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''How to Grow a Woman from the Ground'' is a 2006 album by Chris Thile and the How to Grow a Band, credited to Chris Thile. It was released on Sugar Hill on September 12, 2006. The album is named after a song on the album; a cover of the original by folk singer Tom Brosseau. The album debuted to positive reviews from major music critics, with critics calling the album “fantastic, eclectic”,〔Lankford, Ronnie, Jr. (Chris Thile : How to Grow a Woman from the Ground Review ). ''Allmusic''. Retrieved November 2, 2007.〕 and “genius”.〔Heisler, Brian. (Chris Thile: How to Grow a Woman... ). ''JamBase''. September 19, 2006. Retrieved November 2, 2007.〕 The album earned Thile a Grammy Award-nomination in 2006. ==Conception and production== For one of his side projects, Chris Thile knew he wanted to form a string quintet composed of mandolin, violin, banjo, guitar, and bass with childhood friend and fiddler Gabe Witcher, but didn’t know which direction he wanted to take the band. At the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, Colorado, Thile met banjoist Noam Pikelny and later commented that “every note he played was something I wish I’d played”. It was then that Thile realized that he wanted to “put () stamp on the traditional bluegrass ensemble”.〔Royko, David. "Chris Thile". ''Bluegrass Unlimited''. June 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2011 from author's website ()〕 Thile wanted to get five musicians together for a Nashville jam session in 2005, after he found talented bluegrass musicians that could fill the positions. The bassist Thile was searching for, Greg Garrison, was recommended to Thile by Pikelny, who had performed alongside Garrison in the Cajun jam band Leftover Salmon. The guitar position was filled by Chris Eldridge famous as a member of the Infamous Stringdusters. The five musicians met up in Nashville one day in 2005 and decided that they needed to “do something musical together”. A few nights later, the group met again “just to drop a ton of money, drink too much wine, eat steaks, and commiserate about our failed relationships”.〔 That night, they came to an agreement and formed a bluegrass band. The quintet decided to make this project serious and record an album. The album was recorded over the course of two days in 2006 at Sear Sound Recording Studios in New York. The album was not recorded digitally, but rather on tape. In an interview with the United States magazine ''Guitar Player'', Chris Thile explained the old fashioned style in which the album was recorded: It was recorded at Sear Sound in New York using two vintage Telefunken ELA M 251 E mics into a Forsell Technologies FetCode preamp. Most of it was recorded onto the same Studer 1" two-track that was used to mix Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band! Everything was tracked live, and I’ve decided never to record wearing headphones again unless I absolutely have to. Wearing headphones is bullshit, because you’re in your own little world playing to a mix that no one will ever hear but you. What’s the point? ''How to Grow a Woman from the Ground'' was self produced by Thile, and had no guest musicians, just the quintet. Other than the band, which in promotion of the album was named the How to Grow a Band, the album had a fairly small production crew; an engineer, an assistant engineer, two mastering people, and an artist.〔Thile, Chris. ''How to Grow a Woman from the Ground'' Liner Notes. ''Sugar Hill''. September 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「How to Grow a Woman from the Ground」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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