Late Winter-Early Spring
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- I have loved this song by John Denver from the first time I heard it. I listened to this LP until the grooves were worn out when I was young in the 70's. It gives such a feeling of Winter coming to a close and new beginnings of Spring right around the corner, it fits perfectly for this time of year being mid-March, please comment if you enjoyed it as much as I did!
- Hudba
In 1974, I was blessed to have my 2 band mates play this song while my bride and party came down the isle. Almost 46 years later I can still remember this event like it was this afternoon. I had never thought that our love, laughter, and life could have grown to where it is today. Only by the Grace of God and a loving wife, could this man say “Thank You Lord for this blessed life!” Funny how a well written song can bring back many precious memories of life. Aloha, Kirk Hinton
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Update: Its 4 years later and we are going to celebrate our 50th in December. God is Gracious!
@@pamr4040 Sunshine PamR??
@@kirkh51 No, I was in a group named "Sonshine"...close, though! 😉 P.S. Check your junk email folder.
@@kirkh51 Nope...I was in a group called "Sonshine"...close! lol 😉 (Not sure what happened to my reply from yesterday, so here I am again...lol! Btw, check your email's junk folder...there should be two items in there from me!) ❤
My father introduced me to this song when I was in high school. I came home very late on night and tried to sneak undetected. My dad was sitting in the family room in the dark and called me as I was creeping up the stairs. I thought, "Uh-oh, I'm in trouble again." But he just wanted to share this song with me. We listened to it two or three time, sitting there in the dark. It's so beautiful. That remains one of the many sweet memories I have of my dad. I love this song. Thank you. Peace
great memory. I love the simplicity of it. The guitars without a lot of over production. Sounds like they are playing in your living room
And a lovely way to share your love for your son or dad . Thank you for bringing it up 😊❤️
That probably had a deeper more profound effect on you than had he just scolded you.
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Isn't music so wonderful. I hear this song & its 1973 & I'm 19 again...for a few beautiful minutes!!!
One of my all time favorites. I wish he were still here with us. Such a beautiful heart that came through in his music.
I've always thought this was one of the most beautiful guitar instrumentals ever. So full of feeling.
when i need to regain my Soul - A trip to the mountains playing (Late Winter - Early Spring - Thank you John
Been in love with this melody since the 70's, it never gets old. Just beautiful.
I'm 60 now, but since my teens I have loved John Denver, my mom used to accuse me of living in the John Denver dream world.I please guilty. No other song carried me into that dream state like Late Winter Early Spring. With a fire crackling in the fire place and snow falling outside, there is no where closer to heaven than we can be as mortals.
Wouldn't you know that John Denver's greatest tune is actually performed by Denver's lead guitarist, Mike Taylor. Thank you Mike! "Late Winter Early Spring" really touches the soul. I played it a thousand times in college as stress reduction from exams. This instrumental reminds me of another similar tune done by Bill Purselll and it is entitled "Our Winter Love". Runs along the same lines. Check it out. Daniel
It turns out--and I did not know, or simply whiffed--that the last important line the whole season suite comes after after the end of "Spring" (which is not this number---this is "Early Spring"). There is Mike Taylor: "There were...there were some good things in there." At which point I'm almost arranging my own epitaph. I want only this one tune: "Early Spring" ..followed by that ending comment. "Yeah, there might have been a few good things in there."
But no one will ever know or care anyway. Still...It's all good.
"FAR-OUT !!"
My mother just sent me to hear this today because she had just told a story on Facebook of her and my father playing this for a wedding. Today is 23 years since he died and this song is now going to play through my afternoon while I cry and remember how much I loved him.
This has always been one of my favorite songs.
When I was riding a bicycle across the United States in 1977, we camped at a pass high in the Oregon cascades. That night me and a friend of mine played this song on two guitars. He had a 12 string and I had a six. The location and situation were perfect. I will never forget that feeling.
