Called upon by Weird's bassist and string arranger extraordinaire, Stephen Jay, I multi-tracked violin and viola for one of the original tunes on 'Mandatory Fun', called Jackson Park Expressway. It is a 9 minute  epic ballad in the parody style of Cat Stevens. I am so proud of this recording! Mandatory Fun is the fourteenth studio album by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. Self-produced, the album was released by RCA Records in the United States on July 15, 2014