End of the Summer

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End of the Summer
Studio album by Dar Williams
Released	July 15, 1997 (1997-07-15)
Genre	Folk, Pop
Label	Razor & Tie
Producer	Steven Miller
Professional reviews
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Dar Williams chronology
Mortal City (1996) End of The Summer (1997) The Green World (2000)

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.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Dar Williams except as noted.

1. Are You Out There
2. Party Generation
3. If I Wrote You
4. What Do You Hear In These Sounds
5. The End Of The Summer
6. Teenagers, Kick Our Butts
7. My Friends
8. Bought And Sold
9. Road Buddy
10. It's A War In There
11. Better Things (Ray Davies)

[edit] 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.