Special thanks to West Virginia Department of TourismĪ LOOK BACK: Top news stories of 2021 month-by-month | Watch Video.Special thanks to West Virginia University.Sarah Morris, Department of English, West Virginia University.'Take Me Home, Country Roads,' a song about a longing for home (co-written by a songwriter who had never even been in West Virginia), has been embraced by the Mountain State in a big way, and has since been appropriated by singers around the world looking for their very own 'place I belong.' Correspondent Conor Knighton looks into the genesis and global impact of John Denver's first big hit and with country star Brad Paisley about the special pull the song has for him.
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