East of the Sun (Tuatara album)
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East of the Sun is the fifth album from collaborative group Tuatara
, and part of a double album release with West of the Moon
. It is the first Tuatara album with lyrics, sung by a variety of guest vocalists.
Tuatara (band)
Tuatara is a Seattle-based instrumental music group featuring members of R.E.M., The Minus 5, Critters Buggin, and the Screaming Trees.-History:...
, and part of a double album release with West of the Moon
West of the Moon
West of the Moon is the follow-up to Tuatara's East of the Sun.-Tuatara members:*Peter Buck - acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, dulcimer*Dave Carter - trumpet*Jessy Greene - violin, cello*Kevin Hudson - electric and upright bass...
. It is the first Tuatara album with lyrics, sung by a variety of guest vocalists.
Track listing
- Waterhole (Peter BuckPeter BuckPeter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....
, Barrett MartinBarrett MartinBarrett Martin , is an American drummer, upright bassist, composer, producer, writer, and Zen artist. He was the drummer for the Seattle, Washington groups Skin Yard and Screaming Trees, as well as the supergroups Mad Season and Tuatara...
, and Scott McCaugheyScott McCaugheyAs a singer and songwriter, Scott McCaughey is the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5.He is also bassist for Robyn Hitchcock's most recent touring band, The Venus 3, along with Bill Rieflin and Peter Buck....
) – 3:56 (vocals by McCaughey) - The Spaniard (Buck, Gary LourisGary LourisGary Louris is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter of alternative country and pop music. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis-based band The Jayhawks, and their principal songwriter and vocalist after the departure of Mark Olson; he is often credited with the band's subsequent move from...
, Martin, and McCaughey) – 4:08 (vocals by Louris) - Bones, Blood and Skin (Buck, Jessy GreeneJessy GreeneJessy Greene is a violin, cello, and vocal musician from Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA. She has released two albums, Blue Sky , and A Demon & Her Lovers . She was a former member of Geraldine Fibbers and The Jayhawks. Jessy has also played with a number of artists including Wilco, Atmosphere,...
, Martin, and McCaughey) – 4:43 (vocals by Greene) - Silo Spring Violets (Coleman BarksColeman BarksColeman Barks is an American poet. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, he is nonetheless renowned as an interpreter of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia.- Biographical notes:...
, Buck, Martin, and McCaughey) – 3:29 (vocals by Barks) - Trouble Rides In (Buck, Martin, McCaughey, and Dean WarehamDean WarehamDean Wareham is an American musician, who formed the band Galaxie 500 in 1987. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Wareham moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, before settling in New York City in 1977. Wareham attended high school at Dalton School in New York, and then attended Harvard...
) – 3:26 (vocals by Wareham) - Missionary Death Song (Buck, Martin, McCaughey) – 2:51 (vocals by McCaughey)
- A Spark in the Wind (Buck, Mark EitzelMark EitzelMark Eitzel is a musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.-History:Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohio and the United Kingdom. He moved to America in 1979.He started making music while he was...
, Martin, and McCaughey) – 2:56 (vocals by Eitzel) - Madrigal (Buck, Louris, Martin, and McCaughey) – 4:14 (vocals by Louris)
- All the Colors in the World (Buck, Martin, McCaughey, Mark OlsonMark OlsonMark W. Olson was a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve from 2001 to 2006. Filling an unexpired term to end on January 31, 2010, he resigned on June 21, 2006 in order to run the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.-Biography:In 1943, Mark W. Olson was born on March...
) – 4:40 (vocals by Olson and Victoria WilliamsVictoria WilliamsVictoria Williams is an American singer-songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. She is noted for her descriptive songwriting talent, which she has used to immerse the listener of her songs into a...
) - Orpheus Must Die (Buck, John Wesley HardingJohn Wesley Harding (singer)Wesley Stace is a folk/pop singer-songwriter and author who goes by the stage name John Wesley Harding. He has called his style of music folk noir and gangsta folk...
, Martin, and McCaughey) – 3:20 (vocals by Harding and Gina Sala) - Your Ghost Town (Buck, Martin, McCaughey, and Wareham) – 1:12 (vocals by Wareham)
- Thank You Jesus (Barks, Buck, Martin, and McCaughey) – 1:26 (vocals by Barks)
- Rainbow Drops (Buck, Martin, McCaughey, and Victoria WilliamsVictoria WilliamsVictoria Williams is an American singer-songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. She is noted for her descriptive songwriting talent, which she has used to immerse the listener of her songs into a...
) – 2:50 (vocals by Williams) - Love Is (Buck, Louris, Martin, and McCaughey) – 4:50 (vocals by Louris)
- Oxman Spoonmaker Barks, (Buck, Martin, and McCaughey) – 3:47 (vocals by Barks)
Tuatara members
- Peter Buck – acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, dulcimer
- Dave CarterDave CarterDave Carter was an American folk singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music." He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, who were heralded as the new "voice of modern folk music" in the months before Carter's unexpected death in July 2002...
– trumpet - Jessy Greene – violin, cello
- Kevin Hudson – electric and upright bass
- Barrett Martin – drums, vibraphone, piano, organ, Arabic drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Scott McCaughey – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, organ, harmonica, backing vocals
- Elizabeth Pupo-Walker – percussion