1990-09-02 | Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

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View NotesSam Bush - mandolin, vox
Jerry Douglas - dobro
Béla Fleck - banjo, guitar
Edgar Meyer - upright bass
Mark O'Connor - fiddle, guitar, mandolin

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Notes:  
--This show is from the Strawberry Music Festival, held at Camp Mather, CA. 
--After Bela made a name for himself during the early eighties in seminal bands such as New Grass Revival, but about a year before he would meet the the Woo-ten clan & really establish himself as a commercial (& not just critical) success, he spent some time in a newgrass all-star band called Strength In Numbers.  
--From allmusic.com: 
"Strength In Numbers was an all-star side project comprised of Sam Bush (mandolin/fiddle), Jerry Douglas (dobro), Béla Fleck (guitar/banjo), Mark O'Connor (fiddle/guitar/mandolin), and Edgar Meyer (bass). The artists were familiar with one another, having performed in the same circles for years, as well as on the same stage -- in numerous incarnations -- at the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Strength in Numbers grew out of appearances by the group as sort of the de facto house band at the Colorado festival; "Telluride Sessions", its only album, documented the easygoing newgrass fusion that Strength in Numbers would often perform there. Accomplished bluegrass musicians all, the members of Strength In Numbers were also steeped in the jazz & classical traditions, which found their way into the arrangements on "Telluride Sessions". Most of the bandmembers said there would never be another Strength In Numbers album after the first.
-If you like newgrass, you want this show. It's just kick-ass newgrass music. Well Performed, Well recorded Digital SBD.
If you are a fan of live Flecktones this is an interesting point in Bela's rise to fame. Several songs would later become regulars in the Flecktones' line-up. 

vanillag NOTES (4/27/2022):  
--Super HUGE thanks to whomever recorded & shared this gem with the world!!  
--I added more detail to the venue & setlist & band members info
--created ffp & md5 checksums
--added the ffp fingerprints to the text file
--added pictures of the venue