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

Send us Fan MailMy 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 show1:51 Coming soon…You, Me and A Cow3:13 A tenuous connection around fantasy sports5:37 Elliott’s current musical projects8:49 Elliott’s beginnings as a musician12:02 Elliott explains what a musical director does17:13 Has Elliott ever bought an album that he later forgot that he owned?19:07 Al forgot that he bought God Shuffled His Feet20:44 Why did Elliott choose God Shuffled His Feet for this episode?26:13 Jerry Harrison owned the 90s29:40 Elliott’s favorite tracks from God Shuffled His FeetTrack-by-track breakdown:32:09 God Shuffled His Feet47:34 Afternoons & Coffeespoons50:53 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm1:00:20 In The Days of the Caveman1:06:46 Swimming In Your Ocean1:09:40 Here I Stand Before Me1:13:42 I Think I’ll Disappear Now1:16:34 How Does A Duck Know?1:19:50 When I Go Out With Artists1:23:54 The Psychic/Two Knights & Maidens/Untitled The outro music is I Can’t Wait by Elliott Blaufuss.Support the show