An Evening with John Denver is the first live album by American singer and songwriter John Denver. It was recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California, 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 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 Gene Cipriano Buddy Collette Vincent DeRosa Assa Drori David Duke Jesse Ehrlich Ronald Folsom Allan Harshman Richard Kaufman 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 Chart (1975) Peakposition Australia Albums (Kent Music Report) 4 Chart (1992) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1975) Position Australia Albums (Kent Music Report) 9 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 6 US Billboard 200 7 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 7 Chart (1976) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 28
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