Howdy!
I remember back In the seventies and eighties, it was neigh on impossible to do a bluegrass show without performing “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” better known as just “Country Roads.” The audience would practically take us out to the nearest tree and hang us by our toes if we didn’t play it. And when we finally did play it, the audience would sing along, swaying back and forth and having a genuine feel-good βKumbaya moment.β
βCountry Roadsβ was actually written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver, who was the first to record it in 1971. It