I was not planning to, but I lucked into watching John Denver, Country Boy http://video.pbs.org/video/2365431808/ on PBS tonight. I love John Denver's music, and did long before I moved to West Texas. When I moved to Lubbock, I was surprised to learn that John Denver was born in Roswell, New Mexico, and attended college at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, although he did not graduate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver.
I never saw John Denver in concert. I am not much of a concert goer. I recall he was in Lubbock for a concert at least once. I knew someone who worked at the car rental counter at the Lubbock International Airport. She waited on his group when they flew in, and they gave her complimentary tickets. She was a physically and spiritually beautiful person, and she deserved the gift.
They told me he said the concert in Lubbock was like coming home. It made sense.
One of the things the documentary pointed out was the John Denver used his fame and fortune to develop foundations and advocate for causes before it became really popular for stars and entertainers to do so. There were others who did this early on, so he was not the only one, but it was not the norm even in the 70s like it is now.
I have a couple of CDs of his music, vinyl and cassettes. I love his music, and the special played a lot of it, as well as telling his story. They acknowledged his flaws as well as his star quality and assets. I thought it was a fair presentation of John Denver, the man.
This was good luck.
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