So Long, Bannatyne

So Long, Bannatyne
Studio album by The Guess Who
Released	July 1971
Recorded	1971 at RCA's Mid-America Recording Center, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Rock
Length	47:38
Label	RCA Victor Iconoclassic (re-release)
Producer	Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
The Best of The Guess Who (1971) So Long, Bannatyne (1971) Rockin' (1972)
Singles from So Long, Bannatyne
"Rain Dance" Released: 1971 "Sour Suite"/"Life in the Bloodstream" Released: 1971

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So Long, Bannatyne is the eighth studio album by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who.

Story

The album covers and the title track illustrate a transition in band member Kurt Winter's life.

Bannatyne Avenue is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the home city of The Guess Who. The front of the album cover for the vinyl LP has the words "So Long, Bannatyne" above a red Chevy with a Manitoba licence plate. In the background there is a building labelled "Bannatyne Apartments". On the back of the album cover is the red Chevy again, but in a residential neighbourhood. The song lyrics include the line:

So long Bannatyne, hello my Chevrier home.

Track listing

• All songs written by Burton Cummings/Kurt Winter except noted.

1. "Rain Dance" - 2:45
2. "She Might Have Been a Nice Girl" (Cummings) - 3:13
3. "Goin' a Little Crazy" - 6:59
4. "Fiddlin'" - 1:06
5. "Pain Train" - 3:45
6. "One Divided" (Greg Leskiw) - 2:38
7. "Grey Day" (Leskiw) - 4:16
8. "Life in the Bloodstream" (Cummings) - 3:10
9. "One Man Army" - 3:55
10. "Sour Suite" (Cummings) - 4:08
11. "So Long, Bannatyne" - 5:55

Bonus Tracks (2010 Iconoclassic CD Release)

1. "Albert Flasher" (Cummings)
2. "Broken"

8-Track

• The 8-track release featured a different ordering of tracks:

1. "Life in the Bloodstream"
2. "Fiddlin'"
3. "So Long, Bannatyne"
4. "Rain Dance"
5. "Sour Suite"
6. "Pain Train"
7. "One Divided"
8. "One Man Army"
9. "Grey Day"
10. "She Might Have Been a Nice Girl"
11. "Goin' a Little Crazy"

Personnel

• Burton Cummings - piano, lead vocals, saxophone
• Greg Leskiw - guitar, backing vocals, banjo
• Kurt Winter - guitar, backing vocals
• Jim Kale - bass
• Garry Peterson - drums, backing vocals

Charts

Album

Singles

References

The Guess Who Jim Kale Laurie MacKenzie Garry Peterson Derek Sharp Leonard Shaw Chad Allan Randy Bachman Burton Cummings Carl Dixon Terry Hatty Greg Leskiw Donnie McDougall Domenic Troiano Bill Wallace Kurt Winter Studio albums Shakin' All Over Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!) It's Time Wheatfield Soul Canned Wheat American Woman Share the Land So Long, Bannatyne Rockin' Artificial Paradise #10 Road Food Flavours Power in the Music Guess Who's Back All This for a Song Now and Not Then Liberty Live albums Live at the Paramount Together Again The Best of the Guess Who Live The Spirit Lives On Down the Road Running Back Thru Canada The Best of Running Back Thru Canada Extended Versions: The Encore Collection Compilations The Best of The Guess Who The Best of The Guess Who, Vol. 2 The Greatest of The Guess Who Track Record Wild One The Guess Who: Anthology Singles "Shakin' All Over" "Tossin' and Turnin'" "Hey Ho, What You Do to Me" "Hurting Each Other" "Believe Me" "Clock on the Wall" "His Girl" "These Eyes" "Laughing" "Undun" "No Time" "American Woman" "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" "Hand Me Down World" "Share the Land" "Hang On to Your Life" "Albert Flasher" "Rain Dance" "Sour Suite" "Heartbroken Bopper" "Guns, Guns, Guns" "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" "Follow Your Daughter Home" "Glamour Boy" "Star Baby" "Clap for the Wolfman" "Dancin' Fool" Related articles Discography Jack Richardson Book