Hirth Martinez with Valerie Carter: Feeling So Fine

Japanese 4-track EP CD from Hirth Martinez, released in 2000 on the Dreamsville label. Garth Hudson is credited for playing accordion on the track "5/4 Samba". Dreamsville Records released Martinez' album I'm Not Like I Was Before in 1998, where Garth played accordion, sax and piano. Tracks 2 and 3 on this EP also appear in different versions on the 1998 album. John Simon produced the song "5/4 Samba" and plays harmonium on it. It was recorded August, 1998 at Sear Sound, NYC, New York.

For more about Martinez' relationship with The Band, see the pages for his Robbie Robertson-produced 1975 debut album Hirth From Earth, the 1977 follow-up Big Bright Street and the 1998 come-back I'm Not Like I Was Before.

Tracks

1. Feeling So Fine
   Recorded Feb. 10/14, 2000 at Parsons Green, Culver City, CA. Hirth Martinez- vocals, guitars, bass, percussion/ Valerie Carter- harmony vocal/ Van Dyke Parks- accordion.

2. 5/4 Samba
   Recorded August, 1998 at Sear Sound, NYC, New York. Hirth Martinez- guitar, vocal/ Diego Urcola- trumpet/ Bob Magnuson- clarinet, bass clarinet/ Cornelius Bumpus- tenor sax/ Garth Hudson- accordion/ John Simon- harmonium/ Lincoln Gaines- bass/ Vanderlei Pereira- drums.

3. Slowly
   Recorded live April 22, 1999 at On Air East, Tokyo, Japan. Hirth Martinez- guitar, vocal.

4. Feeling So Fine (instrumental)
   Instrumental track, same line-up as track 1.

Hirth Martinez - Feeling So Fine - 2000 - TYO Productions/ Dreamsville Records YDCD0029