Leading Off Explained

Leading Off
Type:	studio
Artist:	Chris Thile
Cover:	Thile Leading Off Cover.jpg
Released:	September 25, 1994
Genre:	Progressive Bluegrass
Label:	Sugar Hill
Producer:	Pete Wernick
Next Title:	Stealing Second
Next Year:	1997

Leading Off is the debut solo album by American newgrass mandolinist Chris Thile, released on September 25, 1994, by Sugar Hill Records. Thile was 13 years old at the time of its release.

Track listing

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

Personnel

Musical

• Chris Thile – fiddle, guitar, mandolin, arranger
• Scott Thile – bass, engineer, facility consultant
• Sean Watkins – mandolin
• Byron Berline – fiddle
• Dennis Caplinger – banjo
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• John Moore – guitar, mandolin
• Scott Nygaard – guitar
• Pete Wernick – banjo, producer

Technical

• Kurt Storey – Engineer
• David Glasser – Mastering
• Kevin Clock – Mixing
• Bob Murray – Design