Selectively quoting there, are you? Since the sentence above the one about the road in Maryland states. "The land features mentioned prominently in the song lyrics the Shenandoah River <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_River> and the Blue Ridge Mountains <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains> have only marginal associations with the state of West Virginia, and would seem to be more appropriate to describe western Virginia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia>. The river passes through only the very eastern tip of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Panhandle_of_West_Virginia>. Similarly, the vast majority of the Blue Ridge also lies outside the state"
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Umm...yes I did, obviously you did not. > > 'Danoff and Nivert then told him about a song that they had been > working on for about a month. Inspiration had come while driving to a > family reunion of Nivert's relatives in nearby Maryland. To pass the > time en route, Danoff had made up a ballad about the little winding > roads they were taking. Later, he changed the story to fit that of an > artist friend, who used to write to him about the splendors of the > West Virginia countryside.' > > The Shenandoah River flows through West Virginia, near Harper's Ferry. > I live near the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains...in West > Virginia. The actual road the song refers to is in Maryland (Clopper > Rd. in Montgomery County). > > So, you see, it has NOTHING to do with Western Virginia and more to do > with West Virginia and Maryland. > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Exactly > > The first line of the song is Almost Heaven, West Virginia. > > The second line is Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River both of which > are > > in western Virginia. > > Did you even read the link you sent? Because it explains this clearly > > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_River> > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Umm...the song is not about Western Virginia... > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Home,_Country_Roads > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > In fairness to Sammy, tons of people mistake Western Virginia for West > >> > Virginia. John Denver even did it in a song. > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324853 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
