NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Dolly Parton attends "Dolly: An Original Musical" fireside chat and press conference at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on January 28, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
(EL)StateSong12e-Jim Salestrom <cq> who lives in Arvada, sang "Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver to lawmakers in the Colorado House of Representatives on Monday. State lawmakers are considering making the song the second state song. Salestrom was friends with John Denver for 25 years and worked with him as a back-up singer and now tours the world singing tribute concerts to Denver who died nearly 10 years ago in an airplane crash. (Lyn Alweis/The Denver Post) John Denver lived in Aspen, Colorado Jim' s phone 303-421-2367 303-601-6961 www.jimsalestrom.com There will be a tribute in Aspen in Oct to mark the 10th anniversary of John Denver's death at the Wheeler Opra House (Photo By Lyn Alweis/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 05: Dolly Parton attends the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on November 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 05: Dolly Parton attends the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on November 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
FRISCO, TEXAS – MAY 11: Singer Dolly Parton arrives for the 58th Academy of Country Music awards at The Ford Center at The Star on May 11, 2023 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Omar Vega/FilmMagic)
CIRCA 1968: Country singers and collaborators Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton pose for a portrait with their back up band, "The Wagonmasters", in circa 1968. Mr. Wagoner is wearing a Nudie Suit designed by Nudie Cohn of Nudie's Rodeo Tailors. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
