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Outtake; Also ran in W 8/1/1996 p.69; Tom Petty performing at the AmFar's awards ceremony where Magic Johnson was honored with the Courage Award at the charity's Country Western night at the Beverly Hilton on May 17, 1996 in Los Angeles, California…Article title: "Eye: Hothouse Flowers" (Photo by Jan Jarecki/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX – APRIL 12: Todd Snider performs in concert during the Mack, Jack & McConaughey charity event at ACL Live on April 12, 2013 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/FilmMagic)
American art rock band Velvet Underground (L-R American guitarist Sterling Morrison Jr, American singer songwriter Maureen (Moe) Tucker and American musician and songwriter Lou Reed) pose for a photo on November 8, 1993 in New York, New York. (Photo By Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – FEBRUARY 24: An image of Bob Dylan playing electric guitar during his 2nd set at the Academy of Music on February 24, 1966. (Photo by Charlie Steiner – Highway 67/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)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – OCTOBER 30: John Jennings performs on stage at Barbican Centre on October 30, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Harry Scott/Redferns)
UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA – Toby Keith during 34th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at Universal Ampitheater in Universal City, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
