West Virginia, Mountain Mama

I'm sitting here listening to Country Roads, flashing back to something I had almost completely forgotten. Obviously, the song itself reminds me of WV. Country Roads is played at every home football game, and sung at every major WVU event. It might sound cheesy, but it's really quite nice.
Each year, the University Choir would travel throughout the state of West Virginia, performing at high schools, doing master classes, and holding clinics to recruit new students. It was kind of annoying, but always fun. The bus trips usually involved drinking, and we watched Spinal Tap and Guffman religiously.
Anyway, one song we always performed was Country Roads. Jon Nelson (SUPER hot straight-outta-WestbyGodVirginia singer) would break out his guitar (or, GIT-tar as I like to say), and start wailing on Country Roads. It always made me tear up just a little. He would start singing, then we all came in on the chorus- lots of improv going on. And as white as we were, it doesn't get much whiter than John Denver singing about West Virginia- so it was all good. Jon's version of Country Roads always lasted about twice as long as the original, since Jon was really a rock star. And still is, actually.
Ahhh memories.