Saw Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush Edgar Meyer and Bela Fleck onstage together - "Strength In Numbers" - at Telluride in 1990 - 33 yrs ago - when none of them were even 30 yrs old, yet.. Mark O'Connor was with them, then. And now - here they are - grey & white hair - still friends, still playing together. And they've added Brian Sutton and Stuart Duncan. Brilliant playing . . .
This level of pure talent is rare and will propel the Bluegrass spaceship into the future with a whole new legion of fans that cannot help but be blown away as are longtime fans.
@@dianalobo6930 Set 1--- Blue Mountain Hop This Old Road Unfolding (Edgar Meyer cover) Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie (John Hartford cover) Round Rock Us Chickens Cold on the Shoulder (Gordon Lightfoot cover) Our Little Secret Vertigo Set 2--- Strider Bum's Rush Backwater Blues Charm School Overton Waltz Hunter's Moon McKinley Blues Baptist Pumpkin Farm Tentacle Dragon (Revenge of the) When the Storm Is Over (New Grass Revival song) Whitewater
@beastinthesky6774 Thanks for the setlist. Summer of 2022 I saw Bela, Sam Jerry and Bryan with four different immensely talented musicians. I have a paper setlist from the stage at that show. Completely different than this show six months earlier.
Amazing video, wow! Wish I could have seen this live. Here's all of Edgar's solos for you fellow double bassists out there (mostly for me though haha) 10:42 19:30 26:12 38:42 47:12 55:54 1:24:58 1:34:14 1:43:23 1:51:20 2:04:50 2:11:25 2:24:50 2:32:19
Love it! The superstars of their instruments. Of course, they practice because that is what professionals do. However, the complexity they bring to their game is phenomenal.
The only problem with attending a Béla Fleck and the Flectones concert is that after your first one you will Know you won't be able to talk or applaud after the 4th or 5th song! All you have left is to stand up and slam your seat down repeatedly .
I’ve attended several “Flecktones” concerts, but years ago when I was well into adulthood, Béla autographed Flecktones t-shirt for me. Nothing intelligent came to mind and I said something inane like me “starting to play banjo was his fault.” I would like to have a second try at talking to him!
Béla's still touring with it, off and on, with various configurations of musicians from the album. Check his website--you might be lucky enough to be near a show.
YOO MON this is the stuff, the real deal. Remember seeing most of these guys in the 70s and 80s and into the 90s. Louisville, Ky was home base for New Grass for a bunch of years. You could catch them at some of the local clubs before performances at The Lonesome Pine Specials. Most of the members of this gang were present. Caught Bela and the Brothers the night before their premier at the Special.
This music and these musicians are over most listeners head they don't realize the talent these player's have, they are the best in the world at what they do.
@@michaelcollums4197 The players are absolutely the best in their styles. But so much good music is pushed in the corner by the power of the music industry, where mainly money rules. Of course, the industry has stimulated the production of good music too, but merely produced a tsunami of commercial junk, pushing the rest out of sight. I owe 50 old tube radio's, being nostalgic about what once could be heared on those. Try that now.. 😞