Live (Donny Hathaway album)

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Live
Live album by Donny Hathaway
Released	1972 (1972)
Recorded	The Troubadour in Hollywood & The Bitter End in New York
Genre	Rhythm and Blues/Soul
Length	52:39
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Arif Mardin (side one) Jerry Wexler & Arif Mardin (side two)
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Donny Hathaway Live (1972) Extension of a Man (1973)

Live is a 1972 live album (see 1972 in music) by American Soul artist Donny Hathaway. It was recorded at two concerts: side one at The Troubadour in Hollywood, and side two at the The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. It features only one song penned by Hathaway, "The Ghetto", with the rest of the set consisting of cover songs. The album features some tradition soul anthems, such as Marvin Gaye's 1971 hit "What's Going On", but also Carole King's folk standard "You've Got a Friend".

There are two solos on the album, one on the track "The Ghetto" by Hathaway on electric piano and another by Willie Weeks on bass on the track "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)", taken from the performance recorded at The Troubadour.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "What's Going On" (Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Al Cleveland, and Marvin Gaye) - 5:18
2. "The Ghetto" (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson) - 12:08
3. "Hey Girl" (Earl DeRouen) - 4:03
4. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) - 4:34

[edit] Side two

1. "Little Ghetto Boy" (Derouen, Eddy Howard) - 4:29
2. "We're Still Friends" (Hathaway, Watts) - 5:12
3. "Jealous Guy" (John Lennon) - 3:08
4. "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)" (Richard Evans, Philip Upchurch, Ric Powell) - 13:47

[edit] Personnel

• Donny Hathaway – vocals, electric piano, piano, organ, arrangements
• Phil Upchurch – lead guitar on side one
• Cornell Dupree – lead guitar on side two
• Mike Howard – guitar
• Willie Weeks – bass
• Fred White – drums
• Earl DeRouen – conga drums
• Ray Thompson – recording engineer on side one
• Tom Fly – recording engineer on side two