FTD 89 – High Sierra May ‘74

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