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The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 | 
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| Artist: Bela Fleck
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 5374
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 47332
UPC: 093624733225
EAN: 0093624733225
ASIN: B00000JC6D
Release Date: June 22, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Blue Mountain Hop | | • | Buffalo Nickel | | • | When Joy Kills Sorrow | | • | Spanish Point | | • | Polka on the Banjo - Bela Fleck, Fleck, Bela | | • | Clarinet Polka - Bela Fleck, Traditional | | • | The Over Grown Waltz | | • | Ode to Earl | | • | Home Sweet Home - Bela Fleck, Traditional | | • | Valley of the Rogue | | • | Plunky's Lament | | • | Maura On A Bicycle, Stout And Molasses, Way Back When | | • | Dark Circles | | • | Old Jellico, Puddle Jumper, Dead Man's Hill | | • | Katmandu | | • | Do You Have Room? | | • | Foggy Mountain Special | | • | Major Honker |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com's Best of 1999
In a jaw-dropping return to his roots, banjoist Bela Fleck led a stellar lineup (Jerry Douglas, Earl Scruggs, Tony Rice, and Sam Bush, to name a few) through one of his finest albums. With incredible musicianship and a smidgen of Fleck's genre-hopping personality ("Polka On The Banjo"), The Bluegrass Sessions is fun, nostalgic, and inspiring. --Jason Verlinde
Amazon.com essential recording
Bela Fleck, the banjo-wizard leader of the fringe-jazz quartet the Flecktones, returns to more-bluegrass-oriented concerns with this 18-song outing, a complement to 1988's Drive and a more-traditional follow-up to 1995's fusion-leaning Tales from the Acoustic Planet. Most of these songs are instrumentals boasting Drive's core group of Sam Bush on mandolin, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Tony Rice on guitar, Jerry Douglas on Dobro, and bassist Mark Schatz; they're augmented in spots by fine guest players such as Vassar Clements, John Hartford, and the incomparable banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs. Fleck's spidery, tasteful plucking style lends originals like "Major Honker" and "Katmandu" an ever-so-slightly offbeat air, while he gives classics like Scruggs's "Foggy Mountain Special" and "Polka on the Banjo" traditional readings that wouldn't be out of place at the Opry. Flecktones fans will find much to like in Fleck's rootsy playing, and so will bluegrass purists. --Gregory McNamee
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| Customer Reviews:
 Bella Fleck does it again March 31, 2008
P. Fredrickson
Once again Bella Fleck puts together a CD with great songs and great musicians. Being a fan of bluegrass and Bella Fleck, I love that he got together with greats like Earl Scruggs to play some originals and spruce up other old hits. The CD is a great listen.
Excellent CD September 2, 2007
Greg Shanower (Princeton New Jersey)
I truly enjoy this collection of Bluegrass music by Bela Fleck and friends. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for something interesting and fun to listen too.
This is one of my favorit Bela Fleck records! January 10, 2007
Ronald G. Jordan (Sugar Grove OH)
I love this CD, i think it is one of the best bluegrass collections Bela has produced, with a host of different styles and artists.
 A Rarity... July 19, 2006
John P Bernat (Kingsport, TN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's rare when a sequel exceeds the original. This album, though, exceeds the first "Acoustic Planet" effort by Fleck.
Why? Well, the playing is better technically, if you can believe that. And the energy and drive is stronger here than in Acoustic Planet 1.
You also get treated to a greater number of original compositions on this CD. I've come to appreciate this dimension of Fleck's artistic gifts even more as time has passed. While he does do a lot of variations on derivative music, his original compositions are memorable, too.
Hair Raising April 12, 2006
Fragino (California)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had this album for two years now and it still sometimes makes my hair stand on end when I listen to it and I don't even consider myself a SERIOUS bluegrass fan. Absolutely amazing!
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