this studio version pales in comparison to the live version from "Live at the Quick" - IMHO - in the studio version Jeff Coffin is still finding his niche in the band as replacement for Howard Levy. Better yet get the DVD version of  "Live at the Quick" and watch the way these guys pass each other musical phrases the way the Harlem Globetrotters pass around a basketball. and icing on the cake is Paul McCandless' solo near the end of the live version. 

This has a Kenny G/smooth jazz/just about the worst crap I've ever heard ring to it. Any ties?

 Brestois wrote: 

RP does mix it up.  I like that fact.  We have to put up with stuff we don't like.  I put up with Jazz and Blues, and sometimes I am pleasantly surprised by the selections. 

Béla Fleck is cool on the banjo and everything, but I think I prefer Big Country's version of (In a) Big Country, you know...that song with the bagpipe guitars?

Haven't seen anyone here comment on how this is a cover of that 1980's Big Country top 40 hit.  I only looked at the first page, tho.

Anyway, check this out...interesting stuff:

Wikipedia...In a Big Country

Yea... dunno bout that sax. It doesn't exactly ruin the song for me... but it doesn't make it great either.

Every time I hear this I go to give it a good rating and then the sax-ama-phone kicks in and ruins it. Yuk.

Oh well. I enjoyed this sound. Sitting here in West Cork chilling out on the headphones. Bela Fleck is in my estimation certainly a great banjo man but maybe a bit of a wild card...you don't always get what you might reckon on. But there you go...I enjoyed this...probably wouldn't buy this though!  Brestois wrote: 

How terrible! It's the very first time, as far as I remember, that I hear such crap on Radio Paradise.   That's what you might hear in the bright toilets of a petrol station on the highway, or the corridors of a cheap hotel, at night, at very low volume.

 papaman wrote: 
I thought the same thing. Went to check to see if it was Pat Metheny playing.

"golf course / coffee shop / life insurance advertisement licensing here we come!" - Béla Fleck

Ever heard of Felix Lajko??? I would be the happiest person on the world, if i could hear him on RP...

I thought for a second it was a much remastered version of "Pastures of Plenty." Though I was disappointed, it is still a nice change of pace.

dadsays wrote:
You should call Comcast Tech Support then...

don't ever stop playing this song.

gvan wrote:
lol. I love his virtuosity, cuts through the mediocrity like a laser. Superb accompanying musicians, also.

I know to be a fully formed music snob/aficionado I am supposed to like this, and believe me, I've tried. It sounds like elevator music, I can't get the headphones off fast enough.

Great live act. Though hurt by the departure of the amazing Howard Levy, these guys are all top-notch musicians and performers and a lot of fun to see and hear live. Vic is among the more amazing bassists around. Good stuff.

jwb wrote:

heehe. Comment made me laugh a little too loud at my cubicle, I don't exactly hate banjo/alto sax duets but i couldn't have described it better either.

This has a Pat Metheny ring to it. Any ties?

I feel at home... except we don't play this at home.

RP needs more good banjo.

I really have taken to this guy. Ever since I heard (& bought) his album with Chick Corea, I have to say... for a man that detests country music, I'm sold. Somehow, it has all the elements of country, but is assembled with so much more.

Sounds like the theme music to Family Ties or some other eighties American sitcom.

this has to be one of my all time favorites

I don't mind the song. I usually like Mr. Fleck, and as a bassist, I have a lot of respect for Vic Wooten, much of which was just tarnished by his Jaco Pastorius 'quote' two thirds of the way through. I guess he's allowed, but it's still in bad taste. He's a good enough player to not have to rip off his idol.

wally42 wrote:

i am embarassed to have to correct you on this, but kenny g plays a soprano most of the time, not an alto..

OK, just had to downgrade from a 2 to a 1. Sucko-Barfo is right. Rubs me in all the wrong ways!

...i was kind of getting into it until the soprano sax kicked in - shades of dave matthews band, and i mean that in a bad way...

This is a rather annoying piece of music - banjo and sax together, hmmmmm - bit like Guinness with lemonade :puke:

sqqqrly wrote:

It's not just the Kenny G ending that ruined it--it's also the Kenny G beginning and middle that ruined it.