Summer Rains (album)
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Summer Rains is the third studio album
from the folk
/swing
band The Ditty Bops
released in 2008. The album was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Recording Package
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Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
from the folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
/swing
Swing (genre)
Swing music, also known as swing jazz or simply swing, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and became a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States...
band The Ditty Bops
The Ditty Bops
The Ditty Bops is an American band from Los Angeles, California. Though previously with Warner Brothers, they now self-produce. They are noted for their tight vocal harmonies and playful style. They are headed by Abby DeWald and Amanda Barrett...
released in 2008. The album was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Recording Package
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album, not to the performer, except if the performer is also the art director....
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Track listing
- "Summer Rains" – 3:20
- "When's She Comin' Home" – 2:56
- "Skinny Bones" – 3:11
- "What Happened to the Radio" – 2:42
- "The Next Best Thing" – 2:34
- "Because We Do" – 2:38
- "Interlude for Ten Strings" – 2:05
- "I Stole Your Wishes" – 2:39
- "All Over You" – 2:50
- "Feel From The Outside In" – 3:01
- "The Weeds Are Winning" – 3:20
- "Sugar and Spice" – 3:49
Personnel
- Abby DeWaldAbby DeWaldAbby DeWald sings lead vocals and plays acoustic guitar in the California-based group known as The Ditty Bops. She was born and raised in Shasta County and currently resides in Los Angeles....
- vocals, acoustic guitar, piano track 8, charango track 5 - Amanda Barrett - vocals, mandolin, ukelele, steel drum
- David Boucher - baritone sax
- Mitchell FroomMitchell Froom-Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...
- keyboards - Jesca HoopJesca HoopJesca Ada Hoop is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Northern California, who writes and performs in diverse musical styles, under the initial encouragement and guidance of her former employer, musician Tom Waits.-Biography:...
- vocals track 3, 4, 10 - John Lambdin - lap steel, violin, guitar track 9
- Kaveh Rastegar - bass
- Greg Rutledge - piano, whistle
- Pete ThomasPete ThomasPete Thomas is best known as the longtime drummer for Elvis Costello. Tom Waits has referred to him as "one of the best rock drummers alive".-Career:...
- drums, percussion