An Evening with John Denver

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
Notes
 * undefined mistakenly credited as Owens B. Castleman

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
 * 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