oh, bless that PSD button, it brought me here.  solid 9.

Is it the correct album?
Where might the song be if it's not?

Heyyyy! We've finally discovered Bela Fleck, weirdly cool pleasing stuff. Jazz banjo! Yeah baby. "Little Worlds" triple CD is an awesome collection.

I now have a new favorite bass player.

for some reason, Bela reminds me of Dr. Teeth from the muppets.

rdyce wrote:


I see you're new here, so let me just say....don't be afraid to leave if you don't like what's playing.

oohh, love this, too! right after john mayall...
thanks RP!

however, i must take note that not everyone loves bela. sad.

RP has turned the suck on for the last 20 minutes or so...what's next? More Beth Orten? Please, please rock us. Play something sonically and lyrically enjoyable.

Bela's music is monotonous, but there is one man in his band which i could listen 24/7: Victor Wooten.

Very, very well said!
kazuma wrote:

nealcs wrote:
Scrugging the Alien, perhaps?

Personally, I tend to appreciate Fleck's work more than I enjoy it.

First time I've heard jazz banjo. I buy it. Quite cool and humorous.

Since this is the first thing that I heard when tuning into RP this morning I almost turned it off.

Boring. Boring. Borning. It even sounds off key as well.

Self-indulgent and boring.

nealcs wrote:

Ha! Them are fighting words, my friend!

Have you heard the track "The feeling", off "Flying in a blue dream"? If not, check it out, and rethink what you've written.

Fantastic! More Bela Fleck!

I'm to lazy to go grab the disk from my shelf- is that Shawn Colvin on backup vocals? I know she did a few songs on Outbound, but this song is originally on Left of Cool (I'm not familiar with the cd that is listed with this song on RP). Anyone know?

dsmcd01 wrote:

you hit it right on the head! that's what has always rubbed me the wrong way about this guy . . .

and no, ending with "shave and a haircut" does not qualify as soul . . .

nealcs wrote:

shayde wrote:

You could even omit the word jazz from that, and you'd get no argument from me.

Chunnamark wrote:

Exactly right. This one is mis-labelled.

I prefer this kind of banjo music to the strain that's coming out of the US at the moment.

Deliverance us from Bad Banjos

Trustocity wrote:

it might actually be worth some $ to see a good ice cream scoop juggler! that's a skill possessed by few people. but anyone with access to a recording studio could put out Fleck's dreck.

davie70 wrote:
*sigh*

Isn't jazz supposed to be... what's that word... COOL? Isn't it supposed to have... what's that word... SOUL?

shayde wrote:

And... Mr. Vincent Lowenthal of Ithica is the top ice cream scoop juggler on the planet. I'd pay the same amount to see him perform as Fleck.

nealcs wrote:
It's jazz man!

Hand a banjo to Satriani and this what you'd get... endless noodling with no music in sight.

Technically excellent, but no soul.

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Boy - I don't know what this ego trip thing is all about. I've had the great pleasure of chatting with Victor (he even posed with my son for a pic) and found him to be a warm and humble person.

And I must agree with shayde - these guys are in the world class of muscians.

....and I have to reiterate - this sh*t scratches the itch! 8)