I've got my iPod on shuffle and a Wishing You Would Stay by The Tea Party came on. And I realized that I miss The Tea Party. They were one of my favourite bands and I was sad when they broke up. The Indian influence in their music and Jeff Martin's unique vocals made them a band with a sound all their own.

I picked up Jeff Martin's solo release after they split up. While it had some of the same sound, it was missing something. It just sounded like a bad Tea Party album. Although, IMO, there were no bad Tea Party albums...just a mediocre Jeff Martin album.

I miss this band. I'd love for them to get back together and release something new. I also regret that I never got around to seeing them live, even though they played locally all the time. My mistake.