This kinda floored me. The true fan style respect Thile shows with humility and joy is humbling. Meaningless. Somewhat ashamed to admit I downloaded it off Napster in the late 90s. Ruined my day...
Chris needs to make a record with Jon, Andy Partridge, Neil Finn, Roger Manning, Tim Smith, Jason Falkner and Ben Folds - produced by Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake with a special guest appearance by Bruce Kaphan. Maybe it’s a purpose built film score / soundtrack about a boy who dreams music and sees planets and stars forming. He hums a melody and floats away at the end. The world becomes silent and everything stops. Cut to a montage of fields of hay, traffic, honeybees, clouds - all stop in place. Silence. The Sun changes color slightly - fade to credits - Partridge singing over Ben Folds piano with Chris playing solo violin and Kaphan interweaving counterpoint. Everyone else joins in a vocal arrangement scored by Dave Gregory.
