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Rhyme & Reason: A Tribute to John Denver

"Once I went to see John Denver three times in one weekend, recalled James McCarthy. " In those five hours of listening I heard he repeated very few songs. Each song he sang he committed himself to it fully, each one a small cinematic moment in which he explored and shared with the audience the inner life of the song and his joy in singing. I knew then that he had something truly unique." James McCarthy brings to the songs of John Denver a special perspective nurtured by seeing Denver live numerous times over the course of his career -from intimate coffee house settings with 50 others to large venues such as Wolf Trap, solo or trio with Denver Boise and Johnson or with a full band at Wolf Trap Performance Park "John Denver always reached into himself and out to his audience. He never wavered in that and, in my experience never failed to reach that goal".

Drawing on John Denver's platinum recordings and more obscure material as well as anecdotes both personal and artistic, james McCarthy pays tribute to a great musician and human being, John Denver.