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Whilst credited to Douglas Dillard, this is a genuine band effort: Doug on the five-string plus the core combo of Leadon on acoustic and electric guitars, Beck on Dobro, John Hartford on fiddle and Red Mitchell on upright and electric basses. And yet despite the frenzied presentation of the numbers – most of the tracks rush along at breakneck pace and clock in at around two minutes – the oddball instrumentation and the thick rock production, this remains an instrumental bluegrass music album at heart. jazz drums, harpsichord, djembek, tablas and various sound effects, as well as a manic attack poised somewhere between Earl Scruggs and the Ramonesâ€. The historical notes by Joe Foster to the present CD put it more dramatically: “Eclectic is certainly a good description. Prior to the tour Doug struck up an enduring friendship with former Byrd Gene Clark, contributing to Gene’s album with the Gosdin Brothers, and on his return jam sessions with Gene, Bernie Leadon and Don Beck led to his own Banjo Album.Ĭoming as it does between Sweetheart and Dillard & Clark’s peerless Fantastic Expedition, the humdrum-titled Banjo Album occupies a seminal place in the evolution of country-rock, as the instruments and players of the standard bluegrass ensemble go in search of new and uncharted musical areas to occupy whilst taking a rockin’ sledgehammer to the traditional lightweight bluegrass sonic envelope. Hailing from deepest Missouri and starting out as a bluegrass purist along with guitarist brother Rodney as the eponymous Dillards, Doug became part of the West Coast country-pop revolution of the late 60s, initially as a session player (it’s probably him on the Monkees’ “What Am I Doing Hanging Roundâ€, although Peter Tork could handle the five-string instrument quite capably) and then as a band member touring Europe with the Byrds playing the Sweetheart Of The Rodeo material. Sometimes it’s better not to become a rock’n’roll legend, especially if it’s posthumously. On the plus side, he survived to an age not achieved by so many of his peers whose names are more widely celebrated. He never became a household name – doesn’t even rate a personal Wikipedia page – but that was probably fine by this self-effacing, self-mocking virtuoso musician. For more information call 645-ARTS.Douglas Flint Dillard died in a Nashville hospital on May 16 th, 2012, at the age of 75. Tuesday-Friday at the Center for the Arts Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations, including Kaufmann's and Movies Plus. Tickets are available from noon to 6 p.m. Tickets for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones are $23.50 for the general public, and $20.50 for UB students. The DVD will be released simultaneously with a companion live CD on Columbia Records, and is culled from two sold-out shows in Fairfield, Connecticut. 26 they will release their first-ever, DVD featuring live concert footage showcasing their genre-bending mix of bluegrass, jazz and pop influences. The group performs more than 200 concerts each year, and played to 500,000 fans last year alone.
Last year, Béla Fleck and The Flecktones took home the Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album for Outbound, their most recent studio recording, and in October Fleck released his first album of classical compositions, Perpetual Motion, for the Sony Classical label. The Flecktones debuted in 1990 with a "blue-bop" mix of jazz and bluegrass and soon became a commercially successful, critically acclaimed and award-winning phenomenon. Widely recognized as a banjo virtuoso and one of the most innovative recording artists in music, Béla Fleck has been a Grammy nominee 17 times in a remarkable 10 different categories, and has won five times.
in the Mainstage Theatre, located in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The UB Center for the Arts will present the Grammy Award-winning musical group, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, on March 4 at 8 p.m.
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