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Bob · 09-18-2000, 10:42 PM

I'd like to say that John Denver is close to an American Lightfoot. Jim Croce, had he lived, would also. I understand that Croce wanted to emulate Lightfoot, but in the sixties, during Vietnam, it was tough for him to write the kind of songs about America that Lightfoot was writing about Canada. I'll go further out on my limb here, and say that some of Denver's signature songs, like "Country Roads," would sound great with the Lightfoot touch.

09-18-2000, 10:42 PM	#14
Bob Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 6	I'd like to say that John Denver is close to an American Lightfoot. Jim Croce, had he lived, would also. I understand that Croce wanted to emulate Lightfoot, but in the sixties, during Vietnam, it was tough for him to write the kind of songs about America that Lightfoot was writing about Canada. I'll go further out on my limb here, and say that some of Denver's signature songs, like "Country Roads," would sound great with the Lightfoot touch.