http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6185449&rws=%2Fmutual-admiration-society%2Ftop-tracks.rssMutual Admiration Society are Glen Phillips (singer for Toad the Wet Sprocket) and the prodigious kids from Nickel Creek coming together to make bluegrass-tinged folk songs that thrive in the beauty of sparse moods, subtle textures and traditional acoustic musicianship. Listening to Sara and Sean Watkins and Chris Thile back up Phillips' introspective inflections with heavenly harmonies makes you wonder if he's getting something musically from them that his former band couldn't give him. Thile admits that in his youth he would listen to (and sing along with) Toad the Wet Sprocket CDs while mowing the lawn. His bandmates say they also grew up with an adolescent adoration for Toad the Wet Sprocket and that before Nickel Creek concerts they would jam out T.T.W.S. songs just for fun. During one of these pre-show warm-ups, a friend of Phillips' heard Nickel Creek playing his songs and consequently put them all in touch. The quartet recorded what became the Mutual Admiration Society sessions in Phillips' garage without any pre-production. - Eric SheaCountry-Folk/Bluegrassen720Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:48:17 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6185449&rws=%2Fmutual-admiration-society%2Ftop-tracks.rss Mutual Admiration Society are Glen Phillips (singer for Toad the Wet Sprocket) and the prodigious kids from Nickel Creek coming together to make bluegrass-tinged folk songs that thrive in the beauty of sparse moods, subtle textures and traditional acoustic musicianship. Listening to Sara and Sean Watkins and Chris Thile back up Phillips' introspective inflections with heavenly harmonies makes you wonder if he's getting something musically from them that his former band couldn't give him. Thile admits that in his youth he would listen to (and sing along with) Toad the Wet Sprocket CDs while mowing the lawn. His bandmates say they also grew up with an adolescent adoration for Toad the Wet Sprocket and that before Nickel Creek concerts they would jam out T.T.W.S. songs just for fun. During one of these pre-show warm-ups, a friend of Phillips' heard Nickel Creek playing his songs and consequently put them all in touch. The quartet recorded what became the Mutual Admiration Society sessions in Phillips' garage without any pre-production. - Eric Shea http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.25340055&variant=play&rws=%2Fmutual-admiration-society%2Ftop-tracks.rss Country-Folk/Bluegrass Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mutual Admiration Society on Rhapsody Online 25340055 tra.25340055 Mutual Admiration Society art.6185449 0.99 Mutual Admiration Society alb.25339619 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/2/6/2/1662621_170x170.jpg 2006-01-03 00:00:00.0 2004-07-13 00:00:00.0 true Sake Of The World tra.25340055 161000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.25340055&variant=play&rws=%2Fmutual-admiration-society%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.25340055&variant=data&rws=%2Fmutual-admiration-society%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.25340064&variant=play&rws=%2Fmutual-admiration-society%2Ftop-tracks.rss Country-Folk/Bluegrass Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top 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