Henry Lee Summer

Henry Lee Summer (real name Henry Lee "Hank" Swartz) is an American rock guitarist and singer from Brazil, Indiana. Originally, he planned on being a basketball player, and he even received a full scholarship to play at an Indiana university (source: "Billboard Book of Top Forty Singles") . However, he ultimately decided to go the music route. He had several successful albums in the 1980s and a #1 rock hit single, and toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Money, Chicago, and Richard Marx. His number 1 rock hit was "I Wish I Had a Girl (Who Walked Like That)," originally recorded for his "Time for Big Fun" album, but a version was also included on his breakthrough self-titled album two years later. He also served as a lighting director and stage manager for many arenas in the 1980s.

As of 2001, he was living in Indianapolis with his wife, Carrie, and four children [http://www.whatzup.com/Archives/cover090601.html] .

In September 2006, Summer was arrested after the car he was driving crashed into several other vehicles and a mobile home in a local Indiana neighborhood. He was charged with three different misdemeanors in the incident: operating a vehicle while intoxicated, resisting arrest, and failing to stop after an accident. A statement posted on his website claimed that he had been under the influence of ambien, not alcohol at the time [http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060919/LIFE/609190302/-1/ENTERTAIN] . Ultimately, after he later pled guilty to driving while intoxicated, two of the charges (resisting arrest and failing to stop) were dropped, and he was sentenced to a year's probation and forced to pay a fine [http://www.softcom.net/webnews/wed/do/Uus-summers.RG9z_HJT.html] .

Discography

Albums

*"Close Enough for Me" (CBS Records)
*"Don't Leave" (CBS)
*"Treat Her Like a Lady" (CBS)
*"Stay With Me" (Majestic Records, 1984)
*"Time for Big Fun" (Majestic, 1985)
*"Henry Lee Summer" (Epic Records, 1987) U.S. #56 [ [http://wc02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0iftxqr5ldae~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic.com]
*"I've Got Everything" (Epic, 1989) U.S. #78
*"Way Past Midnight" (Epic, 1991)
*"Slamdunk" (Sony Records, 1993)
*"Smoke and Mirrors" (Moon Pie Records, 1999)

ingles

References

Websites

http://www.henryleesummer.com/ (Official site)