A friend just sent this link to me. Been a fan since 1968 when I first met John. Possibly one of the most beautiful and spiritual pieces of guitar music ever written - so soothing. I was curious that Mike Taylor's name was only mentioned once in these comments. Mike composed this piece and played the lead parts to John's peaceful chord progression. Mike was John's guitarist for several years and played the well known lead guitar intro lick to Country Roads as well as the recognizable riff to Rocky Mountain High. Mike is on almost all the tracks on the RMH album and his playing made that album so very special. He was a special talent I had the pleasure of meeting him on a few occasions - quiet, humble and a super nice guy. He passed in 2010. Lovely video by the way - wonderful images!
I never knew that legendary lead intro to Rocky Mountain High was Not John Denver ! Wow I assumed it was John, for 50 years ! THANKYOU for posting this . And to Mike Taylor , rest in peace and thankyou for your talents, I will be thinking your name from now on every time I hear those magical licks
Michael C. "Mike" Taylor was the lead guitarist on this piece. He passed away in 2010. A great tribute to his memory.
Such a beautiful piece. Wish they had faded out on the ending a little longer rather than stopping cold.
@@georgiaslop I believe I could listen to this on replay all day.
Nobody plays it as good as John and Mike! I could listen to this all day. They are now playing in Heaven.
SO glad you published this. Thank you very much.
The peacefulness of this piece is so beautiful. One can hear winter's thaw in the music. I can close my eyes and just relax.
SOOOOOO beautiful............................
My wife of 37 years and I went on our first date at the Omni in Atlanta on April 5, 1975 to a John Denver Concert. He has held a place in our hearts these many years. This is my favorite of many favorites by John.
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One of the most beautiful guitar solos exemplifying nature I have ever heard. Absolutely love!
when I have such a privilege to hear such God given. talent. this blesses my life and adds to the wealth of my humanity. JD you are greatly missed!
This was my first song I learned on guitar. My brother(like a brother,we grew up together)/friend/roommate in college taught me the rhythm part and he played lead guitar. I can't listen to this song w/o tears.....miss you Joe!
God bless you brother! I know you're playing guitar somewhere in heaven.
There are only 55 thousands of us...keep this tune going. Please.
I had learned to play this song by listening to it for hours on end. I joined the military and didn't touch a guitar for years. Then one day, I picked one up and played this song start to finish. I really love this tune.
I learned it the very same way when I was living on my own after graduate school. I haven't played for many years now, but just hearing it again makes me glad that at one time I could play it. And all the comments are true, it has not lost one bit of its charm, beauty and crystalline perfection over the years.
I managed to come by a gorgeous D 41 Martin in my 20's and though I was never more than a very moderately accomplished acoustic guitar player, I loved this song so much that I taught myself this entire lead just by listening to the cut over and over again on my turntable. Then I got a book that had the rhythm chords in it, and got my brother to sit down with me and play the rhythm chords while I got to pick the lead that I had learned so painstakingly. We both enjoyed it immensely and 50 years later as I listen again to this cut, I can hardly believe I could once play that wonderful lead. Life is long, but any music that one can make is never wasted time. I still love this cut!!
Your pictures are magnificent. They do justice to a truly splendid piece of music.
We won't forget John Denver very soon, will we?
This has always been my soul song😍. My vibration is always raised to a higher level whenever I listen to this beautiful song. Pure Joy and happiness💞😊💞. It is such a gift, thank you for this song💝!!
One of the most beautiful instrumentals I've ever heard. I've loved this song since I first heard it in the 70s. A great example of Denver's command of the guitar. Long live his memory... gone way too soon.
By far my favourite Instrumental track that JD ever recorded.
I often play this in the car on a long trip and keep repeating it over and over again.
It always relaxes me and takes any stress away. :)
My bridesmaids and I walked down the isle to this song 1980 magical
1982 we used it too. Music minister learned it and played the lead live.
And at my wedding in 1974.
my favorite JD song. I've loved it ever since i first heard it.
Driving to work listening to this first thing in the morning makes me forget where I'm going.
I know what you mean about listening to this album till the grooves wore out! This was always a favourite track for me and my dad and brings back splendid memories of happier times. Thank you so much for posting.
