THE FEARLESS FLYERS /// Daddy, He Got a Cessna (feat. Chris Thile)

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Chris Thile - small guitar
Nate Smith - drums
Joe Dart - big guitar
Cory Wong - guitar
Mark Lettieri - medium guitar
Jack Stratton - mixing, steadicam
Ryan Lerman - engineer

[@lunabear]

also, weirdest episode of power rangers ever

[@human2.021]

Nope, the weirdest episode is the video of "people voltures" by King Gizzard and the lizard wisard

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Tower of Power Rangers

[@MikeyLikey95]

Nah. Remember the one where the green ranger plays the dagger as a flute with his helmet on but it makes synth sounds?

[@taywimz]

@@MikeyLikey95 i wish

[@johnjohns3651]

Also, best KZbin comment ever

[@lunabear]

WELCOME, FUNKY JUDE LAW

[@ianandrews8204]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAhahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaha

[@rickrudd]

This made me LOL.

[@snoozieboi]

*spastic

[@w1ntrmute]

I actually laughed when I read this

[@coreymineard]

Holy shit that’s funny

[@JoeyWillenbucher]

2:06 Nate Smith drops a stick - keeps the beat rolling at all costs.

[@Gercke]

They zoomed up on it and I still didn't notice.

[@rbbrchkn]

...and keeps a straight face. Gotta stay in character

[@imgrady]

@@Gercke haha me too, didnt see it until the 2nd watch

[@leocomerford]

When you're a pro you just keep going. Nothing beats Joe Morello's Conan odyssey: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXWlip9qepeMgKs .

[@purplecarpet2954]

Yea so good man

[@JephHuhwahnick]

Daddy, He Got a Cessna (feat. one of those inflatable car dealership balloon people)

[@ellisdutchenburg8618]

Lol gots me there m8

[@andrewcarlisle6390]

Wacky waving inflatable flailing-armed tube men!

[@nubcake67]

Hi, I'm Al Herrington of Al Herrington's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man Warehouse and Emporium. Due to a shipping error we are currently overstocked on ALL Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Men.

[@RJNumber45]

🏆🏆🏆🏆🤣😂🤣

[@halvorhansen]

ZordonsTorso hahahah

[@deandiamond5479]

no more government subsidies for electric mandos

[@jacobwood969]

I'm pretty sure they have to close NPR after that comment

[@coolwipp10]

This is the way

[@MrOuchiez]

@@coolwipp10 - I have spoken?

[@daviddedominici1705]

Boo!

[@graysonadams2485]

Its passive so it's alright

[@JunJun238]

Chris, the one-man concert: He’s both the performer and the mosh pit

[@elanrhys3178]

who put the telecaster in the tumble dryer?

[@elanrhys3178]

Grimace427 would that make it a jellybaby?

[@RandyAndyShow]

It sounds kinda sitar like

[@natefetters133]

😂👌🏽

[@josephpbrown]

@@RandyAndyShow I'm pretty sure it's a mandolin

[@taywimz]

@@josephpbrown it's small guitar read the description

[@meleagris47]

JOE DART ON THE... BIG GUITAR

[@wai6886]

This comment angers me

[@EnnMobes]

Epitome The video description will anger you even more then!

[@wai6886]

A N G E R Y

[@BarrySPeas]

It is quite a big guitar...

[@starcatho]

*Davie504* *wants* *to* *know* *your* *location..*

[@chrismathewsjr]

the most pornographic way to play an electric mandolin in history. absolutely X rated

[@mbolduc]

Why does the rooster man keep threatening Dr. Tongue?

[@Graffitiworkrob]

Chris is fucking pure sex on Mandolin.

[@rachelanne234]

music keeps getting better, video quality keeps getting worse, but i dig it

[@andrewcoates4952]

Rachel Anne I personally disagree. I think it’s the opposite way round to what you’ve said.

[@jaycrall69]

@@andrewcoates4952 so the music is getting worse and the video quality is getting better?

[@zdengvox]

It gets funkier

[@lptomtom]

This is boring AF compared to Vulf's version... I feel that FF doesn't have someone like Jack or Theo to bring strong ideas to the table, they're just technicians. Very good ones, sure, but what's the point?

