''Places'' is a compilation album by

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Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, bringing the instrument from its bluegrass roots to jazz, classi ...

, recorded in 1988. It marks Fleck's last record with

Rounder Records Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by Ali ...

, subsequent label change to Warner Bros. Records and soon birth of the Flecktones, who would release their debut album in 1990.Album info on www.rounder.com
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Track listing

All tracks written by Béla Fleck except where noted # "Deviation" 04:22 # "Reverie" 01:30 # "Nuns for Nixon" 04:05 # "Malone" (Kenny Malone) 01:08 # "Moontides" 05:33 # "Another Morning" 03:26 # "Lowdown" 03:31 # "The Bullfrog Shuffle" 01:32 # "Places" 07:07 # "Snakes Alive" 04:20 # "Ladies and Gentleman" 02:20 # "Light Speed" 02:28 # "Ireland" 06:48 # "Four Wheel Drive" 03:53 # "Perplexed" 06:21 # "The Old Country" 02:58 # "Hudson's Bay" 05:22 # "Close to Home" 04:02

Personnel

* Béla Fleck - banjo *

Darol Anger Darol Anger is an American violinist and founding member of The David Grisman Quintet. Career Darol Anger entered popular music at the age of 21 as a founding member of The David Grisman Quintet. Anger played fiddle to David Grisman's mandol ...

- cello *

Sam Bush Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Reviva ...

- mandolin *

John Cowan John Cowan (born August 24, 1953) is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival. Cowan became the band's bassist in 1972 after the departu ...

- bass * Jerry Douglas - dobro * Pat Enright - guitar * Mark Hembree - bass * Connie Herd - violin * Kenny Malone - drums * Mike Marshall - mandolin *

Edgar Meyer Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won five Grammy Awards and been nominated seven times. Meyer is a member of the Telluride Bluegras ...

- bass *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

- fiddle *

Tony Rice David Anthony Rice (June 8, 1951 – December 25, 2020), known professionally as Tony Rice, was an American guitarist and bluegrass musician. He was an influential acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and a ...

- guitar *

Mark Schatz Mark Schatz (born April 23, 1955) is an American bassist, banjoist, mandolinist, guitarist, clogger, and hambone performer who has recorded on albums for and toured with artists including Bela Fleck, Nickel Creek, Jerry Douglas, Maura O'Connel ...

- bass

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Places (Bela Fleck Album) 1988 compilation albums Béla Fleck albums Rounder Records compilation albums