The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
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The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Volume 2 | ||||
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Released | June 22, 1999 | |||
Genre | Bluegrass, Americana, folk, jazz, polka | |||
Length | 75:39 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol.2 is an album by Béla Fleck. Going back to his bluegrass roots, Fleck put together a band of all-stars of the genre: Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Tony Rice, Mark Schatz, Vassar Clements, John Hartford and others.[1]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written by Bela Fleck, unless otherwise noted.
- "Blue Mountain Hop" – 4:26
- "Buffalo Nickel" – 4:38
- "When Joy Kills Sorrow" – 5:10
- "Spanish Point" – 5:36
- "Polka On The Banjo" (Leon Luallen, Richard Tillman & George Williams) – 4:04
- "Clarinet Polka" (Traditional) – 1:33
- "The Over Grown Waltz" – 3:42
- "Ode To Earl" – 3:09
- "Home Sweet Home" (Traditional, feat. Earl Scruggs) – 2:20
- "Valley Of The Rogue" – 5:12
- "Plunky's Lament" – 2:17
- "Maura On A Bicycle, Stout And Molasses, Way Back When" (Medley) – 9:41
- "Dark Circles" – 5:13
- "Old Jellico, Puddle Jumper, Dead Man's Hill" (Medley) – 6:08
- "Katmandu" – 4:23
- "Do You Have Room?" (Poem recitation by John Hartford) – 1:17
- "Foggy Mountain Special" (Gladys Stacey, Louise Certain) – 2:12
- "Major Honker" – 4:38
Personnel
[edit]- Sam Bush – mandolin
- Vassar Clements – fiddle
- Jerry Douglas – Dobro
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Béla Fleck – Banjo, Producer, Art Direction, Mixing, Photography, Vocal (track 5 only)
- Vince Gill – vocals
- John Hartford – banjo, fiddle, vocals
- Bob Mater – Drums
- Tim O'Brien – Vocals
- Larry Paxton – Tuba
- Tony Rice – Guitar, Photography
- Mark Schatz – Bass
- Ricky Skaggs – Vocals
- Joey Miskulin – Accordion
- Earl Scruggs - Banjo
Production
[edit]- Richard Battaglia – Engineer, Mixing, Photography
- Senor McGuire – Photography
- Denny Purcell – Mastering
- Garrett Rittenberry – Art Direction
- Bil VornDick – Engineer, Mixing
- Cindy Wilson – Photography