I love this song. It's been over30 years since i've head it. Brings back a lot of memories.
One of my all time favorite songs. Love the video! Thanks for posting.
Winter of 2018 seems to keep hanging on for dear life, even now in April. Made me think of this song.
a most beautiful song and memory of John Denver
I love this instrumental piece it calms down a lot
I hear it again and again beautiful guitar sounds from the hand of a loved one
Thank you for posting this. It was my absolute favorite JD tune. It brought me back.
Thanks for watching!
Great to just close my eyes and let the music create its own video in my head. What great trips this song has given me (drug free).
This has always been a favorite of mine. Thank you for sharing it here with us. Much appreciated.
I'm kind of a young and new fan but when I heard this song I absolutely fell in love with it. I have it on vinyl too and I gotta say replaying it over and over is something I do as well lol For some reason it reminds me of when I was a kid, when everything was fresh and new and beautiful, haha kind of like spring x) It's literally such a beautiful song that I cry every time I hear it.
It gives a feeling of Winter and a new beginning of Spring right near to Lapithos and Pentadaktylos mountain before turkish invation to Cyprus 1974
I also played the heck out of this song-I loved it in the seventies and love it today! Thanks for sharing. :)
So beautiful!
1972 Spokane WA, Gonzaga Univ. JFK Pavilion ; first and the best. Long may the Selkirks , Bitter Roots ,and Saw tooth ranges along with the mighty ROCKIES , always show us, what a wonderful land we live in. Keep pickin' John. and be good!
Thanks for sharing that beautiful moment here, your Dad must have been a wonderful human being!
so lovely, I bot the lb when it first came out and this is one of my favorite songs on it. RIP john d
Thanks very much, I agree I first heard this song when I was but a teen, and have always loved it...as you say it touches the Soul!
It's what defines "simplicity" in my life and the love I have the lady in my life today.
You did a wonderful work of art with this video...just lovely! Thank You for making the music come to life even more :)
Annie
Off the album Rocky Mtn. High, I adore the pictures that go well with the insrumenal. Thanks for some beauty
I had this on 8 track , i think it was the last song on the tape i still have it in a case somewhere. Brings back memories riding around in my 69 Camaro listening to the Rocky Mountain High Music of John Denver. So real i could just reach out and capture those days again. Now My wife and i use it to rock our Grandson to sleep.
They used to play this at the end of KUTV news when I was in high school. I loved it but nobody knew what it was.
I remember that!
Just simply sublime
I think this is the most perfectly played guitar song I've ever heard .... it touches my soul. Thanks for putting it together with some great photos ... they match up really well.
Always one of my favorites.
This is an awesome song from Rocky Mountain High- John Denver's album that I first heard in 1973 when I was 20 and inspired me to want to move to Colorado. And yes- I pretty much wore
out that album too! My wife and I did move there eventually, and lived there for 21 amazing years. We got to experience the majesty of those Rocky Mountains hiking and once you go there, your soul will always be different. A lifelong dream for me came true. This songs beauty and your amazing pictures evoke such warm
and wonderful memories of living in the Rocky Mountain state that John sang so much about- Thank you Scott Wright! This is absolutely beautiful! This is an awesome somg from Rocky Mountain
High- the John Denver album that inspired me to move from my home state of
Massachuseets to Colorado. This is an awesome somg from Rocky Mountain High-
the John Denver album that inspired me to move from my home state of
Massachuseets to Colorado. This is an awesome somg from Rocky Mountain High-
the John Denver album that inspired me to move from my home state of
Massachuseets to Colorado.
And if you are fortunate enough to spend time alone in the Rockies, you get an even more intimate idea of the kinds of things he was writing and singing about. Very few spend time in solitude in the mountains any more.
Favorite Denver song. Next fave is "Spirit".
yep. I played the dickens out of this track. Laid if off an LP onto cassette tape. Was great to relax to with other Rocky Mountain Highs of the early 70s. Ahhh college life.
I don't know if our collegiate students have the intellect to gravitate towards this music. They all impose the impression of being to irreverent to comprehend the depth of works such as this.
