Crossing the Tracks
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Crossing the Tracks is an eponymous album by American
banjo
ist Béla Fleck
, released in 1979. Excellent mix between bluegrass and jazz, original songs and traditional pieces, all done with a bright and joyful élan, this album is a perfect springboard to his coming solo efforts.
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In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
ist Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck
Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...
, released in 1979. Excellent mix between bluegrass and jazz, original songs and traditional pieces, all done with a bright and joyful élan, this album is a perfect springboard to his coming solo efforts.
Track listing
- "Dear Old Dixie" (Flatt, Scruggs) – 2:39
- "Inmnan Square" (Fleck) – 4:00
- "Texas Barbeque" (Fleck) – 3:59
- "Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman" (Fleck, Traditional) – 1:41
- "Spain" (Corea, Rodrigo) – 7:12
- "Crossing the Tracks" (Fleck) – 3:38
- "Spring Thaw" (Fleck) – 2:27
- "How Can you Face Me Now" (Razaf, Waller) – 4:54
- "Twilight" (Traditional) – 2:01
- "Frosty Morning" (Traditional) – 2:58
- "Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow" (Traditional) – 2:26
Personnel
- Béla FleckBéla FleckBéla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...
– banjo - Bob Applebaum – mandolin
- Russ BarenbergRuss BarenbergRuss Barenberg is a Grammy-nominated American bluegrass musician.-Biography:Barenberg began playing guitar at age 13, taking lessons from Alan Miller, whose brother John Miller Barenberg he would later play with. His style was heavily influenced by the flatpicking technique of Clarence White. He...
– guitar - Sam BushSam BushSam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...
– violin - Mark SchatzMark SchatzMark Schatz is an American bassist, banjoist, mandolinist, and clogger who has recorded and toured with artists such as albums for artists such as Bela Fleck, Nickel Creek, Jerry Douglas, Maura O'Connell, Tony Rice, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Tim O'Brien...
– bass - Jerry DouglasJerry DouglasJerry Douglas may refer to:*Jerry Douglas , actor, who was on The Young and the Restless for 25 years*Jerry Douglas, country/bluegrass musician*Jerry Douglas , director and writer of adult films such as, Score...
– Dobro - Pat Enright – vocals