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Before embarking on dream, Keller Williams’ newest, most rewarding recording project, he scratched out a wish list of artists he’d like to collaborate with in the studio. Because Williams, a restless troubadour, has been a fan of and tour mate with so many excellent musicians, his list of names—including lots of musicians he admires most—ran long and ambitious. “It was a totally unrealistic vision,” he says. “The idea was that all we could do was ask, and the worst they could do was say ‘No.’” The amazing thing is, the musicians he asked didn’t say “No.” And that’s how Keller’s dream came true. Partial to one-word titles, Williams coined the album because it best described the experience. “That’s what this record was,” he says. “It was incredibly rewarding.”

Of course, when your dream team consists of outsized talents like Bob Weir, Béla Fleck, John Scofield, Charlie Hunter, Victor Wooten, The String Cheese Incident, Steve Kimock, and more, well, you’re going to encounter an obstacle or two. Scheduling snags held up completion of the album for nearly three years. It took Weir a year to find a date for Keller, but when he did, and he invited Keller into his home studio to do “Cadillac,” Keller found himself living, well, another dream. Likewise for his work with Béla Fleck. Keller and Béla began their collaboration, “People Watchin’,” in the summer of 2004 but it wasn’t finished until two years later. In fact, since this project began, Keller released the double live, Stage (2004), the DVD, Sight (2005), and most recently a bluegrass record, Grass (featuring Larry and Jenny Keel), not to mention hundreds of gigs.