Track Listing 1. Blue Mountain Hop 2. Buffalo Nickel 3. When Joy Kills Sorrow 4. Spanish Point 5. Polka on the Banjo 6. Clarinet Polka 7. Over Grown Waltz, The 8. Ode to Earl 9. Home Sweet Home 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
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Earl Scruggs, Jerry Douglas, John Hartford, Ricky Skaggs, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Tony Rice, Vassar Clements, Vince Gill | | Producer: | Bela Fleck | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Bela Fleck (banjo); John Hartford (vocals, banjo); Tony Rice (guitar); Earl Scruggs (banjo); Sam Bush (mandolin); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Vassar Clements, Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Mark Schatz (bass fiddle); Vince Gill, Tim O'Brien, Ricky Skaggs (background vocals). Includes liner notes by Bela Fleck. THE BLUEGRASS SESSIONS: TALES FROM THE ACOUSTIC PLANET VOL. 2 was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. Banjo master Bela Fleck takes a time-out of sorts from the dizzying NewGrass/Jazz-Country-Funk fusion for which he has become famous and returns to his bluegrass roots. THE BLUEGRASS SESSIONS: TALES FROM THE ACOUSTIC PLANET, VOLUME 2 runs the gamut from the humorous, old-time "Polka on the Banjo" (lead vocal by John Hartford) to the straight-ahead bluegrass of "Ode to Earl" (Scruggs, that is, the legendary banjoist). In the mysterious and beautiful "Katmandu," the music of the hills of Kentucky meets that of the hills of Asia. "Spanish Point" is the most Flecktones-sounding tune. This album, which contains fine contributions from Tony Rice, Vassar Clements, and Jerry Douglas, should appeal to the more adventurous bluegrass fan.
Editorial Reviews ...gorgeous, deviant bluegrass with roots firmly planted in traditional country-tinged bluegrass....Ambient speaking voices here and there give the recording a pickin' parlor feel... Dirty Linen (02/01/2000)
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