Newport Sessions: Béla Fleck - “A Banjo Crashcourse”

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Béla Fleck joins Chris Funk backstage at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival to talk through banjo fundamentals.
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@wackyruss 2 ай бұрын

I bought a $90 Banjo from Wal-Mart. I learned to play a few licks and chords. I brought that thang to Bonnaroo 2008 and Bela Fleck signed it with a sharpie!!!!! Huzzah!!!!

@stevendearborn445 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this Bala Fleck, I have listened to your style for forty five years

@austenrobinson2747 10 ай бұрын

He’s the best I ever heard. He learned from the then master but accelerated so far beyond. Noam is gaining.

@Horsefingerandthetaintwrights 2 ай бұрын

Bela is like EVH,Jimi and Zappa rolled into one for us banjo junkies That's an understatement. His humbleness and aproachability is without reproach and his body of work is mind boggling. IMHO

@Panicmicelf 9 ай бұрын

Bella, not Scruggs, is who I originally sought to play like. I’ll never be there. Both are wonderful, and brought so much to the banjo. No body can play like Bella or Earl. 🙏🏻

@bassplayer1966 8 ай бұрын

One of the very best musicians on the planet....I've seen Bela with New Grass Revival back in 1992 or so and the Flecktones a couple years later....freaking incredible!!!

@jasonsorrell2402 Жыл бұрын

Bela is the MAN!!!

@jeffreysalzman1497 10 ай бұрын

What a humble genius

@tommyisbettercq6dn1gl3r 8 ай бұрын

Alot of the geniuses talk themselves down or even trash their playing 🤔

@aaronkruse 2 ай бұрын

2 people are my inspiration to learn the banjo... Béla, and my dad. 2 totally different styles, but both awesome in their own right.

@scottcaley6555 8 ай бұрын

This video is a treasure! What a privilege to hear first hand from Béla how he got to this point in playing the banjo.

@thesavvybassist 5 ай бұрын

I wanted to add banjo to my repertoire, so I bought a pretty nice one in January 2023. I am as good today as I was then. 😢 Banjo is hrrrrd.

@yukon2445 2 ай бұрын

Just keep going, mate! It's a really hard instrument but it's worth it... Banjo is mindblowing. Greetings from France.

@OzzMazz 7 ай бұрын

Great interview with examples.

@universalwill3696 10 ай бұрын

Thank You!

@HFamilyDad 9 ай бұрын

What a wonderful stream of consciousness

@douglasalan5783 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful interview.

@brysonalden5414 Жыл бұрын

To date myself, watching Bela Fleck do, for him, simple work on his banjo reminds me of watching Willie Mays handle routine fly balls in Candlestick park. They both make it look so easy, and it is until you try it.

@Chasantnik 10 ай бұрын

Willy Mays! Wow! Blast from the past.

@chaplainmattsanders4884 9 ай бұрын

Ya! Very cool analogy (from a guy who, when a CubScout, met the great Mr. Willie Mays!)

@davidsean290 11 ай бұрын

The effortless, rolling Scruggs-esque rendition of Baa Baa Black Sheep was a fun and welcome surprise.

@muttandjeff5213 Жыл бұрын

Super cool!

@victorswenson5026 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Bela

@KennethWilliamElkington Жыл бұрын

Bela is so engaging, affable... casual... unassuming, yet... the consummate professional and fount o' knowledge. Oh, think he won a few Grammys?

@anthony27334 3 күн бұрын

Check out his interview with Rick Beato if you not seen it !

@jamespell8091 10 ай бұрын

Victor Wooten (I hope I have this spelt right) this is where I had learned of Bela Fleck. I had bought a book The Music Lesson. I had eventually learned that Wooten worked heavily with Dave Mathews. Having the book I looked into Victor Wooten. The guy does bass. Amazing.

@chaplainmattsanders4884 9 ай бұрын

Yes indeed-a great bass player!

@mradisic11 10 ай бұрын

Mesmerizing guy. God blessed.

@keypicker 6 ай бұрын

the 2 songs that made me love banjo - enough to actually learn it - are the Beverly Hillbillies theme (Ballad of Jed Clampett?) and Big Country. From Earl to Bela. Course I will never play like Earl or bela, but danged if I don't try.....

@pedroelalto 4 ай бұрын

Big country is especially fun to play in low E tuning

@ishgumi44 Жыл бұрын

The GOAT!

@clawhammer704 9 ай бұрын

The first banjo I heard was a old guy that accompanied my grandfather as he played the fiddle here in North Carolina. He was playing clawhammer. Later on I saw Earl Scruggs three finger rolls with Lester Flatt on TV.

@brucevernon5827 6 ай бұрын

Earl Scruggs, Lester Flats, and Don Reno, it was Don playing jaz guitar and Earl ,they decided to apply this jaz to the banjo , the choice of banjo they chose was a Gibson cardardra,high dome, these 2 people wrote the Beverly Hill Billy theme and Foggy mountain breakdown,they took a negro stile banjo and added the back sound reflector from the 10 er banjo then apply the 3 finger picking in a jaz style ,which became known as bluegrass style

@bruth6138 10 ай бұрын

How the hell is he 65? He looks really good. Long time fan. Good to see this interview! What a normal/nice dude.

@clawhammer704 9 ай бұрын

He earned his living by playing music and no manual labor.

@eggmalt8414 9 ай бұрын

First saw him with Jack Tottle and his Tasty Licks (maybe 1977?) at Jonathan Swift's in Harvard Square. He was just a kid. I saw Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs there, too, at different times.