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 and the band dress casually. 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 high class neighborhood with the band dressed in suits and the words "Hello My Chevrier Home". 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

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1971	Billboard 200	52

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1971	"Rain Dance"	Canada	3
		Australia	55
		Billboard Hot 100	19
	"Sour Suite"	Canada	12
		Billboard Hot 100	50
1972	"Life in the Bloodstream"	Canada	39

References

1. Allmusic review