John Denver & Bill Danoff Last Dance

John Denver and Bill Danoff had not been on a stage together since the years when Bill and Taffy Nivert as Fat City opened for John as his career began to soar, then later Bill and Taffy, along with Jon Carroll and Margot Kunkel, formed the Starland Vocal Band which also opened some Denver concerts. Various circumstances brought them together at a benefit concert in Aspen on Feb. 18, 1990 for their last gig ever singing "Take Me Home, Country Roads," the Bill/Taffy/John song that launched John's journey as a superstar.

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Music

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• John Denver
• Bill Danoff
• Taffy Nivert
• Take Me Home
• Country Road
• Dirt Band
• Jimmy Ibbotson
• Jeff Hanna
• LightHawk Foundation
• Aspen
• Jan Garrett
• Jim Salestrom
• Cassie Denver.

[jmm1929]

Wish I could be there to hear Bobby and the others but I'm taking the United Piper Cub to Colorado on July 3, It's one of those planes where all the passengers get into the fetal position.

[lvsrlmsc]

Enjoyed this not only because it was the last get together on stage for Bill and JD singing their world famous song but because it is so much fun seeing JD singing with some of his other buddies. His get-togethers with NGDB were always great! Also like seeing John with Cassie because she was an important part of his life and it's rare that you see footage of them together because of how JD's fan base feels about her.

[jmm1929]

Bill, Kris O'Connor and I met John at his hotel after a benefit concert in Baltimore a few weeks before his death, the first time we had been with him since the Aspen gig. Bill and I both agreed it was one of the best times we had ever had with him in all those years. Somewhere I have a photo of the four of us but can't find it.

[jmm1929]

Proof is in the pudding. Not bad for a poor kid from Springfield, Mass. Go, Billy.

[robertg56a]

Where's Taffy?

[msaspencat]

thanks for posting this! great to see john having so much fun!

[tanamach]

Verry Happy !

[Hannahorse715]

what is that white thing around jd's neck

[FarOutJohn]

Wow! How nice!!

Thanks for posting!

[charliekucharski]

I was at one of those John Denver concerts in Dayton, Ohio with the Starland Vocal Band fronting John. Great concert. John did several songs by Bill Danoff over the years and they were all class songs. Thanks for posting.

[pjhutt1]

I still miss JD. PJH

[kocarra]

Mr. Meek ~ thank you so much for posting this video. What a treasure you have shared with the rest of us. I just posted it to Bobby Mason's website. You should be in Aspen on June 28th. They will all be celebrating 40 years of Aspen Music, with Bobby at the helm.

[lvsrlmsc]

Although it is true that it wasn't much of a secret what Cassandra was up to, and she wasn't liked by a lot of those close to John, like it or not, she was a part of John's life for a while and there are those who are just as interested in the part she played in his life as they are interested in the rest of the people who were an integral part of John's life and music JMM hope you can find that photo

Started to go to that concert and had to miss it at the last minute. Still regret it.