Mutual Admiration Society is a musical collaboration between singer/songwriter Glen Phillips and progressive bluegrass trio

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History

The members of

were fans of Glen's band

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and a chance encounter with a friend of Glen's backstage at a festival led to

guitarist

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emailing Glen and Glen agreeing to sing the title song on Sean's debut solo album '' Let It Fall.'' Glen invited the band to perform with him at the Los Angeles nightclub Largo and they quickly became strong admirers of each other's music, leading to the name of the group. They got together in Glen's home studio in December 2000 and recorded the album in 3 days, though it took 3 years before it was finally released.Rubin, Steven
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''. December 14, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2008. Glen and Nickel Creek participated in a joint "Mutual Admiration Tour" in the fall of 2001, when they had initially expected the album to be released. When the album was finally released in the summer of 2004, another tour ensued, which included the services of

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bassist

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and drummer Pete Thomas from

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. Pete Thomas,

Sara Watkins Sara Ullrika Watkins (born June 8, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of Nickel Creek, the progressive bluegrass group she formed with her brother Sean and mandolinist Chris Thile. In addi ...

, and Glen Phillips along with Luke Bulla and others began recording as

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in September 2007.

Discography

* '' Mutual Admiration Society'' (2004) Recorded in 2000 * '' Mutual Admiration Society Solo Sampler'' (2004) The Solo Sampler included recordings by

Chris Thile Christopher Scott Thile (; born February 20, 1981) is an American mandolinist, singer, songwriter, composer, and radio personality, best known for his work in the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek and the acoustic folk and progressive blue ...

, Glen Phillips, and

. In the summer of 2007, Glen Phillips was invited to perform as the opening act for the first leg of Nickel Creek's "Farewell (For Now)" tour, which included dates in the midwest. It was common for members of Nickel Creek to perform with Glen Phillips during his set and vice versa. Selections from the Mutual Admiration Society recording were performed during this collaboration.

References

External links

Mutual Admiration Society page at Sugar Hill Records

Listing of free Mutual Admiration Society concerts from the Live Music Archive
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