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From: Nathan.Torkington@vuw.ac.nz (Nathan Torkington)
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Welcome to alt.music.bela-fleck, a newsgroup for discussion of Bela
Fleck and his new-acoustic, bluegrass or jazz music.
This FAQ contains biographical and discographical (!) information on
Bela Fleck.
If you haven't already done so, now is as good a time as any to read
the guide to Net etiquette which is regularly posted to
news.announce.newusers. You should be familiar with acronyms like
FAQ, FTP and IMHO, as well as know about smileys, followups and when
to reply by e-mail to postings.
This FAQ is currently posted to alt.music.bela-fleck, alt.answers and
news.answers. The latest version is available via the World-Wide Web
as
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/who/Nathan.Torkington/banjo/fleck-faq
Read the World Wide Web FAQ (posted to alt.hypertext and other groups)
for more information on the Web. This post is also archived in the
numerous archives of news.answers (such as rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/)
as bela-fleck-faq.
This FAQ was mostly written by Nathan Torkington, with numerous
contributions by readers of alt.music.bela-fleck. Comments and
indications of doubt are enclosed in []s in the text. Each section
begins with forty dashes (``-'') on a line of their own, then the
section number. This should make searching for a specific section
easy.
Contributions, comments and changes should be directed to
Nathan.Torkington@vuw.ac.nz
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List of Answers
1. Biography
1.1 Who is Bela Fleck anyway?
1.2 How do I say his name?
1.3 What's he done?
2. Discography
2.1 Solo Projects
2.2 Band Projects
2.2.1 Spectrum
2.2.2 Tasty Licks
2.2.3 Dreadful Snakes
2.2.4 New Grass Revival
2.2.5 Strength in Numbers
2.2.6 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
2.2.7 Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka
2.3 Session Work
2.9 Videos
3. Tablature
3.1 The Fleck Archives
3.2 Homespun Records
3.3 Janet Davis Music
3.4 The Banjo Songbook
4. Projects
5. Tour Guide
6. Miscellaneous Questions
6.1 What is the address of the Flecktone Fan Club?
6.2 Why did Howard Levy leave the Flecktones?
6.3 Why did NGR split?
6.4 What is ``Masters of the Five-String Banjo''?
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1. Biography
This section contains information on Bela Fleck as a person.
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1.1 Who is Bela Fleck anyway?
Bela Fleck is a banjo player, born in New York but currently living in
Nashville, Tennessee. He is (barely arguably) the most accomplished
banjo player ever, and has won numerous awards. He has played jazz,
classical, bluegrass, newgrass, rock, celtic and most other styles you
care to name.
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1.2 How do I say his name?
The 'e' in ``Bela'' has an acute on it, so it is pronounced ``Bayla''.
``Bella'' is plain wrong.
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1.3 What's he done?
His first serious study of music was as a teenager at the New York
City High School of Music and Art. From there, he played with
``Spectrum'' and ``Tasty Licks'', finally moving to the ``New Grass
Revival'' with Sam Bush, Pat Flynn and John Cowan.
In 198x, NGR split and Bela formed ``Bela Fleck and the Flecktones''.
This group has continued to this day.
Along the way, he made several solo albums, played with ``The Dreadful
Snakes'', ``Strength in Numbers'' and had a brief diversion with
``Banjo Jazz''. In addition, his session credits are enormous.
