Song 62 ( Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Vix 9 )



Today I decided to pick this one, this is definitely a musician's song; a casual listener probably would become lost to it. The odd time signature is what catches most people who listen to this song as well as the virtuosity of the band. Béla Fleck and the Flecktones are of an odd genre: somewhere between Blugrass and Jazz mostly. Béla Fleck, (who's stage name comes from the composer Béla Bartók), is the leader of the band and plays the banjo, Victor Wooten (one of my bass heros) on bass, and Roy "Future Man" Wooten (Victor's brother) on what is called the SynthAxe Drumitar, which is a synthesized drum kit built into a guitar body. Other musicians have also contributed to the band as well, just not on this song.

Here is a live performance of the song on YouTube.

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