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

The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Volume 2
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 22, 1999
GenreBluegrass, Americana, folk, jazz, polka
Length75:39
LabelWarner Bros.
Béla Fleck chronology
Tabula Rasā
(1996)
The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Volume 2
(1999)
Perpetual Motion
(2001)
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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

All tracks written by Bela Fleck, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Blue Mountain Hop" – 4:26
  2. "Buffalo Nickel" – 4:38
  3. "When Joy Kills Sorrow" – 5:10
  4. "Spanish Point" – 5:36
  5. "Polka On The Banjo" (Leon Luallen, Richard Tillman & George Williams) – 4:04
  6. "Clarinet Polka" (Traditional) – 1:33
  7. "The Over Grown Waltz" – 3:42
  8. "Ode To Earl" – 3:09
  9. "Home Sweet Home" (Traditional, feat. Earl Scruggs) – 2:20
  10. "Valley Of The Rogue" – 5:12
  11. "Plunky's Lament" – 2:17
  12. "Maura On A Bicycle, Stout And Molasses, Way Back When" (Medley) – 9:41
  13. "Dark Circles" – 5:13
  14. "Old Jellico, Puddle Jumper, Dead Man's Hill" (Medley) – 6:08
  15. "Katmandu" – 4:23
  16. "Do You Have Room?" (Poem recitation by John Hartford) – 1:17
  17. "Foggy Mountain Special" (Gladys Stacey, Louise Certain) – 2:12
  18. "Major Honker" – 4:38

Personnel

Production

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

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