‘Rocky Mountain High’ the official 2nd song

John Denver and his wife Annie moved to Aspen, Colorado, in December 1970, hoping to purchase a home in the couple’s favorite part of their favorite state.

What they discovered was that everything cost much more they could afford.

The two thus bought land in a nearby scenic valley, with plans to build a house there the next year—if John’s career star continued its ascent.

The success of “Rocky Mountain High” would put their minds at ease. He was born in the summer of his 27th year Comin’ home to a place he’d never been before

He left yesterday behind him

You might say he was born again

You might say he found the key for every door

In his autobiography, Take Me Home, Denver stated, “I remember, almost to the moment, when that song started to take shape in my head.”

He recalled how he and Annie and some friends had hiked up to Lake Williams to camp below the stars and watch the Perseid meteor showers.

(They are called the Perseids because the point from which they appear to hail lies in the constellation Perseus.)

“Imagine a moonless night in the Rockies in the dead of summer and you have it

“We were right below the tree line, just about 10,000 feet...Around midnight, I got until the tail stretched out all the way across the sky and burned itself out. It was raining fire in the sky.”