约翰.丹佛于1943年生于美国西南部的新墨西哥州,曾经学习建筑专业。1971年,他放弃学业,潜心从事乡村歌曲的创作与演唱。起初受到别人的嘲笑,但他始终不为所动。终于在1971年以一曲《Take Me Home, Country road》(《乡路送我回家》)一跃成名为著名乡村音乐歌星。
丹佛演唱的歌曲大部分都是自己创作的,著名的曲目有《Take Me Home Country Road》、《Rocky Mountain High(高高洛基山)》、《Sunshine On My Shoulders(阳光照在我肩上)》、《A Wild Heart Looking For Home(浪子心渴望家园)》、《Trail Of Tears(泪痕)》 以及《African Sunrise(非洲的黎明)》都是美国乡村歌曲与摇滚风格相结合的典范。
Almost heaven
West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountain
Shenandoah River
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growing like a breeze
Country road. take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia
Mountain Mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories
Gather round her
Miners Lady
Stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty
Painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eyes
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia
Mountain Mama
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the morning hours
She calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road
I get a feeling
That I should have been home
Yesterday,yesterday
Country roads , take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia
Mountain Mama
Take me home,country roads
Country roads , take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia
Mountain Mama
Take me home,country roads
Take me home,country roads
Take me home,country roads