Oldenzaal, Stadstheater De Bond

A Tribute to John Denver

Thank God I’m A Country Boy!

That John Denver is more than ‘Annie’s Song’ and ‘Leaving on a Jetplane’ is proven by Jimmy Duchateau in the new show Thank God I’m A Country Boy! After four years of touring with the successful show Country Roads, the band is back with a brand new show! Jimmy and his band take you on a journey through the life of one of the world’s greatest country singers. Let yourself be carried away by the beautiful stories and dream away with the nostalgic music that made John Denver so immortal.

Jimmy: “I don’t want to imitate John Denver, although my voice does sound like his.” So no blond wig and cowboy hat. But with guitar and – okay – a western shirt to stay in the mood. And the legendary music of course, because that’s what this show is all about. From small intimate songs to large arrangements in which Jimmy and his band manage to bring the show to an unprecedented high point.

Jimmy breathes new life into hits like ‘Perhaps Love’, ‘Calypso’ and ‘Thank God I’m a Country Boy’, but also pays attention to lesser-known work. “You can’t imitate the emotion of music, it can only come from yourself.” Yet he remains faithful to the handwritten scores that he received from Denver’s own arranger Lee Holdridge.

Even 25 years after his death, John Denver’s music still lives on. Although Jimmy is not a contemporary of Denver, he understands his music like no other. Thank God I’m A Country Boy! is a grand show with an intimate atmosphere in which the life lessons in Denver’s lyrics gain even more meaning and the legendary music gets the attention it deserves.