It wasn't till the late '70s, after he had spent five years in John Denver's Aspen-based band, that Steve Weisberg began to see that his former boss was sort of cool. Weisberg was backstage at a John Denver gig at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre when Christine McVie, from Fleetwood Mac, asked Weisberg who he was. When Weisberg said he had been in Denver's group, McVie — who was on top of the pop world at the time, just after the release of Fleetwood Mac's “Rumours” album — was impressed.
“She said, ‘Oh, I love John.' And I said, ‘You? You're too cool for that,'” Weisberg recalled. “I didn't understand how cool John was. He told corny jokes that would make me cringe.”
Back in the '70s, Weisberg would watch as models and actors scrambled to get front-row tickets to Denver's concerts. He couldn't quite grasp the attraction.
“I used to be surprised when a musician who was really hip would show up backstage. One thing John wasn't is hip,” Weisberg said. “Paul Simon was hip. James Taylor was hip. John Denver was sweet and sincere.”
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