Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite its deep connection to West Virginia, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was actually inspired by a backroad in Maryland. The ...

“I’m a songwriter. I was looking for words,” songwriter Bill Danoff once said about writing “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. “The words that I loved in that song were Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah ...

The Longwood Rotary Club Foundation is sharing the historical story of a worldwide famous song as the organization produces a “John Denver Summer FUN-Raising Tribute Concert” on June 6, 2025 at 7:30 ...

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. – The year was 1971, and WMOV disc jockey David Hoyt had a brewing phenomenon on his hands. As a 15-year-old DJ at the radio station in Ravenswood, Hoyt set into motion a pop culture ...

"Country roads, take me home / To the place I belong"—few choruses are more iconic...or more misleading. John Denver's beloved ballad may be West Virginia's unofficial anthem, but here's the truth: ...