Snow In June is the third major label album by The Northern Pikes

The Northern Pikes

The Northern Pikes are a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1984. The original members were Bryan Potvin, Jay Semko, Merl Bryck and Glen Hollingshead. Hollingshead left the band in 1985, and was replaced by Don Schmid in 1986...

 released in 1990. It featured three hit singles - "Kiss Me You Fool", "She Ain't Pretty", and "Girl With a Problem".

This was the band's most successful album and garnered them three nominations at the 1991 Juno Awards

Juno Awards of 1991

The Juno Awards of 1991, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 3 March 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia at a ceremony in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Paul Shaffer was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.This was...

. The nominations were: Group of the Year, Single of the Year for "She Ain't Pretty", and Best Video for "She Ain't Pretty".

The album was certified Platinum in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association

Canadian Recording Industry Association

Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...

 on October 31, 1990. To date, it is the band's only Platinum album.

The album features guest appearances from notable performers such as Crystal Taliefero

Crystal Taliefero

Crystal Taliefero is an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Since 1989 she has been a touring and recording member of the Billy Joel Band...

, Garth Hudson

Garth Hudson

Eric Garth Hudson is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist. As the organist, keyboardist and saxophonist for Canadian-American rock group The Band, he was a principal architect of the group's unique sound...

, and John Sebastian

John Sebastian

John Benson Sebastian Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...

.

Track listing

1. "Dream Away" (Bryan Potvin
   Bryan Potvin
   Bryan Potvin is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist, who is a band member of The Northern Pikes. With fellow band member Jay Semko, he co-wrote the theme for the television series Due South....
   
   )
2. "Love These Hands" (Jay Semko
   Jay Semko
   Jay Semko is a singer/songwriter and bassist with Canadian band, The Northern Pikes. He is also a music composer for numerous film and television productions, most notably the successful Canadian television series Due South...
   
   )
3. "Kiss Me You Fool" (Merl Bryck & Semko)
4. "She Ain't Pretty" (Potvin)
5. "Tomorrow Never Comes" (Bryck)
6. "Shadow of Doubt" (Potvin)
7. "Shotgun Morning" (Semko)
8. "Isn't it Lovely" (Semko)
9. "Unimportant" (Bryck)
10. "Am I in Your Way" (Potvin & Semko)
11. "Girl With a Problem" (Semko)
12. "Green Fields" (Semko)
13. "Snow in June" (Potvin)

Personnel

• Merl Bryck – vocals, guitar
• Bryan Potvin
  Bryan Potvin
  Bryan Potvin is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist, who is a band member of The Northern Pikes. With fellow band member Jay Semko, he co-wrote the theme for the television series Due South....
  
   – vocals, guitar
• Jay Semko
  Jay Semko
  Jay Semko is a singer/songwriter and bassist with Canadian band, The Northern Pikes. He is also a music composer for numerous film and television productions, most notably the successful Canadian television series Due South...
  
   – vocals, bass
• Don Schmid – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Garth Hudson
  Garth Hudson
  Eric Garth Hudson is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist. As the organist, keyboardist and saxophonist for Canadian-American rock group The Band, he was a principal architect of the group's unique sound...
  
   – organ, keyboards, accordion
• John Sebastian
  John Sebastian
  John Benson Sebastian Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...
  
   – acoustic guitar, harp, autoharp
• Stan Szelest – acoustic piano
• Crystal Taliefero
  Crystal Taliefero
  Crystal Taliefero is an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Since 1989 she has been a touring and recording member of the Billy Joel Band...
  
   – background vocals
• Rick Hutt – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Ian Tanner
  Ian Tanner
  Ian Tanner is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has performed in rock bands since the mid-1980s. He was a founding member of Christian Rock group The Awakening , and later went on to form the band One Hundred Days with his fellow Awakening member, Andrew Horrocks. One Hundred Days...
  
   – keyboards, organ

Production

• Rick Hutt – producer, engineer
• Fraser Hill – producer, engineer
• The Northern Pikes – producers
• Assisted by Chris Laidlaw
• Production Assistace by Andy Horrocks & Ian Tanner
• Additional Mixes by Hugh Padgham
  Hugh Padgham
  Hugh Padgham is a British record producer. He has won many awards, including four Grammys, with Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's Top Ten Most Influential Producers....
  
   & Bob Clearmountain
  Bob Clearmountain
  Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen , The Rolling Stones , Bryan Adams , Robbie Williams Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He...