Natural Bridge (album)

Natural Bridge
Studio album by Béla Fleck
Released	1982
Genre	Americana, Bluegrass, Jazz
Length	42:56
Label	Rounder
Béla Fleck chronology
Crossing the Tracks (1979) Natural Bridge (1982) Deviation (1984)

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Natural Bridge is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck, released in 1982. Bela Fleck was a young bluegrass player 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.^[2][3]

Track listing

All tunes written by Béla Fleck.

1. "Punch Drunk" – 2:39
2. "Flexibility" – 4:11
3. "Dawg's Due" – 2:59
4. "Daybreak" – 3:00
5. "Bitter Gap" – 2:59
6. "October Winds" – 5:48
7. "Crossfire" – 3:26
8. "Applebutter" – 2:42
9. "Old Hickory Waltz" – 4:53
10. "Rocky Road" – 3:24
11. "The Natural Bridge Suite" – 6:55

Personnel

• Béla Fleck – banjo
• Darol Anger - fiddle, violectra
• Sam Bush – violin
• Jerry Douglas - Dobro
• Jimmy Gaudreau - mandolin
• David Grisman - mandolin
• Mike Marshall - mandolin
• Mark O'Connor - fiddle, guitar, viola
• David Parmley - guitar
• Mark Schatz - bass
• Ricky Skaggs - violin
• Buck White - mandolin

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