Country Roads - (2023 Songs I Should Have Known - But Didn't Series) #2

If you play acoustic guitar in public long enough, you learn that for at least my general age group, John Denver is one of the most requested singers out there. But I always have problems with his vocal range, so I just never learned any of his songs.

When I was in Amsterdam last summer, I brought my guitar so that I could sit down by the river to busk. Amsterdam is, of course, known for its marijuana and mushroom tourism, and I figured that my style of music and playlist would fit in perfectly to please the passerby...I won't talk about myself 😎

But anyway, after I got everything set up and began to play, this beautiful young white blonde Dutch lady came up.  Obviously she was tripping on mushrooms, and she sat down and leaned her head back on my shoulder and just sat there and listened to me played songs for a couple of hours. She'd sing along with me as the mood hit her. She was young enough to be my daughter, so please don't think I was doing anything. I was very much a gentleman, which is probably why she sat there the whole time.  She only requested one song of me...Country Roads.

When I told her I didn't know it, she got her phone out looked up the chords and lyrics. I learned the chords quickly and then we sang the song together.

After I finished the song, she got up gave me a kiss on my forehead and then just left. That was one of the coolest things I've ever experienced. It was so much fun to know that I was playing something that somebody really enjoyed; a lot of people walked by and enjoyed it, of course...but none of them stopped to put their head on my shoulder! 🤣

Songs I Should Have Known But Didn't Series. Going to think about songs that have been requested, recommended or rejected and see if they fit me at this point in my life.