''Farewell Andromeda'' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in June 1973. The LP made Billboard's Top 20, reaching No. 16, with three singles subsequently released: "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy" 62 POP, #25 AC "Farewell Andromeda" 89 POP, No. 20 ACand "Please, Daddy" 69 POP, No. 69 C&W '' Record World'' called the title track a "bright and positive ditty in the same vein as '

Rocky Mountain High "Rocky Mountain High" is a folk rock song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor and is one of the two official state songs of Colorado. Recorded by Denver in 1972 it is the title track of the 1972 album '' Rocky Mountain High'' and rose to No. ...

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Track listing

Personnel

*John Denver – guitar, vocals *

Eric Weissberg Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in " Dueling Banjos," featured as the theme of the film ''Deliv ...

– banjo, steel guitar *Jan Camp Garrett – mandolin, vocals *Victor Garrett – bass, vocals * Lawrence Gottlieb – steel guitar, vocals *

Lee Holdridge Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. A 18-time Emmy Award nominee, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two News & Documentary Emmy Awards, and one ...

– string arrangements *Michael Holmes – piano *Dick Kniss – bass *

Herbie Lovelle Herbie Lovelle (1 June 1924 - April 8, 2009) was an American drummer, who played jazz, R&B, rock, and folk. He was also a studio musician and an actor. Lovelle's uncle was the drummer Arthur Herbert. Lovelle began his career with the trumpet ...

– drums *George Marge – woodwind *Frank Owens – piano *Paul Prestopino – guitar, autoharp *John Sommers – banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals *

Toots Thielemans Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistl ...

– harmonica *Don Wardell – Executive Producer *Bryan Bowers – autoharp *Chip Taylor, Steve Chapin,

Bill Danoff William Thomas Danoff (born May 7, 1946) is an American songwriter and singer. He is known for “Afternoon Delight", which he wrote and performed as a member of the Starland Vocal Band, and for writing multiple hits for John Denver, including " ...

Taffy Danoff Taffy may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * English term for a Welsh person (as used in the rhyme Taffy was a Welshman) * Taffy (nickname), various people * Taffy (singer) (born 1963), British singer * Taffy Thomas, British storyteller, appointed t ...

, Steve Mandell, Martine Habib, Campden Street Choir – vocals ;Technical *Kris O'Connor – assistant producer *Acy R. Lehman – art director *Mark English – cover art

References

John Denver albums 1973 albums Albums arranged by Lee Holdridge Albums produced by Milt Okun RCA Records albums Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios {{1970s-folk-album-stub