So, he's playing against samples of himself playing? Isn't that about as interactive as playing against a tape recorder?

MisterBill

You are correct, but it's Bela Fleck!

The Mac kicked his ass.

Damn, I thought "an old Mac" referred to an aging Mac Wiseman or Mac Martin. Oh, well...it's better than nothing. Maybe not.

Bela Fleck is amazing, I had the pleasure of seeing him with the sparrow quartet a few months ago.. heavenly experience.

My pre-coffee mind read that as "Ben Affleck". The mental image was horrifying.

One of the best concerts I ever saw was the Flecktones at the Ryman Auditorium. Double-plus bonus: The David Grisman Quintet opened. Triple-plus bonus: John Hartford made a surprise appearance, just a few months before he died.

This man never ceases to amaze me. Bela Fleck is one of my dearest musical heroes. His music is capable of putting me in tears.

And that's not samples. That's MIDI you guys. He's playing with a midi sequence he put together.

Béla

/Cut-n-paste for all you extended character set fans

I saw Bela Fleck a few months ago at Yoshi's in San Francisco, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

One of my first concerts was seeing Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at the Mann Center in Philadelphia. Man, that venue in the summer is awesome. Bela Fleck was also awesome. That was around the time that he was filming the Live at the Quick DVD, they played a badassss set.

For a Fleck piece, that was cool but kind of underwhelming.

/Tales from the Acoustic Planet is where it's at

Yes but can he play against an Old Greg?


/misses Lonesome Pine

I came here for the pictures of a Windows machine trying to do it with the BSOD and have to say, I'm really disappointed.

CatJumpJohn:
/Tales from the Acoustic Planet is where it's at

Same goes for "Uncommon Ritual" with him, Marshall and Meyer. I was lucky enough to see those 3 guys perform tracks from that at a Borders bookstore (of all things). No mics, sound reinforcement or anything. It was superb.

I dig Fleck and lot of his side work, but the Flecktones live tend to become tedious after the 20th solo.

i like Bela Fleck enough to have enjoyed that, but not enough to have known that he's an actual person, not the name of the band.

Earl Scruggs, take me away.

I saw Béla Fleck and Chick Corea perform a couple years ago. It was their first live performance together. It was awesomely awesome.

siva: One of my first concerts was seeing Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at the Mann Center in Philadelphia. Man, that venue in the summer is awesome. Bela Fleck was also awesome. That was around the time that he was filming the Live at the Quick DVD, they played a badassss set.

I was actually at the Quick Center for the show(s) they taped for the CD/DVD, and, amazingly, I've seen at least three or four of their shows that were even better than that one. The Flecktones are, in my mind, the best live band on the planet. Victor Wooten should be crowned emperor.

I was fortunate enough to see him play with the Sparrow Quartet and also at a stage jam (same day) last year - the music was really fantastic and having Bela Fleck there was totally the icing on the cake.

I got to meet him later in the day and he is really nice, showed concerned about the sound and what it was like for the audience (which was fresh), mingled with everyone (and I have met/seen lots of artists who would *never* do that).

soft hands too.

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