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2. Discography
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2.1 Solo Projects
Crossing The Tracks
Rounder 0121 (Cassette)
Dear Old Dixie
Inman Square
Texas Barbeque
Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman
Spain
Crossing the Tracks
Spring Thaw
How Can You Face Me Now
Twilight
Frosty Morning
Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
Natural Bridge Suite
Rounder
Deviation
Rounder 0196
Double Time
Rounder 0181
Inroads
Rounder CD 0219 (Compact Disc)
Tonino
Somerset
Cecata
Four Wheel Drive
Ireland
Perplexed
The Old Country
Hudson's Bay
Close to Home
Daybreak
Rounder CD 11518 (Compact Disc)
Compilation
Texas Barbeque
Spain
Twilight
Reading in the Dark
Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman
How Can You Face Me Now
Bill Cheatham
Christina's Jig/Plain Brown Jig
Silverball
Fiddler's Dream
Daybreak
Dawg's Due
Flexibility
Old Hickory Waltz
Crossfire
Applebutter
The Natural Bridge Suite
Punchdrunk
Places
Rounder CD 11522 (Compact Disc)
Compilation
Deviation
Reverie
Nuns for Nixon
Malone
Moontides
Another Morning
Lowdown
The Bullfrog Shuffle
Places
Snakes Alive
Ladies and Gentleman [sic]
Light Speed
Ireland
Four Wheel Drive
Perplexed
The Old Country
Hudson's Bay
Close to Home
Drive
Rounder CD 0255 (Compact Disc)
Whitewater
Slipstream
Up and Around the Bend
Natchez Trace
See Rock City
The Legend
The Lights of Home
Down in the Swap
Sanctuary
The Open Road
Crucial County Breakdown (bonus CD track)
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2.2 Band Projects
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2.2.1 Spectrum
Spectrum
Spectrum Live in Japan
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2.2.2 Tasty Licks
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2.2.3 The Dreadful Snakes
The Dreadful Snakes
Rounder 0177
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2.2.4 New Grass Revival
with Sam Bush, Pat Flynn and John Cowan.
Live
Sugar Hill SH-CD-3711
White Freight Liner Blues
Good Woman's Love
One More Love Song
Walk in Jerusalem
Watermelon Man
Reach
Sapporo
Anthology
(liner notes call him ``Bella'')
Capitol CDP 7 94624 2
Can't Stop Now
Ain't That Peculiar
Angel Eyes
Revival
Metric Lips
Reach
You Plant Your Fields
Callin' Baton Rouge
Hold to a Dream
Friday Night in America
New Grass Revival
What You Do to Me
Love Someone Like Me
Lonely Rider
Sweet Release
How Many Hearts
In the Middle of the Night
Saw You Runnin'
Ain't That Peculiar
Seven by Seven
Revival
On the Boulevard
On the Boulevard
Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire
You're the Best Friend
Just Is
Country Clare
One More Love Song
You Don't Knock
One of These Trains
Get in the Wind
Indian Hills
One Love / People Get Ready
Hold To A Dream
Capitol CLT-46962 (LP)
c1987
Hold to a Dream
One Way Street
Can't Stop Now
I'll Take Tomorrow
Before the Heartache Rolls In
Looking Past You
How About You
Metric Lips
I Can Talk to You
Unconditional Love
Friday Night In America
Capitol C4-90739 (Cassette)
c1989
Friday Night in America
You Plant Your Fields
Let's Make A Baby King
Do What You Gotta Do
Let Me Be Your Man
Lila
Callin' Baton Rouge
Whatever Way the Wind Blows
Big Foot
Angel Eyes
I'm Down
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2.2.5 Strength in Numbers
With Edgar Meyer, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, and Mark O'Connor.
The Telluride Sessions
MCA CMAD-6293
Future Man
Texas Red
Pink Flamingos
Duke and Cookie
One Winter's Night
Macedonia
The Lochs of Dread
No Apologies
Slopes
Blue Men of the Sahara
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2.2.6 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
With Victor Wooten, Roy Wooten and Howard Levy.
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Warner Brothers WB 9 26124-2
Sea Brazil
Frontiers
Hurricane Camille
Half Moon Bay
The Sinister Minister
Sunset Road
Flipper
Mars Needs Women
Space is a Lonely Place
They're Here
Reflections of Lucy
Tell it to the Guv'nor
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Warner Brothers WB 9 26562-2
Blu-Bop
Flying Saucer Dudes
Turtle Rock
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
The Star Spangled Banner
Star of the Country Down
Jekyll and Hyde (and Ted and Alice)
Michelle
Hole in the Wall
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (reprise)
UFO TOFO
Warner Brothers WB 9 45016-2
The West Country
Sex in a Pan
Bonnie & Slyde
Scuttlebutt
UFO TOFU
Magic Fingers
True North
Life without Elvis
Saresta
The Yee-haw Factor
After the Storm
(without Howard Levy, and with other musicians)
Three Flew Over The Cuckoo's Next
Warner Brothers WB 9 45328-2
Vix 9
At Last We Meet Again
Spunky And Clorissa
Bumbershoot
Blues for Gordon
Monkey See
The Message
Interlude (Return of the Ancient Ones)
The Drift
A Celtic Medley
Peace, Be Still
The Longing
For Now
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2.2.7 Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka
Bela plays on tracks marked with a star (*).
