''An Evening with John Denver'' is the first

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by American singer and songwriter

John Denver Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, activist, and humanitarian whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singe ...

. It was recorded at the

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in August and September 1974. He was backed by an orchestra conducted by

Lee Holdridge Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. A 18-time Emmy Award nominee, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two News & Documentary Emmy Awards, and one ...

. Denver's manager,

Milton Okun Milton may refer to: Names * Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname) ** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet * Milton (given name) ** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free ...

, was the album's music producer.

Track listing

Notes * mistakenly credited as ''Owens'' B. Castleman

Personnel

Musicians *John Denver — vocals, 6- and 12-string guitar *Dick Kniss — bass *

Herb Lovelle Herbie Lovelle (1 June 1924 - April 8, 2009) was an American drummer, who played jazz, R&B, rock, and folk. He was also a studio musician and an actor. Lovelle's uncle was the drummer Arthur Herbert. Lovelle began his career with the trumpeter ...

— drums *Steve Weisberg — lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar *John Sommers — rhythm guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin *

Hal Blaine Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. ...

— percussion Orchestra *

— conductor *Allan Harshman *Assa Drori *William Collette *David Duke *David Schwartz *David Turner *Denyse Buffum *Gene Cipriano *Harry Shlutz *Jay Rosen *Jerome Kessler *Jesse Ehrlich *Joy Lyle *Mari Tsumura *Milton Kestenbaum *Murray Adler *Peter Mercurio *Ralph Schaeffer *Raymond Kelley *Richard Kaufman *Richard Maximoff *Ronald Folsom *Samuel Boghossian *Sidney Sharp *Tibor Zelig *Vincent DeRosa *Wilbert Nuttycombe *William Kurasch Production *Kris O'Connor — concert director *Milton Okun — producer *Kris O'Connor — assistant producer *Jerry Weintraub — personal management *Wally Heider Recording — recording *Ken Johnson — set designer *Penrod, Inc. — set construction *Stanal Sound — sound designer *Sundance Lighting — lighting designer *Jim Moody — lighting director *Ernie Zeilinger — engineer *Artie Torgersen — assistant engineer *Richard Simpson — mastering engineer *Mickey Crofford — recording engineer *Lowell Norman — film coordinator Design *Nick Sangiamo — cover photography *Mike Kirkland — inner spread photography *Anthony Loew — liner photography *Sam Emerson — liner photography *Lowell Norman — liner photography *Mike Kirkland — liner photography *Nick Sangiamo — liner photography *Acy Lehman — art director *Mike Kirkland — poster artwork

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References

John Denver albums Albums arranged by Lee Holdridge Albums produced by Milt Okun 1975 live albums RCA Records live albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub