SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE PRESENTS FOLK MUSIC TRIBUTE ON NOVEMBER 19

AllMusic has called Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. “among the most beloved entertainers of his era.” He brought a special signature to folk music, recording almost 300 songs, about 200 of which he wrote himself. Professionally, he was a gifted American songwriter-singer, guitarist, actor, activist and humanitarian, focusing his efforts on world hunger and the environment. You might know him better as John Denver. Calling Colorado his home for much of his life, in 1974 he was named poet laureate of the state. The gift of an acoustic guitar when he was 12 from his grandmother changed the course of his life, an unhappy one as part of a military family that relocated frequently. His stern father did not encourage his musical aspirations. Hits like “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Take Me Home Country Roads,” “Rocky Mountain High,” “Thank God I’m a Country Boy, “Annie’s Song,” “Sunshine on My Shoulders” and “Calypso,” mark some of his musical genius. On Saturday, November 19 Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., will present “Remembering John Denver” with singer, songwriter and tribute artist Ted Vigil. Vigil, who looks and sounds like John Denver, has performed with Denver’s lead guitarist Steve Wiesberg who stated “Apparently the audience thinks they all look and sound like John. I don’t see it. I see it with Ted. A very strong physical resemblance…Uncanny!” For tickets ($35), call Seven Angels Theatre, Plank Road, Waterbury at 203-757-4676 or online at SevenAngelsTheatre.org. John Denver died in a plane crash, in a light plane he had recently purchased and was piloting in 1997 at the age of 53. Let Ted Vigil “convince you that John Denver never died! His look and sounds," according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, “ are scary!” Scary good that is!