1977 studio album by Poco
Indian Summer is the tenth studio album by the American country rock band Poco , released on May 1, 1977. The appearance of Steely Dan 's Donald Fagen playing synthesizer on two of the tracks marked another move away from the country rock sound the band had primarily been known for. This was the band's last studio album before both Timothy B. Schmit and George Grantham left the group.
Reception [ edit ] In his AllMusic review, music critic Peter Kurtz wrote that the album was "a few notches down from their best, early material... The strongest song is the title track, which has some nice steel guitar and harmony vocals, but this high point is balanced by the closing number, 'The Dance', a clumsy suite that's burdened by an over-the-top string and horn arrangement... File this under the "treading water" category."[1]
Track listing [ edit ] "Indian Summer" (Paul Cotton ) – 4:40 "Twenty Years" (Cotton) – 3:42 "Me and You" (Timothy B. Schmit ) – 2:44 "Downfall" (Rusty Young ) – 4:33 "Win or Lose" (Cotton) – 4:40 "Living in the Band" (Cotton) – 3:14 "Stay (Night Until Noon)" (Timothy B. Schmit, Noreen Schmit) – 3:22 "Find Out in Time" (Timothy B. Schmit, Robbin Thompson ) – 3:54 "The Dance: When the Dance Is Over / Go on and Dance / Never Gonna Stop / When the Dance Is Over (Reprise)" (Young) – 10:05 Track-by-track personnel [ edit ] "Indian Summer" Paul Cotton – lead vocals, Gretsch White Falcon Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals, bass George Grantham – backing vocals, drums Rusty Young – steel and sitar steel guitars Steve Forman – percussion, creatures Donald Fagen – ARP Odyssey , ARP String Ensemble "Twenty Years" Paul Cotton – lead vocals, lead guitar George Grantham – drums Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals, bass Rusty Young – steel and lead steel guitars Mark Henry Herman – acoustic piano Steve Forman – tambourine "Me and You" Timothy B. Schmit – lead vocals, bass George Grantham – backing vocals, drums Paul Cotton – backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars Rusty Young – steel guitar "Downfall" Rusty Young – lead vocals, Leslie and lead steel guitar, electric guitar George Grantham – backing vocals, drums Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals, bass Paul Cotton – lead guitar Mark Henry Herman – acoustic piano Steve Forman – congas, tambourine "Win or Lose" Paul Cotton – lead vocals, Gretsch White Falcon George Grantham – backing vocals, drums Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals, bass Rusty Young – Leslie and wah-wah steel guitars Donald Fagen – ARP String Ensemble "Living in the Band" Paul Cotton – lead vocals, lead guitar George Grantham – backing vocals, drums, jawbone, shakers Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals, bass Rusty Young – Leslie and lead steel guitars Steve Forman – congas "Stay (Night Until Noon)" Timothy B. Schmit – lead vocals, bass Paul Cotton – backing vocals, lead guitar George Grantham – backing vocals, drums Rusty Young – Leslie steel guitar, banjo "Find Out in Time" Timothy B. Schmit – lead vocals, bass, harmonica George Grantham – backing vocals, shakers Paul Cotton – backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars Rusty Young – Leslie steel guitar, mandolin , banjo Steve Forman — surdo "The Dance" Rusty Young –acoustic, slide, electric and Leslie steel guitars George Grantham – lead and backing vocals, drums Paul Cotton – lead and backing vocals, Gretsch White Falcon Timothy B. Schmit – lead and backing vocals, bass, harmonica Mark Henry Herman – electric piano, celesta Steve Forman – percussion Sid Sharp – concertmaster Jimmie Haskell – string and horn arrangements Production [ edit ] Poco – producers Mark Henry Harman – producer, engineer Tim "Zoots" Green – assistant engineer Wally Traugott – mastering Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California) – mastering location Llew Llewellyn – equipment Terry Merchant – equipment Phil Hartman – cover artwork Ron Slenzak – photography Dennis Jones – road manager References [ edit ]
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