Propelled by the title track,
Rocky Mountain High became
John Denver's first Top Ten album. Though
Denver still couldn't figure out how to fill out an entire album without covering his betters (in this case, old favorites
the Beatles and
John Prine), he and his steady backup musicians, bassist
Dick Kniss and guitarist
Mike Taylor, were evolving into an exuberant folk-country sound that would prove enormously appealing over the next few years. The album contained one of
Denver's finest ballads, "Goodbye Again," as well as one of his better old songs, "For Baby (For Bobbie)."