Watch Whitney cover 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' for Colbert on the anniversary of John Denver's death

Whitney covers John Denver — (Image credit: Screenshot/YouTube/The Late Show)

If you need a reason to listen to a new cover of John Denver's enduring classic "Take Me Home, Country Roads," Monday was the 23rd anniversary of the day Denver died in a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 12, 1997. That's why the band Whitney performed the song for Stephen Colbert's Late Show. But it's also just a really great song for listening to at any time, and Whitney does a good job with it. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.