Solo Banjo Works
Rounder CD 0247
Ruben's Wah Wah
2fourteen
Liberec
Free Improvisation #2
Assunta
Old Joe Clark/June Apple
Max and Gus
Beaumont Rag
Kingfisher's Wing
Earl Scruggs Medley (Nashville Skyline Rag/Ground
Speed/Shucking the Corn)
Jeff Davis Medley (Jeff Davis/Fort Monroe/Danville Days)
Yaha Yaha
Beatles Medley (I Feel Fine/Here, There and Everywhere/Eleanor
Rigby/I'm a Loser/Baby You Can Drive My Car)
The Rings of Saturn
(*) Green Willis/Whiskey Before Breakfast
(*) Killer Bees on Caffeine
(*) Oma and Opa
(*) Solaris
(*) Flapperette/Red Pepper-Spicy Rag
(*) Triplet Fever
(*) Bach Violin Partita in D minor (BWV 1004)
(*) Did You Ever Meet Gary Owen, Uncle Joe?
(*) Middle Eastern Medley (Improv/Hilmi Rit/George and Gladys
Kazatski)
(*) Twisted Teen
(*) Au Lait
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2.3 Session Work
Fluxology
Jerry Douglas
Rounder
Collected on ``Everything is gonna workout fine''
Rounder CD 11535
Fluxedo
Jerry Douglas
Rounder
Collected on ``Everything is gonna workout fine''
Rounder CD 11535
Late As Usual
Sam Bush
Rounder CD 0195
Crooked Smile.
Rounder Banjo
Rounder CD 11542
Perplexed.
Stone From Which The Arch Was Made
Mark O'Connor
Warner CD 9 25539-2
Opus 30: Remember Ireland.
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2.9 Videos
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Warner Brothers 3-38223
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3. Tablature
Transcriptions of Bela's music are available (as far as I know) from
these sources only:
(a) Homespun Music, via money
(b) Janet Davis Music, via money
(c) ``The Banjo Songbook''
(d) ``Masters of the Five-String Banjo''
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3.1 The Fleck Archives
I was going to start an archive of Bela Fleck tablature, but I have
since realised that this would deprive Bela of money, should he decide
to tab out more of his stuff. Until we get electronic currency and
royalty payments that way, I'm not going to create an archive of Bela
tab.
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3.2 Homespun Records
Tablature to his ``Drive'' album, and all of ``Solo Banjo Works''.
Homespun Tapes
Box 694F
Woodstock, NY 12498
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3.3 Janet Davis
Janet has transcribed several of Bela's tunes and breaks. Contact her
at:
Janet Davis Music Company (JDMC)
609 Encino Way
El Paso, TX 79912
Phone: 1-800-933-5362
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3.4 The Banjo Songbook
Tony Trischka wrote it. It contains tablature to:
Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman
Bela's Dog
Whiskey before Breakfast
[...]
[publishing info]
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4. Projects
Bela is mixing and recording a new album. It's acoustic, not just
with the Flecktones. He has gotten Chick Corea to play on at least
one track, Bruce Hornsby, and other great musicians. It promises to
be a mellow jazz album.
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5. Tour Guide
Information is available from the Flecktone Fan Club (see question
6.1) and are subject to change -- call before
driving/flying/teleporting.
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6. Miscellaneous Questions
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6.1 What is the address of the Flecktone Fan Club
Flecktone Fan Club
PO Box 91076
Nashville, TN 37209
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6.2 Why did Howard Levy leave the Flecktones?
The fan club newsletter quotes family reasons and other musical
interests.
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6.3 Why did NGR split?
It was said at a workshop a while ago that one person wanted to play
jazz, one wanted to play country, one wanted to play rock and one
didn't want to play at all. Whether this is the truth or not, who
knows?
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6.4 What is ``Masters of the Five-String Banjo''?
A book, by Peter Wernick and Tony Trischka, that gives biographies,
tablature and interviews with the big names in banjo-stardom. Bela is
one of them, and the tablature to ``Black Forest'', ``Nuns for Nixon''
and ``Little Maggie''.
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