Despite its deep connection to West Virginia, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was actually inspired by a backroad in Maryland. The song came together with John Denver in a late-night writing session and ...
“I’m a songwriter. I was looking for words,” songwriter Bill Danoff once said about writing “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. “The words that I loved in that song were Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah ...
The Longwood Rotary Club Foundation is sharing the historical story of a worldwide famous song as the organization produces a “John Denver Summer FUN-Raising Tribute Concert” on June 6, 2025 at 7:30 ...
(WBOY) — A cover of John Denver’s “Take Me Home Country Roads” played on a commercial during Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, and the ad was the first of its kind. The commercial itself was in a format that ...
On April 17, 1861, the Virginia Secession Convention voted to secede from the Union. Not all of the delegates agreed, leading to a vote to determine whether a new state would be created. In the ...
PPG Paints Arena had roughly a dozen thousand on hand Wednesday night as former West Virginia punter/kicker and Pittsburgh native, Pat McAfee, hosted his first-ever Big Night Aht event where he told ...