YM: Well, I think, in many ways, it's like the way that people who do photo shoots talk about the eye of the camera and the intimacy of that connection to the camera. How about Stuart Duncan, who's an incredible violinist." They'd known Stuart for twenty years, and sure enough, from the minute I met him-he was this great musician-the chemistry was fabulous. They said, "Yeah, sure! But, the three of us need one more voice. So, after that, I asked both of them if they would be interested in doing something else with me. We did two tracks on a recording that I did about two years ago, Songs Of Joy And Peace, and they improvised on the song, "Dona Nobis Pacem," or "Give Us Peace." It was just unbelievably thrilling to see the two of them work together. Throughout the years, he would call occasionally and say, "You gotta meet so-and-so." A couple of years ago, he said, "You have to meet Chris, because I've known him all these years and he's one of these giant talents on the mandolin and he's a vocalist. He's a younger goat, and he and I have recorded all kinds of things-Appalachian music, Schubert's "Trout" Quintet, Edgar's double concerto. I've known Edgar Meyer-the great double bass player and composer-for twenty years. YM: Well, Mike, I think it's really a story of friendship-friends and friends of friends.
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