Ahoy, there! Looks like we have a fair wind for a sailing song. Join John Bacon, Gary Schoolcraft, Ben Robert Eastman, and me on a trip to the South Seas (and don’t forget the Dramamine). It’s always a tremendous pleasure for me to be able to make music with all of these gentlemen.

The song “Southern Cross” has an interesting provenance. From songfacts.com: “The song was written by Stephen Stills with help from Richard Curtis and Michael Curtis. In the CSN boxed set, Stills explained: ‘The Curtis brothers brought a wonderful song called Seven League Boots, but it drifted around too much. I rewrote a new set of words and added a different chorus, a story about a long boat trip I took after my divorce. It’s about using the power of the universe to heal your wounds. Once again, I was given somebody’s gem and cut and polished it.’” It was recorded by Crosby, Stills & Nash for the Daylight Again album and was released as the second single.