John Denver released "Take Me Home, Country Roads", an official state song of West Virginia, on April 12, 1971.

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 ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — If you’re a Guardians fan, you probably are still singing, “Country roads, take me home … " Chase DeLauter did it again … on opening day. “West Virginia, mountain mama … take me home ...

“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 West Virginia football team recently sent a package to former ESPN College GameDay member David Pollack, who now has his own podcast, See Ball, Get Ball, on YouTube. He recently asked for things ...

"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: ...