To Sail, to Sail

To Sail, to Sail
Studio album by Fred Frith
Released	July 2008 (2008-07)
Genre	Classical blues folk free improvisation
Length	65:23
Label	Tzadik (US)
Producer	Fred Frith
Fred Frith chronology
The Art of Memory II (2008) To Sail, to Sail (2008) Still Urban (2009)

To Sail, to Sail is a studio album of acoustic guitar solos by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is Frith's first album of acoustic guitar solos and crosses musical borders with 16 tracks of classical, blues, folk and free improvisation. Frith dedicates each track to some of the important figures in his musical life, including Champion Jack Dupree, John Cage, Terry Riley, Daevid Allen, Barre Phillips and Davey Graham. The album was released on Tzadik Records' Key Series in 2008.

Track listing[]

All tracks written by Fred Frith.

1. "Because Your Mama Wants You Home" – 2:39
2. "Weather Gauge" – 4:23
3. "Reconstructed" – 4:07
4. "Life on Venus" – 4:29
5. "Mondays" – 2:05
6. "Life-Enhancing Interior" – 4:00
7. "First Light" – 4:45
8. "Scratch Orchestra" – 4:16
9. "The Wrong Door" – 5:05
10. "Circuit Breakers and Fuses" – 5:05
11. "The Slightest Shiver" – 2:32
12. "Sheep's Head, 1963" – 5:40
13. "Life by Another Name" – 3:38
14. "Dog Watch" – 6:16
15. "Hopscotch Horizon" – 3:19
16. "King Dawn" – 3:04

Personnel[]

• Fred Frith – Taylor 810 Model steel-string acoustic guitar

References[]

External links[]

• To Sail, To Sail on Tzadik Records.
• To Sail, To Sail at AllMusic.