[@liammm7036]

@@ineedagoodyoutubename1545 AvE gang

[@fred8097]

Chris Thile: ‘it’s simple, really. I just turn my whole body into cartilage’

[@jappie348]

Cory Wong - guitar Joe Dart - big guitar Chris thile - small guitar Mark Lettieri - medium guitar

[@rubberonasphalt]

Don't forget that Nate is actually playing a "stringless percussive stick activated" guitar.

[@TheRollingBacon]

I laughed way too hard at this haha

[@phillipg1331]

Nate Smith - Spanky Guitar

[@javiaccastello7266]

A guitar of four strings 😂

[@phillipg1331]

Chris Thile - Alien Aboriginal Funky TeleMandolin

[@KenVallejos]

Chris Thile one bad dude. He knows his way around the small guitar.

[@michaelbrindamour4348]

Smol

[@szrnkabela]

Tiny instrument wins everytime

[@hughjass311]

We are reaching U N P R E C E D E N T E D levels of funk guys, this is getting dangerous

[@PKMartin]

I have watched 2:26 a dozen times and I'm totally lost. Squeezing that much funk into six seconds must be approaching the density where the video will collapse into a black hole

[@jacobwood969]

This is the least funny thing anyone in this video has ever done. This sucks.

[@PKMartin]

@@jacobwood969 no u

[@Black_Swan777]

hughjass311 This nasty @$$ F U N K surely is violating KZbin’s terms of service...

[@HBCrigs]

When Nate smith can do a 3-drum solo funkier than your whole scene combined, it's time to evaluate the risks

[@thepatternplayback]

Guys lets slow it down with the number of pixels on those closeups. I was almost able to see a full hand this time.

[@zyriab5797]

Wow

[@lettuce7378]

haha

[@anamo123456789]

My boy Nate Smith doing a great cover up of that stick drop!

[@OnePersonUnique]

Wait he dropped a stick?! Where?

[@benwaardenburg]

@@OnePersonUnique 2:05 ish

[@OnePersonUnique]

@@benwaardenburg That is just ridiculous! Wow. Thanks.

[@brettwilms]

He'd never have to worry about dropping a second stick if he'd just drum one handed...

[@mountain9954]

He proved one hand drumming is no issue, that's for sure.

[@oceanic7146]

Vulfpeck, Punch Brothers, Scary Pockets, Snarky Puppy. All represented in one room. We've reached the point of no return.

[@whatsorry4914]

which of them is in scary pockets?

[@oceanic7146]

@@whatsorry4914 Ryan Lerman engineered this. He's affiliated with Scary Pockets

[@johnmaughan2875]

@@whatsorry4914 The room itself as well

[@5amJones69]

Where's the snarky puppy member?

[@oceanic7146]

@@5amJones69 Mark Lettieri is one of their members and arrangers.

[@jeffdevalk]

Some day they are going to play something so funky Joe Dart's head will fall right off.

[@FragileCreatures]

That made me spit out my tea! 😂

[@griffinhan-lalime4357]

N E C K

[@jamescruz8678]

Nah man it's supported with a Fender Jazz Brace

[@liamlam6606]

@@jamescruz8678 this comment has the biggest dick energy I've ever seen

[@Casowsky]

And then the world will have cordless, wireless Joe technology. Rejoice!

[@jonasaudioproject6330]

Everyone may stand out because one or all their body parts are moving, but I think mark is underrated for how still he remains throughout. The more static he remains, the funkier it gets.

[@michaelfradley6950]

Every comedy group needs the straight man

[@musicbyvec1955]

yin and yang but just with a lot of yang

[@phillipg1331]

@@musicbyvec1955 and Wong

[@antoniomanzoni4023]

Chris Thile ready for the high security prison of funk with that outfit

[@Thekingofdoubles]

He's a slave to the rhythm

[@AzuriteCoast]

I like the propeller effect achieved, and the blending of Daddy, He Got A Tesla with Thile's wacky stylings - The Fearless Flyers seem to be defining themselves as an even more rigidly rhythmic project than Vulfpeck itself.

