Tommyrot, Bela Fleck has a very extensive discography. I'd suggest starting with one of his solo bluegrass albums like
Drive
(from 1988).
I also really love his stuff with New Grass Revival (
On the Boulevard
is my favorite) . After about 1990 he mostly switches over to jazz. I don't like that stuff too much.
Neko is from Chicago.
She did live here for a while, but she is was born in Virginia, raised in Tacoma, Washington, (which he sings about with so much pride and sadness on "Thrice All American") and went to college in Vancouver.
Congrats, David!
Congrats on the Oxford American gig, David!
My iPod seems to love the Band of Susans right now. I think I have maybe 5-6 Band of Susans songs out of the 4000-odd songs on there, but it's served up 1-2 of their songs, most prominently "Elizabeth Stride (1843-1888)" every day since Saturday. Which is awesome.
The ultra-reclusive Sly Stone gives an interview in
Vanity Fair:
[link]
I
dare
you all to listen to this song: [link]
(link will give you the option of downloading or streaming an mp3)
Blast you, tommyrot! I'm going to have that in my head for the rest of the day!
So now I need to buy one or more of their albums. Anyone know a good place to start?
I love Bela Fleck! Like a lot! I have a lot of their albums because I love them! Er. I really like "Hidden Land," which is the most recent album with the Flecktones, and "Live at the Quick" is an excellent live album. of the earlier work, I do like their self-titled album and the "Tales from an Acoustic Planet" duo. Hey, I think I'm going to go listen to them right now.
Duran Duran is on LiveEarth right now.