End of the Summer
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| Studio album by Dar Williams | ||||
| Released | July 15, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Folk, Pop | |||
| Label | Razor & Tie | |||
| Producer | Steven Miller | |||
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| SoundStage! |  [2] |
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.