End of the Summer
End of the Summer is Dar Williams's third album, released on July 15, 1997 by Razor & Tie.
The album ends with a cover version of "Better Things," a song originally performed by The Kinks on their 1981 album Give the People What They Want.
Track listing
All songs by Dar Williams except as noted.
- Are You Out There
- Party Generation
- If I Wrote You
- What Do You Hear in These Sounds
- The End of the Summer
- Teenagers, Kick Our Butts
- My Friends
- Bought and Sold
- Road Buddy
- It's a War in There
- Better Things (Ray Davies)
Personnel
- Dar Williams - Guitar, Vocals
- Larry Campbell - Guitar (Acoustic), Dobro, Guitar, Pedal Steel, Bouzouki
- Bill Dillon - Guitar, Vocals, Guitar (Electric)
- Mark Egan - Bass, Guitar
- Shane Fontayne - Guitar (Electric)
- Erik Friedlander - Cello
- William Galison - Harmonica
- Lincoln Goines - Bass (Acoustic)
- Charlie Giordano - Accordion
- Jeff Golub - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Slide Guitar
- Steven Miller - Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Engineer
- Shawn Pelton - Cymbals, Drums (Snare), Hi Hat
- Roger Squitero - Conga, Tambourine
- Carol Steele - Timbales
- Glen Velez - Tambourine, Bodhran, Pandeiro
Backing vocals by Dee Carstensen, Amy Fairchild, Lorraine Ferro, Justina Golden, Lucy Kaplansky, Katryna Nields, Nerissa Nields, Richard Shindell, Kaz Silver, and Joyce Zymeck.