The best, simply the best.
Beautiful !
I heard this on some weird radio station and when out and bought it immediately - I finally got to find out who John Denver was but Seasons Suite started it all....
♥️Love it,, , have been at John DENVER's Sanctuary several Times.. . so peaceful.
Id love to see that
Thank you. I have always loved this piece by John Denver and your photo montage is a perfect accompaniment. Plus nice to see Utah in the winter again after having lived in LA for 20 years.
When I lived in Ogden UT in 1981 The local SLC TV station played this at the end of their late news broadcast. I never figured it out who played it til years later.
Beautifully done!
one of his best
I played this song when I was young too, yet I had a record player with 4 speeds, and played it at 16 2/3, which was used for book reading recordings.... it was twice as good and then 8 minutes long instead of 4.
When I lived in Ogden UT in 1981 The local SLC TV station played this at the end of their late news broadcast. I never figured it out who played it til years later.
I had a similar journey in Boulder CO, at about that same time. In my case I called the local news station (then Denver's 9 News) and managed to get someone...who knew someone...who might know the producer of a similar--if not the same--closing broadcast. Here it was the very last item before the station went off the air.
In this case the producer DID know the cameraman, and he identified the song back down the channels to me. So I got lucky much earlier than you did, it seems.
For all I know we two were seeing the same segment, produced by the same team. Wouldn't surprise me--I think "Gannett Broadcasting" owned the Denver station at the time, and maybe your SLC station as well.
Thank You, I remember listening to the LP over and over when I was young.
Just as true in March 2015 as in March's of the 1970's!
Agreed :)
Musicalmente no se puede expresar de mejor manera lo que se llega a sentir en las montañas.
Thanks from Italy
Hey Buddy, here you are on CZcams. One of my all time favorite John Denver songs. As always your work is something special. Peace.
Just enjoying the beautiful song & inspiring photography, thank-you, SWPLifeIIIuminated for such a lovely video, touches the heart :)
Brings back great memories. From the Rocky Mountain High album. Well done!
Thank You!
outstanding.
Wonderful images to a beautiful tune ~ thank you very much!
p.s. No Spring in sight ... minus 20 Celsius yesterday ... snow-storm today ... and it is March 19th ... only a day away from Spring. Got to love Canada ... and luckily I do ;o)
Gorgeous video! Thanks so much.
I have been on a long mission to find anyone who attended the John Denver Reunion at the Wheeler Opera House a few years ago when Mike Taylor who (co/wrote and recorded this masterpiece with JD came and performed it live
I know he passed away recently
Was it Mike who says "There , there were some good things in there" at the end of the album?
fabotantastic!!!
He was indeed!
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Thanks!
thank you so much for this!!!
Great pics Scott! Love It! Learned to play this years ago, love it.
Me too. It took me days to learn if off the record. But I loved to play it.
Thank You! I appreciate your kind words of encouragement, more to come!
Thank you so much! It really does almost take you on a journey!
Thank you for your comments, it's a beautiful Song!
Yo concordo!
I have always loved this piece. Is there a live version?
Yes!!! I have enjoyed this, too! Perhaps more than any other tune. I've spent years trying to master all the guitar parts and I've never gotten bored trying. My uncle used this song on a family reunion video he created and it stirs up my most cherished feelings and memories. It makes me so happy to hear you have been enjoying it since the 70’s. Thanks for sharing!
Fun fact: there are two versions. The other has more piano and less lead guitar. Pretty much the same, but it blew my mind when I discovered this other version.
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Karen, it is from the Rocky Mountain High Album.
Baba
Are many of these photos from Utah? Looks awfully familiar ....
Utah, and Idaho mostly. You will see views over the Salt Lake Valley like the inversion shots, and Bear Lake Valley of SE Idaho.
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Played on a Martin Guitar
Play on a Martin Guitar
As a general rule J D's voice finds my every last nerve and grates on them. Don't get me wrong, I love his songs and singing, but only once in two or three blue moons. Season Suite is one of the tops. Another song which brings tears to my eyes is Prisoners.