Leading Off...

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Leading Off... · Chris Thile was thirteen when his first solo album was released on 25 September 1994 on Sugar Hill Records. He is counted among the newgrass musicians and plays mandolin, but on this album also fiddle and guitar, and he made the arrangements himself. Scott Thile plays bass, Sean Watkins mandolin, and guests such as fiddler Byron Berline, banjo player Dennis Caplinger and fiddler Stuart Duncan join in. Pete Wernick, also a banjo player, produced.

Well over half of the thirteen tracks are by Thile himself, sometimes together with Watkins. In addition there are Panhandle Rag by Leon McAuliffe, Old Dangerfield by Bill Monroe, the traditional Salt Creek, a medley of old favourites and the hymn How Great Thou Art.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Shadow Ridge2:45Apple Music ↗
2. 2Slime Rock4:54Apple Music ↗
3. 3Holdin' Down the Fort3:01Apple Music ↗
4. 4Faith River3:25Apple Music ↗
5. 5Panhandle Rag3:19Apple Music ↗
6. 6For All It's Worth2:04Apple Music ↗
7. 7Shipwrecked2:36Apple Music ↗
8. 8Trail's End3:38Apple Music ↗
9. 9Salt Creek2:53Apple Music ↗
10. 10Old Daingerfield3:42Apple Music ↗
11. 11Old Favorite's Medley4:21Apple Music ↗
12. 12Chris Cross3:34Apple Music ↗
13. 13How Great Thou Art3:18Apple Music ↗

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