[@jungleninja8415]

No they ain't rigid

[@gordonlancaster1612]

The vulfpeck funk armada vs the red Baron aka the mandolin devil

[@liamlam6606]

The classic showdown

[@JuanEsquivel-ex8nv]

After he got the skeleton key he wasnt the same

[@GrumpyGrunt]

Just when you think this lineup couldn't get any more bizarre, they add Jude Law playing a toy guitar in a prison jumpsuit...and he kills it. Chris playing that thing is like Adrian Belew and Jake Shimabukuro had a prodigy child.

[@RJNumber45]

lol...well said

[@bt7482]

Chris Thile is a legend and I would love another collaboration like this one please and thank you Vulfmon.

[@szrnkabela]

The Red Baron himself!

[@jratcliffe91]

one small step for culture several giant leaps by chris thile

[@granthedblom7161]

Chaotic Good: The Song

[@rocker173]

Jack Stratton, in my opinion, does not get nearly the the appraise he deserves in the comment section for the mixing and filming of these songs. Absolutely brilliant

[@themusic6808]

Thile literally plays every RIGHT wrong note around the backing section, guys a genius

[@keeseman]

2:06 How does he stay so perfectly in pocket? This man is a wizard.

[@toddcmcintosh]

right? the stick drop makes no difference to the groove at all...

[@Klaus312]

keeping the backbeat

[@idealmodernsystems]

@@toddcmcintosh - Fuck Arya Stark - did someone just become the deftest drop handler of all time???

[@iamkintsugii6103]

2:05 oh my god the drumstick what a total legend

[@ClarksBowlingClub]

the return of the crazy and very expressive mandolin player yeah

[@DannyWoodMusic]

Wait. You know how much Chris Thile costs?

[@ClarksBowlingClub]

​@@DannyWoodMusic as much as gold or even crystile haha get it also i said EXPRESSIVE not EXPENSIVE

[@DannyWoodMusic]

@@ClarksBowlingClub LOL (yeah nevermind that I totally misread that. hahahahaha)

[@ClarksBowlingClub]

@@DannyWoodMusic do you really need english lessons from dirty FRENCHMEN

[@ClarksBowlingClub]

@moisoi ohhhh thanks friend we're pretty silent these days but its because a lot of stuff is coming, subscribe and stay tuned!

[@samjones1938]

1:49 gets me everytime, it's almost hes trying to make the others laugh deliberately 😂

[@tobba748]

Chris Thile off the charts and that call-response with Nate Smith near the end is another level - a new level even for the Flyers!

[@NickHouseholder]

I'm so happy this exists - after seeing Chris play with Vulf on Live from Here, I've been wanting to see more of them together!

[@ardagurcu7849]

2:46 "It's just bad reception honey." "No, I think he's trying to watch some illegal channel."

[@nadel-fu4wz]

I love Chris Thile's collaborations with other musicians. Love everything he recorded with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan, and others. And now this... this is amazing!

[@davidkanemitsu9093]

With all the great soloists out there, the flyers lay down solid rhythms…something we don’t see enough of. A lost art, in the vein of TOP. Mark, Cory, Joe and Nate are like David, Rocco, Bruce and CT😊

[@ryanhmar]

Now I can die in peace knowing Chris finally did it

[@michaelmcculloch5957]

1.16 how is it possible for anyone to play an instrument this well to the point where he can make it make noises like that. Amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤

[@ericwilcoxen2805]

I love how we can just see that Thile is going ham, like the inflection of his notes, his dancing, shits a fuckin' beaut'

[@timgehrsitz3267]

This song has everything. Big guitar Medium guitar Small guitar

[@DJVIESTA1]

The Fearless Flyers is like finding a crumpled 5 dollar bill in some old jeans.. and snorting a fat line with it

[@jake.speare]

Great callback to a comment on one of vulfpecks videos

[@DJVIESTA1]

@@jake.speare I'm glad you recognized it! It was on 'Back Pocket' if I recall correctly!

