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The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2

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Released
  
June 22, 1999

Artist
  
Béla Fleck

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Length
  
75:39

Release date
  
22 June 1999

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The Bluegrass Sessions Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol.2 (1999)
  
Perpetual Motion (2001)

Genres
  
Bluegrass, Jazz, Folk music, Polka, Americana

Similar
  
Béla Fleck albums, Bluegrass albums

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.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Blue Mountain Hop" – 4:26
  2. "Buffalo Nickel" – 4:38
  3. "When Joy Kills Sorrow" – 5:10
  4. "Spanish Point" – 5:36
  5. "Polka On The Banjo" – 4:04
  6. "Clarinet Polka" – 1:33
  7. "The Over Grown Waltz" – 3:42
  8. "Ode To Earl" – 3:09
  9. "Home Sweet Home" – 2:20
  10. "Valley Of The Rogue" – 5:12
  11. "Plunky's Lament" – 2:17
  12. "Maura On A Bicycle, Stout And Molasses, Way Back When" – 9:41
  13. "Dark Circles" – 5:13
  14. "Old Jellico, Puddle Jumper, Dead Man's Hill" – 6:08
  15. "Katmandu" – 4:23
  16. "Do You Have Room?" – 1:17
  17. "Foggy Mountain Special" – 2:12
  18. "Major Honker" – 4:38

Personnel

  • 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, Bass Vocal
  • Bob Mater – Drums
  • Tim O'Brien – Vocals
  • Larry Paxton – Tuba
  • Tony Rice – Guitar, Photography
  • Mark Schatz – Bass Fiddle
  • Ricky Skaggs – Vocals
  • Joey Miskulin – Accordion
  • Earl Scruggs - Banjo

    • Production

  • Richard Battaglia – Engineer, Mixing, Photography
  • Senor McGuire – Photography
  • Denny Purcell – Mastering
  • Garrett Rittenberry – Art Direction
  • Bil VornDick – Engineer, Mixing
  • Cindy Wilson – Photography

    • Songs

    1Blue Mountain Hop4:26
    2Buffalo Nickel4:39
    3When Joy Kills Sorrow5:10

    References

    The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 Wikipedia
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