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Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park (1999)
Where the lyrics of Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park take you, and where it was really made.
The Central Park concert album did not chart well at release, peaking at No. 107 on the Billboard 200, yet US sales reached 486,000 units by January 2008.
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The September 1999 Central Park concert (1999)
Recording site Great Lawn, Central Park — Sheryl Crow held a concert in New York's Central Park on September 14, 1999, with friends including the Dixie Chicks, Stevie Nicks and Eric Clapton. The live recording of this show became the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park is a live album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow
- Released December 7, 1999 by A&M Records
- Captures a concert held in New York's Central Park on September 14, 1999
- The show featured many of Crow's musical friends as guests
- Bill Murray, actor and comedian and a friend of Crow, served as emcee
Background
- Guests included the Dixie Chicks (now simply the Chicks) and Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks
- Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde and Sarah McLachlan also appeared
- The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards and guitar virtuoso Eric Clapton were among the guests
- French Wikipedia lists the same Central Park guests: Nicks, Hynde, McLachlan, Richards and Clapton
- The album is a document of a show built around Crow and her circle of guests
Recording
- Crow is credited with acoustic guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, electric guitar, vocals and as record producer
- Jim Bogios plays drums; Matthew Brubeck plays bass guitar and cello
- Mike Rowe plays keyboards; Mary Rowell plays acoustic guitar and violin
- Tim Smith plays bass, electric guitar and background vocals; Peter Stroud plays acoustic, electric and slide guitar
- Eric Clapton appears on 'White Room'; Keith Richards appears on 'Happy'
- Chrissie Hynde appears on 'If It Makes You Happy'; Sarah McLachlan on 'The Difficult Kind'
- Stevie Nicks appears on 'Gold Dust Woman'; the Dixie Chicks on 'Strong Enough'
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Everyday Is a Winding Road | 5:30 |
| 2 | My Favorite Mistake | 4:14 |
| 3 | Leaving Las Vegas | 7:22 |
| 4 | Strong Enough | 3:36 |
| 5 | It Don’t Hurt | 5:56 |
| 6 | A Change Would Do You Good | 5:18 |
| 7 | Gold Dust Woman | 4:25 |
| 8 | If It Makes You Happy | 5:03 |
| 9 | All I Wanna Do | 5:59 |
| 10 | Happy | 3:21 |
| 11 | The Difficult Kind | 5:56 |
| 12 | White Room | 5:50 |
| 13 | There Goes the Neighborhood | 5:32 |
| 14 | Tombstone Blues | 5:04 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Early life
- Born February 11, 1962 in Kennett, Missouri.
- Studied music education at the University of Missouri, earning a BS Ed in 1984.
- Worked as a music teacher and sang commercial jingles before moving into music.
Career
- Toured as a backing vocalist for Michael Jackson during the Bad World Tour (1987–1989).
- Debut album Tuesday Night Music Club (1993) produced hits including "All I Wanna Do" and "Strong Enough"; won three Grammys at the 37th ceremony.
- Released 12 studio albums, five compilations and three live albums; sold over 50 million albums worldwide.
- Won nine Grammy Awards from 32 nominations; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.
- Known for a rock-oriented sound blending blues, country, folk and pop, with idealistic lyrics.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Released December 7, 1999 by A&M Records
- Not commercially successful upon release
- Peaked at No. 107 on the Billboard 200
- Recorded at a single concert in New York's Central Park on September 14, 1999
- Crow's friends joined her as guests, making the show a gathering of her musical circle
- Bill Murray hosted the concert as emcee
- Guests included the Dixie Chicks, Stevie Nicks, Chrissie Hynde, Sarah McLachlan, Keith Richards and Eric Clapton
Records
- US sales reached 486,000 units as of January 2008
- These sales earned the album consideration for gold certification
- Japanese Wikipedia gives the same January 2008 US sales figure
- The later sales figures stand in contrast to the weak chart debut
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- Bill Murray, a friend of Crow, hosted the Central Park concert as emcee
- The Dixie Chicks are now simply called the Chicks, and they appear on 'Strong Enough'
- Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac appears on 'Gold Dust Woman'
- Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders appears on 'If It Makes You Happy'
- Keith Richards appears on 'Happy', one of the guest tracks
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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