FTD 89: High Sierra: May ‘74

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Tracklist:
 
 
 
1. See See Rider (Traditional arranged by Elvis Presley)
 
2. I Got A Woman / Amen (Ray Charles) / (Jester Hairston)
 
3. Love Me 1:34 (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
 
4. Trying To Get To You (Rose Marie McCoy/Charles Singleton)
 
5. All Shook Up (Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley)
 
6. Love Me Tender (Vera Matson/Elvis Presley)
 
7. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (Vicki Wickham/Simon Napier-Bell/Pino Donaggio/Vito Pallavicini)
 
8. Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
 
9. Fever (John Davenport/Eddie Cooley)
 
10. Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White)
 
11. Why Me Lord (Kris Kristofferson)
 
12. Suspicious Minds (Mark James)
 
13. Introductions 
 
14. I Can’t Stop Loving You (Don Gibson)
 
15. Help Me (Larry Gatlin)
 
16. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon)
 
17. Let Me Be There (John Rostill)
 
18. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan McColl)
 
19. Big Boss Man (Al Smith/Luther Dixon)
 
20. Can’t Help Falling In Love (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss)
 
21. Closing Vamp
 
 
 
Bonus Songs
 
22. Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
 
23. Steamroller Blues (James Taylor)
 
24. Spanish Eyes (Bert Kaempfert/Charles Singleton/Eddie Snyder)
 
25. How Great Thou Art (Stuart K. Hine)
 
26. It’s Now Or Never (Aaron Schroeder/Wally Gold)
 
27. I’m Leavin’ (Michael Jarrett/Sonny Charles) 
 
28. Introducing Billy Eckstine
 
 
 
All tracks recorded live at the High Sierra Room at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada
 
Tracks 1-21 recorded May 21, 1974 at the dinner show
 
Tracks 22 & 27 recorded May 25, 1974 at the midnight show
 
Tracks 23, 24 & 25 recorded May 19, 1974 at the dinner show
 
Track 26 recorded May 23, 1974 at the dinner show
 
Track 28 recorded May 27, 1974 at the 3:00 a.m. show
 
 
 
 
 
Musicians:
 
Lead guitar: James Burton
 
Rhythm guitar: John Wilkinson
 
Acoustic guitar and harmony vocals: Charlie Hodge
 
Bass: Jerry Scheff
 
Drums: Ronnie Tutt
 
Piano: Tony Brown
 
Electric piano: David Briggs
 
Vocals: Kathy Westmoreland, Sherrill Nielsen, The Sweet Inspirations and J. D. Sumner & The Stamps
 
The Joe Guercio Orchestra conducted by Marty Harrell
 
 
 
Album produced and art directed Ernst Mikael Jørgensen & Roger Semon