Take Me To Tomorrow

Album: Take Me To Tomorrow (1970)
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  • "Take Me To Tomorrow" is the title track of Denver's second solo album. Released in May 1970, for him this is a surprisingly uptempo, slightly jazzy number; just as surprisingly perhaps it is keyboard-based, a rarity for this lifelong and enthusiastic folk guitarist.

    According to the James Martin biography John Denver: Rocky Mountain Wonderboy, "Take Me To Tomorrow" may have been inspired by his move from Texas and the inevitable split with family and friends.

    As the son of a distinguished US Air Force pilot, it was not surprising that great things were expected of Henry John Deutschendorf Junior. Although he did follow in his father's footsteps to the extent of qualifying as a pilot, his choice of career was a bitter disappointment to his family. At Texas College he played with the Alpine Trio, but flunked out at the age of twenty. Everyone, especially his father, told him he was making a big mistake, but after moving to California he got lucky almost at once, and the rest is history.
  • Like the rest of the album, "Take Me To Tomorrow" was recorded at Studio C of RCA's New York City facilities; perhaps most famously he sang it on a march by the Vietnam Moratorium. >>>
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    Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 2

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