This was the first time I heard Jerry Douglas play dobro. I had heard his name and how good he was.....but this very recording was the first time I actually heard for myself......I WASN'T lied to!! I've been a huge Jerry Douglas fan ever since.
"Bela Fleck and the Flecktones" has to be one of my favorite band names ever. I saw him with Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall on their _Uncommon Ritual_ tour. Whatta great show those three put on!
Just saw Jerry Douglas performing live with Derek Trucks at Red Rocks Amphitheater last Saturday night. Fantastic performance and I’d never heard of him until then. Huge fan now 👍
I remember taking Jerry to get contact lenses probably not long after this performance, so you can thank me for that. Jerry, Bela and Edgar Meyer were in my band at that time. What an exciting time it was!
You still out there playing? I sure hope so! I saw Fleck, Meyer, and Mike Marshall on their _Uncommon Ritual_ tour. What an amazing show! Three great performers and a whole lotta great music, old and new.
Deft and gentle are the two words which leap to mind. If he touches his wife as tenderly as he does his banjo, she's gotta be one cheerful lady. Yeah, I'm a woman. Only a woman's mind would go in that direction, I suspect!
The best guitar player ever. The best banjo player ever. The best dobro player ever. Can you imagine what the backup guitarist must have feeling?!? I'd be like "Guy" from Galaxy Quest......."I'm just jazzed to be in the show!"
At Earl Scruggs' memorial service Bela told the story of being pulled over for speeding in Nashville. The cop looked at his ID and said "Who's the greatest banjo player ever?" Bela said Earl Scruggs. The cop said "In the future slow down around here" and let him go.
That's the late Paul Yandell - He was Chet's "back-up" guy for years, and was absolute murder and mayhem in his own right. I started out on fingerstyyle with his lesson book and tape.)
I should also pass on a tip: to watch virtually any video in high quality (even if there's no link for it) paste &fmt=18 to the end of the address. Works 98% of the time for me. It's especially useful for music because the sound is noticably better quality.
Incredible performance! I'm a Flecktones fan, which is how I found this vid. I don't usually like traditional bluegrass but this is great stuff. Thanks for uploading.
I thought the exactly same thing watching his first solo, reminded me very much of Chet's hero Django Reinhardt. I think I saw him smiling while Jerry played the solo too.
That's the late Paul Yandell - He was Chet's "back-up" guy for years, and was absolute murder and mayhem in his own right. I started out on fingerstyyle with his lesson book and tape.)
Even though the rhythm guy is "just back up" you gotta be DAMN good at playing a few chords to jam with these guys. Timing, volume, sense of rhythm... it's no joke.
While you are all drooling over the soloists, pay attention to the guy in the back crunching out the rhythm guitar. He's working as hard as anyone here.
Reminds me less of Django than the Farr Brothers, but I could understand where some of the phrasing sounds a little like Django's. It's not a far cry from most country players and Django, though. Most of these guys were influenced by Western Swing like Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys who were themselves influenced by Django and Stephane.
I'd say IMO, yr probably dead on. :-) Personally, I've never heard any interviews with ol' Chet but he seems clearly inspired by the same influences as Les Paul who was quite clear in stating how much he derived from Django. I hear it too! :-D
@taz9905, I ain't hearin' NO Django in Chet's playing. Django's block-chord choruses are totally missing, for one thing. I do, however, hear a ton of Merle Travis, particularly in those cascading sixteenth-note runs. And Chet admitted on record that he developed his thumb-and-three-finger style trying to emulate what Merle was doing in the '50s--using his thumb and *one* finger.
Well - there IS a fourth person on the stage. He is playing the bass line AND setting the foundation rhythm/time. Kind of rude and thoughtless not to include his name in the line-up.
Jerry Douglas: Only man I know that can give such a badass vibe by sheer musical talent alone while looking like someone who stalks 11 year olds in the children's section of a public library on weekends
