I'm Leaving....

[Joe Bfstplk]

...on a jet plane.

 

[Toopy14]

A voice like no other!!!

 

[sprint]

Where ya goin? Colorado perhaps?

 

[skolacki]

Rocky Mountain high was playing in the cafe at work yesterday when I walked in. A cover but a well done cover.

 

[Tonedeaf]

it was first recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary back before he decided to become a performer. I actually like their version better.

 

[Rick]

A unique and gifted performer. Miss hearing his clear voice on new material, but glad he left so much with us.

 

[ruso]

Don’t let the door hit you in the…

 

[BCnSTL]

Bye Felicia!

 

[sprint]

Early morning flight? Hopefully no rain. Don't forget to bring a dollar or two, n kiss yur loved ones fore u go. 707s r a great ride, leaving on runway#9 iir

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

Where ya goin? Colorado perhaps?

Jersey.

https://www.legacy.com/funeral-home...er-durrua-obituary?pid=207606849&v=batesville

 

[Frodebro]

it was first recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary back before he decided to become a performer. I actually like their version better.

From what I heard, he wrote the song in the hope that it would get him in with Peter, Paul, and Mary. He obviously didn’t join their group, but he did alright for himself.

 

[normanaj]

I just got back from visiting my sister who lives in West Virginia (close to the infamous Rainbow Roadhouse). My first time visiting there. What a beautiful state.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

I just got back from visiting my sister who lives in West Virginia (close to the infamous Rainbow Roadhouse). My first time visiting there. What a beautiful state.

Drove through WV a year ago January. Sadly didn't have time to sightsee. Drove right past Oak Hill, which is near where my mom was born. Lots of ancestors there, going back to the 1750s....

 

[JoKeR III]

Drove through WV a year ago January. Sadly didn't have time to sightsee. Drove right past Oak Hill, which is near where my mom was born. Lots of ancestors there, going back to the 1750s....

Very cool! Would love to get back there, our family has some pretty cool history. I have ancestors who were involved in the founding of Harvard University and Paul Revere's ride.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

Very cool! Would love to get back there, our family has some pretty cool history. I have ancestors who were involved in the founding of Harvard University and Paul Revere's ride.

Cool stuff. My great aunt Macie was in the DAR. Apparently our qualifying Revolutionary War soldier ancestor was Patrick Murphy....

 

[Freds55]

Have a safe journey.

 

[bleujazz3]

Sometimes these journeys can have a large impact on your emotional as well as physical health. Stay safe, stock up on the Airborne and bottled water and squirrel away some extra tissues if you must. Extra sleep will be a blessing.

 

[sprint]

it was first recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary back before he decided to become a performer. I actually like their version better.

Yes, I read somewhere that Gordon wrote Early Morning Rain with P,P&M in mind - of course, as a Canadian, I prefer Lightfoot's performance, but their version is great also (rip Mary, Gordon).

 

[TG3K]

One of my favorite musical memories is playing guitar and singing PP&M's version of Leaving on a Jet Plane with my sister at an end-of-year school assembly a few weeks before moving out of town and away from our friends. We were both well-known in our small town school and this song was only about 3 years old and still very popular. We were a hit. That was the first time I got a standing ovation and now that I think about it, it was the last time I performed with my sister.

 

[bradlake]

I imagine many of us of a certain age were an active part of the Great Folk Music Scare of the Sixties (as the late great Martin Mull put it..) and the PP&M version was certainly part of my earliest troubadour coffeehouse sets….Poor John shoulda stuck to the commercial jets..his solo flights did not turn out well for him