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The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
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by: Béla Fleck
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1. Blue Mountain Hop
2. Buffalo Nickel
3. When Joy Kills Sorrow
4. Spanish Point
5. Polka on the Banjo - Béla Fleck, Fleck, Béla
6. Clarinet Polka - Béla Fleck, Traditional
7. The Over Grown Waltz
8. Ode to Earl
9. Home Sweet Home - Béla Fleck, Traditional
10. Valley of the Rogue
11. Plunky's Lament
12. Maura On A Bicycle, Stout And Molasses, Way Back When
13. Dark Circles
14. Old Jellico, Puddle Jumper, Dead Man's Hill
15. Katmandu
16. Do You Have Room?
17. Foggy Mountain Special
18. Major Honker
Amazon.com's Best of 1999
In a jaw-dropping return to his roots, banjoist Béla Fleck led a stellar lineup (Jerry Douglas, Earl Scruggs, Tony Rice, and Sam Bush, to name a few) through one of his finest albums. With incredible musicianship and a smidgen of Fleck's genre-hopping personality ("Polka On The Banjo"), The Bluegrass Sessions is fun, nostalgic, and inspiring. --Jason Verlinde
Amazon.com essential recording
Béla Fleck, the banjo-wizard leader of the fringe-jazz quartet the Flecktones, returns to more-bluegrass-oriented concerns with this 18-song outing, a complement to 1988's Drive and a more-traditional follow-up to 1995's fusion-leaning Tales from the Acoustic Planet. Most of these songs are instrumentals boasting Drive's core group of Sam Bush on mandolin, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Tony Rice on guitar, Jerry Douglas on Dobro, and bassist Mark Schatz; they're augmented in spots by fine guest players such as Vassar Clements, John Hartford, and the incomparable banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs. Fleck's spidery, tasteful plucking style lends originals like "Major Honker" and "Katmandu" an ever-so-slightly offbeat air, while he gives classics like Scruggs's "Foggy Mountain Special" and "Polka on the Banjo" traditional readings that wouldn't be out of place at the Opry. Flecktones fans will find much to like in Fleck's rootsy playing, and so will bluegrass purists. --Gregory McNamee
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The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1999-06-22)
- Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
- Label: Warner Bros / Wea
- Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
- Average Customer Review: based on 64 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #13054
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Summary: Bella Fleck does it again 2008-03-31
Comment: Once again Bella Fleck puts together a CD with great songs and great musicians. Being a fan of bluegrass and Bella Fleck, I love that he got together with greats like Earl Scruggs to play some originals and spruce up other old hits. The CD is a great listen.
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Summary: Excellent CD 2007-09-02
Comment: I truly enjoy this collection of Bluegrass music by Bela Fleck and friends. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for something interesting and fun to listen too.
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Summary: This is one of my favorit Bela Fleck records! 2007-01-10
Comment: I love this CD, i think it is one of the best bluegrass collections Bela has produced, with a host of different styles and artists.
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Summary: A Rarity... 2006-07-19
Comment: It's rare when a sequel exceeds the original. This album, though, exceeds the first "Acoustic Planet" effort by Fleck.
Why? Well, the playing is better technically, if you can believe that. And the energy and drive is stronger here than in Acoustic Planet 1.
You also get treated to a greater number of original compositions on this CD. I've come to appreciate this dimension of Fleck's artistic gifts even more as time has passed. While he does do a lot of variations on derivative music, his original compositions are memorable, too.
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Summary: Hair Raising 2006-04-12
Comment: I've had this album for two years now and it still sometimes makes my hair stand on end when I listen to it and I don't even consider myself a SERIOUS bluegrass fan. Absolutely amazing!
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