Garth Hudson: The Sea to the North

Cover art copyright © Maud Hudson 2001

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"I feel fortunate for this opportunity to bring you my own music. During the recording process, I envisioned it being two guys in a canoe in the year 1740 or a Paris fashion show or an ice skating routine or mountain climbing or driving a vehicle or being part of that special moment. I hope The Sea To The North makes you feel good and takes you somewhere you've never been before -- somewhere you will want to return to often. Happy trails..." --Garth Hudson

The US pressing of Garth Hudson's first solo album (if you don't count 1980's Our Lady Queen of the Angels,) is available for purchase from Woodstock Records. The Sea to The North has also been released in Canada, Japan and Europe.

I can't sleep, got my first listen to Sea an hour or so ago. Here are some first impressions. Track 1: People Get Ready meets Green Hornet, or Flight of Bumble Bee, and Maud is the Ginger Bread Lady of a Siren. Track 4: I'd like to hear Garth's Redboy. Retreat and retool Robbie. Track 5: Where's the bootleg hiding of all the Jam outtakes. Crowmatix should be recognized as best band in 5 years if they keep it up. Garth's vocals evoke the spirit of Jim Morrison, if he were alive, 85, and came back with the intelligence of Jerry Garcia. Track 6: Lullaby. Piano bar at the Hilton in Heaven can't bring this. Can feel a Malibu sunset. Track 3: The best (Q is right, and delivers best customer service by the way, yeah Breeze Hill.) Maud, if you get weird looks now when people start shaking your hand, it's because they will be trying to hide the fact that they recently made love to this track. Track 2: Luv the deep sounds. I'm thinking abandoned boat in tropical island, in a good Gozilla movie, just rockin' with breeze. Overall: yes, a sax CD and so much more. I can't wait to hear what others have to say about the CD which everyone is gonna be talking about. I just want it to snow now, so I can stoke a fire and watch the flames shadow my walls while I listen to this one again and again... --Dave Z, The Band guestbook, July 2001

For more about this wonderful album, see the reviews by Peter Viney and John Donabie.

Tracks

1.	The Saga of Cyrus and Mulgrew (G.Hudson/M.Hudson)	(534K)
2.	The Sea to the North (G.Hudson)	(601K)
3.	The Breakers (G.Hudson/E.Andersen)	(638K)
4.	Third Order (G.Hudson)	(586K)
5.	Dark Star (Garcia/Kreutzmann/Lesh et.al.)	(540K)
6.	Little Island (G.Hudson)	(613K)

Credits

• Garth Hudson, keyboards/ piano/ organ/ melodica/ accordion/ saxophones/ vocals/ producer/ mixing
• Maud Hudson, vocals/ graphic design/ art director

The Crowmatix:
• Aaron Hurwitz, keyboards/ producer/ engineer
• Gary Burke, drums
• Mike Dunn, bass
• Mike DeMicco, guitar/ sitar
• Jim Eppard, guitar/ sitar
• Marie Spinosa, percussion

• Levon Helm, drums/ explosion design
• Larry Packer, violin
• Tommy Spurlock, guitar/ engineer
• Willie Weeks, bass
• Scott Musick, drums
• Dan Brubeck, drums
• Michael Been, guitar
• Purna Das (Bauls of Bengal), khamak
• Manju Das, ektar
• Babu Das , percussion
• Badal Roy, tablas
• Scott Musick (The Call) - drums
• Michael Been (The Call) - guitar

• Richard Wall, liner notes
• Quentin Ryan, executive producer
• Robert Brower, cover painting
• Joe LaMay, graphic design
• Dave Cook, engineer
• Danny Sheehan, engineer
• Bob Ludwig, mastering
• Tom Flowering, piano tuning
• Bill Putnam, engineer
• Scott Petito, engineer
• Lee Gabites, cover photo
• John Scheele, cover photo
• George Lembesis, cover photo

Garth Hudson - The Sea to the North - 2001 - Breeze Hill Records 0011-2
Japanese CD: DreamsvilleJapan YDCD-0070, 2001
Canadian release by O.P.M./Woodstock Records/EMI, July 2002
European release: CoraZong Records 255039, 2003