Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver cover by Reina del Cid

"Country Roads" by John Denver cover by Reina del Cid

We found ourselves on a truly idyllic east coast farm on tour, so figured we’d play one of the most beautiful songs ever written about the eastern US countryside — John Denver’s iconic “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

We are currently here quarantining after a couple of the members of our crew (not pictured here) caught COVID on the road. We did have to postpone our Philly, NYC, and Boston shows, but we are still planning on being able to do Montreal (Aug 2) and Toronto (Aug 3), and continue on the rest of the tour from there, provided none of the rest of us go down with the bug in the meantime.

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CREDITS:
Vocals, guitar - Reina del Cid
Bass - Andrew Foreman
Snare - Nate Babbs
Video - our friend Capt. Kevin

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About Reina del Cid:
Reina del Cid is a folk singer songwriter and leader of the eponymous folk rock band based in Los Angeles and Minnesota. Reina del Cid discovers new music, covers classic, americana, folk, traditional folk, and folk rock music, and shares her own original music every week. Her song-a-week video series, Sunday Mornings with Reina del Cid, has amassed a devoted and diverse following made up of everyone from jamheads to college students to white-haired intelligentsia. In 2011 she began collaborating with Toni Lindgren, who is the lead guitarist on all three of Del Cid’s albums, as well as a frequent and much beloved guest on the Sunday Morning videos. The Sunday Morning videos also feature a rotating cast of bandmates, special guests, and occasional random bystanders. Make sure to subscribe and enable all post notifications! For instant updates, check out Reina del Cid’s social media accounts above.

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[brucecarey]

A bass, a guitar and a drum. Thats all. And a voice that sooths your soul. Nothing more needed.!

[slobberdan]

Does anyone else get that warm tingly feeling listening to this?

[junng]

One of my dad’s favourite songs. We played this song at his funeral. My dad died on the 9th October 2022

[philplante]

This song has an interesting genesis. The tune was composed by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert while driving along Clopper Road in Maryland outside of Washington. DC. Back then it was a fairly rural road, but development has caught up to much of it today. The duo could not make words rhyme with Maryland, so they then tried Massachusetts where they were from, which also failed. They played it for their friend John Denver (before he was famous) who thought the song would be a hit, so he and Danoff and Nivert re-worked the words, finally settling on West Virginia in lieu of Maryland or Massachusetts. None of them had been to West Virginia nor knew much about it. Most of the Shenandoah River and Blue Ridge mountains, for instance, are in Virginia. I drive on and by Clopper Road occasionally and think about its inspiring this famous song.

[viko]

Beautiful rendition. I sang along and cried. It brings us together. One Nation under God, Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The language of Love . MUSIC. I'm in Italy. Lets roll America.

[lance]

Timeless music from a man who died too young.

[tfe]

I have been all over the world and every where I have been i heard that song performed either by a band at a club, a busker on the street or at a karaoke bar .
John Denvers song “ Country Roads” belongs to the world.

[routex]

Reina's voice is sounding better than ever!

[dogfoodking]

John Denver knew this song was about singing.... Reina kills the game

[guitar_robin]

Hi guys!

I am very grateful for this version of 'Country Roads'.
My grandmother (93)just passed away last week after getting diagnosed with cancer just one month ago. One week before the diagnosis she was still doing the groceries ON HER BIKE!
So losing her so suddenly was extremely difficult.

'Country Roads' was her number one song. I am a leadsinger and guitarist of a coverband myself and every time we sang that song, I always dedicated it to her like: 'my dearest grandmother, this one's for you. ❤️' And she always sang along, even though she didn't know any English! 😅.

Anyway, as we were planning her funeral, we wanted to play 'Country Roads' but we preferred an acoustic version of it because she just liked that so much.

And then this version appeared. At the very moment I opened YouTube to search for a cover, I saw this very video. I am a long time subscriber and absolutely love what you do. I also bought tickets to see you in Amsterdam at the 26th of September.

I don't even know if you will read this, but if you do I would like to tell you this:

THANK YOU! From the bottom of my heart. We played this video with pictures of my grandmother in the background and my whole family were very impressed by this version. It was perfect.

I hope you will play this in Amsterdam. It would mean the world to me. Because my grandmother was the world to me.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! ❤️

Robin van Walsem from The Netherlands. 🇳🇱

[mherecomesthem]

2024 Country Roads, any friends still listening?❤

[RobertJBallantyne]

This is perfection. The gentle sound of the 3 musicians — Reina, Nate, and Andrew — is ideal for Country Roads. The timing of the sunset, and Capt. Kevin’s video put me on the farm-house porch with you.

[mikemurray]

Reina’s singing is always crystal clear and clean. Her singing always opens up a colorful story book when you relax and settle back

[davidt.]

A true display of America's beauty & it's beautiful people. ❤

[williaminavanbottle]

I'm sitting on a black painted metal bench in Inverleith park, Edinburgh Scotland...What am I doing sitting ect?

I'm star gazing.

To my front, and well above the horizon, is our beautiful gas planet...JUPITER.

To my right, and well above the horizon, is the most fashionably dressed planet...SATURN.

To my left, and well above the horizon too, is our most visited. One could even say, a good friend...MARS.

And two and a half feet, in my hand is...No. Not a planet, but a STAR...Reina Del Cid.

You warmed up the cold night air! Thank you.

[chuckwagon]

This song never fails to make me cry, I don't know why. Brilliant, faithful rendition. I would say John Denver himself would have a smile on his face listening to that. Thank you.

[johnnorth]

One of the greatest campfire singalong tunes ever written. John Denver was such a great artist and would be very happy with this cover.

[rev.redhand]

God bless John Denver and his family.
While John Denver lived here on earth he absolutely loved Jesus Christ 💕🎚️

[sonyahannah]

Thanks, Reina and friends, for evoking one of the premier mental snapshots of my life: driving through West Virginia, in the summer of 1971, with a couple of my best friends while John Denver was singing "Country Roads" and we were all harmonizing. . . long before you were born.

[tomsp]

Ich bin immer wieder erfreut Euch zu hören,