''An Evening with John Denver'' is the first
live album
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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 Country music, country and Folk music, folk singer, songwriter, and actor. He was one of the most popular acoustic m ...
. It was recorded at the
Universal Amphitheatre in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, in August and September 1974. He was backed by an orchestra conducted by
Lee Holdridge. Denver's manager,
Milton Okun, was the album's music producer.
Track listing
All tracks written by John Denver, except where noted.
Personnel
Musicians
*John Denver — vocals, 6- and 12-string guitar
*Dick Kniss — bass
*
Herb Lovelle — drums
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Steve Weisberg — lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
*John Sommers — rhythm guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
*
Hal Blaine — percussion
Orchestra
*
Lee Holdridge — conductor
*Kris O'Connor — concert director
*Murray Adler
*Samuel Boghossian
*Denyse Buffum
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Gene Cipriano
*
Buddy Collette
*
Vincent DeRosa
*Assa Drori
*David Duke
*Jesse Ehrlich
*Ronald Folsom
*Allan Harshman
*Richard Kaufman
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Raymond Kelley
*Jerome Kessler
*Milton Kestenbaum
*William Kurasch
*Joy Lyle
*Richard Maximoff
*Peter Mercurio
*Wilbert Nuttycombe
*Jay Rosen
*Ralph Schaeffer
*Sidney Sharp
*Harry Shlutz
*David Schwartz
*Mari Tsumura
*David Turner
*Tibor Zelig
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
John Denver albums
Albums arranged by Lee Holdridge
Albums produced by Milt Okun
1975 live albums
RCA Records live albums
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