I thought this book would reveal how John himself played these songs. Especially I hoped to learn the authentic intros to songs like Country Roads or Poems, Prayers & Promises. What you get is an easy guitar book that anyone can play. The arrangements are mostly just picking standard chords. It's not much more than most players could figure out from words and chords without tabs. Annie's Song has the most authentic arrangement. This book is worthwhile if you are beginning to learn guitar and to read tabs. However, I can hardly call it "authentic" if you want to learn John Denver's style.

I'm the person who whispers "I know the ending" at the movie - an irritating trait according to my friends. But I can't stand when I know what's going to happen in a story.

I thought this would be a good book in that it seemed unpredictable but as I read on, it degenerated into a trite rehash of every old western movie I've seen.

If this is your genre, I supposed you could do worse. If you're not into Westerns, you probably won't like this book.

Roger has used John Denver's name and lyrics as a means to elevate himself as a writer of books and songs and as a preacher. Please do not be fooled. This book is not what it seems. It can only be regarded as one person's interpretation of the lyrics that John Denver wrote. Do not waste your money.

After I'd bought several John Denver CD's, this book was recommended by Amazon.com - and as the author has said in his review, above, it's not a biography. Don't be fooled! I was expecting some new information and insight into John's life and what I got was a rather slushy synopsis of his obvious philosophy, which would be clear to anyone who'd ever listened to his lyrics. Unless you're content with superficial observations, it isn't worth the $14.95. Sorry, Roger...

Much of this book constitutes reprints of the author's previous articles written about the Broncos earlier superbowl losses. A minority of the book deals with XXXII. Even the portion dealing with the win is inaccurate in spots. For example, the author describes the wrong final play of the game! I mean, how do you screw that up? He also has at least one other important play misdescribed. All in all this clearly appears to be a book thrown together to skim the Denver market. Save your money.

a persistent vision art of reservation day

I can't think of a worse book that I have ever read in my life. The author is obviously confused about his topic. His book is based on the one time he actually met John, very early in John's career and the life changing impact that that one meeting had on his life. He never spoke to John again, somehow their paths never crossed. He comments back and forth about John Denver and his awesome example of how we should live our lives, while simlutaneously preaching the bible to us. He speaks of John planting seeds in our lives, which I agree with, but John Denver wasn't Jesus, yet Mr. Himes makes us feel as though we should revere him as such. In his brief, 75 page "pamphlet" Mr. Himes shamelessly plugs a song he wrote about John 5 or 6 times. He also rambles on about his daughter and likens him to John. This book is a sequal to his first book,(which I will return upon arrival)or pamphlet entitled A Fire in His Heart& a Light in His Eyes, (John Denvers legacy.) But in this sequal Mr. Himes spends most of his time repeating himself. As a long time John Denver fan, seeking to obtain more knowledge and factual information, this was an enormous disappointment to me.

The format of the street locator in the back of the book changed dramaticaly from the 2001 format 2001 is much easier to follow than the 2002 or 2003 version of the some book.
I hope they realise there mistake and go back to the better and easier format