The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2

The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Volume 2

Studio album by Béla Fleck

Released

June 22, 1999

Genre

Bluegrass, Americana, folk, jazz, polka

Length

75:39

Label

Warner Bros.

Béla Fleck chronology

Tabula Rasā
(1996)

The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol.2
(1999)

Perpetual Motion
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol.2 is an album by Béla Fleck. Going back to his bluegrass roots, Fleck put together a band of all-stars of the genre: Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Tony Rice, Mark Schatz, Vassar Clements, John Hartford and others. ^[1]

Track listing

"Blue Mountain Hop" – 4:26
"Buffalo Nickel" – 4:38
"When Joy Kills Sorrow" – 5:10
"Spanish Point" – 5:36
"Polka On The Banjo" – 4:04
"Clarinet Polka" – 1:33
"The Over Grown Waltz" – 3:42
"Ode To Earl" – 3:09
"Home Sweet Home" – 2:20
"Valley Of The Rogue" – 5:12
"Plunky's Lament" – 2:17
"Maura On A Bicycle, Stout And Molasses, Way Back When" – 9:41
"Dark Circles" – 5:13
"Old Jellico, Puddle Jumper, Dead Man's Hill" – 6:08
"Katmandu" – 4:23
"Do You Have Room?" – 1:17
"Foggy Mountain Special" – 2:12
"Major Honker" – 4:38

Personnel

Sam Bush – Mandolin
Vassar Clements – Fiddle
Jerry Douglas – Dobro
Stuart Duncan – Fiddle
Béla Fleck – Banjo, Producer, Art Direction, Mixing, Photography, Vocal (track 5 only)
Vince Gill – Vocals
John Hartford – Banjo, Fiddle, Vocals, Bass Vocal
Bob Mater – Drums
Tim O'Brien – Vocals
Larry Paxton – Tuba
Tony Rice – Guitar, Photography
Mark Schatz – Bass Fiddle
Ricky Skaggs – Vocals
Joey Miskulin – Accordion
Earl Scruggs - Banjo

Production

Richard Battaglia – Engineer, Mixing, Photography
Senor McGuire – Photography
Denny Purcell – Mastering
Garrett Rittenberry – Art Direction
Bil VornDick – Engineer, Mixing
Cindy Wilson – Photography

References

1 2 Allmusic album review

Béla Fleck

Discography	Crossing the Tracks (1979) Natural Bridge (1982) Deviation (1984) Double Time (1984) Inroads (1986) Daybreak (1987) Drive (1988) Places (1988) Tales from the Acoustic Planet (1995) Tabula Rasā (1996) The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 (1999) Perpetual Motion (2001) Music for Two (2004) Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions (2009) The Melody of Rhythm (2009)

Related links	Sam Bush John Cowan Pat Flynn New Grass Revival Edgar Meyer Jerry Douglas Future Man Victor Wooten Jeff Coffin Howard Levy Béla Fleck and Flecktones Tony Rice David Grisman Darol Anger Mark Schatz Alison Brown

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