Chris Thile

Chris Thile
Born: Feb 20, 1981 in Santa Monica, CA
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Styles: Progressive Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, New Acoustic
Biography: A new description of Chris Thile would be hard to come by, especially since all the good superlatives have already been used. They called him a child prodigy when he was 12 years old and making his first solo album, 1994's Leading Off..., and a virtuoso when he was 20 and putting out his third solo effort, ...Read full biography
Stealing Second
Released: 1997
Label: Sugar Hill
Critics' Rating:
Chris Thile's second solo presentation -- he would have been 16 years old at the time -- is every bit as impressive as Leading Off, and even more accomplished. In fact, it shows the lad taking significant ...Read full review
Leading Off...
Released: 1994
Label: Sugar Hill
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According to the liner notes, in most ways Chris Thile was typical 13-year-old when he put out this debut album (and the photos of the cherubic, Chicago Cubs-bedecked teen would seem to confirm this). ...Read full review
More Chris Thile albums: Main Albums (5)
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