John Sommers . . . ever hear of him?

He wrote "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" which has appeared on over 12 John Denver albums . . .

from his website . . .

"Sommers, of course, knew of Denver, who was living in Aspen in the early '70s but was quickly rising to the ranks of a national musician. Sommers, though, had never met Denver when the singer showed up at a Liberty gig. Denver arrived in time to hear Liberty play “The River of Love,” a Sommers composition that was the only original tune in the band's repertoire at the time.

"He came up and introduced himself and said he loved the song and wanted to record it," said Sommers. "We said, 'Yeah, sure.' That was the first conversation I had with him.

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