When Sarah Morris was doing her Ph.D work at the University of Maryland, there was a soccer game against WVU and she heard “Country Roads” playing from the field. As
A song about a longing for home, John Denver's first hit in 1971 has been embraced by West Virginia in a big way, and has been appropriated by singers around the world looking for their very own "place I belong."
The first line of John Denver’s song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” calls West Virginia “Almost Heaven,” and when you’re up in the mountains, that description can feel pretty accurate.