''Leading Off'' is the debut solo album by

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ist Chris Thile, released on September 25, 1994 by

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. Thile was 13 years old at the time of its release.

Track listing

#"Shadow Ridge" (Thile) – 2:43 #"Slime Rock" (Thile) – 4:54 #"Holdin' Down The Fort" (Thile) – 3:00 #"Faith River" (Thile) – 3:23 #"Panhandle Rag" (Leon McAuliffe) – 3:16 #"For All It's Worth" (Thile, Sean Watkins) – 2:01 #"Shipwrecked" (Thile) – 2:34 #"Trail's End" (Thile) – 3:35 #"Salt Creek" (Traditional) – 2:49 #"Old Dangerfield" (Bill Monroe) – 3:40 #"Old Favorites Medley" (Traditional) – 4:19 #"Chris Cross" (Thile) – 3:29 #"How Great Thou Art" (Stuart Hine) – 3:17

Personnel

Musical

* Chris Thile – fiddle, guitar, mandolin, arranger *Scott Thile – bass, engineer, facility consultant *

Sean Watkins Sean Charles Watkins (born February 18, 1977) is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is a member of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek, the duo Fiction Family and the supergroup Works Progress Administration. He is the brother of Sara ...

– mandolin * Byron Berline – fiddle *Dennis Caplinger – banjo *

Stuart Duncan Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Life Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...

– fiddle *John Moore – guitar, mandolin *Scott Nygaard – guitar *

Pete Wernick Pete Wernick (born February 25, 1946), also known as "Dr. Banjo", is an American musician. He is a five-string banjo player in the bluegrass music scene since the 1960s, founder of the Country Cooking and Hot Rize bands, Grammy nominee and educato ...

– Banjo, producer

Technical

*Kurt Storey – Engineer *David Glasser – Mastering *Kevin Clock – Mixing *Bob Murray – Design {{Authority control 1994 debut albums Chris Thile albums Sugar Hill Records albums