Lucky Day
Encyclopedia
Lucky Day is the first live album
(fourth total album) released by singer/songwriter
Jonathan Edwards. It was recorded on March 22 and 23, 1974, at the Performance Center in Harvard Square
, Cambridge, Massachusetts
. Half the album is covers and half is originals.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
(fourth total album) released by singer/songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
Jonathan Edwards. It was recorded on March 22 and 23, 1974, at the Performance Center in Harvard Square
Harvard Square
Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street. It is the historic center of Cambridge...
, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Half the album is covers and half is originals.
Track listing
- "Give Us a Song" – 2:55
- "Don't Cry Blue" – 2:34
- "Nova Scotia" – 3:38
- "Today I Started Loving You Again" – 4:26
- "Shanty" – 2:45
- "Have You Seen Her?" – 3:09
- "Everybody Knows Her" – 1:45
- "Lucky Day" – 2:49
- "Sometimes" – 2:58
- "Hit Parade of Love" – 2:48
- "Stop and Start It All Again" – 3:09
- "My Home Ain't in the Hall of Fame" – 3:41
- "That's What Our Life Is" – 2:52
- "You Are My Sunshine/Sunshine" (Go Away Today) – 3:16
Performance Credits
- Jonathan Edwards - Primary Artist, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Harp
- Bill KeithBill Keith (musician)Bill Keith is a five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument. In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the popular "Scruggs style" of banjo playing which would soon become known as melodic style, or "Keith style." -Professional...
- Banjo, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar - Al AndersonAl Anderson (NRBQ)Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
- Guitar, Electric Guitar - John Edwards - Bass, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
- Dean Adrian - Percussion
- Bobby Chouinard - Drums
- Dave Conrad - Bass, Bass Guitar
- Lynnie Edwards - Vocals
- Bill Elliott - Keyboards
- Eric Lillequist - Guitar, Vocals
- Stuart Schulman - Bass, Violin, Keyboards, Piano
- Bill Elliot - Piano
- Eric Lilljequist - Electric Guitar, Vocals
- Dean Adrien - Tambourine, Vocals
- Lynnie Dall - Background Vocals
Miscellanea
- The medley of "You Are My Sunshine" into Edwards' own "Sunshine" included the lyrics "Nixon's got cards he ain't showing" instead of the original lyrics "But he's got cards he ain't showing"