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Crossing the Tracks, originally released in 1979, is Bela Fleck's debut solo recording, and demonstrates his extraordinary skills as a composer and interpreter in addition to his innovative banjo playing. With virtuoso support from Bob Applebaum, Russ Barenberg, Sam Bush, Mark Schatz, Pat Enright, Jerry Douglas and Randy Sabien, Crossing the Tracks ranges from straight ahead bluegrass to acoustic swing and includes Fleck's inspired arrangement of Chick Corea's masterpiece "Spain."
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Back in the mid 1980's, during an interview Jerry Garcia was asked: Who was his favorite banjo player. Jerry, was quick with his reply: "Bela Fleck."
I used to (and still do) to buy lot's of acoustic music during my: "Fed up with Rock" period in the eighties. Lot's of the best stuff was on the Rounder Records label. I purchased this gem on cassette, whilst I was living in northern Scotland in 1986. Banjo's were popular in the Highlands, and lot's of pub touring band's had a banjo featured. The smiling 20 year old picker on this CD was Bela Fleck. Yeah, Jerry really likes this guy! I first played this during a long car trip to Glasgow on an weekend journey. This cassette stayed in the car's player all through that long trip. It was wonderful to drive to this fantastic music. Spellbinding stuff, to put it in simple terms. From the breakneck runs of: "Dear Old Dixie" through to: "Ain't Gonna Work Tommorrow" that sounds right outta the 1933 hobo songbook, I was taken aback by the many musical styles presented here on this disc: "Crossing The Tracks." Mister Fleck, does not hog the spotlight on this great recording. Solos by Sam Bush {fiddle], Jerry Douglas {dorbo} and Bob Applebaum {mandolin} share the stage right along side the amazing banjo of Bela. Five of the eleven tracks are originals by Bela and the show great depth and vast imagination for the then 20 Year old musical prodigy and they span from true bluegrass to jazzgrass and beyond. The inspired arrangement of Chick Corea's: "Brazil" gives you a little glimse into something that would evolve many years later into The Flecktones. I still have that old cassette Tape but, this CD brings back a flood of memories to another place, a long time ago. A place where Bela Fleck was King o' the Clan's, from every Loch & Ben in northern Scotland, this fantastic music was blasting forth from my car's stereo speakers. We scared lot's of sheep, Bela & me! Four Stars!
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Great cd. You are the only source for this cd. As always, Amazon comes through. Certainly a treasure to own.
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