Rhymes & Reasons

Rhymes & Reasons
Studio album by John Denver
Released	October 1969
Genre	Folk rock
Label	RCA
Producer	Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
Rhymes & Reasons (1969) Take Me To Tomorrow (1970)

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Rhymes & Reasons is the debut album of American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in 1969 by RCA Records. It was reissued on CD by Legacy Recordings in 2005.^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Love of the Common People" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins)
2. "Catch Another Butterfly" (Mike Williams)
3. "Daydream" (Denver)
4. "The Ballad of Spiro Agnew" (Tom Paxton)
5. "Circus" (Michael Johnson, John Denver, Laurie Kuehn)
6. "When I'm Sixty-Four" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
7. "The Ballad of Richard Nixon"
8. "Rhymes and Reasons" (Denver)

Side two

1. "Yellow Cat" (Steven Fromholz)
2. "Leaving On A Jet Plane" (Denver)
3. "(You Dun Stomped) On My Heart" (Mason Williams)
4. "My Old Man" (Jerry Jeff Walker)
5. "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas)
6. "Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life" (Pat & Victoria Garvey)

CD bonus tracks

1. "Rusty Green" (Denver)
   
2. "Take Me to Tomorrow" (Denver)

Personnel

• John Denver - guitar, vocals
• Stan Free - organ
• Eric Weissberg - banjo, steel guitar
• Paul Griffin - keyboards
• Herb Lovelle - drums
• Paul Prestopino - guitar, autoharp, mandolin
• Russ Savakus - bass
• Teddy Sommer - drums
• Marvin Stamm - flute, trumpet
• George Marge - baritone saxophone
• Albert Richmond - French horn

References

v d e John Denver Studio albums Rhymes & Reasons · Take Me to Tomorrow  · Whose Garden Was This · Poems, Prayers & Promises · Aerie · Rocky Mountain High · Farewell Andromeda · Back Home Again · Windsong · Spirit · I Want to Live · John Denver · Autograph · Some Days Are Diamonds · Seasons of the Heart · It's About Time · Dreamland Express · One World · Higher Ground · Earth Songs · The Flower That Shattered the Stone · Different Directions · All Aboard! Live albums An Evening With John Denver · Christmas in Concert Specialty albums Rocky Mountain Christmas · A Christmas Together · Rocky Mountain Holiday · Christmas, Like a Lullaby · Forever, John Compilation albums John Denver's Greatest Hits · John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 · John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 · The Very Best of John Denver · Love Again · John Denver: A Portrait · The John Denver Collection · Something to Sing About · 16 Biggest Hits Singles "Take Me Home, Country Roads" · "Rocky Mountain High" · "Sunshine on My Shoulders" · "Annie's Song" · "Back Home Again"  · "Sweet Surrender" · "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" · "I'm Sorry" · "Calypso" · "Fly Away" · "Looking for Space" · "Like a Sad Song" · "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" · "Shanghai Breezes" · "Dreamland Express" Related articles Discography · Filmography · "Perhaps Love" · "Leaving on a Jet Plane" Category

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