“The Beauty Is That It Could Fail”: A Real-World Story of Risk
The new host of Prairie Home Companion steps in after forty years of someone else running the show.
Toward the end of the meeting, Thile suggested a new idea. He wanted to perform a live request every week with his new house band. The rules: A minimum of two of the players should have heard the song, but none could have previously played it.
Rowles liked it. Hudson looked wary. Someone else said, “It could fall flat.”
Thile pointed out that its flopping could be entertaining as well: “It’s Evel Knievel.”
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