is You"

"Leaving on a Jet Plane" by My Morning Jacket
"Take Me To Tomorrow" by Dave Matthews
"All of My Memories" by Kathleen Edwards
"Prisoners" by J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten
"Sunshine On My Shoulders" by Train
"Back Home Again" by Old Crow Medicine Show
"This Old Guitar" by Lucinda Williams
"Some Days are Diamonds" by Amos Lee
"Rocky Mountain High" by Allen Stone
"Annie's Song" by Brett Dennen and Milow
"Looking For Space" by Evan Dando
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris
"The Eagle and The Hawk" by Blind Pilot
"I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Darcy Farrow" by Josh Ritter and Barnstar!
"Wooden Indian" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/news/my-morning-jacket-and-brandi-carlile-pay-homage-to-john-denver-listen#czRWbloPDT1AIXtf.99

[BH]

Uhhhhhhhhhhg, awesomeness overload!

[johnnYYac]

Uhhhhhhhhhhg, awesomeness overload!

Yup.

Vinyl and CD pre-order available via Amazon, though they've got a release date of March 19.

[Angelo]

I love the snippets I've heard. While this is most likely a day one purchase for me I have to wonder what the hell Train is doing on this. I don't get it.

[Waddy Peytona]

You can stream the full song here:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/02/25/172882486/new-david-bowie-phoenix-wavves-my-morning-jacket-covers-john-denver-more

I think it sounds really good. Still kinda wish they'd chosen "Poems, Prayers, & Promises" though.