11. Elliott Blaufuss Discusses Crash Test Dummies, God Shuffled His Feet

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My guest for this episode is Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Elliott Blaufuss (solo material, Eric Hutchinson). Elliott picked Crash Test Dummies’ second album, God Shuffled His Feet, as our album to discuss. While we delved deeply into this album, we also discussed his work as a musical director and the unusual circumstance under which we met.

We discussed a video of Ellen Reid performing as a solo act, and it features a version of Swimming In Your Ocean. Here’s a link to the video, and the song starts at 5:50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyPSnkXux2A&t=378s.

1:12 Elliott joins the show

1:51 Coming soon…You, Me and A Cow

3:13 A tenuous connection around fantasy sports

5:37 Elliott’s current musical projects

8:49 Elliott’s beginnings as a musician

12:02 Elliott explains what a musical director does

17:13 Has Elliott ever bought an album that he later forgot that he owned?

19:07 Al forgot that he bought God Shuffled His Feet

20:44 Why did Elliott choose God Shuffled His Feet for this episode?

26:13 Jerry Harrison owned the 90s

29:40 Elliott’s favorite tracks from God Shuffled His Feet

Track-by-track breakdown:

32:09 God Shuffled His Feet

47:34 Afternoons & Coffeespoons

50:53 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

1:00:20 In The Days of the Caveman

1:06:46 Swimming In Your Ocean

1:09:40 Here I Stand Before Me

1:13:42 I Think I’ll Disappear Now

1:16:34 How Does A Duck Know?

1:19:50 When I Go Out With Artists

1:23:54 The Psychic/Two Knights & Maidens/Untitled

The outro music is I Can’t Wait by Elliott Blaufuss.

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