Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park

Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park
Live album by Sheryl Crow
Released	December 7, 1999
Recorded	September 14, 1999 (East Meadow, Central Park, New York City)
Genre	Rock pop blues country folk
Length	73:00
Label	A&M
Producer	Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow chronology
The Globe Sessions (1998) Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park (1999) C'mon, C'mon (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B−
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
Robert Christgau	A−

Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park is a live album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). Although it was not commercially successful upon its release, merely reaching No. 107 on the Billboard 200, the album has managed to reach US sales of 486,000 units as of January 2008, earning it gold certification consideration. The concert was held in New York's Central Park on September 14, 1999 and featured some of Crow's many musical friends; the Dixie Chicks, Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde, the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, Sarah McLachlan and legendary guitar virtuoso Eric Clapton. The concert's emcee was actor and comedian Bill Murray.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Everyday Is a Winding Road"	Crow, Brian MacLeod, Jeff Trott	5:29
2.	"My Favorite Mistake"	Crow, Trott	4:13
3.	"Leaving Las Vegas"	David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Crow, Kevin Gilbert, David Ricketts	7:21
4.	"Strong Enough" (featuring Dixie Chicks)	Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts	3:36
5.	"It Don't Hurt"	Crow, Trott	5:56
6.	"A Change Would Do You Good"	Crow, MacLeod, Trott	5:17
7.	"Gold Dust Woman" (featuring Stevie Nicks)	Stevie Nicks	4:25
8.	"If It Makes You Happy" (featuring Chrissie Hynde)	Crow, Trott	5:03
9.	"All I Wanna Do"	Baerwald, Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Crow, Gilbert	5:59
10.	"Happy" (featuring Keith Richards)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	3:21
11.	"The Difficult Kind" (featuring Sarah McLachlan)	Crow	5:55
12.	"White Room" (featuring Eric Clapton)	Pete Brown, Jack Bruce	5:50
13.	"There Goes the Neighborhood"	Crow, Trott	5:32
14.	"Tombstone Blues"	Bob Dylan	5:03

• "Gold Dust Woman" was originally performed by Fleetwood Mac.
• "Happy" was originally performed by The Rolling Stones.
• "White Room" was originally performed by Cream.
• "Tombstone Blues" was originally performed by Bob Dylan.

Personnel

• Sheryl Crow – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, electric guitar, vocals, record producer
• Jim Bogios – drums
• Matthew Brubeck – bass guitar, cello
• Mike Rowe – keyboards
• Mary Rowell – acoustic guitar, violin
• Tim Smith – bass guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
• Peter Stroud – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
• Eric Clapton – "White Room"
• Dixie Chicks – "Strong Enough"
• Chrissie Hynde – "If It Makes You Happy"
• Sarah McLachlan – "The Difficult Kind"
• Stevie Nicks – "Gold Dust Woman"
• Keith Richards – "Happy"

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1999	The Billboard 200	107

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
2000	"There Goes the Neighborhood"	Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

References

• Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park at Discogs