A note to readers who may revisit the story and notice that the "too close" quote at the beginning of the article changed. Some more digging uncovered the source, a 2014 "Tape Op" interview with David Bianco. My memory had gotten the album wrong, something which I seem to have a tendency to do, and dramatized the scene, but I think the gist was correct. In any case, the actual quote plus a link to the full interview with Mr. Bianco is now there.