Summer Side of Life is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...

's 7th original album, released in 1971 on the Reprise Records

Reprise Records

Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...

 Label. The album continued the sound Lightfoot established on Sit Down Young Stranger

Sit Down Young Stranger

Sit Down Young Stranger is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's sixth original album and also his best-selling original album. It was released in 1970 on the Reprise Records Label. The album was renamed If You Could Read My Mind shortly after release due to the song of that title reaching number #5...

and that would serve him well throughout the first half of the 1970's.

The album reached #38 on the pop chart. "Summer Side of Life" peaked at #98 on the pop singles chart while "Talking in Your Sleep" peaked at #64. The singles reached #21 and #19 respectively in Canada.

Track listing

1. "10 Degrees and Getting Colder" – 2:43
2. "Miguel" – 4:12
3. "Go My Way" – 2:13
4. "Summer Side of Life" – 4:05
5. "Cotton Jenny
   Cotton Jenny
   "Cotton Jenny" is a single by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. The song was written by Gordon Lightfoot, who originally recorded it on his 1971 album Summer Side of Life. Murray's version was released in January 1972 as was the first single from her album Talk It Over in the Morning. It...
   
   " – 3:26
6. "Talking in Your Sleep" – 2:56
7. "Nous Vivons Ensemble" – 3:45
8. "Same Old Loverman" – 3:21
9. "Redwood Hill" – 2:48
10. "Love and Maple Syrup" – 3:13
11. "Cabaret" – 5:49

All compositions by Lightfoot.

Personnel

• Gordon Lightfoot - Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Piano
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  , Vocals
• Red Shea - Guitar
• Jerry Shook - Guitar
• Chip Young - Guitar
• Rick Haynes - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Roy M. "Junior" Huskey
  Roy Huskey, Jr.
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   - Bass
• James Rolleston - Bass
• Henry Strzelecki - Bass
• Kenneth A. Buttrey - Drum
  Drum
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• Buddy Harman
  Buddy Harman
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   - Drums
• Jim Isbell - Drums
• David Brown - Percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Farrel Morris - Percussion
• Vassar Clements
  Vassar Clements
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   -Violin
  Violin
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• Charlie McCoy
  Charlie McCoy
  Charles "Charlie" Ray McCoy is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing. In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Astor, Elvis Presley and Ween. He has also recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records...
  
   - Harmonica
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Piano

External links

• Album lyrics and chords