[@graham.broome]

Baphomet I remember that in the comments of wait for the moment

[@DJVIESTA1]

@@graham.broome Oh damn i found it. I think it was also made on Back Pocket tho, i really have that in my mind when i see the clip

[@shadestudio]

Chris Thile ~ This man REFUSES to be defined by genre

[@evanthomas451]

Ladies and Gentlemen, a 2012 McArthur Genius.

[@ericallred8201]

Chris Thile looking like a member Devo

[@KingNast]

He'd look great in a booji boy mask!

[@evanthomas451]

Are we not men? V - U - L - F!

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

He also looks like he’s putting squirrels down his pants for the purposes of gambling.

[@nahme5405]

I like the fact that their feet has stayed glued to the floor since the last video.

[@egodeathwish]

it's because their boots are affixed to the stands as well.

[@Phil_the_Fedora_Musician]

The funkiest plumbers i've ever seen

[@AK-bx4jy]

Nate Smith is one of the best drummers of this generation, always a beast!

[@NotDingse]

you know shit's serious, when *JOE FREAKING DART* sticks out his tongue.

[@bshafs]

When?

[@hazelchief-rabbit5903]

@@bshafs around 2:51 / 2:52

[@whiskeyclones7161]

daddy, he got a Tesla is easily in my top 3 vulf songs so I am 10000% for this

[@c.shanekey]

Jack:"That's impossible." Joe:"Well, that's true" Jack:"Yeah!"

[@phattsrules]

Mork From Ork really kills it on that tiny guitar! Nanu Nanu!

[@RJNumber45]

"...LMAO!!!!.." ~ Robin Williams

[@younkfunk]

I am so glad you all are doing more with Chris Thile - I just want more and more... gives me goosebumps reminiscent of ARU w/Matt Mundy...

[@toddgreen5289]

"Matt Mundy... Matt Mundy... I don't know what he's gonna play...."

[@rangeofmotion5993]

I love the way Chris and Cory feed off each other... Chris' footwork is undeniable!

[@ulisesmartin315]

2016: daddy, he got a tesla 2019: daddy, he got a cessna 2022: daddy, he got a spaceship

[@TheNeverendingLori]

I hope this means Chris Thile is gonna show up at a FF show! That would be awesome!

[@junegeesvids]

He currently doesn't have anything listed on his tour page for the date FF/Vulfpeck play the Garden in September.

[@sinisterfw]

Thile, when he’s not playing Bach, Bluegrass, jazz, blues or country, when he’s not singing, he likes to play some funky stuff.

[@hastarock]

Absolutely love the guitar pedestals.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

they're a nice addition!

[@Mis4Mountain]

I love Vulfpeck, & Snarky Puppy, and most of the stuff all these guys are a part of, but when Chris Thile plays you really hear the level that he's on. The musicality that he possesses is really second to none. To stand out as much as he does with these players is absolutely bonkers.

[@jacobwood969]

Is this a joke? This the worst thing Chris has dkne since he was 12. Pure trash, that's not even an opinion just fact. Listen again and picture a 13yr old with dreads playing behind a muddy tent

[@jacobwood969]

Also he is a mediocre musician the punch brothers suck and vulf and the flyers need to get this NPR wonder boy out of my funk

[@PKMartin]

Bass face Mandolin.... Phandalin Also Chris Thile wears that jumpsuit because his body is literally a rag doll and would come apart if not contained within a one-piece garment

[@FrogRider]

As always, great stuff! Can't wait to see what is next.

[@zedrummer0]

Nate Smith's stick drop + recovery = goals

[@scottcharles6331]

THAT STICK DROP AND RECOVERY

[@RJNumber45]

masterful....pocket stayed clean

[@tomrabbani]

Joe Dart is such a great big guitar player.

[@vladderman]

YES!!!! Been waiting for this collaboration for soo long! Thanks :D

[@alexandershulgin5194]

BRAVO!!!! Love you guys!

[@Late20sSkateboarder]

2:08 ffffff - when Nate drops the stick but literally misses nothing and keeps it perfectly in time...

