Natural Bridge is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck, released in 1982. Bela Fleck was a young bluegrass musician whose work with such bands as Spectrum and the New Grass Revival pushed the envelope of bluegrass tradition and contributed to the development of the New Acoustic movement spearheaded by mandolinist David Grisman, guitarist Tony Rice, and others. Influenced by Bill Keith and Tony Trischka, he moved the banjo sound much further than anyone could imagine.[ Album review at www.allmusic.com]Album info at www.rounder.com
Track listing All tracks composed and arranged by Béla Fleck "Punchdrunk" – 2:39 "Flexibility" – 4:11 "Dawg's Due" – 2:59 "Daybreak" – 3:00 "Bitter Gap" – 2:59 "October Winds" – 5:48 "Crossfire" – 3:26 "Applebutter" – 2:42 "Old Hickory Waltz" – 4:53 "Rocky Road" – 3:24 "The Natural Bridge Suite" – 6:55
Personnel Béla Fleck – banjo Darol Anger - fiddle, violectra Sam Bush – fiddle Jerry Douglas - dobro Jimmy Gaudreau - mandolin David Grisman - mandolin Mike Marshall - mandolin Mark O'Connor - fiddle, 12-string guitar, viola David Parmley - guitar Mark Schatz - bass Ricky Skaggs - fiddle Buck White - mandolin Technical Rich Adler, Robert Schumaker - engineer David Gahr - front cover photography
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