Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts tribute by Peter Cupples

Peter Cupples performs a cover of the Seals and Crofts Summer Breeze. Produced and presented by Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com Peter Cupples http://www.pertercupples.com performed this track to a small group of friends in Brisbane Australia in October 2007.

About Seals and Crofts

Jimmy Seals and Dash Crofts are two musicians from Texas who were immensely popular in the 1970's, and still honored today for their hits Summer Breeze, Hummingbird, Diamond Girl, We May Never Pass This Way Again and Get Closer. Their unique pop/rock sound was made famous by their incredible vocal harmony, songwriting and musicianship. Their music was also distinctive for their spiritual lyrics and themes, inspired by the teachings of the Bahá'í faith.

Although no true reunion is planned, Seals & Crofts recorded their first album together in over 20 years in 2004, entitled TRACES. The album features new versions of several hits from the 1970's, plus some newer tunes! S & C are in fine voice. Included are a total rearrangement of the hits, such as Get Closer (with Dash's daughter Lua and Jimmy's daughter Juliet). Some updated album cuts are added, such as Not Be Found and Euphrates. Another highlight is the previously unreleased "Change the Copper Into Gold" (inspired by the spiritual odyssey of Dorothy Baker), a mesmerizing song that ranks among Jimmy's best. A newer song also penned by Jimmy, "North Light," has been retitled and released as "Paint You." The album does not include the song "Traces," which was Jimmy's recounting of the ten Bahá'í women executed during the Iranian persecutions in the 1980's. That song was released in 1987 on a rare Bahá'í album, called Jewel In the Lotus. The album does, however, include a version of "Love Takes No Prisoners," which first appeared on Louie Shelton's cd, Hot & Spicy

Seals and Crofts are Jim Seals (born James Seals, 17 October 1941, Sidney, Texas) and Dash Crofts (born Darrell Crofts, 14 August 1940, Cisco, Texas), a popular soft rock duo in the early 1970s, best-known for their hits "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl." They were also the most famous Bahá'ís of 1970s in the United States.


According to Billboard ratings, SUMMER BREEZE was ranked #2 among all albums charted during 1973. Number 1, a surprise in retrospect, was War's THE WORLD IS A GHETTO. An unreleased song from the SUMMER BREEZE recording sessions in July of 1972 was "Greying Eyes of Time."


Produced by Louie Shelton; Jim Seals- vocals, guitar, fiddle, saxophone; Dash Crofts -- vocals, mandolin, electric guitar, piano; Robert Lichtig -- bass, flute, clarinet; piano -- Larry Knechtel, Clarence McDonald, Mike Lang, Michael Omartian, John Ford Coley; drums -- Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, John Guerin, Russ Kunkel; bass -- Wilton Felder, Harvey Brooks, Joe Osborn, Louie Shelton; tamboura and tablas -- Milt Holland; congas -- King Errison; electric guitar -- Louie Shelton; steel guitar -- "Red" Rhodes; banjo -- John Hartford; flute -- Jim Horn, with love from Shelter; background singers -- Dee Higgins, Louie Shelton, Donnie Shelton; string arrangement -- Mary Paich; recorded at Sound Factory, Hollywood; engineers -- Dave Hassinger (first), Val Garay (second); special thanks to our bass player, Bobby Lichtig (who was late for our picnic picture) for his continuing devotion and inspirational musicianship throughout the past two albums; art direction -- Ed Thrasher; illustrations -- Mark English; album design -- Dave Bhrang; special thanks to our road manager Jim Root for services rendered above and beyond the call of duty; roadies -- Leonard Mace and Ron Aston.
http://www.sealsandcrofts.com/lyricssb.html

Discography

Albums
Seals & Crofts, 1969
Down Home, 1970
Year Of Sunday, 1971,
Summer Breeze, 1972,
Diamond Girl, 1973,
Seals & Crofts I & II, 1974
Unborn Child, 1974,
I'll Play For You, 1975,
Greatest Hits, 1975,
Get Closer, 1976,
Sudan Village, 1976 (live),
One On One (soundtrack), 1977,
Takin' It Easy, 1978,
Collection, 1979
The Longest Road, 1980 (Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke appeared on track one, "Stars").
Lote Tree, 1980
Today, 1998
Traces, 2004

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• Summer
• Breeze

[oz1john]

Peter Cupples is a well-respected musician from Australia. He was the driving force in the 70's and 80's Australian bands 'Stylus' and the 'Peter Cupples Band', for which he wrote most of their songs and did a lot of the arranging and producing. They mostly played a mix of soul/funk/pop. I can't tell you how many thousands of times I have listened to his/their songs.

[newrealm06]

Hi there oz1john - i can understand - I'm a big fan of Peter's as well - we are very fortunate to have him palying at a concert on te first of June in Brisbane at Southbank.. If you can .. come and watch the show.

[FsharpMajor7th]

He can sure sing alright, he is a professional singer! It's amazing how you can tell the Pros(like Mr Cupples) to the amateurs . Peter is always in key and never out of tune, and this version clearly shows his vocal talent (not to mention his guitar skills too).What a refreshing version, I like it more than the Seals version. Sorry SC fans! 5 Stars!

[odeonpacific]

Peter is so underrated as far as his place in Aussie music fame, great singer songwriter, and Stylus were such a good band way ahead of their time.

[ValareePerlak36]

Get the audio from this tune at tubepull doht cohm.

[1996HunterX]

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[thefranticle]

amazing singer and a great guy jc

[sjwsri]

Very nice Peter, love it!!!!!! Keep on jammin forever bro!!!!

[TheBug1961]

amazing what bongos, acoustic guitar and a fantastic voice can do for a song. awesome. better than Seals and Crofts and Jason Mraz. I'm a new fan.

[nstygatr]

Try out the voice live brother.

I have used for years and it rocks

Love you stuff!

[tatakiboy]

Well done peter cupples........I had an album of yours when i wasa kid and listened to it often.....dont know what happened to it........I think there used to be a song on there i used to like a lot called "BLACK & WHITE" i think.......brings back memories....!!!

[ritlagaboma]

Well done, guy!!!