An Evening with John Denver

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An Evening With John Denver is a live album of music performed by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California in August and September 1974. He is backed by an orchestra conducted by Lee Holdridge.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated

Side one

1. "The Music Is You" - 1:02
2. "Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" - 3:40
3. "Mother Nature's Son" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 4:37
4. "Summer" (Denver, James Taylor, Dick Kniss) - 3:02
5. "Today" (Randy Sparks) - 4:40
6. "Saturday Night In Toledo Ohio" (Randy Sparks) - 4:08

Side two

1. "Matthew" - 3:42
2. "Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)" - 3:13
3. "Sweet Surrender" - 5:02
4. "Grandma’s Feather Bed" (Jim Connor) - 2:37
5. "Annie's Song" - 3:32
6. "The Eagle And The Hawk" (Denver, Mike Taylor) - 2:22

Side three

1. "My Sweet Lady" - 4:55
2. "Annie’s Other Song" - 3:05
3. "Boy from the Country" (Michael Martin Murphey) - 5:00
4. "Rhymes and Reasons" - 3:17
5. "Forest Lawn" (Tom Paxton) - 2:58

Side four

1. "Pickin’ the Sun Down" (John Sommers, Steve Weisberg) - 2:17
2. "Thank God I’m a Country Boy" (John Sommers) - 3:40
3. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert) - 3:17
4. "Poems, Prayers and Promises" - 4:40
5. "Rocky Mountain High" (Denver, Mike Taylor) - 5:04
6. "This Old Guitar" - 4:47

Personnel

John Denver - guitar, vocals

• Steve Weisberg - electric guitar, steel pedal, dobro
• Dick Kniss - bass
• John Sommers - rhythm guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
• Herb Lovelle - drums
• Hal Blaine - percussion
• Owen Castleman - vocals on "Boy from the Country"

• THE ORCHESTRA: Murray Adler, Samuel Boghossian, Denyse Buffum, Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette, Vincent DeRosa, David Duke, Jesse Ehrlich, Ron Folsom, Allan Harshman, Richard Kaufman, Raymond Kelley, Milton Kestenbaum, William Kurasch, Joy Lyle, Richard Maximoff, Peter Mercurio, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Jay Rosen, Ralph Schaeffer, David Schwartz, Sidney Sharp, Harry Shlutz, Mari Tsumura, David Turner, Tibor Zelig

Orchestra conducted by Lee Holdridge