[@blenjamin]

Chris may just beat Cory on the stankiest stank face

[@mikeomalley4471]

He skirts the initial terms of the concept and hurtles past it into stankself

[@mateuszmadej]

Doesn't beat Michael League tho! (the big guitar player from Snarky Puppy)

[@ericmyrs]

Jack Conte takes the gold for the stankiest stank face. These guys are good, but not in his league.

[@trevorcooley5563]

He's reached John Mayer levels of stank.

[@heavypiano]

Always happy to see new Vulf uploads on my youtube front page.

[@scotcherton]

Geez Lapeez...this has become one of my favorite jams to listen to...period.

[@givertayk]

Never has a mandolin been so man-handled

[@JohnChapman7]

Looks like work release is going well for Chris 👍

[@QuiteHotBros]

God... This is some next level shit. Get Thile in the studio more with you guys.

[@kiddschwick]

I just mando-gasmed. I can't believe I've been listening to vulfpeck for 2 whole days and never saw that they flipping collaborated with Chris flipping Thile!

[@amaliamasad]

That's the red jumpsuit from Us. He's the tether which made him move like that. We don't need the original Chris Thile though. I like this funky tether.

[@brunomoosecharles]

Joe Dart = the Chris Thile of bass guitar. Chris Thile = the Joe Dart of mandolin.

[@jss2103]

joe dart is great and all, but i'm sorry...chris thile is about 100x the musician

[@sebuteo]

Fantastic! I love these varied iterations of material. Especially when the material is sooo good...

[@smoknbobjd]

I loved it when the Vulf guys appeared on Thile's show. So glad this collaboration happened! Thanks for sharing.

[@Joshualbatross]

Eastwood Mandocaster for the win!

[@mananacl]

this won't go down as Thile's best work, but damn he felt things

[@anthonyflynn1332]

Wowzers, brilliant. A man after my own heart Nate. I hate dropping sticks but I do it alot & love to always adapt the notation so no one ever noticed. Comes with loving a life with drums. Respect to these guys. Wicked

[@chrisweaver7989]

just love this shit every time a video comes out

[@Hennu_TRM]

MOM! THOSE BOYS ARE DOING FUNKY STUFF AGAIN!

[@maximo.01]

When you thought that Vulfpeck was the funkiest but the Fearless Flyers show up...

[@catfishmudflap]

This is amazing and great.

[@gregfisher4147]

Chris Thile is amazing. Great colab. love you guys

[@newjay4863]

Omg he's playing a telecaster ukelele wich means its a TELELELE

[@internationalrescue1180]

Us (2019)

[@Stallnig]

love the spins they put on the track names too.

[@ajadeleye4970]

I'm pretty impressed by how such a tall lanky genius of a guy is able to make such a tiny instrument his center or gravity so effectively.

[@BarnacleButtock]

Tone is spot on, but, Tbh.... I kinda wanted some more gain/distortion on the lead mandolin

[@lazmotaz7171]

annabelleshaus why would you ever want more gain and distortion on a mandolin it’s already a sin that it’s electric.

[@BarnacleButtock]

@@lazmotaz7171 sorry man it's not 1940

[@lajeandom]

I played 2:25 drumming in loop for a good 5 minutes, am I weird for doing so? :P

[@toddcmcintosh]

obviously the best part of the video...

[@MattMusicianX]

Never enough Nate.

[@classicmwk]

Oh man, that’s killer!

[@alfredleblanc3466]

spectacular.

[@brockmulhearn3490]

the funk and video quality have an inverse correlation

[@earlchow]

k i c k snare k i c k snare k i c k snare

[@Klaus312]

Earl Chow h i h a t

[@Toastbrot3096]

Absolutely stunning! :o Love your stuff!!!

[@GeperdFeller]

You are perfect, extraordinary and epic

[@NachoMist]

why is every video with chris thile on this channel sped up 🤔🤔🤔

[@bazeblackwood]

How do you figure?

[@NachoMist]

@@bazeblackwood mainly Nate Smith's headbobbing, it looks unnatural

[@LOLO3000]

vulfpack assemble and uh yeah woohoo

[@jungleninja8415]

The timing though this feels a random jam and a orchestrated masterpiece at the same time

[@GiantBugs]

I just subscribed to your channel yesterday, great stuff, love Chris Thile