The Tea Party was formed in 1990 after a marathon jam at session at the Cherry Beach RehearsalStudios. Their music has beendescribed ashardrock with influences from blues, progressive rock,Indian and Middle Eastern music. Well known inCanada,Australia and Germany, the bandisgenerally unknown in mainstream American music.In 2005, the group disbanded due to creativedifferences, with Jeff Martin abruptlyannouncing that he would be moving to Scotland to pursue asolo career. Stuart Chatwood later announced thathe and Jeff Burrows were underthe impression thatthe band was merely taking an extended break….~
The Tea Party (1991) is the first album by the Canadian rock group The Tea Party. It was originally recorded as a demo which the band submitted to several record companies. However, the trio was not signed to any recording contract and decided to release the album independently. The album production is relatively lo-fi and the band re-recorded several of the songs for their major label follow-up Splendor Solis. Only 3,500 copies of the album were made, some of which were cassettes, making the recording collectible to fans….~
Line-up / Musicians
- Jeff Martin / vocals, guitar, sitar, banjo, mandolin, producer
- Stuart Chatwood / bass, keyboards, percussion, cello
- Jeff Burrows / drums, percussion
Tracklist
1 Let Me Show You The Door 3:22
2 Midsummer Day 5:48
3 Little Miss Heaven 3:18
4 Winter Solstice 2:48
5 Save Me 8:18
6 Sun Going Down 5:17
7 Watching What The Rain Blows In 5:45
8 Fallen Angel 4:52
9 Dreams Of Reason 7:40
10 Goodman Rag 3:57
11 All My Charms 5:50
12 Baby What You Trying To Do 5:56