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b'John Denver\\u2019s music was considered to be more-or-less middle-of-the-road if not downright conservative in the wake of rising stars like Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

This issue is confronted early in this latest jukebox boomer music revival \\u201cAlmost Heaven- John Denver\\u2019s America\\u201d at The Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana (only 35 minutes from downtown Chicago).

The popular singer songwriter eventually emerged as the nascent voice of the environmental movement with songs like \\u201cCalypso\\u201d as well as \\u201cRocky Mountain High,\\u201d \\u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads,\\u201d \\u201cWild Montana Skies\\u201d and \\u201cSunshine on My Shoulders\\u201d that unabashedly and exuberantly celebrated the magnificence and simple beauty of nature.
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